PacTrans News
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December 8, 2022
Dr. Wei Sun | AIWaysion Receives PacTrans Excellence in Technology Transfer Award
The PacTrans Excellence in Technology Transfer award is presented to investigators for effective partnerships and collaboration with outside industry, innovative marketing of newly developed techniques and technologies, or successful implementation of research results. This year’s Excellence in Technology Transfer Award is being given to Dr. Wei Sun, co-founder and CEO of AIWaysion, Inc.
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December 7, 2022
PacTrans Participates in Tribal College/UTC Summit
Last month, PacTrans Assistant Director, Cole Kopca, traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico to attend the Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCU) and University Transportation Centers (UTC) Summit. This event was held as a pre-conference workshop as part of the First Americans Land-Grant Consortium (FALCON) conference. The summit attracted over 80 representatives from various tribal colleges and universities and Native student-serving programs are registered to attend the UTC event.
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December 7, 2022
ODOT Receives PacTrans Outstanding Partner Award
The PacTrans Outstanding Partner Award is presented to partners for outstanding collaboration in research, sponsorships, mentor/internship opportunities, event participation/facilitation, or assistance with technology transfer initiatives. This year, PacTrans is pleased to announce this award goes to the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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December 6, 2022
Professor Rhonda Young Receives PacTrans Outstanding Educator Award
This year’s PacTrans Outstanding Educator Award goes to Rhonda Young, Chair and a Professor in the Department Civil Engineering at Gonzaga University.
The PacTrans Outstanding Educator Award is presented to PacTrans faculty in recognition of sustained outstanding teaching including mentoring, advising, and innovative teaching techniques.
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December 6, 2022
PacTrans Director Yinhai Wang Received Honor of Being Elevated to IEEE Fellow
As of this coming January, PacTrans Director and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the University of Washington, Yinhai Wang, will receive the great honor of being elevated to IEEE Fellow. Professor Wang was one of only two people elevated by the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society this year. He is joined by Alexandre Bayen, a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
The US Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is an international electronic technology and information science engineering society. “IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation.”
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