Gene Hawkins and the Texas A&M Student Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (TAMUite) were the recipients of prestigious awards during the ITE Texas District Summer Meeting in Sugar Land, Texas. For Hawkins — Zachry Department of Civil Engineering associate professor and Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) research engineer — it was the highest individual […]
Archives for July 2010
New TTI State Headquarters and Research Building Certified Gold by USGBC
The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) has been notified that its new State Headquarters and Research Building (SHRB) has been gold certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The award surpasses the silver certification that was required at the time by Texas A&M University for buildings located on its campus. The LEED (Leadership in Environmental […]
Borowiec Elected to Texas Airports Council
Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Associate Research Scientist Jeff Borowiec became the first “non-aviation” board member of the Texas Airports Council when he was appointed to the panel recently. Through his work at TTI, Borowiec has conducted numerous projects related to aviation and the Texas Airport System Plan. He was nominated to the Texas Airports Council […]
Rafael Aldrete: A Citizen on the 4th of July
On June 28, in an El Paso court house, Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI) Research Engineer Rafael Aldrete held up his right hand and repeated about 100 words. The United States Oath of Allegiance lasted only about a minute — but it was years in the making. “It’s been such a long and tedious process,” Aldrete […]