WTS Transportation Symposium 2013

The WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter at the University of Florida hosted their annual signature event, the WTS Transportation Symposium, on November 12, 2013, at the UF campus. The topic of this year’s symposium was “Communication between Women and Men in the Workplace”. Panelists consisted of the following: Dan Plonk, a former University of Florida football offensive lineman, and graduate of the UF College of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, currently director of transportation planning at Norfolk Southern. Norfolk Southern is a Fortune 300 company that is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies specializing in freight rail; Dr. Angela Lindner, the Associate Dean for undergraduate student affairs at the University of Florida, who provided coveted insight regarding communication between men and women, from her point of view in the university academic community; Jamie Breme of Fluor, an engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance (EPCM), and project management company, who shared her experiences with the students regarding communication between males and females, as well as some of her personal experiences at the company. The fourth panelist was Jessica Grant, of the Florida Department of Transportation, who shared her experiences in the transportation field, since her recent graduation from the University of Florida.

The WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter with guest speakers during the 2013 Transportation Symposium. Front row, left: Kristen Schneider, Jennifer Connell, Zhuofei Li, Yinan Zheng. Back row, left: Tiffany Buster, Cody Impton, Jamie Breme, Dr. Angela Lindner, Jessica Grant, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, Dan Plonk, Liz Peak, Jamie Fan.