MTC Asset Newsletter Summer 2005
MTC Scholar, Essayist
Iowa State MTC Scholar Tom Stout (right) and Professor Reg Souleyrette.
Tom Stout, an Iowa State University PhD student in engineering and MTC scholar, was named a finalist in the 2005 Philip E. Rollhaus, Jr. Essay Competition. Stout won $1,000 for his essay called "How Road Authorities and Insurance Companies Should Work Together to Improve Highway Safety." (108 kb pdf)
The competition was so fierce and the quality of the essays so high that Quixote Corporation, the contest sponsor, increased the number of awards from four to ten.
Stout also won first place in the Missouri Valley Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers student paper competition this year for his paper on "Before and After Study of Some Impacts of 4-lane to 3-lane Roadway Conversion." The award includes a certificate and a check.
