MTC Asset Newsletter Winter 2007

Transportation Seminars

Each spring the MTC plans and hosts a seminar series for transportation students at all MTC universities. The seminars provide students with an understanding of current “big picture” issues in transportation.

Each seminar is held at 10:00 a.m. on Fridays and is broadcast in real time to students at the University of Northern Iowa and other participating sites in Missouri. For information about participating sites, contact David Plazak, dplazak@iastate.edu.

Jan. 12 Hillary Isebrands (ISU), European Scanning Tour on Rural High-Speed Roundabouts

Jan. 19 Susan McCubbins and Josh Scott (Missouri DOT), I-435 and Front St. Interchange in Kansas City (An Innovative Design)

Feb. 2 Carlos Schwantes (University of Missouri, St. Louis), What We Can Learn From Transportation History

Feb. 9 Chris Gutierrez (Kansas City SmartPort), International Intermodal Freight

Feb. 16 Robert C. Brown (ISU, Office of Biorenewables), Biofuels and Transportation

Feb. 23 James Cooper (University of Glasgow, Scotland), Public Transportation in Low Density Rural Areas

March 2 (cancelled due to weather) Linda Boyle (University of Iowa), Driver Distraction

March 9 Mike Tully and Sunshine Yang (Aerial Services, Inc.), Photogrammetry and Transportation Data Acquisition

March 23 Larry Frevert (National President Elect of American Public Works Association and HDR, Inc.)

March 30 Libby Ogard (Prime Focus LLC), Leveraging Private Sector Railroad Assets

April 6 Gary Davis (University of Minnesota), Crash Causation

April 13 Allen Hines (Consultant), Crash Reconstruction

April 20 Dick Hemmingsen (Initiative for Renewable Energy and Environment, University of Minnesota), The Future of Transportation Energy

April 27 Kevin Keith (Chief Engineer, Missouri DOT), Missouri DOT’s 800 Bridge Program