Center for Transportation Research News

Dr. C. Michael Walton, professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, received the Texas Road Hand Award from the Texas Department of Transportation for his public spirit in championing transportation projects. The award recognizes citizens who have given their time, energy and vision to help improve transportation throughout the state.
Walton holds [...]

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Joseph A. Yura, emeritus professor, was inducted as an honorary member into the Adademy of Distinguished Alumni. Although he did not attend UT-Austin, his outstanding service to the department as a faculty member is recognized.
Each of the new inductees received at least one degree from the department and are outstanding in their field, leaders in [...]

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Student researcher Calvin Tribby, University of New Mexico, won an URISA award for the paper, “Construction of a Household-level Public Transportation Accessibility Model.”
“This research details the construction of a public transportation accessibility model, with a focus on the necessity of using travel time as the accessibility measure. The primary objective of this work is [...]

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Laurel Roennau died Thursday, August 14th, 2009. She was, among many other things, an aeronautical engineer who began work in the 1950s for McDonnell Douglas, firing test missiles. She obtained an National Science Foundation (NSF) award to study engineering schools in Europe. Returning to the U.S., Roennau worked on unmanned drones, eventually becoming the head [...]

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