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Best Annual Meeting Paper By a Young Professional
Recognizes the author of a paper judged to be the best technical paper presented at the ITE Western District Annual Meeting by a Young Professional. The paper would be judged based on its value to transportation engineering. Papers are screened by the local arrangements technical committee and judged by a panel of section technical chairs. Key criteria include: Originality; Significance and Applicability to Transportation; Research and Technical Content; and Ability to clearly communicate information (presentation and format).
Papers should be submitted to the Western District Career Guidance Chair.
The author must be a Western District member and be 35 years old or younger.
The award was established in 2005 and the winning author receives a plaque at the Western District Annual Meeting.
| Year |
Award Winner
|
Paper Title
|
| 2012 | Yue Zhao | “Guidelines for Marked and Unmarked Crosswalks and Unsignalized Intersections” |
| 2011 | Wei Feng | “Techniques to Visualize and Monitor Transit Fleet Operations Performance in Urban Areas” |
| 2010 | Shruti Malik | “Innovative Techniques to Model HOV to HOT Lane Conversion Using VISSIM – A Case study of SR 237/I-880 Express Connectors in Santa Clara County” |
| 2009 | Smith Siromaskul | “Diverging Diamond Interchange Design 101: Things to Know Before You Start” |
| 2008 | Smith Siromaskul | “A Comparative Analysis of Diverging Diamond Interchange Operations” |
| 2007 | Ramin Massoum | “Bad All Red Times = Recipe for Disaster” |
| 2006 | Benjamin Waldman and Bart Przybyl | “The Effects of Pedestrian Signals at Multi-Lane Roundabouts” |
| 2005 | Christopher Strong | “Development of Criteria to Identify Locations for ITE Deployment.” |



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