Student Awardees 2002

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Photo of the Year 2002 Awardees

Pictured are student awardees from U.S. DOT's University Transportation Centers (UTC) program at the 12th Annual Outstanding Student of the Year Awards ceremony, January 13, 2003. With the students are: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Deputy Administrator J. Richard Capka (far left, standing), and Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) Administrator Ellen Engleman (far right back row, standing).

Outstanding Student of the Year Awards Ceremony

The 12th Annual Outstanding Student of the Year Awards ceremony took place on January 13, 2003, during the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 82nd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. For the past 11 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 and FHWA Deputy Administrator J. Richard Capka, and $1,000 from the student's 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 fifth time also honored an awardee from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Centers of Excellence Program.

2002 UTC Outstanding Student of the Year Awardees

Cheryl Allen-Munley National Center for Transportation and Industrial Productivity New Jersey Institute of Technology	Pamela Murray USouthwest Region University Transportation Center (Region 6) University of Texas at Austin
Nathan Douglas Bowe Nick J. Rahall II Appalachian Transportation Institute Marshall University	Hellon Ogallo National Center for Transportation Management, Research and Development Morgan State University
Theresa Carr Transportation Northwest (Region 10) Portland State University	Jennifer S. Perone National Center for Transit Research University of South Florida
Kathleen Diaz Carrasquillo University Transportation Research Center (Region 2) University of Puerto Rico	Karen E. Philbrick National Center for Intermodal Transportation University of Denver
Zachary Doerzaph National ITS Implementation Research Center Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Danielle Reagor Western Transportation Institute Montana State University
Jason Liam Dorn Center for Transportation and the Environment North Carolina State University	Charles Robinson University Transportation Center for Alabama University of Alabama
Pablo Durango-Cohen University of California Transportation Center (Region 9) University of California - Berkeley	Jennifer Roboski Infrastructure Technology Institute Northwestern University
Stephan Anthony Durham Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center University of Arkansas	Philip Rust National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology University of Idaho
Dylan LeBarron Eagleton University Transportation Center South Carolina State University	David R. Parrish Mississippi State University
Mary C. Frederick Norman Y. Mineta International Institute for Surface Transportation Policy Studies San Jose State University	Lamia Salah FAA Centers of Excellence Wichita State University
Mayrai Gindy Center for Advanced Infrastructure & Transportation Rutgers University	Gregory John Saur Southeastern Transportation Center (Region 4) North Carolina State University
Nathaniel J. Grier New England University Transportation Center (Region 1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Lawrence V. Snyder Midwest Regional University Transportation Center (Region 5) Northwestern University
Christian J. Jerome Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation University of Central Florida	Jacquelyn Candace Underwood Transportation Institute North Carolina A&T State University
Daniel Koenigsfeld University Transportation Center on Advanced Materials and Non-Destructive Testing Technologies University of Missouri-Rolla	David Veneziano Midwestern Transportation Consortium (Region 7) Iowa State University
JoNette L. Kuhnau Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center (Region 3) The Pennsylvania State University	Oran J. Viator University of Rhode Island Transportation Center University of Rhode Island
Robert F. K. Martin Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute University of Minnesota	Merrill J. Weidner National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS) University of Southern California at Los Angeles
Matthew R. Martino Mountain-Plains Consortium (Region 8) North Dakota State University