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UI PACTRANS PI WINS YOUNG FACULTY OF THE YEAR AWARD PacTrans Investigator, Kevin Chang, Ph.D., P.E., received the Outstanding Young Faculty Award at the University of Idaho's College of Engineering Annual Awards Ceremony on May 12, 2017. This award recognized a full-time non- tenured faculty member who has shown outstanding teaching, research, and service in the college. Chang joined the University of Idaho in 2013. Prior to his current position, he was a traffic engineer with the King County Department of Transportation in Seattle, where he managed the day-to-day operations of the King County Traffic Management Center and supervised the School Safety Program. Chang obtained his undergraduate and graduate degrees in civil engineering, with an emphasis in transportation engineering, from the University of Washington. TWO PACTRANS PIS ELECTED TO ASEE PNW LEADERSHIP The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Pacific Northwest (PNW) Section has elected new leadership for the 2017-2018 year including two members of PacTrans. Dr. David Hurwitz and Dr. Kevin Chang were elected unanimously by the ASEE PNW Section membership to the positions of Vice-Chair and Secretary, respectively. David and Kevin have contributed significantly to the educational mission of PacTrans well beyond their roles as PIs on research projects. We wish them well as they take on these new roles and we hope that new opportunities for collaboration between PacTrans and ASEE will result. TWO PACTRANS PIS FROM OSU AWARDED OUTSTANDING REVIEWERS This past year, two of our Oregon State University (OSU) PIs were recognized for their outstanding efforts with the recognition of outstanding review of ASCE Journals. Dr. Chris Parrish was recognized as one of the 2016 Outstanding Review of ASCE Journal of Surveying Engineering, and Dr. David Hurwitz (PacTrans associate director) was recognized as one of the 2016 Outstanding Reviewer of ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) produces a total of 38 journals that range in topic from leadership and management in engineering to the Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development. Production of such peer reviewed publications takes significant effort, both from the editors of each edition and also from the people who provide external reviews of each article. PacTrans is very proud that our PIs take this privilege and responsibility very seriously and make every effort to provide honest, productive, and timely reviews to our peers and colleagues. Congratulations David and Chris! PACTRANS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FROM OSU RECEIVED EMINENT MENTOR AWARD PacTrans Associate Director and Oregon State University Associate Professor David Hurwitz was recently named the 2017 Margaret and Thomas Meehan Honors College Eminent Mentor. This award is funded by the Margaret and Thomas Meehan Honors College Professorship Fund. The Meehan HC Eminent Mentor award recognizes outstanding mentorship of honors students throughout the thesis process. Students nominate mentors for this award, and the HC Curriculum Committee selects the finalist. As the 2017 awardee, Dr. Hurwitz was honored at the Honors Recognition Reception on Friday, June 16. Congratulations David! 7 2014-2015 Annual Report