Archive for December, 2009

First graduate semester complete

Monday, December 21st, 2009

My first semester at Georgia Tech wrapped up well. 15 credit hours of coursework was certainly challenging, but taking this heavy load now is going to free up time for research in future semesters.
It was my first season on Georgia Tech Crew. The team’s rowing stroke took some getting used to, but being on the [...]

Robert Milton visit

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Last Friday, Robert Milton, Chairman and former CEO of Air Canada, paid our air traffic/airport lab a visit.  A lifelong aviation enthusiast, Mr. Milton graduated from Georgia Tech in 1983 and worked for nearly a decade in several areas of the airline industry, before finding his way to Air Canada in 1992. He climbed the [...]

Georgia Section ITE Scholarship

Friday, December 11th, 2009

This past month I was awarded a scholarship from the Georgia Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, one of four students in the state to receive one. Three of us were from Georgia Tech and a fourth was from Southern Polytechnical State University.
Yesterday we attended the monthly meeting of the Georgia Section of the [...]