s t u d e nt c h a p te r news University of Windsor The University of Windsor is proud to announce the inception of the newest student chapter of CITE. Representing research areas including road safety analysis, driver behaviour modelling, freight transportation analysis, land use and transportation modelling, and transportation network analysis, the student members are eager to raise the profile of transportation. As home of the Transportation Systems Innovation lab and Cross-Border Institute, the University of Windsor offers many avenues for student involvement with transportation work. The chapter plans to introduce a speaker seminar series to explore different perspectives from academia and industry and shed light on transportation research, issues, and opportunities. The chapter's inaugural team includes: • • • • •
President: Georgiana Madar-Vani Vice President: Terence Dimatulac Secretary: Dhwani Shah Treasurer: HaeSung Ahn Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hanna Maoh
Welcome to CITE's newest student chapter!
Mohawk College Prior to the COVID-19 lockdown, Mohawk College's ITE Student Chapter held a meet and greet for students within the Civil EngineeringTechnology -Transportation program on the evening of February 13, 2020. The event was well attended and it was encouraging to see students of various levels in the program network and build relationships to strengthen their success for their futures. Plans are in the works to expand these types of events and a special thanks to Creighton Chartier, Benjamin John, and Melissa Lachance for planning and organizing. With Mohawk's close proximity to McMaster University, we are working on improving the engagement between the two chapters. As such, we're organizing an annual event where Mohawk College will host McMaster University chapter students to teach transportation modelling software. This year, the
event had to be cancelled, but online tutorial videos and lab work to demonstrate PTV Vistros software were sent to the McMaster Chapter. Special thanks goes to Craig Sherwood, Mohawk's Student Chapter Faculty Liaison, for organizing the videos and lab work In addition to the above, the Mohawk and McMaster Student Chapters and the ITE Hamilton Section are aspiring to collaborate more closely. The presidents of all three groups met virtually to brainstorm ideas for the future. With students' lack of funds being an issue, ITE chapter students were able to attend a free virtual presentation on Diverging Diamond Interchanges organized by ITE Hamilton's section on August 27, 2020. A special thanks to Hossein Hosseini from the MTO and Jack Thompson from Thompson Ho Transportation Incorporated for conducting the presentation.
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