Archive for August, 2009

Fulbright releases YouTube interview

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

In June, back at the Fulbright Pre-departure Orientation in Washington, D.C. which I helped facilitate at, I was interviewed by Fulbright staff for a series of videos they were producing about the Fulbright experience. They told me they’d let me know when it was up, but it actually got posted over three weeks ago! Check [...]

Starting at Georgia Tech

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

My graduate studies have begun this week at Georgia Tech. I have received my desk in the transportation lab, spoken with my advisor about possible research topics, and begun classes. This semester I am taking the following courses, the first four of which are required for my curriculum.  They are listed below along with the [...]

ITRE Internship Complete

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Today was my final day working at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education. I started the summer working on a project that looked at new pavement marking retroreflective technology. We looked at the effect of these in nighttime rainy conditions. The beginning of the summer had some potential rainy nights that had me driving [...]