For the summer, I have come on board as a research assistant on a project at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education. This research center is located on NC State’s Centennial Campus. I found myself here after emailing my friend and former classmate (while he was still a PhD candidate) Dr. Bastian Schroeder who [...]
In order to help fund my graduate studies, I was recently awarded a Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship by the Federal Highway Administration. I had to quickly notify Georgia Tech so that the award could be processed. Although I did not receive the top level of funding, the version of the fellowship I received provides funds [...]
My graduate school decision process is finally complete, I have chosen to attend Georgia Tech starting this autumn. My advisor will be Dr. Michael Meyer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. At Georgia Tech, I intend to pursue a dual degree program to earn a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and a [...]
On April 3, I attended MIT’s visitation day for prospective students in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. After a breakfast for all students visiting the department, those of us who were accepted into the Master of Science in Transportation program, about twenty of us, were taken by Dr. Joseph Sussman to go through our [...]
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