STRIDE E-Newsletter, Fall 2012
Awards
Student Chapter Awards
Florida International University Wins ITE District 10 Best Student Chapter Award
North Carolina State University, ITE International Traffic Bowl Champions
Faculty Awards
Albert Gan, Ph.D., Professor (FIU)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty Award for Excellence in Research 2012
Virginia P. Sisiopiku, Ph.D., Associate Professor (UAB)
Civil Construction & Environmental Engineering/Transportation
Winner of the Best Research Paper Award, Southern District of Institute of Transportation Engineers (SDITE), June 2012
Yafeng Yin, Ph.D., Associate Professor (UF)
Civil Engineering/Transportation
University of Florida Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award 2012
Student Awards
Grady Carrick, Ph.D. 2012 (UF)
Transportation/Civil Engineering
STC Poster Competition at TRB, January 2012
Amy Cavaretta, Master’s Student (UF)
Urban & Regional Planning
Thomas J. O’Bryant Fellow, Eno Center for Transportation, Washington, D.C., 2012
Harley Cooper, M.S. 2012 (UNC – Chapel Hill)
City & Regional Planning
Elsie Van Dyke Dewitt Fellowship, 2011-2012
Shannon Denny, Undergraduate Student (UAB)
Psychology
First place prize for student poster competition, 2012 UAB Summer Undergraduate Research Expo, July 2012
First place prize for oral presentation competition, 10th Annual University of Alabama System Honors Research Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 2012
Nagendra S. Dhakar, Doctoral Candidate (UF)
Transportation/Civil Engineering
International Road Federation (IRF) Fellow, IRF (2012-2013)
Amanda Douglas, Master’s Student (UF)
Urban & Regional Planning
Jeanne Fewell Award 2012, First Coast (Jacksonville) Section of the American Planning Association
Phillip Haas, Doctoral Student (UF)
Transportation/Civil Engineering
CMS Outstanding Student of the Year, January 2012
Md Shah Imran, Master’s Student (UAB)
Civil Construction & Environmental Engineering/Transportation
First place prize for student paper competition award, Southern District Institute of Transportation Engineers (SDITE), April 2012
(Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku, faculty advisor)
Gwen Kash, Doctoral Candidate (UNC – Chapel Hill)
City & Regional Planning
USDOT Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship
2012-2013 Academic Year
Jinyan Lu, Doctoral Student (FIU)
Transportation/Civil & Environmental Engineering
Best student paper in Florida, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2012
Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship awarded by Women in Transportation (WTS), 2012
Miguel Lugo, Doctoral Student (UF)
Transportation/Civil Engineering
UF/NSF LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellow 2011-2012
Dimitra Michalaka, Ph.D. 2012 (UF)
Transportation/Civil Engineering
International Road Federation (IRF) Fellow, IRF (2012-2013)
Abdul Muqueet Abro, Doctoral Student (UAB)
Civil Construction & Environmental Engineering/Transportation
2012 GAFP Scholarship from the UAB Graduate School, January 2012
(Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku, faculty advisor)
Benjamin Reibach, Master’s Student (UF)
Transportation/Civil Engineering
Graduate Student Participation Grant for the 8th National Aviation System Planning Symposium
Shaghayegh Shabanian, Doctoral Student (FIU)
Transportation/Civil & Environmental Engineering
Third-Place Best Essay Award, Gold Coast ITE Chapter, 2012
Danielle Soriano, Undergraduate Student (UF)
Transportation/Civil Engineering
Future Industry Leader Spotlight Award, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) 2012
Melissa Walters, Undergraduate Student (UAB)
Psychology
First place prize for student poster competition in the 2012 UAB Summer Undergraduate Research Expo, July 2012 (Dr. Despina Stavrinos, faculty mentor)
Lauren Wang, M.S. 2012 (UNC – Chapel Hill)
City & Regional Planning
Leadership Legacy Scholarship from the North Carolina Chapter of Women in Transportation Planning
January 2012
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