PacTrans News
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December 6, 2022
PacTrans Doctoral Webinar Series: Fiete Krutein
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December 5, 2022
Professor Jon Froehlich Receives PacTrans Outstanding Researcher Award
The PacTrans Outstanding Researcher Award, is presented to investigators for outstanding research with significant outcomes, incorporating meaningful student contributions, and robust community service/leadership involvement. This year, PacTrans is pleased to announce this award goes to UW Associate Professor of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Jon Froehlich.
Professor Froehlich received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in December 2011 where he was a Microsoft Research Graduate Fellow and the 2010 College of Engineering “Graduate Innovator of the Year.” His Ph.D. dissertation entitled “Sensing and Feedback of Everyday Activities to Promote Environmental Behaviors” won numerous awards including the 2012 University of Washington Distinguished Dissertation Award and an honorable mention for the national 2012 Council of Graduate Schools Distinguished Dissertation Award in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering.
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December 5, 2022
PacTrans Region 10 Transportation Conference Returns to In-Person
After two years of virtual conferences, the PacTrans Region 10 Transportation Conference returned to in-person this past October. Co-organized by PacTrans, the CSET, and the UW Mobility Innovation Center, this one-day event took place on the University of Washington, Seattle campus. With over two hundred in attendance from public agencies, private industry, and academia, the conference focuses on three goals: (1) listen to agencies and industry leaders about their views on critical regional research needs, (2) present UTC funded research to practitioners who may have need of project outputs, and (3) foster partnerships for future collaboration.
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December 2, 2022
DECEMBER 5: UW Transportation Seminar featuring Dusty Rasmussen of SDOT
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December 1, 2022
Professor Michael Kyte Receives PacTrans 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award
This year’s PacTrans Lifetime Achievement Award has been given to University of Idaho Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michael Kyte.
PacTrans Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest and most prestigious award given by PacTrans. It is presented in recognition of individuals who have had distinguished careers in transportation in the Pacific Northwest with substantial involvement in the UTC program.
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