USDOT Region V Regional University Transportation Center

NEXTRANS 2011 Student of the Year

The NEXTRANS Center has selected Jeff Peters as its 2011 Student of the Year. Jeff is currently pursuing a M.S. in economics and a Ph.D. in transportation engineering and infrastructure systems at Purdue University. Jeff received a B.S.E. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan in 2008 and worked for two years with Northrop Grumman Space Technology. His research interests include public policy, infrastructure policy, infrastructure resiliency, sustainability, energy security, national security, and system-of-systems.

2011 Interns Present at Purdue's Discovery Park

The third annual NEXTRANS Undergraduate Internship in Transportation concluded with final presentations on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Purdue University's Discovery Park.  This event was an opportunity for interns to showcase their research accomplishments to faculty, staff, graduate mentors, and other undergraduate students from the Center's major partner universities.

This year's internship provided five competitively-selected undergraduate students with the opportunity to complete a ten-week program of transportation research and activities at Purdue University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign or The Ohio State University.

Craig Collins studied disruptions to freight with Professor Satish Ukkusuri at Purdue. Steven Gresk worked on research covering thermal cracking in pavement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Troy Karski spent his summer at The Ohio State University (OSU) working on a project comparing loop detectors to radar. Alyssa Moniaci, from Texas Tech University, worked in OSU's Campus Transit Lab. Emily Van Dam, from UIUC, worked on research to improve concrete railway crossties and design.

APPLY NOW for the Transportation Leadership Graduate Certificate

The NEXTRANS Center has joined with other Regional University Transportation Centers to participate in the Transportation Leadership Graduate Certificate Program (TGLC).

This distance-learning program allows participants to complete interdisciplinary coursework offered by some of the country's finest graduate transportation programs without leaving their current professions. The program is geared towards early to mid-career transportation professionals interested in advancing to management and leadership roles, as well candidates interested in transferring their skills to transportation from another industry.

Visit http://www.transleader.org to learn more and apply.