Mid-Continent Transportation Symposium

August 16–17, 2007
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Helpful documents

Conference proceedings

Special speaker presentations

• Future Directions for Surface
  Transportation Research 1.2 mb pdf, Steven Chase, Chief Scientist, FHWA Office of Research, Development and Technology
• A New Vision for the 21st Century—Transportation: Invest in Our Future 165 kb pdf, Anthony Kane, Director - Engineering and Technical Services, AASHTO

About the symposium

Symposium program 408 kb pdf

Registration brochure (212 kb pdf)

CTRE/Iowa State University hosts this TRB-style research symposium every other year. More than 100 presentations will be given during several sessions.

The symposium lasts a day and a half with a banquet the first evening. More details about specific sessions, presentations, and special speakers will be published here as it becomes available.

In addition to a primarily Midwestern audience, all papers presented at the conference will reach an international audience of researchers and practitioners via the Internet. The online symposium papers are popular resources accessed by hundreds of people every week.

Special speakers

Steven Chase, Chief Scientist, FHWA Office of Research, Development and Technology

Anthony Kane, Director - Engineering and Technical Services, AASHTO

List of tracks

• Safety
• Bridges & Structures
• Planning
• Weather
• Pavements
• Traffic
• Drivers
• ITS
• Environment
• Education/Communications

Symposium banquet

A banquet will be held Thursday, August 16. Spouses or guests are welcome. There is a separate $35 charge for symposium attendees (both students and non-students) and each of their guests for the banquet.

Who should attend

Transportation researchers and practitioners alike will benefit from this unique symposium. Attendees from local, state, and national agencies and from the public and private sectors will find a variety of relevant topics for today’s post-interstate, global transportation challenges.

5 concurrent sessions will allow attendees to select exactly those presentations that address their interests or sample a broad spectrum of today’s transportation issues.

This symposium is being planned in accordance with the rules established by the Iowa Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board for awarding professional development hours.

Registration

Register Online: http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/midcontinent/home.html

Download the Registration Form to Mail or Fax: http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/_repository/2007/midcontinent/pdf/regform.pdf

Fees

Early registration (through Aug. 3) for the day-and-a-half symposium is $150. Late registration (Aug. 4–13) will be $175. Students who register early (through Aug. 3) can attend at the special rate of $50. Students registering late (Aug. 4–13) will be $75.

Location

The symposium sessions will be held at the Scheman Building, Iowa State Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The social hour and banquet dinner will be held at The Hotel at Gateway Center. Ames is approximately 40 miles north of the Des Moines International Airport. Interstate 35 connects the two cities.

Lodging

Blocks of rooms are available at special symposium rates at the following hotels August 16–17. To guarantee special rates, call by July 15 and mention the “Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium.”

• The Hotel at Gateway Center (1-800-367-2637) $89*
• Best Western University Park and Suites (515-296-2500) $64.95*
• Holiday Inn (515-268-8808) $89*

*offer goverment employee discount with ID

Questions?

• Symposium questions? Contact Judy Thomas, CTRE at Iowa State University, phone 515-294-
  1866, fax 515-294-0467, or by email,jathomas@iastate.edu.
• If you have questions about registration or need special accommodations, contact registration clerk, ISU Continuing and Distance Education, phone 515-294-6222, 1-800-262-0015.

Symposium sponsors

• Iowa Department of Transportation
• Iowa State University’s Center for Transportation Research and Education;
  Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering;
• and Midwest Transportation Consortium
• Wisconsin Department of Transportation
• University of Wisconsin’s Midwest Regional University Transportation Center
• The University of Iowa’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Planning committee

Adam, John, Iowa Department of Transportation
Alleman, James, Iowa State University
Andrle, Steve, Transportation Research Board
Bittner, Jason, University of Wisonsin-Madison
Boyle Linda, University of Iowa
Cackler, Tom, Center for Transportation Research and Education
Culver, Carol, Iowa Department of Transportation
Dunn, Mark, Iowa Department of Transportation
Ettema, Robert, University of Iowa
Fonkert, Todd, Bremer County, Iowa
Forkenbrock, Dave, University of Iowa
Greimann, Lowell, Center for Transportation Research and Education
Grogg, Max, Federal Highway Administration
Hanley, Paul, University of Iowa
Hawkins, Neal, Center for Transportation Research and Education
Johnson, David, Minnesota Department of Transportation (retired)
Kennedy, Gerry, Federal Highway Administration
Khattak, Aemal, University of Nebraska
Larson, Sandra, Iowa Department of Transportation
Lippert, David, Illinois Department of Transportation
Lodahl, Sue, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Maze, Tom, Center for Transportation Research and Education
McReynolds, Dick, Kansas Department of Transportation
Nemmers, Charles, University of Missouri-Columbia
Plazak, David, Center for Transportation Research and Education
Rilett, Lawrence, University of Nebraska
Schaefer, Vern, Iowa State University
Schletzbaum, Roger, Marion County, Iowa
Schrock, Steve, University of Kansas
Smithson, Lee, AASHTO
Souleyrette, Reg, Center for Transportation Research and Education
Strauss, Tim, University of Northern Iowa
Welch, Tom, Iowa Department of Transportation
Wipf, Terry, Center for Transportation Research and Education