Institute of Transportation Engineers - UIUC Student Chapter

Our first general meeting of the semester will be held on Wednesday, September 5th in 1310 Newmark. Dr. Jeremy Chapman will be presenting "A Gap-Based Approach to the Left Turn Warrant at an Existing Signalized Intersection". This is an exciting opportunity to learn about cutting-edge transportation technology research. As always, there will be free food provided for attendees. See you there!

Thank you to everyone who attended our autonomous vehicle discussion panel last Tuesday! Our panelists were able to provide excellent insights into the future of autonomous vehicles.

Our first general meeting of the spring semester will be on Thursday, February 8 at 6pm in 1310 Newmark. Professor Kiruba Haran of the ECE department will be presenting on his research into the electric and hybrid-electric propulsion of commercial aircraft and its importance in reducing CO2 emissions generated by the aviation industry. This is an exciting opportunity to learn about cutting-edge transportation technology research. As always, there will be free food provided for attendees. See you there!

The Institute of Transportation Engineers UIUC Student Chapter will be hosting its final General Meeting of the Fall 2017 semester on Wednesday, December 6th @ 5:30PM in 2312 Yeh Center (NCEL). We will be hosting Dr. Geoffrey Hewings of the Urban Planning and Economics departments on campus for a lecture entitled Transportation Impact Analysis with Special Attention to the Modeling of Unexpected Events (floods, earthquakes).

In addition to hearing about this pressing topic, attendees will have the opportunity to run for two open positions on the ITE board for the Spring 2018 semester: Treasurer & Events Chair. This is a perfect opportunity to stay involved with us as we look to plan bigger and better events in the Spring semester. Finally, Free pizza will be served! We hope to see new and familiar faces alike at this final meeting of the semester!

Our next event will be on Wednesday, Oct 25 at 6pm in 2312 Newmark. PhD student Raphael Stern will present on his research about autonomous vehicles. His research interests are autonomous and connected vehicle control, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and traffic data analysis. Hope to see you there!

Our Fall Student-Practitioner Forum will be on Wednesday, October 18 at 6:30 pm in Newmark 1233. This serves as a good opportunity for students to learn about what is expected of them when interviewing and applying for jobs, what to expect on the job, and other aspects of a transportation engineer's career. Professionals in the transportation industry will be present to speak about their time in the workforce and answer student's questions. There will be free pizza provided to attendees. See you there!

Our next general meeting will be this Wednesday, Oct 4th, at 5:30pm in 1310 Newmark. The City Engineer of Champaign, Dave Clark, will be speaking about the MCORE construction project on Green St. As always, food will be provided.

The following Wednesday, Oct 11th we will be taking a guided tour of the MCORE construction site. Any student is welcome! To attend, you must wear long pants and close-toed shoes. If you have boots, they are strongly recommended. To reserve your place on the tour, please fill out the form here: https://goo.gl/forms/1FmvHaFEYV3klpZh2

Our first general meeting of the semester will be on Wednesday, September 20 at 6pm in 2310 Newmark. Engineering Career Services will be speaking about how to approach a career fair. Jimmy John's will be provided as well. Hope to see you there!

Members of the outgoing ITE Executive Board and faculty adviser Prof. Ray Benekohal's group went out for pizza to celebrate another successful year.

Have a great summer, and see you all in the Fall!

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Dr. Work's research which found that one self-driving car was enough to reduce traffic!!

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DON'T FORGET!
Our general meeting will start at 6:00 PM. Stop by to hear about the O'Hare Modernization Program with Dr. David Lange!

TONIGHT!
Join ITE for our last general meeting and hear from Dr. David Lange about the O'Hare Modernization Program.

Also, stand for elections to the ITE Executive Board and get involved with Transportation! All that over some free food.

The semester is almost over, and it's time for us to put a new board in place to lead the team next year. After Thursday's meeting, we'll be holding elections for all board positions. Anyone, regardless of year of study or department, is welcome to join the Executive Board - all you need is a passion for transportation!

For a list of available positions, click here: http://tinyurl.com/ITEPositions2017
If you are interested in a position, please let us know by filling out this short form: http://tinyurl.com/ITE2017Elections
(If you're not sure yet, just come to the meeting and talk to us!)

The last general meeting for the semester will be held on Wednesday, Apr. 26, 6:00 PM in 3310 Newmark Lab (Yeh Center). Our guest speaker will be Prof. David Lange, Director of the Center of Excellence for Airport Technology (CEAT) and CEE Professor. He will be talking about the past and future of the O'Hare Modernization Program and his involvement in it. Come out to hear about one of the biggest ongoing engineering projects in Illinois!

Join us tonight for a billiards social at the Illini Union basement at 6pm. Look out for ITE around the pool tables!

We will also be at Newmark for EOH until 3pm today. Thanks and hope to see you this evening!

Hope everyone is having a great week leading up to spring break! Come out to Newmark today and tomorrow to see ITE's exhibit for Engineering Open House. There is traffic trivia, a perception reaction timer, and a live air traffic control feed of O'Hare! See you there

Come to ITE's booth at EOH tomorrow in the Newmark Crane Bay! We'll have the ever-popular Perception Reaction Time tester, a live feed of traffic from O'Hare, a life-size traffic signal, and plenty to tell you about Transportation!

Come and join ITE for its first General Meeting of the semester! We'll have M. Sharif Ullah from the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) talking about building a career in Traffic Engineering and Travel Demand Modeling.

The meeting will be on Monday, 2/20, 6:00 PM in 1311 Yeh Student Center. Free food!

Stop by booth 62 at the Union's south ballroom to check out what we're up to for this semester! More news about our next GM coming up soon!

Good luck to the Illini Hyperloop team - our first speakers last semester!
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/ui-students-heading-to-space-x-competition/643604141

UI students heading to Space X competition UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS -- Engineering students at the UI are going to California next week for a competition put on by Space-X.

Illini! As you prepare for the new semester, make sure to check out our new-and-improved website:
https://iteuiuc.wordpress.com/

You'll find information about all our past events, updates from the world of Transportation, and some useful links.

ITE @ UIUC Student Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers at the University of Illinois

A big thanks to our speaker Katie Zimmerman for her exciting talk on how she went from working for government to a private consulting firm and eventually starting her own pavement engineering company.

Also thanks to everyone who attended our last general meeting of the year. See you all next semester!

TODAY: Don't forget to attend our last general meeting for the year, where Katie Zimmermann, President of Applied Pavement Technology and U of I alum, will be talking to us about how she built a successful career in the transportation industry.

The event will be at 6 PM in 1311 Yeh Center, Newmark Lab.

Our last general meeting of the semester with a very special guest!

Katie Zimmerman, President of Applied Pavement Technology (a major pavement consulting firm in Urbana) and U of I alumnus will be talking to us about how she built a successful career in transportation and what students need to keep in mind to be ready on Day 1.

The GM will be on Nov. 15 (Tue), 6:00 PM in 1311 Yeh Center, Newmark Lab.

Thank you to all those who attended our Chicago Networking Tour to four top Transportation Engineering firms! It was a great day talking to professionals, passing resumes, and seeing what life is like in the big league. Stay tuned for more ITE events.

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/us/ohare-aircraft-incident/

Dangerous aborted take off at O'Hare earlier today when a Boeing 767 flight bound for Miami experienced engine troubles during the aircraft roll. There only seem to be minor injuries; notably, four runways at O'Hare have been closed for a large part of the day, and yet that has hardly affected airport operations.

To those members who toured O'Hare with ITE last spring, hopefully hearing about the CDA operations and impact on runways puts the event in perspective.

At Chicago O'Hare, American 767 catches fire on runway The right-side engine of an American Airlines Boeing 767 failed Friday during an attempted takeoff, sending debris as far as a half mile and passengers hurriedly down emergency slides onto a runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Jacobs Engineering, Primera Engineers, CivilTech, and Cambridge Systematics are the four companies that we'll be visiting at the ITE Chicago Networking Tour on Nov. 4!

Spots are limited, so make sure to register soon: http://tinyurl.com/ITEChicago16

ITE UIUC is proud to host the third annual Chicago networking trip in collaboration with ITE Illinois Section. We are excited to be able to take our members to network with top transportation firms in downtown Chicago. The current firms include Jacobs and CivilTech, but will also include at least one more company. This is a great opportunity to talk directly to the top engineers at the firms and exchange resumes.

The trip will be on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. We will meet outside Newmark Civil Engineer Lab (outside the Yeh Center on Matthews Ave) at 7 AM and return by 6 PM. We have limited seats on the bus, so it will be on a first come first serve basis.

If you're interested, please go to tinyurl.com/ITEChicago16 and fill up the form by midnight Saturday, Oct. 29. The event will cost $15 per student. See the attached flyer for details.