Student Awardees 2001

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2001 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year

Photo of the Year 2001 Awardees

Pictured are student awardees from U.S. DOT's University Transportation Centers (UTC) program at the 11th Annual Outstanding Student of the Year Awards ceremony, January 14, 2002. With the students are: far right in the front row - Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) Administrator Ellen Engleman; fifth from right - Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Administrator Mary Peters. Not present for the photograph - Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Jenna Dorn.

Outstanding Student of the Year Awards Ceremony

The 11th Annual Outstanding Student of the Year Awards ceremony took place on January 14, 2002, during the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 81st Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. For the past ten years, DOT has honored the most outstanding student from each participating University Transportation Center for her/his achievements and promise for future contributions to the transportation field. Students of the Year are selected based on their accomplishments in such areas as technical merit and research, academic performance, professionalism, and leadership. Each student received a certificate presented by RSPA Administrator Ellen Engleman, FHWA Administrator Mary Peters, and FTA Administrator Jenna Dorn, and $1,000 from his/her UTC. Traditionally, all awardees have been affiliated with the UTC program administered by RSPA, with funding from the FHWA and FTA. This year, in the spirit of "ONE DOT", the Department for the fourth time also honored an awardee from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Centers of Excellence Program.

2001 UTC Outstanding Student of the Year Awardees

Hassan Abdelwahab University of Central Florida	Stephen E. Hill University of Alabama
David Alexander University of Idaho	Elizabeth R. Hunter University of Wyoming
Michelle Alexander Oregon State University	Nhan H. Huynh University of Texas at Austin
Vanessa Amado University of Missouri-Columbia	Bryan J. Katz Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Andrew G. Beddoe Montana State University, Bozeman	Nicholas Koncz University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lynnia Bethea North Carolina A&T State University	Sean K. Litteral Marshall University
Thomas Bongiovanni Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey	Laureen McKenna Northwestern University
Brent Brown University of Illinois at Urbana ÑChampaign	Brandon L. Nevers North Carolina State University
Jeffrey Brown University of California	David R. Parrish Mississippi State University
Sarah Bush Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Bryan Reimer University of Rhode Island
James Chai San Jose State University	Jakub Rowinski New Jersey Institute of Technology
Ben Chihak University of Minnesota	Danielle K. Stone University of Missouri-Rolla
Craig Christy California State University at Long Beach	Khaleelah R. Stroman South Carolina State University
Coray Q. Davis Morgan State University	Yuet Ping Tai Assumption College
Audrey de Nazelle University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Lisa Tucker University of South Florida
Terry Esper University of Arkansas	Ramkumar Venkatanarayana University of Virginia
Mayrai Gindy Rutgers University