Students Win Transportation Scholarships
Photo/Anita Curry
Six of the students are with the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the other two are enrolled in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development. They competed against students from area universities for scholarships from one or both of the seminar’s Orange County and Los Angeles area chapters.
James Moore, professor with the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the School of Policy, Planning, and Development, said the showing for USC was remarkable.
“This is an intense competition because students from several universities are involved,” he said. “USC might, in a typical good year, have one winner in each competition. Eight students winning 10 scholarships is an unprecedented sweep.”
The scholarship competitions in Los Angeles and Orange County are separate. Moore said USC students entering the contest typically are part of the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; the Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; the School of Policy, Planning and Development; and the USC Marshall School’s Department of Information and Operations Management.
One of the Women’s Transportation Seminar’s goals is to provide greater opportunities for women in the transportation industries through professional development and mentoring. Scholarships provided by each chapter range between $2,000 and $5,500.
“It’s basically to help further their educational and professional goals and to give them a little extra push in a field that’s typically dominated by men,” said Lynn Gilbert, scholarship chair with the Orange County chapter.
In some cases, the winners received scholarships from both Orange County and Los Angeles. They are:
Lily Aung, an undergraduate in the Astani Department (Orange County).
Tianqi Gao, an undergraduate in the Epstein Department (Los Angeles).
Viridiana Martino, an undergraduate in the Astani Department (Orange County and Los Angeles).
Janelle Patterson, an undergraduate in the Astani Department (Orange County).
Catherine Ricafort, an undergraduate in the Epstein Department (Orange County and Los Angeles).
Nora McIntyre, a master’s student studying structural engineering in the Astani Department (Orange County).
Mohja Roads, a doctoral student at the School of Policy, Planning, and Development (Orange County).
Yin Wan, a doctoral student in the School of Policy, Planing, and Development (Orange County).
Aung, along with Astani Department undergraduate Alan Huynh and SPPD undergraduate Marie Valentine, was selected by USC earlier this year to attend the California Transportation Foundation’s annual education symposium and mock response-to-proposal exercise in Monterrey.
Latest stories
- Judy Woodruff: Public Broadcasting Has Changed for the Good February 10, 2012 8:49 AM
- USC Price School Celebrates Naming Gift February 9, 2012 2:45 PM
- George Will Shares His Perspective on Politics February 9, 2012 1:10 PM
-
For Journalists »
-
USC in the News
for 2/8/2012 »-
The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
-
-
Campus News
- Capital Connections
- USC faculty, staff and alumni in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento
- In Print
- New and recent books written or edited by USC faculty and staff
- Family Matters
- Achievements and awards
- Obituaries