RSPA 1-03
Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Contacts: James Mitchell
Joe Delcambre
Tel.: (202)
366-4831
U.S. Department of Transportation 12th Annual University Transportation Center Student of the Year Awards Are Announced
The
12th Annual University Transportation Center (UTC) Student of the Year Awards,
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), has recognized the
accomplishments of students in transportation-related fields.
Research
and Special Programs Administrator Ellen G. Engleman announced the awards
honoring the outstanding students from participating UTCs for their achievements
and promise for future contributions to the transportation field. Students were selected by their schools based on their
accomplishments in such areas as technical merit and research, academic
performance, professionalism, and leadership.
The
Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) administers the UTC program
with funding from the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit
Administration. DOT also honors an
awardee from the Air Transportation Centers of Excellence, sponsored by the
Federal Aviation Administration.
"These
students are extraordinary, and they are the future of transportation
technology," said Administrator Engleman.
"We are very proud that our program has fostered and encouraged them
to make such excellent contributions, and we hope they will pursue
transportation careers."
All
of the UTCs conduct combined programs of research, education, and technology
transfer activities. The UTC
program has produced more than 1,200 research reports, and involved more than
3,500 university students and faculty in the study of transportation.
The
following UTC Students of the Year are recognized for their accomplishments:
Cheryl
Allen-Munley
New
Jersey Institute of Technology
Nathan Douglas Bowe
Marshall
University
Theresa Carr
Portland State University
Kathleen Diaz Carrasquillo
University of Puerto Rico
Zachary Doerzaph
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Jason Liam Dorn
North
Carolina State University
Pablo Durango-Cohen
University
of California - Berkeley
Stephan Anthony Durham
University of Arkansas
Dylan LeBarron Eagleton
South
Carolina State University
Mary C. Frederick
Mayrai Gindy
Rutgers
University
Nathaniel J. Grier
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Christian J. Jerome
University of Central Florida
Daniel Koenigsfeld
University of Missouri-Rolla
JoNette L. Kuhnau
The Pennsylvania State University
Robert F. K. Martin
University
of Minnesota
Matthew
R. Martino
North Dakota State University
Pamela Murray
University
of Texas at Austin
Hellon Ogallo
Morgan
State University
Jennifer S. Perone
University
of South Florida
Karen E. Philbrick
University
of Denver
Danielle Reagor
Montana
State University
Charles
Robinson
University of Alabama
Jill
Roboski
Northwestern University
Philip
Rust
University
of Idaho
Lamia Salah
Air Transportation Center
of Excellence
Wichita
State University
Gregory John Saur
North
Carolina State University
Lawrence V. Snyder
Northwestern
University
Jacquelyn Candace Underwood
North
Carolina A&T State University
David Veneziano
Iowa
State University
Oran J. Viator
University
of Rhode Island
Merrill J. Weidner
The
UTC program is administered by RSPA, which is responsible for the safe and
secure movement of hazardous materials to industry and consumers by all modes of
transportation, including pipelines; coordination of rapid response to
transportation emergencies; and advancement of science and technology for
national transportation needs.
For
additional information on the University Transportation Center Program, visit: Http://www.rspa.dot.gov,
or contact James.Mitchell@rspa.dot.gov
or Gordon.Delcambre@rspa.dot.gov.
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