UW ITE News Archive
Sixth Annual Region X Student Conference to be held at UW - 10/08/2008
This year, UW will host the Region X Student Conference (formerly the TransNow Student Conference) on November 7, 2008. This conference is for students and organized by students. There will be posters, presentations, panel discussion, keynote speaker, and free food. Registration is free for transportation students. Please join us in exploring student research in the transportation field!
UW ITE kicks off the 2008-2009 academic year with huge interest - 10/01/2008
The STAR Lab was not large enough to contain the crowd of students interested in ITE at our annual kick-off meeting. Many students signed up for a free ITE membership and were introduced to ITE and upcoming events for this year. You can read the handout online. No doubt it was helped by the boxes of pizza!
Upcoming major events for this year include the Region X Student Conference at UW and the 17th Annual Oregon ITE Traffic Bowl. Traffic Bowl is an opportunity to network with transportation professionals and show what you know about transportation in a Jeopardy-style game with cash prizes. This year's Traffic Bowl is on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Edgefield McMenamins outside Portland. Stay tuned for registration details.
UW ITE Celebrates the end of the 07-08 school year - 6/11/2008
The end of the quarter with the UW ITE always official ends with an end of the quarter get-together. This quarter a bunch of us convened at the Ram at University Village for dinner, drinks, and good times. This school year was a great success for the UW ITE chapter.
Yao-Jan Wu wins Outstanding Graduate Student Award- 5/13/2008
The UW ITE again shows its academic success with our very own vice president Yao-Jan Wu winning the ITE Scholarship: Outstanding Graduate Student in Transportation presented by the ITE Washington State Section. The scholarship is for $1,500.
UW ITE takes 2nd, 3rd and 4th at the annual ITE Student Night - 5/13/2008
The UW ITE fielded three teams to present their traffic calming solutions for the Cherry Hill neighborhood in front of the Washington Section of ITE. Although the first place prize went to a team from Seattle University, the UW accumulated the most amount of prize money. Here are the teams that participated:
- Adam Parast and Yegor Malinovskiy: 2nd place, $300
- Runze Yu and Yen-Yu Lin: 3rd place, $200
- Oran Viriyincy and Evan Siroky: 4th place, $100
UW ITE going to the CITE Conference in Victoria, BC - 4/26/2008
The Washington Section of ITE is sponsoring four students and one ITE mentor to attend the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) Annual Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The students planning on attending are Yao-Jan Wu, Yegor Malinovsky, Evan Siroky and Adam Parast while being accompanied by UW ITE Mentor Scott Lee. There will be a number of speakers and workshops at the conference with topics varying from "Municipal Road Safety" to "Planning for Sustainability." On the way to the event the UW ITE will be taking the Victoria Clipper and while in Victoria the UW ITE will be staying at the Marriott Hotel in Downtown Victoria. We're all looking forward to it.
UW ITE Brings a Bus to Campus for Earth Day - 4/22/2008
On a spur of the moment, Kari Watkins and Evan Siroky decided to that it might be fun to bring a bus onto campus for Earth Day to promote public transportation and to give people a chance to test out the bicycle rack on the bus. Two weeks and numerous emails and phone calls later, we had coordinated with Sound Transit who would sponsor King County Metro to bring a bus onto campus. The event was a success with a number of people stopping by to check out some displays about Sound Transit's University Link project and with about twenty or so people testing out the bicycle racks.
Bowling Night! - 4/7/2008
UW ITE started off spring quarter with a bash at the UW HUB bowling alley. About 15 people showed up for bowling, good times and some pizza afterwards. Yen-Yu Lin got the highest score at 160 pins followed closely by Yao-Jan Wu with 157 pins.
Grant of $1,000 awarded for Data Collection Project - 4/1/2008
For the second year in a row, the UW ITE chapter has received a $1,000 grant to complete a data collection project for Coffee Store Trip and Parking Generation. The data collected will be used in future editions of the ITE Trip Generation manual.
End of Autumn Quarter UW ITE party at Big Time Brewery - 12/12/2007
After a quarter of hard work, we celebrated the conclusion of our quarter over drinks and games of shuffleboard at the Big Time Brewery. A few of us also attend the opening ceremonies of the South Lake Union Streetcar.
Excellent participation at 2007 TransNow Student Conference at PSU - 11/16/2007
The 2007 TransNow student conference was a tremendous success for UW ITE. Altogether we had 2 people bring posters to the event and 4 people showed presentations of their work. And on top of that, the winner for best presentation went to UW ITE's own Ken Perrine for his presentation on www.ratemyroads.org. Congratulations Ken!
Here is a full list of the student showings:
- Yegor Malinovskiy: Video-Based Monitoring of Pedestrian Movements at Signalized Intersections
- Evan Siroky: Custom Traveler Information Software for Public Transit
- Ken Perrine: RateMyRoads.org: A Place to Give Feedback on Roads
- Yao-Jan Wu: A Google-Map-Based Arterial Traffic Information System
- Kelly Pitera: Environmental Practices on Drayage Trucks in the Port of Seattle
UW ITE takes 2nd place at 16th Annual Oregon ITE Traffic Bowl - 11/15/2007
In a stunning feat of fast reactions, wit, and intelligence the UW ITE chapter scored big at the Traffic Bowl earning 2nd place. The UW ITE team was also the only team to correctly answer the final jeopardy question in a daring wager of all of the team's money. Go team!