Student Chapter of the Institute

of Transportation Engineers

2015-2016 Annual Report

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Institute of Transportation Engineers

Edwardsville, IL – 62026

http://www.ce.siue.edu/ite/index.asp

ANNUAL REPORT OF STUDENT CHAPTER ACTIVITIES

From February 25, 2015 to March 5, 2016

ITE Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Student Chapter

Student Chapter Officers (2015-2016 Calendar Year)

Presidents: Md Atiquzzaman

Vice President: Nedal Nijmeh

Secretary: Robby Miles

Treasurer: Steven Goodpaster

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yan Qi

Student Chapter Membership

Number of Student Members: 45

Number of Student Members of ITE International: 12

Number of Students Eligible to be a Student Member of ITE: 199

Number of Faculty Members Who are Current ITE Members: 2

Information on Transportation Engineering Enrollment

Number of Undergraduate Students in Civil Engineering: 186

Does Curriculum Allow Students to Major or Minor in Transportation: Yes

Number of Graduate Students in Transportation: 10 Full-time, 3 Part-time

Report Prepared by:

Md Atiquzzaman, Srinivas Dasari

Report Submitted by:

Md Atiquzzaman

Phone: (618)-407-3847

E-mail: matiquz@siue.edu

Content Approved by:

Dr. Yan Qi, Ph. D., P.E.

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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CONTENTS

ITE Student Chapter Objectives

Summary of Chapter Activities

ITE Student Chapter Meetings

Conferences and Publications

Services and Activities

Official Website

Chapter Roaster

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The SIUE ITE student chapter has been dedicated to connecting students with

transportation professionals. The SIUE student chapter usually holds two to five

meetings every semesters. Engineers from the industry and state agencies together

with professors from academia were invited to give presentations on transportation

related topics, such as transportation system planning, design, operation and

maintenance. The meetings give students a chance to understand what jobs

transportation engineers work on, while they are still in school. Both graduate and

undergraduate students are members of the student chapter.

“SIUE ITE Student Chapter at Team St. Louis Traffic Bowl 2015”

ITE STUDENT CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

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In 2015, the SIUE Student Chapter enjoyed its eighth full calendar year as a part of

ITE since reactivation in September 2007. The Chapter maintained official

recognition from the University as a registered student organization. In addition, new

members were recruited, making it one of the largest Civil Engineering clubs on

campus by enrollment. Professionals from the Illinois Department of Transportation

(IDOT), Missouri Department of Transportation, and numerous firms have been

invited to the chapter meetings.

The SIUE Student Chapter has big plans for the coming year. SIUE’s enthusiasm

for participation will also follow them to the Midwestern ITE Collegiate Traffic

Bowl at the District Conference in the Chicago this summer.

“Photos From Student Chapter Meetings”

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER ACTIVITIES

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February 25, 2015

o Officer’s Election for 2015-2016 Calendar Year

o Discussion About 2015 Collegiate Traffic Bowl

March 18, 2015

o Guest Speaker: Geri E. Boyer

Kaskaskia Engineering Group

“Local Transportation Projects by Kaskaskia

Engineering Group”

o Discussion About 2015 Collegiate Traffic Bowl

April 29, 2015

o Guest Speaker: Priscilla A. Tobias, PE

State Safety Engineer/ Bureau Chief, IDOT –

Bureau of Safety Engineering

“Transportation Safety and Challenges

Transportation Professionals are Facing”

o Discussion About 2015 Collegiate Traffic Bowl

May 27, 2015

o Discussion About 2015 Collegiate Traffic Bowl

ITE STUDENT CHAPTER MEETINGS

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June 17, 2015

o Discussion About 2015 Collegiate Traffic Bowl

October 29, 2015

o Guest Speaker: Jessica Hoffman

CH2M Hill

“Careers in Transportation Engineering”

November 18, 2015

o Guest Speaker: Kyle D. Armstrong

Acting Engineer of Traffic Operations, IDOT –

Bureau of Operations

“Connected and Automated Vehicles”

March 02, 2016

o Guest Speaker: Dustin Riechmann

Director of Traffic Group, Lochmueller Group

“Traffic Signal Timing and Coordination”

March 30, 2015 (Upcoming meeting)

o Officer’s Election for 2016-2017 Calendar Year

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MIDWESTERN ITE TRAFFIC BOWL

In June 2015, three members from our SIUE Institute of Transportation Engineers

(ITE) student chapter attended the Midwestern ITE traffic bowl held in Branson,

Missouri. Our members all got great experiences and made friends from other

universities during this competition. Two ITE members competed in the Regional

Competition. The SIUE ITE Chapter placed 3rd out of 6 teams in the Midwestern

Traffic Bowl sponsored by the Midwestern District. The team members were Antoun

Fadoul and Vedavyas Koppula. The Traffic Bowl is a Jeopardy-style competition

where student teams of up to three answer questions related to transportation

engineering, design, planning, and operations.

“SIUE ITE Student Chapter at Midwestern Traffic Bowl 2015”

CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS

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MIDWESTERN 2015 ANNUAL MEETING

Three SIUE ITE student chapter members attended Midwestern ITE 2015 annual

meeting in Branson, Missouri. The members met with the ITE officials and

professionals in transportation field. SIUE ITE student chapter president Md

Atiquzzaman participated in the Student Poster Competition. His presentation title

was, “Guidelines, Warrants, Service Packages, and ITS Standards for Dynamic

Message Signs.”

“Student Chapter Member Presenting Poster at Midwestern District Student

Poster Competition”

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PUBLICATIONS

R. Seitzinger, R. Fries, Y. Qi, H. Zhou, “A Driving Simulator Study

Evaluating Traffic Sign Mounting Height for Preventing Wrong-Way

Driving,” Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting, Washington,

DC, January 10-14, 2016.

R. Fries, A. Fadoul, M. T. A. Niloy, V. Vyas and M. Atiquzzaman, "Real-

Time Information Dissemination Requirements for Illinois Per New Federal

Rule: Project Extension (Phase II)," Illinois Center for Transportation,

Springfield, IL 62704, 2016.

R. Fries, K. Ghale, M. Williamson, K. Bahaaldin and X. Chen, "Modeling the

Impacts of Driver Aggressiveness during a No-Notice Metropolitan

Evacuation," in ASCE International Conference on Transportation &

Development (In-press), Houston, Texas, June 26-29, 2016.

R. Fries, P. Yousefzadehfard, K. Bahaaldin, A. Fadoul, K. Ghale, M.

Atiquzzaman, M. Chowdhury, S. Petersen, and E. Minge. Real-Time

Information Dissemination Requirements for Illinois per New Federal Rule.

Illinois Department of Transportation, Springfield, IL, USA, FHWA-ICT-

15-004, 2015.

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AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP

ITE Student Chapter president Md Atiquzzaman have been awarded Institute of

Transportation Engineers Illinois Section (ILITE) – 2015 Graduate Scholarship

Award. This award is a recognition of excellent academic performance, participation

in extracurricular activities, and leadership skills.

“Student Chapter Member Receives ILITE 2015 Graduate Scholarship Award”

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ENGINEERING OPEN HOUSE

The student chapter members introduced the traffic signal and driver simulator to

the visitors in the Engineering College open house in 2015. This was done in an

attempt to attract more Transportation oriented students and potential ITE members

to SIUE. A brief introduction of ITE was presented to the visitor and ITE newsletters

were handed out to them. The ITE also plan to help with the 2016 open house.

“Student Chapter Member Volunteered at School of Engineering Open House”

SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES

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SIUE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ANNUAL BANQUET

Student chapter member, Md Atiquzzaman and Sima Moradi, represented ITE at the

annual banquet and award giving ceremony organized by the School of Engineering,

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on February 25, 2016. The dean of school

of engineering recognized ITE along with other student chapters for their continuous

activities on the campus.

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ITE Student Chapter has an official website (http://www.ce.siue.edu/ite/index.asp).

Students can check on meeting times and speakers, and contact officers from this

website. The website also provides students with news and links to other web sites

including National ITE, IL section of ITE, MO Valley Section of ITE, and

Transpiration Engineering Association of St. Louis.

ITE Student Chapter is also a registered student organization on-campus approved

by the student government at SIUE. The link to registered student organization

webpage is https://siue.collegiatelink.net/organization/ite.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

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Sl. No. Name E-mail Degree

1 Nedal Nijmeh (VP) nnijmeh@siue.edu Bachelors

2 Caleb Mau cmau@siue.edu Bachelors

3 Ryan Stepping rsteppi@siue.edu Bachelors

4 David Molohon dmoloho@siue.edu Bachelors

5 Robert Hodgson rhodgso@siue.edu Bachelors

6 Matt Bay mabay@siue.edu Bachelors

7 Evan Stutz estutz@siue.edu Bachelors

8 Sam England senglan@siue.edu Bachelors

9 Jacob Kampwerth jkampe@siue.edu Bachelors

10 Kurtis Weber kuweber@siue.edu Bachelors

11 Priscilla de Andrade pdeandr@siue.edu Bachelors

12 Andrew Burkhardt aburkha@siue.edu Bachelors

13 Seth Bowers sbowers@siue.edu Bachelors

14 Jordan Finley jofinle@siue.edu Bachelors

15 Jason Rehg jarehg@siue.edu Bachelors

16 Nathan Stock nstock@siue.edu Bachelors

17 Krishna G Akkaram kakkara@siue.edu Masters

18 Vedavyas Koppula vkoppul@siue.edu Masters

19 Nick Moore nmoore@siue.edu Bachelors

20 Marisol Ramos mramos@siue.edu Bachelors

CHAPTER ROASTER

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Sl. No. Name E-mail Degree

21 Sarah Turner saturne@siue.edu Bachelors

22 Ehren Kirby ehkirby@siue.edu Bachelors

23 Talal Rehan talalrehan@yahoo.com Masters

24 Robert Seitziwger rseitzi@siue.edu Masters

25 Antoun Fadoul afadoul@siue.edu Masters

26 Robby Miles (S) rmiles@siue.edu Bachelors

27 Steven Goodpaster (T) sgoodpa@siue.edu Bachelors

28 Md Atiquzzaman (P) matiquz@siue.edu Masters

29 Corey Schaufelberger cschauf@siue.edu Bachelors

30 Abass Jumoke jabass@siue.edu Masters

31 Amy Kurich akurich@siue.edu Bachelors

32 Sofia Chkawtouich schkaut@siue.edu Bachelors

33 Amanda Fisher amfishe@siue.edu Bachelors

34 Matthew Eck maeck@siue.edu Bachelors

35 Sima Moradi simorad@siue.edu Masters

36 Md Abdur Rab mrab@siue.edu Masters

37 Tim Waldvogel twaldvo@siue.edu Bachelors

39 Hasan Abuhzaima habuhza@siue.edu Bachelors

40 Jennifer Jones jennijo@siue.edu Bachelors

41 Mohammed Altowa maltowa@siue.edu Bachelors

42 Parham Safarian Bahri psafari@siue.edu Masters

43 Praveen Kumar Mandava pmandav@siue.edu Masters

44 Md Toushik Ahmed mniloy@siue.edu Masters

45 Akhand Mahmood Ashek aashek@siue.edu Masters