Student Endowment Fund Spotlight: Nov/Dec
The date was May 14, 1992. A traffic engineering intern for the City of West Hollywood, California, boarded a shuttle bus at Oakland Airport destined for the 44th California Symposium on Transportation Issues at the Oakland Airport Hilton. He was excited about the opportunity to immerse himself in traffic engineering [...]
Section and Chapter Spolight: Intermountain Section
On May 20-22, 2010 the Intermountain Section of ITE hosted its 50th Annual Meeting in Jackson, Wyoming. With attendance exceeding 180, the Section was extremely pleased with this record turnout especially considering the tough economic climate. A strong technical program provided the foundation for the meeting and covered varying topics [...]
See You In Alaska!
The Alaska ITE Section invites all ITE members and their families to come north to Alaska for the 2011 Western District annual meeting. The event will be held in Anchorage July 10-13, 2011at the Anchorage Hilton and Egan Convention Center in the heart of downtown Anchorage—walking distance from the Alaska [...]
Section and Chapter Activities
Alaska Section Alaska offers the Transportation Engineer abundant opportunities, unique challenges, and matchless rewards. The Alaskan Transportation Engineer must possess the skills to complete projects in urban, rural, coastal, and roadless communities. They must balance innovation with practicality while accounting for a wide range of climates, severe temperatures, and extreme [...]
Technical Editor Wanted
We are looking for a Technical Editor for our Newsletter. This position would be responsible for collecting one technical article per month for our on line newsletter and 2 per year for the printed issue. Editor will be working closely with the managing editor Please contact our president at edgar.prerez@parsons.com
The Life and Times of Wolf Homburger
Wolf was born in Karlsruhe, Germany on December 18, 1926. In 1939, at age 12, he was sent to England as part of the last Kindertransport, a rescue mission that sent thousands of Jewish children to the United Kingdom where they were placed in foster homes to keep them safe [...]
Editor’s Corner
Compiling this newsletter was a treat, especially since it allowed me to see all of the happy faces from our annual meeting . Our board is constantly working together with the LAC to ensure that our Annual meetings are not only technically oriented but also family oriented. Mark your calendar [...]
Ensuring a Sustainable Future of the Younger You
By Richard T. Romer, P.E., P.T.O.E. (F) Sustainability is a word used to describe many things these days, so why not in relation to the development of a sustainable future for our most important asset, the student members of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), the “younger you”. The District [...]
President’s Message: July 2010
Learn, Share, Act, Have Fun The San Francisco meeting was a great success and I commend the efforts of the LAC in putting together such a WOW meeting. On behalf of the Western District, I thank all attendees, vendors, sponsors, and volunteers for contributing to the success of the meeting. [...]
University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education -Environment and Sustainability
University of Washington Professional & Continuing Education -Environment and Sustainability www.pce.uw.eduCertificate in Sustainable Transportation: Environmental Issues and Impacts (online) - New Examine the relationship between transportation and the environment, including energy, climate change, air pollution and water quality. Develop tools, such as life cycle assessment, that will help you understand [...]
