PacTrans News
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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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February 8, 2021
OSU’s Eileen Chai Received 2020-2021 Beverley Swaim Leadership Legacy Graduate Scholarship
Each year, WTS offers a variety of scholarship to students in transportation related fields. This year, Oregon State University Master’s student and PacTrans student researcher, Eileen Chai received the 2020-2021 Beverley Swaim Leadership Legacy Graduate Scholarship.
Eileen is a first-year master’s student advised by David Hurwitz, professor of transportation engineering and the Eric H.I. and Janice Hoffman Faculty Scholar. She earned the honor in recognition of her many accomplishments including a stellar undergraduate GPA, membership in the honors societies Phi Theta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, and serving as the Community Service Chair of the OSU ITE Student Chapter.
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February 8, 2021
OSU’s Mohammad Rayeedul Kalam Siam Receives Region 10 Michael Kyte Outstanding Student of the Year Award
Each year, PacTrans facilitates the submission and selection of the Region 10 Michael Kyte Outstanding Student of the Year Award. The Region 10 Michael Kyte Outstanding Student of the Year Award is available to any student attending a university in Region 10 (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho) who participates in UTC funded work. Selection is based on accomplishments in three areas: (1) Technical Merit and Research, (2) Academic Performance, and (3) Professionalism and Leadership. This year, this award went to Oregon State University PhD candidate, Mohammad Rayeedul Kalam Siam.
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