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 [...]
A paper I co-authored two summers ago at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at NC State was accepted to the 2011 Transportation Research Board annual meeting in Washington, D.C. This is the same conference in which my first paper was accepted last year. The paper, entitled “Economic Effects of Access Management Techniques in [...]
My first paper has been officially published, and is listed on the Transportation Research Board’s website. The paper “Levels of Overcrowding in Bus System of Dhaka, Bangladesh“, was published in Transportation Research Record 2143 on pages 85-91. I am wondering if I will receive a hard copy of the journal. I uploaded the pre-publication copy to [...]
On Tuesday I underwent the second of three steps to becoming a Ph.D candidate in my department. The first step, the written comprehensive exam I passed in May. This second step was an oral presentation in front of my Examination Committee, made up of four professors in my department, on my topic of research. I [...]
My Master’s thesis, entitled Airports’ Connective Role in Megaregions, was submitted this past week to Georgia Tech’s Graduate Studies office, and I have received notification that it has been accepted. With the thesis complete, I will graduate this December with my Master’s degree in Civil Engineering.
The document has been my focus since the summer, and I [...]
I have started my second year at Georgia Tech, and this semester I will finish my thesis to complete my Master’s degree. My research on megaregions and airports is continuing well and I am currently writing up on the results I have produced over the summer. Dr. Michael Meyer and Dr. Laurie Garrow are helping [...]
In December of last year, Robert Milton visited our research group at Georgia Tech. As the former CEO of Air Canada, he arranged for us to travel to Montreal and spend a day at Air Canada’s headquarters.
During our recent visit, we met with the Vice President of Network Planning and the Vice President of Revenue [...]
The paper which I presented at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting has been chosen to be published in the the Transportation Research Record. The paper, entitled “Levels of Overcrowding in the Bus System of Dhaka, Bangladesh”, was co-authored by my advisor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman. This [...]
Along with the Georgia Tech chapter of ITE, I attended the Transportation Research Board’s 89th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. from January 10-14. Over 10,000 transportation professionals, educators, and students attend this conference which is held in three hotels along Connecticut Avenue (Marriot, Omni Shoreham, and Hilton).
This was my third time attending, and my first [...]
I received notice today that my paper on my overcrowded Bangladesh bus research has been accepted to be presented at the Transportation Research Board 2010 Annual Meeting. The paper is titled “Levels of Overcrowding in the Bus System of Dhaka, Bangladesh” and is co-authored by my advisor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology [...]