My graduate studies are now in their sixth semester at Georgia Tech. Although I am done taking courses for my Ph.D in order to focus on my dissertation writing, I decided to audit one course this semester to broaden my knowledge of the airline industry:
ISYE 8803X - Air Transportation Systems (Dr. Ellis Johnson)
Although I am [...]
My fifth semester at Georgia Tech was focused on completing my coursework here at Georgia Tech, starting up on my research for my ACRP/dissertation, and heading up ITE.
The first of my courses, Engineering Communication, touched on how to be more effective in one’s writing, graphic designing, and speaking. The course was full of feedback, and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My fourth semester at Georgia Tech was a shift in focus back to classwork. I also spent a good deal of my time recovering from hip surgery in January; crutching around Georgia Tech was a course in itself! I took three real courses this semester, two in Civil Engineering and one in City and Regional [...]
My third semester at Georgia Tech was primarily focused on completing my Master’s thesis, so although I had a small course load, there were many long nights spent in the office writing. Still, my courses this semester had many interesting moments, and below are some of the course outputs.
I’ve uploaded one paper and two online [...]
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 [...]
This past Friday, I graduated with a Master’s in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech. The ceremony was held at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum for all Master’s and Ph.D graduates, and my family came into town to see me receive my degree. The graduation speaker was Andrew Young, former ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. [...]