Spring 2008 - Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers

transportation focusing on technology, education, infrastructure,and land use with respect to transportation engineering andwhat each type of country can learn from each other. Thewinner of this contest was Michael Guberman, a second-yearengineering student.In February the contest required students to sketch asustainable transportation plan for a suburban retail area inWinnipeg. The winner was Greg Blatz, a fourth-year engineeringstudent. He was awarded a one month bus pass donated byWinnipeg Transit and $50 cash from the Student Chapter.Winning entries will be posted on our Student Chapter websiteat iteumanitoba.ca.This year’s success is due to a strong effort on the part of theStudent Chapter members, the Chapter Executive, and ourChapter Advisor Dr. Jeannette Montufar, P.Eng. The entire groupgenerously devoted their time and energy to support thecommunity and help develop our transportation engineeringabilities.We look forward to meeting other Student Chapter membersand leaders at the Annual CITE Conference Student Mixer andPresentation event on Tuesday, April 29, from 4:30 - 6:30 pm.Hope to see you there!presentation competition and job fair and the first presentationaward was conferred to ITE-UW president,Mr. Pedram Izadpanah. Pedram is a PhD candidate at theUniversity of Waterloo and his presentation was entitled“Obtaining Traffic Conditions by Tracking Cell Phones”.Professor Matthew Roorda from the University of Toronto wasour special speaker this term. Title of his presentation was “AnIntegrated Model of Vehicle Transactions, Activity Scheduling,and Mode Choice”. Invitation of academics and professionals tothe University of Waterloo is one of the priorities of our StudentChapter.UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOOThe winter term was election season for the University ofWaterloo ITE Student Chapter. The executive committeereceived nominees for all positions late in January. Thecandidates started campaigning early in February and the newexecutive committee officially convened their first meeting onFebruary 15th. Our Student Chapter hereby would like to thankthe previous chapter executive, especially the presidentMr. Zeeshan Reza Abdy, for their efforts during past year.The formation of the new committee coincided with ITE 2008Data Collection Projects RFP. For the 2008 RFP, it was requestedthat trip generation and parking demand data collection for anumber of land uses be considered. The University of WaterlooStudent Chapter decided to focus on a stand-alone specialtyfood. The data collection effort will be conducted byundergraduate students as part of their current transportationcourse work. The proposal has already been submitted to theInternational Board of ITE for review.The 13th Annual Joint Toronto/Hamilton Section StudentPresentation Competition and Job Fair was held on March 5th inMohawk College. Our ITE Student Chapter participated in bothSpring 2008 17