PacTrans News
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June 12, 2017
PacTrans Partnership with City of Bellevue and Microsoft
In 2016, road crashes resulted in 40,000 deaths and 4.6 million injuries in the United States. The FHA recently reported that more than 50 percent of the combined total of fatal and injury crashes occur at or near intersections. Read More
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June 12, 2017
UT Austin Civil Engineering Chair gives Talk at OSU
On Thursday, May 11, 2017, Dr. C. Michael Walton, professor of Civil Engineering and Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering at The University of Texas Austin presented “Innovation in Delivery of Transportation Infrastructure,” as part of the Edwards Lecture Series on Oregon State University’s campus. Read More
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June 12, 2017
Students from OSU Explore Second Street Rehabilitation
This past fall, an Oregon State University class titled “Transportation Facilities Design,” taught by PacTrans PI Katherine Hunter-Zaworski, had a very interesting project. Read More
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June 12, 2017
UW Concrete Canoe Team Wins Regionals; Heads to Nationals
This past April, the UW Concrete Canoe team once again won the Regional Competition in Boise, Idaho. They will represent the Pacific Northwest at the National Concrete Canoe competition at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, in mid June. Congratulations canoers and good luck!
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June 9, 2017
Former UW Student Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
This past February, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected 84 new people to its membership, bringing the total count to 2,281. Among them was UW Alumni, Deb Niemeier. Election to the NAE is among the most prestigious professional distinctions that engineers aspire to. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to, “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/ implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.” Read More
