Student Projects and Research

  • September 22, 2022

    A PacTrans Student Research from WSU Publishes new Work on Highway Animal Crossings

    A PacTrans student researcher from Washington State University’s School of Economics, Wisnu Sugiarto, recently had some research published in the Transportation Research Record on highway animal crossings. This work intended to quantify whether the addition of these structures had an added financial benefit, beyond the benefit to animal populations and migratory health. The paper found that these crossings appear to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions in Washington state, saving roughly $235,000 to $443,000 every year per structure. Sugiarto said, “Wildlife crossing structures not only benefit the ecosystem but may also improve road safety.”

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  • March 12, 2018

    PacTrans Student Research Selected for the Eno Future Leaders Development Conference

    Each year, the Eno Future Leaders Development Conference (LDC) gives twenty of the nation’s strongest graduate students in the transportation field, those with potential to become national-level leaders in the field, a first-hand look at how national transportation policies are developed. Students apply to the program early in the year, and those selected as “Eno Fellows” come to Washington, DC for a week in the spring of meetings with federal officials and leaders of business and non-profit organizations. Read More

  • March 08, 2018

    OSU Student Traffic Control Devices Challenge Team Places 2nd

    Each year, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Traffic Control Devices (AHB50) and the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) join together to sponsor and conduct an exciting design competition, the Traffic Control Device (TCD) Challenge, to promote innovation and stimulate ideas in the traffic control devices area with a goal to improve operations and safety. This year, twenty four teams from around the country participated, one of which was a group of four students from Oregon State University (OSU). Read More

  • August 23, 2017

    PacTrans Hosts Technology Transfer Showcase at WA ITE Annual Conference

    Back in June, at this years Annual Washington Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Conference, PacTrans hosted a technology transfer showcase. Read More

  • August 22, 2017

    PacTrans Student Research Presents at IEEE CVPR Conference

    This past July, PacTrans Student Researcher, Ruimin Ke (UW), traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, to participate in the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Traffic Surveillance and Challenge Workshop. Read More

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