IRF Announces 2009 Student Essay Competition Winners
For Immediate Release: September 15, 2009
IRF announced today the five winners of its annual student essay competition. Students from more than 20 universities submitted essays to this year's competition. An international panel of expert judges graded each paper and a winner from each category was selected based upon the cumulative scores from each judge.
This year the essay competition was open to five categories. The winners are listed below in each category:
Road Safety
Bo Wang, Iowa State University
What low-cost initiatives are available to make roads safer for vulnerable users
Sustainable Roads
Maha El-Metwally, Virginia Tech
Analysis of Capacity Drop at Congestion toward Better Environment
Innovative Financing
Jeff Thiele, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Road Pricing to Reduce Congestion, Pollution, and Injury Accidents
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Pengfei Li, Virginia Tech
Design optimal ITS Systems Using Simulation-based Optimization and Retrospective Approximation Techniques
Pavement Technology, Maintenance and Management
Karen O'Sullivan, Worcester Polythecnic Institute
100 Percent Recycling – Sustainability in Pavement Construction
The award winners will be recognized at the Annual IRF Awards Banquet being held during TRB in January 2010.
Founded in 1948, the International Road Federation (IRF) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization with members from both the public and private sectors in 90 countries worldwide. IRF promotes the development and maintenance of better, safer roads and road networks throughout the world, using technological solutions and management practices that provide maximum economic and social returns from road investment.
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