2016 Awards

Staff:

Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S. (UF)
Administrative Leadership Award, Council of University Transportation Centers/American Road & Transportation Builders Association

Students:

Jack Cabe (GaTech)
3rd Place Student Paper, American Planning Association/Transportation Planning Division; Title: An Evaluation of “Road Diet” Projects on 5-Lane and Greater Roadways

Chelsea Dyess (GaTech)
3rd Place Winner, STRIDE Student Poster Competition, TRB 2016, Washington, D.C.; Poster Title: Pedestrian Access to Bus Stops in Atlanta

Somaye Fakharian Qom (FIU)
– 1st Place Top Paper Award, 15th International Conference on Managed Lanes, TRB 2016
– Outstanding Dissertation Year Fellowship, Spring-Summer 2016
– Breaking Barriers Women in Transportation Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Florida International University, Summer 2016
– Outstanding World Ahead Graduate, Office of the Provost, Florida International University, Summer 2016
– Outstanding Ph.D. Student, Civil & Coastal Engineering, College of Engineering, Florida International University, Summer 2016

Homa Fartash (FIU)
Sanchez Grand Prix Scholarship, Florida International University

Deja Jackson (UF)
– Best Oral Presentation, Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, 2016 TRB, Washington, D.C.; Paper Title: Today’s Perception of Vehicle Safety and Its Impact on Preparing for Tomorrow’s Autonomous Vehicles
– Committee 200 (C200) Scholar Award, HW College of Engineering, University of Florida

Megan McGinley (UF)
Frankee Hellinger Undergraduate Scholarship, WTS Central Florida

Ossama Ramadan (UAB)
1st Place Winner, STRIDE Student Poster Competition, TRB 2016, Washington, D.C.; Poster Title: Impacts of Merge Control Strategies on Freeway Level of Service

Atiyya Shaw (GaTech)
Alumni Award (highest-rated applicant), Eno Future Leader’s Development Conference

Don Watson (UF)
The Integrity Award, Attributes of a Gator Engineer, H. W. College of Engineering, Gainesville, FL

Yinan Zheng (UF)
– 2nd Place Winner, STRIDE Student Poster Competition, TRB 2016, Washington, D.C.; Poster Title: A Model of Pedestrian Delay at Unsignalized Intersections in Urban Networks
– Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship, WTS South Florida

Group Award
Zhibin Chen, Zhengtian Xu, Mahmood Zangui (with faculty adviser Dr. Yafeng Yin)
University of Florida
Stella Dafermos Best Paper Award, TRB 2016, Washington, D.C.; Paper Title:  Analysis of Advanced Management of Curbside Parking