Researcher Keeps Trains Running on Time

As a child, METRANS researcher Maged Dessouky remembers being fascinated by his father's work as an engineering professor. "He always had a curiosity to solve any kind of problem— whether it was engineering or mathematical. I liked to look at his papers with a lot of equations that seemed like a piece of art at the time," he recalls now.

METRANS Director Giuliano Honored with Deen Lectureship at TRB

The 86th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting in January was also a special occasion for METRANS Director Genevieve Giuliano. She delivered the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture, an honor recognizing significant career contributions and achievements in transportation. "It is a terrific honor," she said in commenting on the award.

METRANS Issues Call for Applied Research Program

Nineteen pre-proposals were received in response to the latest Call for Proposals in METRANS' Monitoring the Ports program. "By the deadline on February 9," said Tom O'Brien, Applied Research Coordinator, we received the largest number of proposals ever submitted to the program."

Alum Ken Husting Wins Emmy for Bicycle Safety Commercial

Ken Husting, 2005 USC Master of Public Administration graduate, is the unlikely recipient of the highest honor from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Doctoral Student JiYoung Park Named UTC Student of the Year

JiYoung Park, Ph.D. candidate in Urban Planning, received this year's METRANS University Transportation Center Outstanding Student Award. The award allowed Park to travel to the annual January meetings of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C. He attended the celebratory banquet with similar honorees from other universities.

Town Hall Draws Crowds to Learn About Local Port Security

"Cooperation" was the operative word and port security was the focus at the Ninth Annual Town Hall Meeting, sponsored by METRANS and the Center for International Trade and Transportation on Feb. 7. More than 800 attended the session at The Carpenter Performing Arts Center at CSULB.

METRANS' Mike Mahoney Leaves for Provost Posting

On March 1, METRANS Executive Committee member Mike Mahoney will take on the position of Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at California State University, East Bay (formerly Hayward). Currently he is Dean of the CSULB College of Engineering.