Eisenhower Fellowships

The U.S. Department of Transportation administers the Eisenhower Fellowship Program. Only 25 students nationwide receive prestigious Dwight David Eisenhower Fellowships to pursue graduate studies in transportation-related fields.

Graduate students working as research assistants at CTRE have consistently won these fellowships:

• 2006/2007
  • Josh Hochstein, doctoral student in transportation engineering
  • Hillary Isebrands, doctoral student in transportation engineering
• 2005/2006
  • Justin Doornink, doctoral student in structural engineering
  • Josh Hochstein, doctoral student in transportation engineering
  • Hillary Isebrands, doctoral student in transportation engineering
  • David Veneziano, doctoral student in transportation engineering
• 2004/2005
  • Justin Doornink, doctoral student in structural engineering
  • Hillary Isebrands, doctoral student in transportation engineering
  • David Veneziano, doctoral student in transportation engineering
• 2003/2004
  • Justin Doornink, doctoral student in structural engineering
  • David Veneziano, doctoral student in transportation engineering
• 2000/2001
  • Richard Storm, master's student in transportation engineering 
• 1998/1999
  • Christopher Monsere, doctoral student in transportation engineering
• 1997/1998
  • David Preissig, master's student in transportation engineering
• 1996/1997
  • Michael Anderson, doctoral student in transportation engineering
  • Christopher Monsere, master's student in transportation engineering

Two CTRE research assistants have won back-to-back Eisenhower Fellowships. The first was Michael Anderson (MSCE '96 and PhD '98), who is an assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Alabama, and the second was Chris Monsere (MSCE '97 and PhD '02) who is a highway safety engineer with the Oregon Department of Transportation.