Donald Katz

Last week I underwent the last of three steps to becoming a Ph.D candidate in my department. The first step, the written comprehensive exam, I passed in May, and the second step, the oral examination, I passed in December. This third step was a proposal of my dissertation work in front of my Dissertation Committee, made up [...]

I received notice this past week from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) that I earned a fellowship in this year’s Graduate Research Award on Public-Sector Aviation Issues competition. I am the fourth consecutive student in my research group, run by Dr. Laurie Garrow, in the last four years to have received the award (preceded [...]

One of the big items the Georgia Tech chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers is going after this year is a new format for our website: ite.ce.gatech.edu. Two candidates for the Vice President for Outreach in our spring election mentioned the idea for a site that would include a blog, with chapter members submitting [...]

This past spring, I got engaged to Amy Dessel. She’s from western North Carolina, and now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, working as an attorney for King & Spalding. I proposed at nearby Tanyard Creek Park, and the proposal was inspired by the film Back to the Future! We are planning a wedding in Miami, Florida, for [...]