URI Hosts the
16th Annual Transportation Engineering Forum
Leaders
from federal, state and local agencies, industry, and academics came together
to discuss critical transportation
developments and challenges at the 16th Transportation Engineering Forum,
held on November 7, 2003 at URI. Hosted each year by the URI Transportation
Research Center, the forum serves as an important venue for transportation
experts to share their perspectives and ideas on the key transportation
issues facing the country.
“Virtually every aspect of the U.S. economy and way of life is tied either directly or indirectly to transportation,” said URI College of Engineering Dean Bahram Nassersharif in his opening comments. “Even in our smallest state, Rhode Island, this is true.”
This year’s forum addressed transportation planning, traffic analysis, engineering materials, and roadway and bridge design. Speakers ranged from Edmund T. Parker, Jr., chief engineer of the R.I. Department of Transportation, to Henry Sherlock, executive director of Construction Industries of Rhode Island, to Charles Hawkins, assistant to U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee, to Robert Lytton, director of the Center for Infrastructure Engineering at Texas A & M University.
The Rhode Island Transportation Research Center (RITRC) was established in 1992 to conduct multidisciplinary education, research, technology transfer and outreach for advanced transportation infrastructures and systems. In 1998, URI received a $12 million grant from U.S. Department of Transportation to establish and operate a University Transportation Center (UTC) at the RITRC.
For more information about the RITRC, visit
http://cveserver.cve.uri.edu.
developments and challenges at the 16th Transportation Engineering Forum,
held on November 7, 2003 at URI. Hosted each year by the URI Transportation
Research Center, the forum serves as an important venue for transportation
experts to share their perspectives and ideas on the key transportation
issues facing the country.“Virtually every aspect of the U.S. economy and way of life is tied either directly or indirectly to transportation,” said URI College of Engineering Dean Bahram Nassersharif in his opening comments. “Even in our smallest state, Rhode Island, this is true.”
This year’s forum addressed transportation planning, traffic analysis, engineering materials, and roadway and bridge design. Speakers ranged from Edmund T. Parker, Jr., chief engineer of the R.I. Department of Transportation, to Henry Sherlock, executive director of Construction Industries of Rhode Island, to Charles Hawkins, assistant to U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee, to Robert Lytton, director of the Center for Infrastructure Engineering at Texas A & M University.
The Rhode Island Transportation Research Center (RITRC) was established in 1992 to conduct multidisciplinary education, research, technology transfer and outreach for advanced transportation infrastructures and systems. In 1998, URI received a $12 million grant from U.S. Department of Transportation to establish and operate a University Transportation Center (UTC) at the RITRC.
For more information about the RITRC, visit
http://cveserver.cve.uri.edu.