maite, new england ite, and umass ite are pleased to...
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12:30 – 1:00 Registration and Posters
1:00 – 2:30 [1.5 PDH's] Student Research Presentations (I)
2:30 – 3:00 Beverage Break and Posters
3:00 – 4:30 [1.5 PDH's] Student Research Presentations (II) and Tours
4:30 – 6:00 Traffic Bowl and Social Hour
6:00 – 7:00 [1 PDH] Awards Dinner and Keynote Speaker - RITA Administrator Peter Appel
Seventh Annual Transportation Student Research Symposium
The Massachusetts Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (MAITE) in conjunction with the New England Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (NEITE) will be hosting its Annual Transportation Research Symposium on Thursday, March 24th on the 10th floor of the Campus Center on the UMass Amherst campus. The event will showcase the research over 30 of the finest young engineering talents in New England (see page 2 for complete listing). There will be two 1.5 hour presentation sessions as well as time to meet and talk to the presenters at poster session. During the social hour, the Northeastern District Traffic Bowl will pit teams from six universities against each other with a ticket to the ITE Annual Meeting in St. Louis as prize to the winning team.
An awards dinner will follow the social hour with Keynote speaker:
Mr. Peter Appel, Administrator of RITA. PDH's are available from both student presentations sessions and for the keynote address.
Registration (includes dinner and parking in the Campus Center Garage): Students ~ $15 ITE Members ~ $50 Corporate Sponsors ~ $250 (includes 2 dinner tickets) No shows will be billed.
Please RSVP to [email protected] by Noon on Monday, March 21st.
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MAITE, New England ITE, and UMass ITE are pleased to announce the
Student Podium and Poster Presentations
Name School Abstract Title
Kwasi Adu-Gyamfi UConn Field Performance and Laboratory Comparison of PG 64-22 versus PG 64-28 Test
Sections in Connecticut
Sha Al Mamun UConn Measuring Service Gaps: An Accessibility-Based Transit Need Index
Aria Berliner UMass Amherst Evaluating Alternative Toll-Based Financing A Case Study of the Boston Metropolitan
Area Approaches
Alexander Bernier UConn Forensic Investigation of 6 Long-Term Pavement Performance Test Sections in
Colchester, CT
Andrew Berthaume UMass Amherst Modeling the UMass Amherst Emergency Evacuation Plans using VISSIM
Kelly Bertolaccini UConn National and International Case Studies on Livability
Jason Billings UConn The Impacts of Road Capacity Removal
Garrett Bolella UConn Public Perception of Transit Service and its Built Environment in the New Haven -
Springfield Corridor
Shannon Brown Northeastern More Than Sharrows: Lane-Within-A-Lane Bicycle Priority Treatments in Three U.S.
Cities
Burak Cesme Northeastern Self Organizing Traffic Signal Logic for Oversaturated Arterials
Ashley Costa UMass Amherst Comparative Evaluation of VMT Based Fee Approach: Lessons Learned and Future
Opportunities
Tyler de Ruiter UMass Amherst Real Time Traveler Information Benefits in the Pioneer Valley
Jing Ding UMass Amherst Trajectory-Adaptive Route Choice Models: Specification, Choice Set Generation, and
Estimation
Gilbert Telin Kim UMass Amherst Automated Seatbelt and Speed Enforcement using DSRC
Gabriel Leiner UMass Amherst Running Routes With Common Endpoints
Jingcheng Li UConn Evaluation of Dynamic Modulus of Typical Asphalt Mixtures in Northeast U.S Region
Xuan Lu UMass Amherst Information Impacts on Route Choice and Learning Behavior in a Congested Network:
An Experimental Approach
Chris McCahill UConn Automobile Use and Activity Level in Small Cities
Melissa Paciulli UMass Amherst Developing an Evaluation Approach to Assess Large Scale ITS Infrastructure
improvements: I-91 Project in Massachusetts
Deanna Peabody UMass Amherst An Application of Spatially Based Crash Analyses and Road Safety Investigations to
Increase Older Driver Safety
Michael Plotnikov UMass Amherst An Evaluation of Alternative Transportation Financing Approaches
Ashrafur Rahman UConn Rainfall Impacts on Traffic Parameters and Benefits of Implementing Weather
Responsive Signal Timing
Kathryn Slater UMass Amherst Integrating Policy, Planning and Public Health: Best Practices in Health Impact
Assessment Relative to Transportation Policy
Erica Swansen UMass Amherst Examination of Work Zone Safety Through Design and Field Studies
Sunil Balaganchi Thammaiah
UMass Lowell A Computer Program for Progression Optimization on Arterial Streets and Urban Grid
Networks
Hengliang Tian UMass Amherst Route Choice Behavior in Driving Simulator with Real-Time Information
Steven Tupper UMass Amherst Connecting Gap Acceptance Behavior to Crash Experience
Joseph Tyros UMass Amherst Using Micro-simulation Models to Analyze Transit Signal Priority Strategies in Small and
Medium Sized Cities
Qixing Wang Uconn Game Theory Approach to Measuring the Transportation Network Vulnerability
Cheng Zhang UMass Amherst Validation and Benchmarking of the Longitudinal Control Model
Jason Zheng UConn Assessment of the Environmental and Economic Aspects of Transportation
Sustainability
Please RSVP to [email protected] by Noon on Monday, March 21st.
Directions to the UMass Campus Center (Event is on the 10th Floor)
Please RSVP to [email protected] by Noon on Monday, March 21st.