Purdue University was selected as a major partner on a new University Transportation Center (UTC) focused on cybersecurity and funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
The new center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency (TraCR), led by Clemson University, is the first national security center funded by the DOT. TraCR will receive $20 million from the DOT over a five-year grant period.
UTCs will help the next generation of transportation professionals make roads, bridges, rail, shipping and airspace safer, more innovative and more efficient. The centers — 34 of which received grant awards in February up to $435 million — advance transportation expertise and technology in the varied disciplines that comprise the field of transportation through education, research and technology transfer activities, according to the DOT release.