Student Awardees

2006 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year
2005 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year
2004 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year
2003 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year
2002 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year
2001 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year
2000 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year
1999 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year

2003 UTC Outstanding Students of the Year

Photo of the Year 2003 Awardees

Pictured are student awardees from U.S. DOT's University Transportation Centers (UTC) program at the 13th Annual Outstanding Student of the Year Awards ceremony, January 10, 2004. With the students are: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) Deputy Administrator Samuel G. Bonasso (far left, standing), and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Deputy Administrator J. Richard Capka (far right standing).

Outstanding Student of the Year Awards Ceremony

The 13th Annual Outstanding Student of the Year Awards ceremony took place on January 10, 2004, during the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 83nd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. For the past 12 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 Deputy Administrator Samuel G. Bonasso 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 Federal Transit Administration (FTA). For the sixth time, the Department also honored an awardee from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Centers of Excellence Program.

2003 UTC Outstanding Student of the Year Awardees

Ryan P. Avery University of Washington	Bruno Miller Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jeffrey R. Busby Massachusetts Institute of Technolog	Steven W. Mitchell University of Central Florida
Washington Homer Carlisle George Mason University	Chatavie Metron Newton South Carolina State University
Patrick R. Clark University of Alabama	Brett Ripkin Morgan State University
Dan Cordon University of Idaho	Jennifer Russell University of Southern California
Peter Joseph Dailey Marshall University	Katherine Sanderson University of Minnesota
Samuel K. Eisenbeiser University of Rhode Island	Grant Schultz Texas A&M University
Stacy Eisenman University of Maryland	Lisa Schweitzer University of California-Los Angeles
Richard W. Erickson San Jose State University	Jacinta Simmons North Carolina A&T University
Julie A. Goodwill University of South Florida	Peter Smolenski Montana State University
Jessie Xu Jones University of Arkansas	Lavenia Toole-Holt University of South Florida
Tanya Kunberger North Carolina State University	An Vinh Tran Colorado State University
Kelly Leone New Jersey Institute of Technology	Gergis W. William West Virginia University
Jamie Luedtke Iowa State University	John Wirtz Northwestern University
Anne Meehan Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	Rebbeca Wuellner University of Wisconsin