CATIER lab. wins a $530,000 research grant entitled "Software Simulated Test and Evaluation of Military Missions using Positioning and Routing Algorithms, Phase II" by the Science Research Corporation/Department of Defense on June 1, 2009.

Student Accomplishments

CATIER Lab. student Akyiaa Hosten wins Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) Baltimore Chapter 2009-2010 undergraduate scholarship on June 30, 2009. The scholarship will be presented in a special gala event to be held in Baltimore sometime in July-August.
CATIER lab. graduate student Francis Udenta wins the Conference on Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) scholarship in the amount of $6,000 on June 25, 2009. The award will be presented in Dallas, TX in July 2009.
CATIER graduate students Bimal Devkota and Francis Udenta win prestigious Eisenhower Transportation fellowship for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Papers

CATIER lab. postdoctoral research fellow Dr. Jawad Abdullah presents the paper entitled "Formulation and Solution Algorithms for Highway Infrastructure Maintenance Optimization with Work-Shift and Overtime Limit Constraints," at the 6th International Conference in CityLogistics held at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,on July 2, 2009.
CATIER lab. director Dr. Manoj Jha and former doctoral student Dr. Sutapa Samanta present a paper entitled "Model for Rail Transit Alignment Planning and Design" at the Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, Paper Number 09-3082, Washington, D.C. in January 2009.

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