PacTrans News
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March 1, 2021
PacTrans Officially Launches Workforce Development Institute
Last week, in concert with the first class of its first training course, PacTrans officially launch our Workforce Development Institute (WDI). The journey toward this milestone began four years ago when the PacTrans Board of Directors created an ongoing multi-institutional education project to explore and develop a program to support industry and agency partners combat growing workforce development and continuing education challenges.
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March 1, 2021
Survey Data Intern Opportunity with PSRC
PSRC has opened a Survey Data Intern position in the Data Department. The position is temporary part-time up to 32 hours per week and up to 3 months with limited benefits. For more information see the job announcement at their careers webpage, Careers | Puget Sound Regional Council (psrc.org). The position is open until filled with applications reviewed on an ongoing basis beginning March 26, 2021.
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February 16, 2021
Developing Design Guidelines for Commercial Vehicle Envelopes on Urban Streets
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February 15, 2021
PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2019 #3: Uncrewed Aircraft Systems in Transportation: Research-to-Operation Peer Exchange
Over the course of PacTrans’ existence, we have funded a number of projects the explore various applications of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), or drones. One of these PIs, OSU Professor Christopher Parrish, has also taken the lead on facilitating a larger regional and national dialogue about unresolved challenges, best practices, and other aspects surround the implementation of UAS in DOT workflows. So, for example, using previous PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story funding, Dr. Parrish hosted a UAS in Transportation workshop back in 2018.
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February 10, 2021
WSU PI Xianming Shi Elected ASCE Fellow
Last year, Xianming Shi, PacTrans PI and associate professor in Washington State University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
ASCE Fellows are recognized for their contributions and solutions that change lives around the world. According to the ASCE website, fellows make up only three percent of the approximately 150,000 members of the organization, which is the oldest engineering society in the U.S.
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