ITE Student Chapters around the United States are reaching out to high school students to help them get a head start in higher education in STEM through special mentoring and outreach programs. The ITE National STEM Committee reached out to Suzana Duran Bernardes, a Ph.D. candidate in NYU Tandon’s Transportation Engineering and Planning program, a…
NYU ITE Student Chapter Wins Top Prizes The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) is an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs. NYU’s ITE-ITS student chapter, supported by C2SMART, has been awarded the ITE Northeastern District Student Chapter Award during the District’s virtual conference on May…
ITE/ITS Women in Transportation Forum Spring 2021 On February 24th, the NYU ITE/ITS Student Chapter hosted the third annual Women in Transportation panel. The event started with a short Trivia game about women representation in the transportation field. The panelists shared their advice for women to succeed in leadership positions, their experiences with gender inequality,…
On February 17th, the NYU ITE/ITS Student Chapter held its kickoff meeting for the Spring semester of the 2020-21 academic year. The event started with an introduction of the new Eboard members, general functions and resources provided by ITE , entrepreneurship and research opportunities offered by the C2SMART Center and targeted recruitment of new members.…
Running Successful Student Chapters: Experiences from NYU and Cal Poly SLO On Tuesday, January 26, current ITE co-President, Logan Wagner and former chapter President Jannie Gao hosted a webinar on running successful ITE student chapters, along with Katie Lee and Cody Lim from Cal Poly SLO. The hosts shared anecdotal experiences of the two chapters…
NYU-ITE Tech & Career Talks with Mike Salatti On December 3, the NYU-ITE Student Chapter held another installment of the ongoing Tech & Career Talks series with Mike Salatti, Vice President, Transportation Services at GPI. He discussed basics such as the cost of getting work, responding to RFPs, and making a profit. Salatti also shared tips on writing…
TransportationCamp 2020 TransportationCamp NYC 2020 returned to C2SMART and NYU Tandon to foster open conversations on mobility and collaborate to address the radical changes experienced by transportation globally. Transportation Camp is an unconference–unlike a traditional conference, the specific session topics were determined by participants, which provided each attendee an opportunity to lead and shape the…
Fall 2020 Transportation Student Welcome C2SMART welcomed new, and returning, transportation students to the Fall 2020 academic year with this virtual kick-off event. Students learned about C2SMART and new opportunities for student research and entrepreneurship including: an upcoming hackathon using industry or agency transportation data, a grant competition for student-run entrepreneurship, funding for student-driven implementation…
ITE/ITS Student Chapter Joint Kick-off and General Body Meeting On September 17th, the NYU ITE/ITS Student Chapter held its kickoff meeting for the Fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year. The event started with an introduction of the new Eboard members, an explanation of the club, general functions and resources provided by the ITE society,…
ARISE Colloquium 2020 On Friday, August 14, 2020, 62 New York City high school students presented their summer research over Zoom as part of the Applied Research Innovations in Science and Engineering (ARISE) Colloqium. Sakeef Kibria and Sardor Rahmatulloev, mentored by C2SMART Researchers Suzana Duran Bernardes, Jingqin Gao and C2SMART Director Kaan Ozbay, presented their work on the…