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Spring-Summer Newsletter
TransNow's Spring-Summer 2010 Newsletter is now available online. To be added to our distribution list or to revise your contact information, please contact us. (7/20/2010)
Electric Vehicles Close to Home
The University of Washington is always on the lookout for new technologies that help reduce its use of fossil fuels. As part of that mission, Fleet Services will have a new all-electric truck available for test driving.
Any department representative that wishes to test drive the truck can simply show up on July 23, from 10:00am to 1:00pm; the truck will be stationed at Fleet Services Headquarters located across from the University Village.
CUTC National Student Awards-Call for Nominations
The call for nominations for the CUTC 2010 Pikarsky, Wootan and Parker awards are open. These annual awards are given to four graduate students in Transportation for the two best PhD Dissertations, MS Theses and MS/ME Reports. Winners will be recognized at the CUTC Awards Banquet held on Saturday, January 22, 2011 prior to the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. The nomination package is due September 30. For additional information and to download a nomination form, please visit the CUTC Student Awards site.
TransNow Transportation Labs in Uweek
This spring, the UW CEE Department, StarLab, and TransNow opened the Transportation Lab in More Hall. The lab features helpful tools and operations for transportation-related research and education and is open to faculty and students. Check out our feature in the UW's Uweek. For more information about the lab, visit http://www.transnow.org/about/translab/. (7/12/2010)
2011 TRB Annual Meeting
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 90th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC from January 23 to January 27, 2011. The TRB Annual Meeting program covers all transportation modes, with more than 3,000 presentations in nearly 600 sessions addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. The spotlight theme for 2011 is "Transportation, Livability, and Economic Development in a Changing World".
Call for papers! At this time, TRB standing committees are calling for papers. Interested researchers should visit the meeting page for detailed information.
Region X Reception! The annual RXTC reception will be held in conjunction with the TRB Annual Meeting. Friends and affiliates of the RXTC are welcome to join us for light refreshments. TransNow is pleased to organize the upcoming event. A formal invitation will be sent out closer to January. (6/30/2010)
Student Film Contest
Students from various UTCs entered a video contest for sponsorship to the Transportation Finance Conference in New Orleans on May 19-21, 2010. The video contest was underwritten by University of Iowa and two videos were selected out of five submissions. Check out the winning videos: Road Scholars; and view Fahrenheit I-95 below. (6/21/2010)
UW's Engineers Without Borders in Bolivia
TransNow received an update from the UW chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) who has been diligently working on infrastructure improvements in rural Bolivia. With help from TransNow, the UW EWB is well on its way to completing its roads improvement project for communities that lose access to markets, schools, and clinics when harsh weather conditions washout their road. To learn more about the roads improvement project and other UW EWB efforts in Bolivia, read their spring newsletter and browse their website. Photo courtesy of the UW EWB. (6/17/2010)
Transportation Students Party!
Thanks to everyone who joined us for bowingl and pizza on June 4. We wish everyone a safe and relaxing summer! (6/16/2010)
TransNow Winter Newsletter is Available
The winter issue of our newsletter is now available. Included in this issue is the OneBusAway project, WSU student research, Region X Student Conference, and regional and center news. Contact us to add yourself to our email or mail distribution lists. (4/9/2010)
TransNow Student's Tech Creation Wins Award
Kari Watkins, CEE PhD student and member of TransNow's Advanced Institute, is honored along with co-creator Brian Ferris, CSE PhD student, and King County for developing the transit tool, OneBusAway. Among other things, the OneBusAway system allows Metro riders to track bus arrivals by phone or online. The tool was named "Best use of Technology in the Government, Nonprofit or Educational Sector" at the Washington Technology Industry Association's 15th annual industry achievement awards. (3/18/2010)
Calling All UW CEE Students: Help Volunteer for Engineering Discovery Days
Engineering Discovery Days was held on April 23rd and 24th. This year, each day will have a primary focus: Friday's events focused on grades 4-8 and included hands-on activities and exhibits; Saturday's events geared towards high school students, community college students, and current UW pre-major students and included information sessions College of Engineering.
TransNow and student volunteers ran the Radar Gun Race, Transportation Jeopardy, Traffic Hero, and Recruitment exhibits. Thank you to everyone who helped make the event fun and productive. (5/1/2010)
Winter Quarter Student Party
On Friday, February 26 TransNow hosted the winter student pizza party. Faculty, staff, and students enjoyed free food and Pictionary. In addition, Kari Watkins was recognized for winning TransNow's TRB trip picture competition. (2/23/2010)
1st Annual Michael Kyte Region X Student of the Year Award
In honor of Michael Kyte, retired Director of NIATT at the University of Idaho, and his dedication to the creation of the Region X Transportation Consortium, the Region X UTC Directors created the Michael Kyte Region X Student of the Year award to recognize one outstanding student from the region's UTCs. This year, TransNow's Yegor Malinovskiy was awarded the honor at the annual Region X Reception held in conjunction with the TRB meeting.
For his achievement, Region X provided honorable mention to Nathan McNeil at PSU. Both students received plaques for the honor. Congratulations to Michael, Yegor, and Nathan! (1/14/2010)
