The Annual TRB Meeting is an information packed program that attracts approximately 10,000 transportation professionals from around the world. The meeting is held in January each year in Washington, D.C. at the Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, and Hilton Washington Hotels.

The meeting program covers all transportation modes, with more than 2,800 presentations in 500 sessions addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions.

Every year, PacTrans honors the center’s Student of the Year by sponsoring full travel costs and awarding $1,000. The Student of the Year is nominated by transportation faculty for excellence in academic achievement and over all contribution to the transportation community. The Student of the Year is officially recognized by CUTC at the awards banquet held in conjunction with the TRB meeting.

PacTrans reimburses a portion of students’ travel expenses for attending the conference provided students are the primary presenter/author of a paper accepted for presentation at the meeting. At the upcoming 92^nd Annual Meeting of the TRB (this January 13-17, 2013), PacTrans has a number of graduate students presenting papers as primary authors.

Presentations at the TRB by PacTrans-affiliated Graduate Students and Researchers

A MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR LONG DISTANCE PLEASURE TRAVEL SUPPLY ANALYSIS

Sa Xiao, Runze Yu, and Yinhai Wang

UNDERSTANDING REGULARITY AND IRREGULARITY

Xiaolei Ma
Sunday, January 13, 2013 9AM-12PM, Hilton, Jefferson West

TRANSIT SMART CARD DATA MINING FOR PASSENGER ORIGIN INFORMATION EXTRACTION

Xiaolei Ma

COHERENT APPROACH FOR MODELING AND NOWCASTING HOURLY NEAR-ROAD BLACK CARBON CONCENTRATIONS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Runze Yu, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Yinhai Wang
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:45AM – 12:30PM Hilton, International Center

SAFETY DISTANCE MODELING ON THE BASIS OF VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION

Hua Wang, Wei Quan, Yinhai Wang, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:30PM – 9:30PM Marriott, Salon 2

A TWIN CELL MODELING APPROACH FOR PARALLEL FREEWAY FACILITIES – A MANAGED LANE EXAMPLE

Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Guohui Zhang, Yinhai Wang
Monday, January 14, 2013 4:15PM – 6:00PM Marriott, Salon 2

SIMULATION-BASED SCENARIO-DRIVEN INTEGRATED CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ANALYSIS

Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Guohui Zhang, Carmen Kwan, Yinhai Wang, Brian Kemper
Monday, January 14, 2013 4:15PM – 6:00PM Marriott, Salon 2

OPTIMIZING MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS LOCATION UNDER FUZZY ENVIRONMENT

Yong Wang and Xiaolei Ma

VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM: SIMULTANEOUS DELIVERIES AND PICKUPS WITH SPLIT LOADS AND TIME WINDOWS

Yong Wang and Xiaolei Ma