METRANS Celebrates Tier 1 Grant

METRANS will receive six million dollars over the next three years, as a result of the newly announced U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers (UTC) program. Half the total will be federal funds, and the matching half will come from the California Department of Transportation.

METRANS Announces New Transportation Research Projects

Fifteen new transportation research projects and six applied research projects were awarded in the latest round of METRANS funding. See the full list below and at the website, www.metrans.org.

Paramount Salutes METRANS' Work With Young Students

The City of Paramount recently awarded METRANS a certificate recognizing their support of the ongoing Math, Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) Schools Program at Paramount schools. MESA works nationwide to increase the number of underserved populations who go on to college.

Maria Yang Wins NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award

USC's Maria Yang, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in July.

New USC Dissertations Explore Frontiers of Transportation

The study of metropolitan transportation systems is a focus of USC graduate students across many disciplines.

Annual Town Hall Tackles Security At The Ports

Port security is the subject for the next Ninth Annual Town Hall, sponsored by the Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) and supported by METRANS. The event will be held the evening of February 7, 2006.

ENO Transportation Foundation Invites METRANS to Forum

Over the summer, METRANS Director Genevieve Giuliano and Deputy Director Marianne Venieris participated in an important national discussion to begin identifying professional capacity and educational needs for goods movement professionals.

METRANS Featured At Summer TRB Conference

Organizers of the 2006 Summer Conference of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) invited METRANS to create a special poster session at the July event in nearby La Jolla.

METRANS Administrator Remembered

METRANS Administrator Jacquette Givens passed away July 2, 2006, just weeks short of her fiftieth birthday. Her sudden death has been a great loss to the METRANS staff, as well as her family and a multitude of friends.