PacTrans News
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September 21, 2022
UW Undergrad Researcher Awarded Two Accolades
Peter Yu is an undergraduate researcher in the UW Smart Transportation and Application REsearch (STAR) Lab. We are very excited to announce that he has recently received a handful of prestigious student accolades.
He recently earned four awards/scholarships including: the ITE Western District Best Student Paper Award, the R.H. Thomson Memorial Scholarship, the Luther E. Gregory Scholarship, and the Hans M. & Billie A. Skov Scholarship in Civil Engineering.
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September 13, 2022
October 6 – PacTrans Regional Transportation Seminar ft. Elise Miller-Hooks
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August 31, 2022
PacTrans Supports UI’s Clean Snowmobile Team to Podium Finish
Over the years, PacTrans has been a strong and consistent supporter of the University of Idaho’s Clean Snowmobile Team. This year, University of Idaho placed 3rd overall, which is Idaho’s first podium finish since 2014! In addition to overall placement, U of I placed 1st in acceleration with rider Will Thielman, 2nd in emissions, and 1st in subjective handling.
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August 31, 2022
Alumni Spotlight: Chen Chen
PacTrans comprises a diverse cohort of people hailing from a variety of places, institutions and backgrounds. Our stories bring us together and give us the opportunity to get to know each other better. We want to take a moment to look back at some of our previous student researchers and see where those alumni are today.
Chen Chen graduated from Oregon State University with a PhD in Transportation Engineering in 2021. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and will very shortly step into a new role as an Assistant Professor of Fire and Emergency Management at Oklahoma State University. Here are a few words from our conversation Chen:
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July 11, 2022
PacTrans Partner Institution OSU’s ITE Student Chapter brings Home Hardware
In early July, Oregon State University’s ITE Student Chapter travelled to Palm Springs to the Western District ITE Annual Meeting. During this meeting, OSU Graduate Student, Eileen Chai received the 2022 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, and their chapter received the Student Chapter Annual Meeting Award. To top it off, the OSU chapter won the Western District Traffic Bowl. The team will be traveling to New Orleans this August to the International meeting and to compete in the National Traffic Bowl.
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