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PACTRANS SEMINAR SERIES PacTrans continued its regional seminar series to help generate discussions of ongoing and future research and foster an exchange of information between transportation professionals and researchers. Each PacTrans regional seminar talk is broadcasted over the internet as a webinar to offer cost-effective participation from remote sites in the region. PacTrans hosted Dr. Michael Cassidy of UC Berkeley, professor and director of the Region 9 University Transportation Center funded by US Department of Transportation, on November 5, 2014 for his lecture entitled "Lessons Learned from Spatiotemporal Studies of Freeway Carpool Lanes." Virtually all cities of the world are plagued by crossmodal conflicts on roadways. Our best hope to make cities more sustainable, explained Dr. Cassidy, will be to tackle the low-hanging fruit of segregating distinct travel modes on roadways into their own reserved lanes. Dr. Man-Chung Tang, Chairman of T.Y. Lin International and member of the U.S. Academy of Engineering, discussed innovation on March 4, 2015 and as the designer of over one hundred bridges, was uniquely qualified to do so. He is known not only for his contributions to the overall bridge design industry, but for the quality and innovation of his individual designs. In his encouraging talk, Dr. Tang broke down the components of innovation into an easy to use formula: 5I + 3W + 3C. Dr. Imad Al-Qadi, an internationally renowned professor in pavement materials and engineering, visited the University of Washington on April 28, 2015 to speak at the Spring Seminar. Dr. Al-Qadi, Founder Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, delivered his talk entitled "Transportation Infrastructure Assessment Techniques Using Ground Penetrating Radar." CUTC AWARDS AND PACTRANS RECEPTION AT THE 94TH TRB ANNUAL MEETING At the 2015 TRB Annual Meeting, PacTrans participated in UTC related activities, hosted a Region 10 reception, and presented more than 100 academic papers and talks. The Region 10 reception, hosted in partnership with OSU, WSU, the Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates and the National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology, brought together professionals, public officials, and students from all over the world. Oregon State University student Jennifer Warner received the Michael Kyte Region 10 Outstanding Student Award. PacTrans was also represented at the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) banquet, where University of Washington student Kristian Henrickson received the PacTrans Student of the Year award. PacTrans works closely with transportation agencies in research, education and workforce development, and technology transfer. PacTrans sought agency representatives' input from long- time collaborators such as Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), as well as from new partners, including the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) and the Washington State Transit Insurance Pool (WSTIP). Kristian Henrickson (center) receives the Student of the Year award with Shashi Nambisan, CUTC President (left), and Greg Winfree, assistant secretary, OST-R (right). Members of PacTrans universities (shown from left): Maria Bayya (UW), Ahmed Abdel-Rahim (UI), David Hurwitz (OSU), Jennifer Warner (OSU), Billy Connor (UAF), and Yinhai Wang (UW). PACTRANS AND LOCAL PARTNERS COLLABORATE ON SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY 5 2014-2015 Annual Report

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