2007-2008
Fifth Annual TransNow Student Conference
Friday November 16th, 2007
Portland State University, Portland, OR

Transportation Northwest (TransNow) is a showcase for transportation research and education in the Pacific Northwest (Federal Region X) which includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska. Region X serves as a microcosm of transportation for the entire country, with a diversity of modes, infrastructure systems, and area types that make it a prime testing ground for studies in transportation operations and planning. Other sponsors of this conference include the National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technologies (NIATT), the Alaska University Transportation Center (AUTC) and the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC). The 2007 Transnow student conference is being coordinated with the ITE Traffic Bowl held on Thursday November 15, 2007 at McMenamins Edgefield.

The TransNow Conference is of, for and by students!

Past TransNow student conferences have been held at the University of Washington (2003), Portland State Unversity (2004), Oregon State University (2006) and the University of Idaho (2007). The 2007-2008 TransNow Student Conference is being held at Portland State University the day after the ITE Oregon Traffic Bowl. No professors or other faculty are involved in the conference in any way. Students are able to present their research and exchange ideas with their peers in an environment that does not exist in the classroom or in other conferences. TransNow is committed to fostering student interaction between institutions while supporting a professional environment. The conference includes both student presentations and a poster session to showcase the great student-led transportation research being done Northwest. The schedule has more information.

Please join us in exploring student research in the transportation field!

Free Food

The conference will include breakfast and lunch. There will be an unhosted happy hour near after the conference for anyone interested.

Free Registration

Registration is free for any student enrolled in transportation programs at universities in the Northwest. Please register by November 2. Click here for a list of contacts.

Poster Session

We are asking all students to prepare a poster this year. Posters can be on a range of topics and you are welcome to collaborate with other sudents on a poster. Students will vote on the best posters and there will be awards for the best ones! Here are some guidelines and tips to assist you in preparing your poster.

Keynote Speaker

TransNow 2007-2008 will feature Brian Taylor from UCLA as the keynote speaker (BIO). Dr. Taylor will give a talk on the subject of "Rethinking Congestion." His visit is sponsored by the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC).

Panel Discussion

Five transportation professionals from the Northwest will participate in this year's panel discussion. We will ask them to address several topics and leave plenty of time for discussion.

• Bob Hastings, Agency Architect, TriMet
• Rick Kuehn, Senior Project Manager, CH2M Hill
• Susie Lahsene, Manager of Transportation and Land Use Policy, Port of Portland
• Brian Ray, Principal Engineer, Kittelson & Associates

Panelist bios can be found at this link.

Student Presentations

Students will be presenting on a range of topics:

Yegor Malinovskiy, University of Washington
Video-Based Monitoring of Pedestrian Movements at Signalized Intersection

Shaoqing Ge, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Coupling of Unsteady Seepage and Rock Deformation by Developed Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA)

Mathew Berkow, Portland State University
Transportation Observations from the Oregon Land Use Stories Project

Evan Siroky, University of Washington
Custom Traveler Information Software for Public Transit

Kenneth Perrine, University of Washington
RateMyRoads.org: A Place to Give Feedback on Roads

Jean Perez-Montesinos and Milan Sekulic, University of Idaho
Mobile (Hands-On) Signal Timing Training (MOST)

Ariana Tipper, Portland State University
Evacuation Planning and Neighborhood Empowerment: The Broadmoor Model

Peng Li, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Determination of Fatigue Limit for Perpetual Pavement Design in Binzhou, China

Hong Zhu, Oregon State University
Acceleration Models for Urban Signalized Condition

Yao-Jan Wu, University of Washington
A Google-Map-Based Arterial Traffic Information System

Presentation abstracts can be found at this link.