TTI Hosts Annual Short Course TTI hosted the 93rd Annual Transportation Short Course, held at the Texas A&M University Campus Oct. 14–16. A record-breaking 2,848 transportation professionals attended to learn about the latest innovations and findings from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)–funded research. As happens each year, TxDOT’s Extra Mile awards were presented to agency […]
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TTI’s Tooley and Other Top Women Executives Share Inclusion Strategies Melissa Tooley, TTI director of external initiatives, joined three other top female transportation industry executives on Sept. 23 on a panel made up of American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA’s) Women Leader Awards winners, which included the Institute. TTI was awarded ARTBA’s Glass Hammer […]
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TTI Signs Agreements with Transportation Research Institutes in Greece During the week of July 1, TTI signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with both the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). The purpose of the two agreements is to jointly collaborate in […]
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Judy Hawley Inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor Judy Hawley was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor on Feb. 7. Hawley has worked tirelessly to promote transportation infrastructure investments to benefit Texas, spearheaded the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge project, and served on the Port of Corpus Christi Commission for more than […]
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TTI Travels to Africa for Transportation Improvement Expedition TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree, Assistant Director Joe Zietsman and Associate Research Engineer Tara Ramani met with Namibia’s Roads Authority in October to outline future work the Institute will conduct for Namibia and hold a workshop with the Roads Authority’s senior leadership. TTI also met with senior […]
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Kuhn Receives ITE’s Matson Memorial Award TTI Senior Research Engineer Beverly Kuhn is the recipient of the Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award. Kuhn received the award at the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Annual Meeting in August. The prestigious Matson Award is given annually to those considered pioneers in their engineering professions. Kuhn has focused […]
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Brydia Receives Partner of Excellence Award from Texas A&M Texas A&M University’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISEN) has recognized TTI Senior Research Scientist Bob Brydia for his ongoing collaboration with the department. Brydia was presented the Partner of Excellence Award April 13 and appointed an ISEN adjunct professor of practice. “Over the last […]
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Henk Appointed Chair of the Texas Teen Safe Driving Coalition TTI Senior Research Engineer Russell Henk has been named chairperson of Texas’ Teen Safe Driving Coalition — a partnership led by the National Safety Council. Henk manages TTI’s Youth Transportation Safety Program and created the award-winning Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) program in 2002. […]
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TTI Graduate Student Wins Fellowship Award TTI Associate Research Scientist Bryan Wilson was recently awarded the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. (ASNT) Fellowship Award for proposed research titled Ground Penetrating Radar as a Quality Assurance Tool in Hot-Mix Asphalt Road Construction. The ASNT Fellowship Award helps graduate students defray costs of post-graduate research in […]
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TTI, Aruba Partner to Improve Bus Riding Experience On July 20, TTI and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced an exploratory transportation project to optimize traffic flows for bus ridership and use data analytics to improve navigation at Texas A&M University through Aruba Wireless and Data Analytics. Texas A&M is one of the largest […]
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Safe-D, ATLAS Internship Program Under Way at TTI Nine undergraduate students from various backgrounds with an interest in transportation safety have been selected for a unique, 10-week summer internship with TTI as part of the Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS) and Safety Through Disruption (Safe-D) University Transportation Centers. “Safe-D research projects over the next […]
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TTI Encourages Young Women to Pursue STEM Careers On Saturday, Feb. 25, more than 6,000 girls ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade attended “Girl Day 2017” hosted by the Women in Engineering Program, part of The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering. TTI Research Scientist Steven Polunsky volunteered at the event and […]
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Hall of Honor Inducts Dwight D. Eisenhower Former President Dwight David Eisenhower was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor Dec. 6 in a ceremony at the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site in Denison, Texas. Eisenhower’s induction recognizes his leadership in creating the U.S. Interstate Highway System, which is 60 years old this year. […]
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Goodin Represents TRB at Capitol Hill AV/CV Roundtable On June 22, Ginger Goodin, director of TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center, helped lead a broad discussion of policy issues that will help shape the federal government’s role in the development of automated and connected vehicles (AV/CVs). Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL) hosted the event in Washington, D.C. […]
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NHTSA’s Rosekind Addresses TTI’s Annual Traffic Safety Conference NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind was the keynote speaker for TTI’s Traffic Safety Conference. Advanced vehicle technologies represent a “safety innovation revolution,” according to Mark Rosekind, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Rosekind met with TTI leaders and researchers and was keynote speaker for the […]
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TTI’s Katie Turnbull Named Texas A&M Regents Fellow TTI Executive Associate Director Katie Turnbull was honored with the Regents Fellow Service Award during The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents Reception and Dinner Feb. 10. The Regents Fellow Service Award Program began in 1998 to recognize research professionals whose exemplary professional service has contributed […]
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Hudson Awarded Grant to Study the Unintended Highway Pedestrian The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has selected TTI to conduct a one-year project on reducing the number of motor-vehicle-related pedestrian fatalities in Texas. Project manager and TTI Associate Researcher Joan Hudson has been awarded the one-year project titled The Unintended Highway Pedestrian — What Would […]
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Carlson Receives Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award TTI Senior Research Engineer Paul Carlson was recently awarded the Transportation Research Board Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award. The award was presented during the 11th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads in Pittsburgh, Penn., held July 12–15. Carlson won the award for the research paper “Can Traffic Signs Be […]
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Former TTI Research Associate Becomes NTSB Member A former TTI research associate has been sworn in as the newest member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, who worked at TTI from 1997 to 2000, was sworn in March 23 following her presidential nomination and congressional approval. Dinh-Zarr was then designated as […]
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Crawford Elected as ITE Texas District Director TTI Associate Research Engineer Jason Crawford was recently elected to serve as the Texas District director of the Institute of Transportation Engineer (ITE) International Board of Direction. The term is from Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017. ITE is an international educational and scientific association of transportation […]