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Venkatesh Kodur of Michigan State University will use a prestigious Fulbright Specialist Program Award at India’s Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, to conduct research and training on enhancing fire resistance of materials and structures.

The relationship between society and mobility is a two-way street. All the ways and means by which people get around have profound impacts on how we interact with each other. At the same time, social considerations help steer the technology and infrastructure we use for transportation.

Michigan State University is home to nearly 50 experts, from a variety of research fields, shaping the future of mobility. That’s because improving transportation — making it safer, smarter and more accessible no matter how people choose to get around — isn’t a matter of solving one problem. It requires embracing complexity and working to evolve an entire ecosystem.

Michigan State University Mobility took center stage at the North American International Auto Show Thursday during a panel discussion with its peer institutions from the University Research Corridor, or URC, to highlight how the institution is leading the nation in preparing students who will take their talents into the ever-changing mobility industry.

As increased global temperatures are having a noticeable impact on the Earth’s water cycle, researchers at Michigan State University have found an increased likelihood of severe droughts in the next 30 years with unequal impacts on societies with low socioeconomic development.