• October 01, 2015

    PacTrans Region 10 Student Transportation Conference 2015 Registration

    Student Register online for the 2015 PacTrans Regional 10 Student Transportation Conference on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at Room 250 Husky Union Building (HUB), University of Washington. Click on the flyer for a clearer image.

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    For more information and to register, free of cost, click here.

     

    CONFERENCE AGENDA & OVERVIEW

    2015 PacTrans Region 10 Student Transportation Conference

    Saturday, October 17th, 2015

    9:00AM – 2:00PM

     

    Room 250 Husky Union Building (HUB)

    University of Washington

    Seattle, WA 98105

    United States

    (Directions: http://depts.washington.edu/thehub/home/directions/)

     

    No cost to attend the meeting. Registration closes at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 12th.

     

    We sincerely thanks this year’s industry sponsors, Transpo Group and DKS Associates, for their generous gifts that helped make this conference possible! We also thank PacTrans and the University of Washington ITE Student Chapter for their sponsorship.

     

    Conference overview

    The Annual PacTrans Region 10 Student Transportation Conference is a meeting of transportation students from universities across the Pacific Northwest. Unlike the preceding day’s conference open to academics and industry personnel in addition to students, this conference is planned entirely for students, by students. The goal is to provide a conference more geared towards a student’s needs, particularly those who plan to enter engineering practice following graduation. This year’s conference will feature speakers from academia and industry, a research poster competition with cash prizes, and a panel/discussion session with recently-graduated transportation engineers. Breakfast and lunch will also be served.

     

    Tentative schedule of events:

    9:00AM-9:30AM: Check-in and breakfast

    9:30AM-10:15AM: Speaker #1 (Dr. Michael Kyte – University of Idaho) w/ Q&A

    10:15AM-11:00AM: Recent graduate/practitioner panel session (Talk with students who recently graduated with degrees in transportation engineering to hear about their transition into the work world)

    11:15AM-12:00PM: Speaker #2 (Bruce Haldors – President of Transpo Group) w/ Q&A

    12:00PM-12:30PM: Student research poster session (with cash prizes)

    12:30PM-1:30PM: Lunch

    1:30PM: Announcement of winners of poster contest and wrap-up

     

    Venue

    The conference will be held in room 250 of the HUB on the main Seattle campus of the University of Washington. The HUB is located on upper campus and is along E. Stevens Way NE. Campus is located about four miles north of downtown Seattle.

     

    Parking near the HUB

    Conference participants who wish to park on campus are responsible for obtaining daily permits as needed from one of the Parking Services booths, which are located at each entrance to campus. Please inform the gate attendant that you are attending an event in the HUB, and you will be directed to the appropriate parking area.

    Padelford Parking Garage is the nearest parking lot to the HUB. A daily parking permit is available for purchase from the gate attendant for $15.00.

     

    If there are any questions about the conference or anything at all, please contact either of the student organizers below:

    John Ash – jeash@uw.edu

    Wenbo Zhu – wbzhu@uw.edu

     

    To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at: 206.543.6450 (voice), 206.543.6452 (TTY), 206.685.7264 (fax), or email at dso@u.washington.edu. The University of Washington makes every effort to honor disability accommodation requests. Requests can be responded to most effectively if received as far in advance of the event as possible, preferably at least 10 days.