Student Presented DNDO Award
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Student Presented DNDO Award
ITE Student Chapter Receives Award
ITE Student Chapter Receives Award
Dr. Porter Speaks at 2nd Serbian Road Congress
Dr. Porter Speaks at 2nd Serbian Road Congress
Rapid Repair of Severely Damaged Concrete Columns after an Earthquake
Repair of damaged bridge columns following an earthquake is a good alternative to replacement; benefits include cost savings, reduction in construction time, and decreased interruption of emergency services. The objective of bridge repair is to rehabilitate damaged columns to a performance level similar to the original performance by restoring their lateral load and displacement capacity. […]
University of Utah Steel Bridge Team Advances to the National Competition
On Saturday, April 2, the University of Utah’s Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers earned a spot at the National Steel Bridge Competition, held this year on May 27-28 at BYU. Only the top three teams advance from the Rocky Mountain Regional Conference. The regional conference was contested this year at Denver, […]
Eno Future Leaders Conference
Graduate student Ivana Tasic has been selected by the Board of Regents of the Eno Center for Transportation to participate in the 24th annual Eno Future Leaders Development Conference in Washington, DC, June 5-9, 2016. Ivana will be among 20 other of the nation’s top graduate students in transportation to get a first-hand look at […]
Dr. Bordelon Receives Skok Best Paper Award at TRB
Dr. Amanda Bordelon and her student Min Ook Kim received the “Gene Skok Award for Outstanding Paper by a Young Author”. This was given by the Transportation Research Board Committee AFD70 Pavement Rehabilitation and presented at the TRB Annual Meeting in January 2016. The paper was entitled “Fiber Effect on Interfacial Bond between Concrete and […]
Prof. Cathy Liu Awarded 2016 Educator of the Year
The Utah Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) awarded its 2016 Educator of the Year to Professor Cathy Liu at the ITE Utah Chapter Annual Conference on January 28th. The event was held at the Rice Eccles Stadium. There were over 200 transportation professionals from public agencies, consultants, academia, students, and vendors.
Professor Richard J. Porter wins the 2015 Geometric Design Award for Best Paper
The Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Geometric Design Committee awarded its 2015 Best Paper in Geometric Design Award to Professor Richard J. Porter, Michael Scott Shea, and Thanh Le. The title of the paper is, A Combined Crash Frequency – Crash Severity Evaluation of Geometric Design Decisions (15-5881). On January 13th their paper was honored in Washington D.C. […]
ITE Student Chapter Awarded Fund
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) student chapter recently won the 2016 Western ITE data collection fund. Their proposal is about, Mixed Land Use Center with Transit-Oriented Development. The student chapter was one of five winners. ITE Western District created a Data Collection Fund to encourage Student Chapter involvement with the profession. This program is specifically […]