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Summer 2005
Volume 3, Number 2
Stories
This Issue:
The
High Cost of Free Parking:
A New Book from Donald Shoup of ITS Los Angeles
Eisenhowers
Awarded to 11 UC Students
Samer
Madanat New Director at ITS Berkeley: Succeeds
Martin Wachs
ITS
Undergoes 15-Year Review: First-ever "sunset" examination
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Eisenhowers Awarded to Eleven University of California Students
Three
Campuses Represented
Eleven students
at three campuses of the University of California won Dwight David
Eisenhower Graduate Fellowships for 2005. The awards enable students
to pursue advanced degrees in transportation-related fields at universities
of their choice. The award comes with a $1,500 stipend to attend the
annual TRB conference in Washington, D.C., and in many cases covers
recipients’ tuition and fees.
The objective of
the fellowship is to attract qualified students to the field of transportation
and research, and to advance the development of the transportation
work force. They are awarded to individual students for up to three
years. (For a cumulative list of all winners from UC, dating back to
2000, see link at end of story.)
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Christopher
Cherry is working toward a PhD in Transportation Engineering.
His research interests relate to motorization issues in China. |
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Elliot
Martin is finishing a dual degree in engineering and city
planning and will pursue a doctoral degree in transportation engineering
next year. He is interested in network designs and strategies for transition
to alternative fuels. |
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James
Rubin, whose research focuses on transportation equity and
sustainability, is working toward a doctorate in City and Regional
Planning. |
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Before
coming to Berkeley Joshua Seelig, who is working towards
a Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a
transportation focus, mapped the New York City subways for emergency
responders. Current research involves improving access to public transit
by providing shared-use, low-speed vehicles. |
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Sarah
Syed believes her experience on transportation issues, first
as an activist, then as a policy-maker, and finally as a consultant
to various Bay Area cities and agencies helped her win an Eisenhower.
Syed is working towards a dual Master’s degree in City and Regional
Planning and Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
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After
graduating from Princeton University with a degree in Operations Research
and Financial Engineering, Meghan Mitman worked at Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas as a transportation
engineer. She is pursuing a dual Master’s degree in City and Regional
Planning and Transportation Engineering. |
| Patricia
Lynn Scholl (no photo available), a doctoral student in the
School of Public Policy, is interested in researching policies that
increase access, equity and efficiency of transportation systems. She
is especially interested in flexible paratransit and carsharing services. |
| David
Uniman (no photo available) was the final Berkeley winner. |
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Los Angeles |
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David
King, formerly a restaurateur in Minneapolis, received a Master's
in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA and is currently in his second
year of the doctoral program. |
| Andrew
Mondschein (no photo available) received a master’s
degree from UCLA’s Department of Urban Planning and is currently
in the first year of the doctoral program, exploring linkages between
the built form of cities and varied types of planning. He has extensive
professional experience as a planner and designer. |
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Irvine |
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Kenneth
Joh is a second year PhD student in transportation planning
in the Planning, Policy and Design department. He’s interested
in comparing transportation systems in U.S. and European cities as
well as alternative transportation systems in national parks. |
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| National Highway
Institute Web page with information about Eisenhower fellowships and
grants http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/UGP/fellowship_internship.aspx
Cumulative
list
of
UC winners since 2000. |
