Yesterday I attended a lecture by Jorge Cham, the artist behind the online comic Piled Higher and Deeper; an example is below. Mr. Cham is an alumnus of Georgia Tech, and he received a warm reception from the audience. The crowd itself was primarily graduate students (out of 600 guests, only 3 undergrads raised their [...]
I have started my third year at Georgia Tech, and this semester I will begin my dissertation work in full swing. My research is on depeaking airline hubs, and the effects it has on revenue and network competition. I will be working on the project under Dr. Laurie Garrow, but also under the supervision of [...]
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 [...]
I was selected as an Eno Fellow back in April, and I attended Eno Leadership Development Conference from June 5-9 in Washington, D.C. The week was spent with 19 other graduate students from across the country who focus on transportation policy. Our group met with a variety of professionals who are influencing our nation’s federal [...]
In mid-May, the Georgia Tech transportation group was invited to tour Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). The tour was organized by Dr. Seth Young, an associate professor at Ohio State, who was visiting our department to give a lecture on aviation. The tour was of both the airside and landside facilities at ATL, and lead [...]
The final meeting of the school year for our Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Georgia Tech student chapter was in April. Our chapter recently won runner-up for Chapter of the Year for the Southern District at the SDITE Annual Meeting. Clemson recaptured the Chapter of the Year honors which we held for one year.
Part of the meeting [...]
Recently I was given the opportunity by the Park Scholarship office at NC State to present a Park Scholarship to a recent recipient. I drove up to Forsyth Central High School in Cumming, Georgia to present Patrick Cheeves a certificate at his high school’s scholarship and award night. Patrick will be part of the Park [...]
The North Carolina State University alumni association hosted Chancellor Randy Woodson at the Buckhead Club yesterday evening. The Chancellor spoke on a number of topics relating to NC State, speaking primarily about our recent accomplishments, growth of the student body and alumni network, and highlighting recent research and student accomplishments. His talk also included the [...]
My graduate studies are now in their fourth semester at Georgia Tech. This semester I am taking the following courses. They are listed below along with the instructors’ names.
CEE 6642 - Transit System Planning and Design (Dr. Michael Meyer)
CEE 8813 - Queuing Theory (Dr. Jorge Laval)
CP 6331 - Land Use and Transportation (Dr. Brian Stone)
This [...]
These past two weeks I visited Lisbon, Portugal for the 12th World Conference on Transport Research. I attended the conference along with my advisor Dr. Michael Meyer and fellow Ph.D student J.P. O’Har. The conference, with over 1500 attendees, was held at the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa along the Tagus River. One of the [...]