Student Paper Winners
1989
1st Wasim Ali Khan To Test and Explain Logic of Arrival Patterns
1990
1st Brian Wolshon Safety Hazards of Passive Traffic Crossings of RR
2nd Jack Wheatley Accident Occurrence at Rural Clear Vision Areas
1991
1st Khaled Al-Sahili Traffic Circles or Traffic Signals – Which is Better?
2nd Martin Kane Light Rail and the Revitalization of Communities
1992
1st Martin Kane Collisions with Mailboxes: How Dangerous?
2nd Jung-Taek Lee Gap Acceptance Merge Ramp Control Study
1993
1st Gary Piotrowicz Is it Time for a Change?
2nd Debbie Hornbeck The Sensitivity of TRANSYT-7F to Speed
1994
1st Shirley Wollner Factors Influencing Accident Occurrence on Arterials
2nd Jeffrey Manring Right Turns on Red vs No Turn on Red – Acc. Analysis
1995
1st Steve Wasylk The Sensitivity of Transyt-7F to an Optimization Process
2nd Bellandra Foster Sensitivity analysis, Traf-Netsim Comparison to Passer
1996
1st Eric Penfield Anal. On 55 mph Speed Limit & its Effect of Traffic Fatals
2nd Min Zhou Relationship between Hourly v/c Ratio & Hourly Acc. Rate
1997
1st Jung-Taek Lee Incident detection for arterial streets using Kalman filtering
2nd Mousa Abbasi Intermodal Freight: Opportunities & Challenges
1998
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1999
1st Mshadoni Smith Intermodalism from the Passenger Prospective
2nd Nicholas Mascia Toll Roads
2000
1st Timothy Gates Converting Old Traffic Circles to Modern Roundabouts
2nd tie Nicholas Mascia A Review of Electronic Toll Collection
2nd tie Vladimir Oulevski Some Traffic Safety Problems in Downtown Volograd
2001
1st Kyu Lim Priority Signal Control for Bus Transit Operation
2nd Nadia Kholodova A Review of Impact Fees
2002
1st Vladimir Oulevski Pedestrian Treatment on MSU Campus Sidewalks
2003
1st Kamran Ahmed $500 Modeling the Impact of Downstream Congestion on
Delay of Upstream Signalized Intersection
2nd tie Disapat Lavansiri $150 Evaluations of Variable Speed Limits in a work Zone
2nd tie Inkyu Lim $150 An Analysis of the Impact on CMS on Incident Based Congestion
2004
1st Yu Liu $500 Investigate Traffic Accident Using a Dual-Camera System
2nd Xinguo Jiang $300 Validation of Underlying Assump. of Quasi-Induced Exposure
2005
1st Kamran Ahmed $500 Modeling Vehicle Miles of Travel using Socioeconomic Data
(no 2nd place)
2006
1st Hui Chen $500 Dynamic Signal and Speed Control in Networks
2nd Mohammad Ghanim $300 Potential Transit Signal Priority Benefits at MSU
2007
1st Mohammad Ghanim $500 Prediction Tool for Near-Side Transit Stops
2nd Umar Farooq $300 Economic Impact Model for ITS Systems
2008
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2009
1st Sabyasachee Mishra $500 Traf. Flow Characteristic – Roundabouts & Intersections
2nd (tie) Rebecca Mulholland $150 Use of high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes
2nd (tie) Griffin Enyart $150 Effects of HOV lanes on Mich. Freeways
2010
None
2011
Brenden Russo (WSU)
2012
1st Farhad Abasahl $500 Key Elements of Safety Audit in Modern Roundabouts
2nd Jason Pittenger $300 Modeling Correct Child Safety Seat Use
2013
1st Ahmad Fawaz $500 Predicting Crashes at Roundabouts and Intersections
2nd Elisha Wankgere $300 Motorcycle Injuries in Wayne County – 2011
2014
1st Bachir Hamadeh $500 Seat Belt Use among Commercial Truck Drivers
2nd Veronica Maslanka $300 Safety Analysis of Rural Two-Lane Highways
2015
1st Richard Atta Boateng $500 Effectiveness of Countdown Pedestrian Signals
2016
None
2017
1st Odai Alhouz $500
2nd Fadi Alhomaidat $300
2018
None
2019
None
2020
1st Bedan Khanal $500 Exploratory Analysis of Surrogate Safety Measures and
Signal Timing: A Single-Intersection Case Study
2021
None
2022
1st MD Shakir Mahmud $500 also Won International award
2023
1st Myles Overall $500
2nd Victoria Powe $300
2024
1St Oluwanifemi Adegbulugbe $500
2nd Bedan Khanal $300
Student Scholarship Winners
1992
Martin Kane MSU $500
1993
Paul Dorothy MSU $500
1994
Gill Mosseri MSU $500
Prasad Nannapaneni WSU $500
1995
Sarah Nolf MSU $500
Amy Lankford WSU $500
Sorawit Narupiti MSU $750
Aimee Flannery WSU $750
1996
Hilary Owen MSU $1000
Amy Lankford WSU $1000
Ahmed Abdul-Rahim MSU $1000
Mirza Fasiulla Baig WSU $1000
1997
Kimberly Kolody MSU $1000
Katherine Misteravich MSU $1000
Kerrie Schattler WSU $1000
Kristina Fields MTU $1000
1998
Michael Spitz MSU $1500
Shana Mogensen MTU $1500
David Shafer MTU $1500
Janeen Holland WSU $1500
1999
Nicholas Mascia MSU $1500
Kara Sharp MSU $1500
Paul Klappa MTU $1500
Teresa Frusti MTU $1500
2000
Heather Morales MSU $2000
Nadia Kholodova MSU $2000
Kari Allen MTU $2000
Timothy Dressel MTU $2000
2001
Xinguo Jiang – MSU $2000
Jamie Bourdlais – MTU $2000
Tracie Kalliainen – MTU $2000
Kohinoor Kar – WSU $2000
2002
Vladimir Oulevski – MSU $2000
Casey Ries – MTU $2000
Joshua Pudelko – MTU $2000
Joseph Bartus – WSU $2000
2003
Hannah Remtema MSU $2000
Vasanth Shenoy MSU $2000
Dana Suggitt MTU $2000
Jennifer Byle MTU $2000
2004
Carissa Markel WSU $2000
Lee Nederveld MSU $2000
Yu Liu MSU $2000
Tor Anderzen MTU $2000
2005
Robert Green MTU $2000
Brendon Shields MTU $2000
Chirag Safi WSU $2000
Suvra Chakrabarti WSU $2000
2006
Sabyasachee Mishra WSU $2000
John Engle MSU $2000
Yana Chudnaya MSU $2000
Jed Peters MTU $2000
2007
Sean Fitzgerel MSU $2000
Steffanie Pepin MTU $2000
Dharmesh Valsadia WMU $2000
Mark Mathes WSU $2000
2008
Indrajit Ghosh WSU $2000
Nicholas Puroll MTU $2000
Elena Yadykina MSU $2000
Jacquelyn Kawa WMU $2000
2009
Matthew Tronnes MTU $2000
Adam Eaton WMU $2000
Imen Zaabar MSU $2000
Elibe Ama Elibe WSU $2000
2010
Zachary Porter MTU $2000
Daewoon Park WMU $2000
Bilal Makik MSU $2000
Samantha Cook WSU $1000 tie
Jennifer Schalk WSU $1000 tie
2011
Omar Kanaan WMU $2000
Chelsea Griffith WMU $2000
Amma Chaudhry WSU $2000
Jessica Cichowski MTU $2000
2012
Stephanie Boioeau WSU $2000
Farhad Abasahl WMU $2000
Mark Van Der Wegen MTU $2000
Jonathan Gerke MTU $2000
2013
Samuel Redinger MTU $2,000
Trevor Kirsch WSU $2,000
Matthew Clark WMU $2,000
Bryce Wegner WMU $2,000
2014
Alyssa Myers MTU $3,000
Emily Blaney MTU $3,000
Jonathan Baggett WSU $3,000
Brenda Hodgell WMU $3,000
2015
Gentjan Heqimi MSU $3,000
Conner Langendorf MSU $3,000
Moraima I. Santos Rosario WMU $3,000
Lusanni M. Acosta Rodriguez WMU $3,000
Cody Leveski MTU $3,000
2016
Keneth Kwayu WMU $3000
Drew Roberts MTU $3000
Rachel Kloc MTU $3000
Steven Stapleton MSU $3000
2017
Jenna Kirsch WSU $3000
Jacob Swanson MSU $3000
Adeline Hummel MTU $3000
Amanda Bink MTU $3000
2018
Rajat Verma MSU $3000
Seyede Fatemeh Fakhrmoosavi MSU $3000
Matthew Motz MSU $3000
Kyle Owen WMU $3000
2019
Zoe E. Wahr MTU $3000
Zachary Ruddick MSU $3000
Meghna Chakraborty MSU $3000
Megat Usamah Megat Johari MSU $3000
2020
Nischal Gupta MSU $3000
Anshu Bamney MSU $3000
MD Shakir Mahmud WSU $3000
Corrina Kostrzewa MTU $3000
2021
Sara Dancy MTU $3000
Austin Detweiler MSU $3000
Skylar Callis MTU $3000
Baraah Qawasmeh WMU $3000
2022
Stiven Reci WMU $3000
Aleah Hummel MTU $3000
Anahita Zahertar WSU $3000
Samuel Hall WMU $3000
Myles Overall MSU $3000
Sia Mwende WMU $3000
2023
Yingtong Tan Mich Tech $2500
Colin Pearson MSU $2500
Zhongda Liu Mich Tech $2500
Sarah Premo MSU $2500
Gracie Clark MSU $2500
Summer Yeck Western Mich $2500