The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) attended the national ITE conference in Philadelphia this past July. Six UTA students—Peirong Wang, Swastik Khadka, Mino Aji, Md Ashraful Imran, Sijan Shrestha and Andrew Mares—were able to showcase their talents on the national stage under the guidance of UTA faculty member Taylor Li.

Along with a fellow UTA student group, the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) student chapter, the students were also selected as finalists in the highly competitive transportation technology tournament, hosted by National Operations Center of Excellence and USDOT Research and Technology.

Swastik Khadka, who serves as President of the ITE student chapter, presented research on "Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPMs) in the Loop Simulation: A Digital Twin Approach" at the conference and was nominated for the best paper award.

Finally, the ITE student chapter received a nomination for the student chapter momentum award by TexITE, the Texas District of ITE, highlighting the dedication and impact of UTA's transportation student leaders.

The National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) is proud to celebrate the recognition and success of these outstanding transportation students.

The National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) is one of seven U.S. Department of Transportation national university transportation centers. NITC is a program of the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University. This PSU-led research partnership also includes the Oregon Institute of Technology, University of Arizona, University of Oregon, University of Texas at Arlington and University of Utah. We pursue our theme — improving mobility of people and goods to build strong communities — through research, education and technology transfer.