http://www.donaldkatz.com EngineerRower Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:11:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.donaldkatz.com/2012/01/18/semester-6-at-georgia-tech/ 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 ... http://www.donaldkatz.com/2011/12/21/fifth-graduate-semester-complete/ I received notice this past week that I received a 2011 Georgia Department of Transportation Scholarship. Several students in my department have earned this scholarship in the past. http://www.donaldkatz.com/2011/12/15/gdot-scholarship-2011/ 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, ... http://www.donaldkatz.com/2011/12/06/phd-comics-jorge-cham-visits-georgia-tech/ The Georgia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering Department’s newsletter included a writeup about the ACRP award I earned earlier this semester. It discusses the research project and the motivation behind the work. http://www.donaldkatz.com/2011/10/18/mentioned-in-georgia-tech-civil-engineering-news-for-acrp/ This weekend NC State plays Georgia Tech in football. As part of an ongoing series this football season, the NC State Alumni Association's blog is doing a weekly feature on an alumnus who works or studies at that week's opposing team's campus. The blog, Red & White for Life, chose ... http://www.donaldkatz.com/2011/09/30/featured-in-ncsu-alumni-blog/ 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 ... http://www.donaldkatz.com/2011/09/07/semester-5-at-georgia-tech/ 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 ... http://www.donaldkatz.com/2011/08/30/phd-qualification-dissertation-proposal/ 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 ... http://www.donaldkatz.com/2011/08/17/acrp-graduate-research-award/ 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 ... http://www.donaldkatz.com/2011/08/13/new-itegt-website/