Awards & Scholarships:
2009 Award Winners
Each year MOVITE looks to recognize excellence in transportation by making awards to members whose contributions and achievements benefit our profession. The nomination process and deadlines are detailed in the descriptions of each award below. Please take the time to nominate a MOVITE member or organization or to submit a paper. Let’s recognize and celebrate our successes.
MOVITE PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
MOVITE Distinguished Service Award: David Woosley, P.E., PTOE Transportation/Traffic Engineer City of Lawrence, Kansas
John B. Pinkley Industry Member Award: Phillip Parduhn Pelco Products, Inc.
Melvin B. Meyer Transportation Professional of the Year Award: Matt Selinger P.E., PTOE HDR, Omaha, Nebraska
Patrick T. McCoy Education Professional of the Year Award: Ed Kannel, Ph.D., P.E. Professor, Iowa State University
Young Transportation Professional of the Year Award: Jason L. Haynes, P.E., PTOE Professional Engineer - Signal System City of Springfield, MO Jason‘s winning paper, “LED Traffic Signal Lamps: An Evaluation of Springfield, Missouri’s Experience
Best Chapter Award: Kansas City Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers 2008 officers were Paula Parke, President; Shannon Jeffries, Vice-President; Srini Veeramallu, Secretary-Treasurer; Lidiana Laboy, Member Director; Grant Bowerman, Affiliate Director; and Steve Worley, Past President.
Transportation Achievement Award for Operations: Operation Green Light Regional Signal Coordination Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)
Transportation Achievement Award for Facilities: First Diverging Diamond Interchange in the U.S. Missouri Department of Transportation
MOVITE STUDENT AWARDS
Jan Kibbe Student Scholarship Award: Nikhil Sikka, PhD Student Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Iowa
Thomas J. Seburn Student Paper Award:
1st Place: Jiguang Zhao Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville “Safety Issues of Left-Side Off-Ramps on Freeways”
2nd Place: Manoj Krishna Vallati Missouri University of Science & Technology—Rolla “Evaluation of Vehicle Attenuator (VMA) Markings Using Driving Simulator for Mobile Work Zones”
3rd Place: Uday R. Rao Manepalli Missouri University of Science & Technology—Rolla “Identifying and Ranking High Crash Locations: A Case Study of Arkansas Interstate Highway Network”
Best Student Chapter Award: Iowa State University
MOVITE STUDENT POSTER CONTEST
1st Prize Student Poster: Ranjit Prasad Godavarthy – Master Student at Kansas State University –Effectiveness of A Black Hawk Beacon Signal in Decreasing Delay to Motorist at Mid-block Pedestrian Signal
2nd Prize Student Poster: Loshaka Perera – Master Student at Kansas State University –Factors Related to Older-Driver Safety: Survey-Based Study
1st Prize Student ITE Chapter: Missouri Science and Technology (MS&T) - Daxiao Liu, Brian Schaefer; Toa Li Ph. D and Dr. Hojong Baik, A Web-Based Geographic Information System for Crash Data Analysis
2009 MIDWESTERN ITE STUDENT POSTER CONTEST
Sreekanth Reddy Akepati: Kansas State University “Identification of Work Zone Crash Characteristics”
Nishitha Bezwada: Kansas State University “Characteristics of Fatal Truck Crashes"
Nikhil Sikka: University of Iowa “Modeling Travel Behavior Using Advanced Time Series Analysis”
Past Recipients
Professional Award Applications
All professional award applications are due annually on June 1. General Questions regarding Professional Awards should be directed to the MOVITE Vice President.
Student Award & Scholarship Applications
All student award applications are due annually on April 1. General Questions regarding Student Awards should be directed to the MOVITE Vice President.
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