Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory
Students

We are very proud of our alumni, whose profiles are presented below. Alumni are ordered by degree (Ph.D., Master's, B.S. and by last name. We will try to keep this information up to date but feel free to send us any corrections.

Roger Lindgren Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2005 B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada Dipl., Civil Engineering Technology, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada [Webpage] [OIT Page] Roger is a native of Edmonton, Canada and has over twelve years of engineering and teaching experience. His research interests include traffic flow theory, microscopic simulation of urban and rural traffic, as well as pavement design and analysis. His dissertation consisted of empirical studies of traffic data in an effort to better understand traffic features in queued and congested flow. Roger is a Research Associate with the Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies and an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls. Roger was the 2003 recipient of the Oregon Tech 2003 Faculty Achievement Award. Roger has presented results of his research at the ITE 2003 Annual Meeting in Seattle (Microscopic Simulation of Traffic at a Suburban Interchange), twice at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (Empirical Analysis of Flow Features on a German Autobahn in 2004 and Examination Of Features Of A Freeway Bottleneck Surrounding A Lane Drop in 2003) and has also presented research results to the Oregon Department of Transportation and at a Seminar at Kittelson & Associates in Portland. Roger also serves as the Oregon Tech Faculty Advisor for the ASCE and ITE Student Chapters. In 2004, Oregon Tech hosted the ASCE Regional Conference for more than 20 student chapters throughout the Northwest.

Tarek Abou El-Seoud Ph.D. Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University Ph.D, Urban Studies and Planning ., Cairo University, Egypt, Egypt, 2005 M.S., GIS for Urban Applications, ITC, The Netherlands Tarek received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cairo University faculty of Engineering, Egypt. He received a Master of Science degree in Geo-information system (GIS) for Urban Applications from The International Institute for Aerospace survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), the Netherlands. He has also a Diploma on Environmental Impact Assessment from Oxford Brookes University, school of planning, United Kingdom. He completed his Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning in winter 2005. Tarek's research interests in the integration of Geographic Information System and Intelligent Technology in traffic noise environmental impact assessment. Tarek assisted Dr. Bertini on delay analysis of TriMet bus data using a Markov chain model and also on analyzing and evaluating crashes on the Oregon Highway System using dynamic segmentation techniques. Tarek has returned to Cairo to continue teaching on the Faculty of Regional and Urban Planning, Cairo University

Kim Chansung Ph.D., School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2005 Master of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University, Korea BS, Seoul National University, Korea Chansung's research interests include GIS-T and travel behavior based on high tech ITS data. Chansung examined spatial discrete choice modelling and the interrelationship of workplace relocation, residential relocation and commuting using Puget Sound Transportation Panel data. Also, Chansung assisted Dr. Bertini on a project developing truck data mining technique for freight modelling. Chansung is originally from Seoul, South Korea. Chansung has returned to Seoul to resume work for the Korea Transport Institute.

Ahmed El-Geneidy Ph.D., School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2005 M.A., Architectural Engineering, University of Alexandria, Egypt B.A., Architectural Engineering, University of Alexandria, Egypt Ahmed received a BA and MA in Architectural Engineering from University of Alexandria Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria Egypt. He completed his PhD in Urban Studies in June 2005. Ahmed's research interests include Geographic Information Systems, Land-use and Transportation Planning. He worked with Dr. Bertini on a paper for generating performance measures from Tri-Met Bus data and the ODOT ramp meter evaluating project. Ahmed has completed several research studies including Modeling Transit Trip Time using Archived BDS Data, and Using Archived Traffic Management Data to Evaluate Ramp Meter Performance in Portland. After his research work is completed, Ahmed would like to return to Alexandria, Egypt to teach at the University of Alexandria, Faculty of Engineering. Ahmed was awarded a $1000 Fellowship by the Federal Highway Administration (2004) to attend the IEEE ITSC in Washington, D.C., and has also won a $500 Scholarship (2004) from ITS Oregon and an $800 Grant for travel from PSU. Ahmed worked for two years as a post-doctoral research associate at the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota and is now an Assistant Professor in the School of Urban Planning at McGill University.

Edward Anderson M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2001 B.S., Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon After having graduated from PSU in 2001, Edward joined the Oregon Department of Transportation in May 2002. Since then, he has worked in the ODOT ITS Unit in Salem, Oregon, with statewide ITS projects. Edward assists ODOT regions and districts, and local agencies in identifying ITS needs and designing ITS projects. Some of his projects include variable message signs, road and weather information stations, closed circuit television for traffic monitoring and incident management, and ITS operations and implementation plans for communities statewide.

Ben Auffray M.S. Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering, L'école nationale des travaux publics d'Etat (ENTPE) B.S., Civil Engineering, National School of Public State Work, Marseille, France Ben grew up in the South of France and studied in Marseille. After college, Ben spent 3 years in an intensive class dealing with math and physics then sat for a nationwide exam which gave him the opportunity to enter the ENTPE (National School of Public State Work) as a civil servant which required an internship of 6 months. Due to his interest in transport, Ben chose to come to the ITS Lab at Portland State University. Ben really enjoys sports such as basketball, soccer, volleyball, skiing, and sailing and plans to get involved in the Portland sports scene soon! Ben presented a paper at the ITE District 6 Annual Meeting in Hawaii in 2006.

Ho Baotu M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2005 B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 1997 Upon graduation from PSU in 1997, Tu worked for the City of Tigard as an intern for a short period of time. Tu joined the Washington State DOT in Vancouver in 1998, and wasworking the ITS engineer for the WSDOT’s SW Region. Tu currently works at the City of Beaverton, in charge of signal operations. Tu’s professional interests include ITS operations, freeway operations, and signal operations. Tu was awarded the TransNow Fellowship for 2002-2003.

Paul Bender Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2004 B.A., Geography Paul grew up in Philadelphia, where his passion for transportation and urban planning was kindled while witnessing the construction of the long-delayed I-95 from the Market-Frankford Elevated train on the way to school on the famed Franklin Parkway. Paul first came to Portland to attend Reed College, to pursue a dual BA/BSc in physics and engineering. After being sidetracked by a geography class, Paul received his BA in geography, worked in the GIS/Mapping division of GeoSystems (now Map Quest) and returned to Portland to enroll in the PSU MURP program, focusing on transportation and land use. He has worked a variety of transportation positions in the non-profit, government, academic and consulting sectors in Portland. His current interests are in the technical and organizational challenges to transportation data sharing. Paul was a recipient of the TransNow Fellowship in 2003.

Carolyn Bonner Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2005 B.A., Economics, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA Carolyn works for Ferguson & Associates in Bend. She received the $2000 2004 Women's Transportation Seminar Scholarship.

Peter Bosa Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University BA, Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, 2001 Rocky Mountain High! Peter grew up in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. He attended the University of Colorado, where he received a B.A. in Geography in 2001. He spent 2 years as senior cartographer and GIS specialist forENERmap LLC, an energy-industry mapping firm in Boulder. He also volunteered with The Nature Conservancy, where he performed threat assessment and analysis on endangered habitats. Peter returned to Portland in August 2004 and enrolled in the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program at Portland State University. His current interests include land use and transportation, sustainable development, and geographical information systems (GIS). Peter worked on a project developing a methodology for determing prioritization for countermeasure deployment and an update to the existing crash reductions factors list--both for the Oregon Department of Transportation. Peter works at Metro in Portland.

Aaron Breakstone Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University BS, Sociology/French, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 1997 Originally from St. Louis, MO, Aaron received a B.S. in Sociology and French from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, during which time he spent a year studying in the south of France. After completing his degree Aaron returned to France, working for a year as an elementary school English teacher in a small village near the Swiss border. After that, he worked for three years as a trip designer and tour guide for a small, California-based tour operator offering cycling tours in France, Ireland, and Italy. Prior to moving to Portland to pursue a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning, Aaron managed a wine shop for two years and served as an intern in the City of St. Louis Planning and Urban Design Agency. Aaron completed a project evaluating freeway travel time estimates. Aaron presented a paper at the 2006 TRB Annual Meeting and received an AAA Fellowship (420). Aaron now works for Fregonese Calthorpe in Portland.

Delia Chi Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2007 BA, Environmental Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 2001 Born and raised in St. Louis, MO, Delia moved to California in 1997 where she earned an Environmental Science degree at the University of California at Berkeley. For her senior thesis, she explored the role of big box businesses, a source of induced automobile usage and travel, as an indirect source of air pollution. By studying automobile travel behavior associated with big box businesses in comparison with other retail land use types, Delia was able to measure automobile emission amounts and hence, the impact big box businesses had on air pollution. After college, Delia worked as a Corporate Safety Coordinator for ABM Industries Incorporated, a contractor of building maintenance services. During her four years at ABM, Delia worked to prevent employee injury and property damage associated with vehicle incidents. While exploring the root cause of vehicle incidents, she became interested in transportation safety planning. Delia is currently pursing a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning degree with a specialization in transportation. As a Graduate Research Assistant in the ITS Lab, she is working on the Community and School Traffic Safety Partnership project, where she hopes to learn more about and do what she can to ensure the safety and health of members living in her community. In her free time, Delia enjoys cooking "iron-chef" style and adventuring outdoors. Delia currently works for HNTB in Los Angeles, California.

Max Coffman Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University BS, Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 2005 Max was raised in Houston, Texas, where he sat in more traffic than he cares to remember. As an undergraduate in Washington, DC, he grew accustomed to having outstanding cultural, retail, entertainment and community resources within walking distance. He will never go back to an automobile-dependent life if he can possibly avoid it. At Georgetown, Max majored in Science, Technology and International Affairs, with an environmental focus, and found that his research paper topics showed a strong trend towards sustainable transportation issues. He studied transport planning at the University of Melbourne in Australia for a semester in 2004, where he started a love affair with trams and continued to walk whenever possible. Since moving to Portland, he has been very impressed with the quality of life that Portlanders have created for themselves. In the future, he hopes to contribute his energy and MURP skills to improving the Portland area’s transportation services and making it an even lovelier place to live. Max received an AAA Fellowship ($895) to attend the ITE District 6 Conference in June 2006. Max presented a paper at the ITE District 6 Annual Meeting in Hawaii in 2006. Max was selected as the first Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC) Student of the Year ($1500) and was selected as one of 20 Eno Fellows from transportation programs across the nation. Max also received the ITS Oregon ($500) scholarship in 2007, and was selected as a Presidential Management Fellow and will be working at the Federal Highway Administration's Budget Office in Washington, D.C. after graduation.

David de la Houssaye Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University B.A, International Studies, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon Originally from San Diego, David has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, and Albuquerque. After completing his BA in International Studies at PSU, he worked for Flextronics as a wireless network design engineer, a job which brought him to Albuquerque for a “short term” work assignment lasting five years. While there, he took his first planning courses, worked on renovating a home, and participated in a downtown inventory project for their Downtown Revitalization efforts. David loves travel, having taken multiple trips to Europe and most recently to Brazil, Chilean and Argentinean Patagonia, and Peru. Travels and the contrasts between Albuquerque and Portland stimulated an interest in a new career in planning; interests include public transportation, sustainability, and international development. Enjoys hiking, camping, backpacking, motorcycling.

Nivedita Doijode M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2005 B.Eng., Civil Engineering, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, India Nivedita is a native of Shimoga, Karnataka State, India. She conducted an analysis of traffic features on the Gardiner Expressway using loop detector and video data. Prior to joining the ITS Lab she worked for a construction firm in India as a volunteer for a short period of time after under graduation. Her main interests are the design and analysis of transportation facilities and Geographic Information Systems. Nivedita was the recipient of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering's Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for 2004. Nivedita currently works in the modeling section at the Portland Office of Transportation.

Aaron Eder M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2005 B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1994 Aaron has nine years of professional experience, three with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants and six with KPFF Consulting Engineers. He has served in a range of capacities from project manager to project engineer on a wide variety of engineering projects, including commercial site developments, municipal water treatment plants, and water distribution pipelines. Aaron presented a paper at the ITE Quad Conference and published a paper he wrote about post-September 11 measures taken by transit agencies in the Transportation Research Record No. 1927 in 2005. In his free time, Aaron is an avid mountain climber and marathon runner. Aaron graduated in Winter 2005.

Sonoko Endo Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2005 B.A., Environmental Design, State University of New York, Buffalo Sonoko was born in Tokyo and grew up in several large cities in Japan. While in Tokyo she worked for non-profit organizations as a volunteer to communicate with the public about urban problems such as environmental degradation, poverty, education, and sanitation in the Asian region and to translate documents for environmental groups. Her academic interests are sustainable urban design, environmental economics, and environmentally-friendly transportation options. Her planning experience includes an internship with Buffalo Place, an NPO for local economic development, and with the City of Portland Bureau of Planning as a GIS intern. Sonoko worked on the congestion report in the Portland urbanized area

Cameron Glasgow M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2003 B.S., Civil Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, 2002 Cameron currently works for the Federal Highway Administration as a participant of FHWA’s Professional Development Program. His concentration area is structures, which includes design, construction, and federal aid experience. Cameron focused on structural engineering in his M.S. program at PSU.

Steve Hansen Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2005 B.S., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University, Cornell, New York Steve received a B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University. His interests include traffic flow theory, transportation and land use modeling, and sustainable development. Steve is currently studying traffic features related to queued and congested flows using loop detector data from a highway in Germany. His work experience includes managing a data warehouse of nationwide sales data for a 5,000 person sales force. As an intern at 1000 Friends of Oregon, he helped coordinate a community design charrette. Before moving to Portland, Oregon, Steve spent two years as a ski instructor in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Experiencing the natural beauty of Jackson Hole while observing the transportation and land use challenges associated with rapid growth inspired him to pursue a career in urban planning. Steve was the recipient of a TransNow Fellowship for 2003-2004. Steve has worked at PB Consult in Portland. In 2004-2005, Steve also received a TransNow Fellowship. Steve also won a Poster Competition Award and a Presentation Award at the 2004 TransNow Student Conference. Steve also presented papers at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C. and at the ITE Quad Conference in Vancouver, B.C. Steve works for Metro in Portland.

Kyle Helland Post-bac Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University BA, Economics, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 2005 Kyle was born and raised in North Bend on the Oregon coast. There he fostered his love of sailing, hiking, and the beach. After high school, Kyle went to Lewis and Clark College in Portland for his bachelor’s degree. While working on his degree in Economics, Kyle worked as a Forest Protection Officer on the Oregon Dunes. At college he took an interest in planning and transportation and worked at the college’s transportation services department. For his senior thesis Kyle focused on the improvements in livability that came from relocating using Section 8 vouchers. Kyle earned his degree in May 2005 and has started his post-graduate education at Portland State. He hopes to continue pursuing his interests in efficiency, sustainability, and equity at PSU and the ITS lab.

Zach Horowitz M.S. Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University B.A., Geography,, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Zach is originally from Montreal, Quebec, and moved to Los Angeles when he was 2, and lived there until 1991, when he moved Portland and finished high school. He graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a B.A. in Geography, and then moved back to Portland. He has worked as a web developer for the past five years, first at a startup, then a multinational media firm and a semiconductor manufacturer. Zach has wanted to be a civil engineer since he was a kid, and is now pursuing his dream. He lives with his fantastic and amazing wife Sonya, a midwife, in SW Portland, in a house they bought in 2003. Zach loves sports, especially basketball and baseball, food, Scrabble, working outside in the yard, raising chickens and traveling. Zach received a 2005-2006 TransNow Fellowship and the 2006 ITS Oregon Scholarship. Zach served as the webmaster for the 2005 TransNow student conference and for the ITE student chapter. Zach presented at the 2005 TransNow student conference in Corvallis, the 2006 ITE Quad Conference in Bellevue, WA, the 2005 ITE District 6 meeting in Montana, the 2005 ITS World Congress in San Francisco and was a member of PSU's winning team at the 2005 ITE Traffic Bowl. Zach also assisted BMW with a field demo of an in vehicle hazard warning system at the ITS World Congress. Zach now works for David Evans and Associates.

Sachin Karmarkar M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2004 B.S., Civil Engineering Sachin worked in the ITS lab on a project involving IDAS with DKS Associates. Sachin worked as an intern for the Oregon Department of Transportation in Bend. He now works for Murray Smith & Associates in Portland, OR.

Jamison Kelleher Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2009 B.A. Political Science, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA Jamison was raised in Vaughn, WA but since dropping out of college and joining the Army in 1995, he has lived in Colorado, Oklahoma, Korea, Ellensburg, Spokane, China, and San Diego. After the Army Jamison attended Central Washington University where he received Bachelor's degrees in Political Science, Asian/Pacific Studies and Chinese and did a year abroad at Anhui University in Anhui province, China. Jamison Then Received a Master

Matt Lasky Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2005 B.S., Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Before moving to Portland, Matt worked in the media department at the Sierra Club in San Francisco and developed media attention for the organization's smart growth program. His experience at the Sierra Club as well as volunteer work for the Greenbelt Alliance and the Association of Bay Area Governments led Matt to the MURP program at PSU. Matt worked on a project examining the performance of a travel time monitoring system on Highway 18 between McMinnville and Lincoln City, Oregon. In 2004-2005, Matt received a TransNow Fellowship and aCenter for Transportation Studies Fellowship. Matt also won a Poster Competition Award at the 2004 TransNow Student Conference. After graduation, Matt worked for Fehr and Peers in Walnut Creek, CA, and now works for Alta Planning + Design in Berkeley, CA.

Monica T. Leal M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2002 B.S., Civil Engineering, Javeriana University, Colombia Monica is originally from Bogotá, Colombia. Her research interests are traffic flow theory, performance measures of transportation facilities, and computer simulation of traffic. For her M.S. project, Monica examined traffic features of a freeway bottleneck surrounding a lane drop in London, UK. She was also involved in the evaluation of the freeway ramp metering system in Portland, OR. Monica completed research studies on generating performance measures from Portland's archived advanced traffic management system data and measurement of operational benefits of ITS investments. Monica received the Women's Transportation Seminar Graduate Scholarship in 2001. Monica was the first ITS lab student and completed her M.S. Project onEmpirical Analysis of Traffic Flow Features of a Freeway Bottleneck Surrounding a Lane Drop, from which a paper was published in the Journal of Transportation Engineering. Monica now works for DKS Associates in Portland.

Kate Lyman Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University BA, Sociology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washingon, 2004 Kate Lyman is a native to Portland although has been away for the past several years. She is happy to be back in her hometown now and to be studying transportation planning in the MURP program at PSU. While she was away, she received her B.A. from Whitman College, where she wrote her undergraduate sociology thesis on the downtown redevelopment in Walla Walla, Washington. She then went on to serve as an Americorps*VISTA volunteer in Paterson, New Jersey, where she worked on a neighborhood plan for a very low-income neighborhood of 15,000 residents. She has now decided that she is primarily interested in issues of regional transportation solutions, especially those emphasizing public transportation. She hopes to find work in Portland after graduation, continuing the tradition of innovative transportation solutions that this city has a reputation for. In her free time she enjoys music, theatre, travel, and the occasional outdoor activity. Kate works for PB in Portland.

Vu Mai M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2005 B.S, Civil Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 2002 Vu Mai started his graduate studies in transportation engineering at Portland State University in 2002. Besides his work as a Graduate Research Assistant, Vu is currently employed by the City of Vancouver, where he conducts research especially on collision data, incidence reports, and hazardous intersections, among other tasks. His current career objective is to obtain an entry-level position in a transportation engineering firm. Vu shows his profound interest in the transportation fields also by participating as an active member of ASCE and served as the treasurer of the PSU ITE chapter. Vu now works for the City of Salem.

Shazia Malik M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2003 B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, India Shazia comes from Kashmir, India, a valley in the midst of the beautiful Himalayas. Her research interests include traffic flow theory, travel demand modeling, and crash data analysis. Shazia conducted research on the optimal economic routing of tourist vehicles in the Himalayan Mountains. While employed by the Asian Institute of Transportation Development she worked on an evaluation of the Indian trucking industry and current practices of traffic calming. Shazia is currently studying traffic features related to congested flows on freeways. She has also done work related to transit financing in Oregon and the validation of loop detector data in the I-5 corridor. Shazia won an Award for her poster at the Northwest Transportation Conference, Corvallis, 2002. Shazia is the recipient of the $2000 Women's Transportation Seminar Scholarship for 2003. The scholarship was awarded based on her outstanding transportation involvement and academic record. Shazia completed her M.S. Project on Observed Dynamic Traffic Features on a Freeway Section With Merges and Diverges, from which a paper was published in the Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Shazia now works for David Evans and Associates, Inc. in Portland.

Laurie Miskimins Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University B.S., Natural Resource Management, Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin, 2000 Laurie was born and raised in Portland. Having 3 older siblings, she realized early on that she would never get the car. Thus began her attachment to public transit. She moved to the Midwest for college, where her studies focused on plant communities in relation to forest management techniques. Post college brought lots of migration, but also 2 years doing environmental/community projects in Americorps back in Portland. It was her experiences with that program that lead her to choose a graduate program in urban and regional planning. Throughout all her travels public transit and bike always remained her modes of choice. In one community she became known as ‘the girl who biked everywhere,’ followed by a ‘why do you do that!?!’ Her answer: “More sustainable transit modes will not only help maintain our existence, but build stronger communities.” She hopes to focus in on transportation and community development issues. In her spare time she is drawn to the open air and water. She also hopes to one day write a book of short stories chronicling her adventures on public transit.

Tom Moes Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2005 B.A., Business Management, St. John's/St. Benedict University, Collegeville, MN Tom assisted with the Community and School Traffic Safety Partnership project. He graduated with specializations in Transportation and Land Use. His academic interests include school facility planning and creating safer bicycle and walking routes for kids to travel to school. He also likes anything active and outdoors such as hiking in the Cascades, biking through the streets of Portland, and playing frisbee golf. Future plans include a challenging position in any suburban city planning office. Tom participated in a presentation at the ITE Quad Conference and also presented his research at a Friday Transportation Seminar

Aaron Myton M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2004 B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1996 Aaron is a Senior Roadway Designer in the Region 1 Roadway Preliminary Design Unit. Aaron began his career with ODOT in 1997 when he was hired as an Assistant Survey Crew Chief. He has held positions as an Interim Survey Crew Chief, Construction Inspector and Roadway Designer at ODOT, and has worked on such projects as the Sunnybrook and Kruse Way interchanges, I-5 HOV, Camelot-Sylvan Phase 1, the MLK viaduct replacement and the Sunrise Corridor, OR217: Sunset to TV Highway project and the Glencoe Road Interchange. He completed his M.S. ProjectI-405 Freeway Bottleneck Analysis from which a paper was published in the Journal of the Transportation Research Board. He received his PE license in 2006 and also is an LSIT.

Casey Nolan Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2005 B.A., Environmental Studies, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana Hailing from Iowa, Casey moved west to attend the University of Montana. While earning his B.A., he worked with transportation organizations to bring more transportation options to the college community. As a volunteer member of the University's Office of Transportation, Casey developed an interest in community and transportation planning, which ultimately landed him at PSU in the Urban Planning program. Between college and graduate school, he spent the winter skiing at Alta, Utah, and the summers mountain biking in Montana. At PSU he worked on a project measuring the impacts of speed reduction technologies on highway safety. Casey recently presented a paper at the ITE District 6 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA, and worked on an internship at Parsons Brinckerhoff in Portland. In 2004-2005, Casey was the organizer of the second annual TransNow Student Conference and received a TransNow Fellowship. Casey also presented papers at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C. and at CUPUM 2005 in London. Even though we gave Casey some grief about getting a job, he now works as a planner for Myhre Group Architects in Portland.

Nicole Prehoda Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University B.A. English Literature, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washingon, 1993 Nicole was raised in Laramie, Wyoming, where there was no traffic. After moving to Boise, Idaho and experiencing lots of gridlock in this rapidly growing community, Nicole worked for four years as an Assistant Transportation Planner for the region's Metropolitan Planning Organization. Nicole became interested in the challenges seeming to block expansion of the regional public transportation system. Nicole enrolled in the MURP program to study how to use technology to improve traffic flow, learn the financing mechanisms to help overcome public transportation funding limitations and find methods of implementing the lofty-sounding goals often stated in regional transportation plans.

Mike Rose Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2004 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Born in Portland, Oregon, Mike worked as a Landscape Architect for Design Workshop Inc. in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Some projects highlights included visual simulation work for Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and the City of Rio Rancho. More recently he has created 3D imagery of proposed projects for TriMet, The Port of Portland and Oregon State University. While at PSU, Mike worked on a study of the ODOT Region 1 Incident Response program. He is interested in the links between land use & transportation, as well as the effects of neighborhood and street design on the travel choices people make. Mike enjoys using GIS and 3D modeling tools to analyze transportation patterns. He currently works as a planner for Alta Planning + Design. He loves to spend time with his two children, kicking a ball, or playing hide and seek. Mike won a Poster Competition Award for his poster presented at the Northwest Transportation Conference, titled Neighborhood Design and Mode Choice . His Field Area Paper,Neighborhood Design and Mode Choice (Spring 2004) describes that work further. Mike was also selected as the Center for Transportation Studies Transportation Student of the Year for 2003-2004.

Nina Rufer Master of Business Administration, School of Business, Portland State University, 2003 Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH), International Business, Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany Nina was born and raised in Germany, where she also did her undergraduate studies in International Business. After gaining work experience in the fields of Marketing and Public Relations in Spain Michigan, she is now a second-year MBA student at Portland State University. Nina is especially interested in the fields of Marketing and Human Resources. As Graduate Assistant, her current tasks include the preparation of proposals for new transportation-related programs at PSU, as well as the development and maintenance of the ITS Lab web site. Nina now lives in Maine.

Amber Springberg Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University B.S., Political Science, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 2003 Amber received her bachelor’s degree from Portland State University in 2003 and is currently working towards a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning with a Certificate in Real Estate Development. She is the receipent of the 2006-2007 Gerding/Edlen Scholarship award and recently completed a summer internship with WRG Design as an assistant planner. Having worked closely with civil engineers and transportation planners, Amber realizes the tremendous impact that traffic issues have on making developments work. She hopes to gain more understanding of traffic issues, solutions, and design through her experiences in the ITS lab to take into future work as a planner in the land use consulting field.

Kartik Srinivas Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2006 BA, Religious Studies, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 2001 Kartik grew up in the metro Washington, D.C. area. He spent his undergraduate years in Rochester, NY, where he spent some time after graduating, doing case management for men released from state prison facilities. He then traveled abroad with his fiancé, moving to Portland in February 2003 to experience life in the great Northwest. After canvassing for OSPIRG and doing AmeriCorps*VISTA for Camp Fire USA, he started the MURP program. Since then, Kartik has interned with Alta Planning + Design (a bicycle and pedestrian planning firm), led bike tours focused on sustainability for the Portland Peace & Justice Center, and is currently interning at the Oregon Community Foundation along with his assistantship in the ITS lab. His interests include sustainability, alternative transportation options, and planning for those least well off. In the ITS lab, Kartik is studying the effects of illumination reduction on highway safety. Kartik received the Ernie Bonner Fellowship from the School of Urban Studies and Planning.

Kerri Sullivan Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2003 B.A., Political Science, Demography, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington Kerri graduated from Portland State University in June 2003 with a Master of Urban and Regional Planning with a Transportation Concentration. Kerri has also gained considerable practical experience in this field as Graduate Research Assistant of the ITS Lab, especially in the areas of in-vehicle data transmission, and smart cards. Furthermore, during two internships, Kerri made a significant contribution to the Department of Transportation and Development (Clackamas County) and the Bureau of Financial Planning (City of Portland), by working on a Transportation Maintenance Utility Fee study, and an analysis of City taxes, fees and charges, respectively. Kerri is now a Transportation Planner with the Wenatchee Valley Transportation Council.

Sutti Tantiyanugulchai M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2004 B.Eng., Civil Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand Sutti began his career in transportation engineering as a roadway engineer in his native Thailand. He has been involved in a number of research projects including an evaluation of an Oregon Department of Transportation indicent response program. He also conducted a research study on traffic features of congested freeway interchange using microscorpic traffic simulation software. He conducted a study of Arterial Performance Measures using the comparison of an automated bus location system to data collected by an GPS instrumented passenger vehicle. His research interests include microscopic traffic simulation, traffic flow theory, traffic operation as well as computer programming. He was also the president of the PSU Student Chapter of Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE) 2001-2002 and served as a web master. Sutti won the ITE District 6 Best Paper Award. Sutti also presented the results of his M.S. thesis project at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in 2004. Sutti successfully defended his M.S. Thesis, Arterial  Performance Measurement Using Transit Buses as Probe Vehicles on November 7, 2003, from which a paper was published in the Journal of the Transportation Research Board. After his graduation, Sutti worked for DKS Associates in Portland and is now living in Thailand. We wish he would get in touch with us!

Suman Tasnim M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2007 B.Eng., CE, Gauhati University, Gauhati, India, 1996 Suman received her bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Assam Engineering College, Gauhati , India in 1996. She came to the USA in 1997 and attended Portland Community College from 1997 to 2000 to develop computer programming skills. Suman also worked full time as a Systems Analyst for Wells Fargo Bank from 1999 to 2003. She left her job with Wells Fargo to stay home and take care of her daughter, who is now two years old. Suman's master's project studied incidents on Portland freeways using PORTAL. She is currently employed as a transportation planner in Clackamas County.

Alex White Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University B.A., Economics, Clark University Hailing from Boston, Alex attended Clark University in Worcester MA and graduated with a BA in Economics in 2002. During his undergraduate years, Alex worked at the Boston Redevelopment Authority where he documented the rezoning and relocation activities for the  Boston Convention and Exhibition Center site. During his senior year, he worked for the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development as an intern. Soon after graduating, he spent two years with the Mass Office of Coastal Zone Management. With a perpetual interest in the built environment's role in determining these variables, Alex has decided to pursue a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning with a specialty in community development. Alex is currently studying in Spain.

Erin Wilson Master of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University, 2006 BS, Urban and Regional Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2001 Erin was born in southern California and moved to Grants Pass, Oregon, when she was ten. After high school, Erin went on to Cornell University where she earned a BS in Urban and Regional Studies. During college she interned with the Planning Departments at the City of Grants Pass and Tompkins County, NY. Erin's first job out of college was on a political campaign in New York City. While there she experienced mass transit and the joy of watching subway rats. She soon found herself longing for the Pacific Northwest and moved to Portland where she worked as a program manager and community organizer for the American Cancer Society. Erin is interested in public transportation, congestion, and the links between transportation options and health. Erin received a 2005-2006 TransNow Fellowship. Erin works for PB Consult in Portland.

Thareth Yin M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2005 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon Thareth won a 2004 Poster Competition Award for her poster presented at the Northwest Tranpsortation Conference. Thareth was also awarded a $1000 Fellowship by the Federal Highway Administration (2004) to attend the IEEE ITSC in Washington, D.C., and also won a $500 Scholarship (2004) from ITS Oregon. Thareth works at the Portland Office of Transportation

Ben Zielke M.S. Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany Ben always paid close attention to transportation issues. Growing up in Germany, one of his birthday presents used to be the national Railway timetable. Due to this interest, he decided to study transportation engineering at Dresden University of Technology in Germany. There he learned to regard traffic and transportation issues as a whole. Not only did he receive more detailed information on public transit, but he also got to know interesting aspects on individual transportation and aviation. Becoming a graduate student, Ben specialized in Intelligent Transportation systems. To gain some practical insight, he already attended several internships at companys in France and Germany. Since his mother was born and raised in Michigan, however, he decided to do some scientific work in the U.S. Therefore he has come to Portland State University to write his master's thesis on a comparison between German and American motorways.

Jacob Baglien B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2005 Jacob Baglien was born in Baker City, Oregon and lived in Wyoming and Idaho. He transferred from Pacific Lutheran University. While at PLU, Jacob trained with the soccer team and even traveled with the team to Hawaii to play. Jacob was involved in the ASCE Steel Bridge Competition and was the Fundraising Chair of PSU’s student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and played intramural soccer with the CE (Civil Engineering) Players. He was also involved with the PSU student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Jacob now is working for a structural engineering firm in Vancouver, WA.

Andrew Byrd B.S., Computer Science, Portland State University, 2004 Andrew came to Portland from Ohio because of the city's reputation in the urban planning field, and his experience in the ITS lab allowed him to take a deeper look at the joint management of cities and transportation systems. His most significant work in the lab was on the initial design and implementation of the PORTAL transportation data archiving system, and he collaborated with Metro for one of its first applications: the use of empirical data to evaluate and improve travel demand modelling functions. He also developed GIS data collection software for handheld computers, including a version customized for bicycle use surveys. Andrew finished his bachelor's degree with an exchange program in Lyon, and has remained in France to work on his Master's degree in the "City-Mobility-Transport" program at the Paris Urbanism Institute and the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées. He is primarily interested in the coordination of land use planning and transportation systems in the interest of reducing fossil fuel consumption.

Nick Carey B.S. Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University Nick was raised on the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area. Upon moving to Portland he came to the realize the effect infrastructure and urban form can have on quality of life. With that in mind, and a fascination with railroads, Nick has been pursuing a B.S. in Civil Engineering and plans to graduate in June 2007. Within transportation, his main interests include public transit, pedestrian/bicycle planning, traffic calming and transportation safety. During the summer of 2006 he interned with the Traffic Investigations division of the Portland Office of Transportation. His drivers license expired in 2001 and he hopes to never renew it. Nick is also active with the Engineers Without Borders student chapter at PSU.

Andy Delcambre B.S. Student, Computer Science, Portland State University Andy was born in Lafayette, LA and moved to Oregon when he was ten. He graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton, OR in 2001. He is currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science from Portland State University. His current work in the lab is programming the Data Archive of the loop detector network throughout the Portland Metropolitan Area. Andy's other interests include snowboarding, camping, fishing and hiking. Andy is also the secretary and webmaster for the Mega Gamers club at Portland State University. Andy also won a Poster Competition Award and a Presentation Awardat the 2004 Trans Now Student Conference.

Matthew Dorado B.S. Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University A husband and father of two, Matt is a returning student. A transplant from the San Francisco Bay Area, Matt has 20 years' experience in the building trades as a carpenter and contractor. While still in California Matt attended Chabot College while pursuing his wife and a degree in music. Having lost the passion for day to day carpentry Matt has returned to college with a strong interest in the transportation field. This quarter Matt is looking into the retro reflectivity of highway markings and road signs. He will also be involved with developing an interactive/multilingual exhibit for the Oregon Museum Of Science and Industry. This exhibit will cover all phases of transportation and will be geared toward creating an interest in the field of transportation in younger students. Matt is the recipient of a Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant for Undergraduates. Matt has been working as an intern at Group Mackenzie in Portland.

Violet Gordon B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2004 Violet was born and raised in Portland, and she transferred from Mt. Hood Community College. Violet was the vice president of the ITE student chapter and an active member of ASCE. Violet won a 2004 Poster Competition Award for her poster presented at the Northwest Tranpsortation Conference and was the recipient of the Coral Sales/TransNow Scholarship for 2003-2004. Violet is working at CH2M Hill in Portland, OR.

Rodger Gutierrez B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2005 Rodger was born in Anchorage Alaska, but has lived in Oregon since 1980. He grew up in Salem. Always interested in transportation, he decided he wanted to design automobiles and began an engineering program at Kettering University (Flint, Michigan), formerly General Motors Institute. Realizing that designing transportation facilities is better than designing cars, he pursued a Civil Engineering degree, starting 5 years later. He expects to graduate with a BS from Portland State in December 2005. Rodger spent slightly over a year at Oregon Department of Transportation in the Bicycle and Pedestrian Program. During the 5 years between educational plans, Rodger served a 2-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Ukraine. Rodger was fascinated by the communist urban design and effective transit bus and rail facilities. This lead Rodger to develop interest in transportation engineering. Aside from homework, Rodger has been active in ITE and ASCE, including the Traffic Bowl and Concrete Canoe competitions. Rodger is now working for a consulting firm in Albany, OR.

Jonathan Horowitz B.S. Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University Jonathon is brother of lab alumni Zach and is working towards his BSCE degree. Jonathon interned at the Port of Portland in the summer of 2006.

River Hwang B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2006 River is a senior majoring in civil engineering and is working in the lab on the transit signal priority project. She was recently selected to serve as a PSU Ambassador for the 2004-2005 academic year and also is the recipient of the Coral Sales Scholarship. River is also active with the ASCE student chapter and is a concrete canoe co-captain. She paddled for the concrete canoe team in Klamath Falls in 2004. She is planning on pursuing her MS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at PSU. In her free time she enjoys gardening, crafts, camping and cooking. River is the recipient of a 2004-2005 Scholarly and Creative Grant for Undergraduates. River is also a recipient of the TransNow Scholarship for 2004-2005, the 2005 Portland Chapter Women's Transportation Seminar Scholarship ($2,000) as well as the Sharon D. Banks WTS International Scholarship ($3,000) .

Dan Johnson B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2003 Dan worked in the ITS lab during the 2002-2003 academic year and was involved in analyzing the impact of transit signal priority on the operations of an intersection. Dan was selected to participate in the Summer Traffic Signal Workshop at the University of Idaho and received a Scholarship to attend. He also received the Coral Sales/TransNow Scholarship and was recognized by Portland State University with a University Community Service Award. Dan worked as an intern at Kittelson & Associates, and now works for David Evans and Associates in Portland, Oregon.

Debbie Martin B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2004 Debbie is from Baker City in Eastern Oregon and moved to Portland in the 1980's. After receiving an Associate of Arts degree from Mt. Hood Community College in 1984, she worked in the accounting field for a pump manufacturer in the petroleum industry for four years, then for Washington County's Land Use and Transportation Department for 13 years. In 1994 she transferred to an engineering technician position with Washington County's road maintenance division. She returned to Mt. Hood Community College in 1998 to earn an Associate of Science degree in Civil Engineering Technology and transferred to Portland State University for a B.S. She received the 2001Women in Engineering Scholarship as well as the Leo Adler Scholarship in 2002 and 2003. In 2003 Debbie was awarded first place in Portland State University's Term Paper Contest in the non-art major category sponsored by PSU's Art Department. The summer of 2003 found her working as an intern for the Federal Highway Administration in Tallahassee, Florida developing a risk assessment program for the project engineers to determine an appropriate level of project oversight. Debbie is now working for the Federal Highway Administration in their Eastern Federal Lands Division office in Sterling, Virginia as a project engineer. Debbie plans to pursue a Master's Degree at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Spicer Matthews B.S. Student, Computer Science, Portland State University Spicer moved to Portland from New York to seek out a degree in Engineering from Portland State University, and also to seek out new job opportunities on the West Coast....well kinda! That is the response he gives his parents and any academics that may ask. His real reason for moving to the Northwest was his love of snowboarding, mountain biking, and white water kayaking. Along with working on the PORTAL project, Spicer has his hands in many other projects both on campus and in industry. Spicer's “real” job is he works as a property manager/IT consultant. Yes, rather odd combo, you will have to corner Spicer to find out more about this broad career that he has. Note: he tends to get a little more chatty if you offer to take him out for a drink! Spicer plans to finish up his undergrad in computer science, and a minor in business, any day now and then plans to continue in a master's in computer science at Portland State University.

Hiu Ng B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2006 Hiu is originally from Canton, China. He moved to Portland when he was 16. After he graduated from Cleveland High School, he came to Portland State University to major in Civil Engineering. Having the experience of being stuck in traffic in China and U.S, he decided to spend more time in traffic, not only in a car but also in the ITS lab and classrooms. He hopes that the time he spends in ITS will be a gain for others in their automobiles. Besides working in the lab, Hiu also likes to play tennis court and computer games. Hiu now works as a Civil Engineer In Training for Pierce County, Washington.

Chris Pangilinan B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2004 Born and raised in the Portland metropolitan area, Chris Pangilinan attended Sunset High School before arriving at Portland State University in 2000, where he majored in Civil Engineering and concentrated his studies in transportation. In the spring of 2004, Chris graduated cum laude. While at PSU, Chris was involved in several activities outside of the classroom. He served as vice president and president of the student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and treasurer of the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Chris was also engaged in undergraduate research for two years in Dr. Robert Bertini's Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory. “The opportunities available to be involved with the University are endless. When I look back at my career at Portland State, I will remember my time with ITE, ASCE, and all the other activities I took part in the most.” Due in part to his research and involvement with the various student groups, Chris was able to participate in two extraordinary internships with the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). In the summer of 2003, he worked in Boston on their Central Artery/Tunnel Project — better known as “The Big Dig.” In 2004, Chris found himself at USDOT Headquarters in Washington, D.C. working with the Federal Transit Administration. Chris continued his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was the recipient of a Presidential Fellowship and anEisenhower Graduate Fellowship, and received a master of science in transportation (MST) in 2006. “Thanks to my professors at PSU and my experiences in and out of the classroom, I believe I am fully prepared for what lies ahead.” Chris was on the winning team for the ITE Traffic Bowl Award in 2002 and received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Oregon Section Scholarship for 2003-2004. In 2004, Chris received a First Place Poster Competition Award for his poster "Evaluation of Transit Signal Priority" at the Northwest Transportation Conference. In addition, Chris received the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering's award for Outstanding Senior (2004), the Masseh College of Engineering and Computer Science award for Outstanding Senior (2004) and the Portland State University President's Award for Undergraduate University Service (2004). Chris is shown at right with FHWA Administrator Mary Peters. Chris now works for DKS Associates in Oakland, CA.

Jessica Potter B.S. Student, Computer Science, Portland State University Jessica transfered to Portland State from University of Arizona because she couldn't live with triple digit temperatures nor the lack of 4 seasons, trees, and the ocean. She is pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer science. She loves working with databases and making that data look "pretty" such as with tables and graphs, which makes her very much at home with the PORTAL project. She also loves the public transportation of Portland. She expects to graduate in December of 2006 and has not yet decided what she will do then. When not busy with campus activities, she enjoys hiking, writing, arts and crafts, visiting the beach, and gardening.

Scott Pulice B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2005 Scott was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. After two years at the University of Alaska Fairbanks as a general education student he decided it was time to get out of Alaska for a while. He moved to Corvallis, Oregon and took a year of AutoCAD drafting courses. These classes inspired him to enter the civil engineering program at Portland State University. He was involved in student leadership for the ASCE and was the secretary of the ITE student chapter. In the summer of 2004 he worked on an internship in Anchorage, Alaska involving the design and project management of residential and commercial neighborhoods. Currently, Scott worked with PeMS (Performance Maintenance Systems) data, and led two ITE Data Collection Fund projects: trip generation of drive-thru coffee stands and pedestrian walking speeds research. Scott is working in Alaska.

Erin Qureshi B.S. Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University Several years and many, many credits after her first stab at higher learning, Erin has returned to University to complete her B.S. in Civil Engineering. A non-native Oregonian, Erin re-located a few years ago to Portland from the Midwest. Over the years, Erin has developed a strong desire to participate in the design and construction of rail transit and inter-city rail systems. Her other main engineering interest involves water supply systems. Eventually, Erin would like to pursue a Master of Urban Studies or perhaps Urban Planning. Erin worked during the summer of 2004 for the Federal Highway Administration in Boston on the "Big Dig," where she witnessed a variety of construction methods and gained construction engineering and management experience. In the ITS Lab, Erin is currently working on a project to grant signal priority to transit vehicles in Portland. During the spring of 2005 Erin is studying abroad at the University of Tübingen, during the summer of 2005 she is working on an internship at TTK (Transport Technologie-Consult Karlsruhe), and has been awarded the Baden-Württemberg Landesstiftung [Fellowship] to attend the University of Freiburg in the fall and spring of the 2005-2006 academic year.

Andy Rodriguez B.S., Computer Science, Portland State University, 2005 Andy is currently working on computing solutions for the PORTAL website along with other miscellaneous projects for the ITS Lab. One time he saw a moose. Andy is now working for PTV America in Corvallis, OR.

James Rucker B.S. Student, Computer Science, Portland State University James is a junior in Computer Science and a native Oregonian. His interests in databases and transportation drew him to the ITS lab's PORTAL project, where he gets to convert overwhelming amounts of loop detector data into visually digestible and colorful maps. When he's not in class or pursuing his other interests on campus, he enjoys outdoor activities like camping and hiking, and exploring the Oregon Coast.

Max Stephens B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2008 Born in New Mexico, and raised for the most part in Montana, Max transferred to Portland State from the University of New Mexico two years ago. He is currently a junior pursuing his civil engineering degree, and his interests in transportation and data analysis drew him to the ITS lab. When not in class, he enjoys playing music, skateboarding, and candle lit dinners.

Tim Welch B.S. Student, Computer Science, Portland State University Tim grew up in Warrenton, OR at the mouth of the Columbia River. In '99 he left the coast for Portland to study Computer Science. Tim is interested in applying his CS skills to fields like geography and geology and working with a variety of professionals and is looking at continuing his education in one of these fields in the future. Tim is currently president of the PSU chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (www.acm.pdx.edu). He has been making functional pottery since 2000, and his work is mainly wood and salt fired. Whiskey flasks and pitchers are his specialty.

Jeff Chen M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2006

Brian Freeman M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2004

Elizabeth Moorhead M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2002

Ahmad Quaoumi M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, 2000