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Today we’re spotlighting one of our upcoming 2024-2025 PacTrans Graduate Fellows, Avi Bose.<\/p>\n
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Where are you currently located and what have you been up to? What’s your favorite college memory? What’s your career path been like? What’s your greatest professional accomplishment? How has PacTrans benefitted you? What are some hobbies or interests you have? Want to know more about Avi? Connect with him on LinkedIn!<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I’m currently a Civil Engineering Specialist at the Montana Department of Transportation in Helena, MT.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>One of my favorite memories from undergrad. was getting the opportunity to tour the\u00a0MCity research facility at the\u00a0University of\u00a0Michigan. We explored the\u00a0automated vehicle testing site and learned about research related to the connected infrastructure environment being\u00a0developed at MCity.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I come from a software\/machine learning engineering background, and I\u2019d like to apply my skills toward the improvement and expansion of public transit. As a graduate student, I\u2019m looking to gain a more thorough understanding of the transportation space, and see where and how I can apply my existing skills (or learn new ones) to transit projects. After graduation, I plan to pursue a consulting role to get hands-on experience with a wide variety of transit projects. Further down the line, I\u2019d be interested in working for a DoT to lead larger projects which create new transit systems or expand existing ones.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>As an engineer with the\u00a0Montana\u00a0Department of Transportation,\u00a0I have been\u00a0part of multiple interdiscipinary teams within the\u00a0department. I was given the opportunity to participate in a weeklong VE study for a federal highway project with a team of 10-15 other engineers from across the\u00a0department. Being able to work closely with representatives from other civil engineering\u00a0disciplines on a high-priority project was extremely rewarding. I gained insight into how to mitigate the impacts we have on residents,\u00a0landowners, and\u00a0wildlife,\u00a0the complexity of considering environmental concerns, and the creative solutions we can implement in our\u00a0designs\u00a0as engineers.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I am grateful to PacTrans and the University of Washington CEE\u00a0dept.\u00a0for giving me the opportunity to pursue my graduate\u00a0degree. I’m looking forward to completing an internship as part of my program and participating in PacTrans events\u00a0during the course of my\u00a0degree!<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>My hobbies include anything\/everything outdoors- I love to hike, bike, ski, and go on road trips. A fun fact: While\u00a0growing up in NYC, I loved riding\u00a0the subway and memorized the entire subway map & lines as a little kid. I still enjoy exploring public transit systems in new places I visit<\/p>\n
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