Every year, each USDOT-funded University Transportation Center (UTC) selects a Student of the Year which is awarded at the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) banquet
Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi, a post-doctoral researcher at Purdue University and a researcher for CCAT, has been recognized with the 2020 Matthew G. Karlaftis Best Paper Award.
The award is given annually to the best paper that appears in the ASCE’s Journal of
Ali Ghahari, a CCAT Ph.D. student, has received the Spring 2021 Graduate Student Engagement Award from the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. This award is based on the student’s service to Purdue University and their community, their organizational involvement, and technical achievements including patents, publications,
Abdullah J. Nafakh, a CCAT Ph.D. student, was part of a 3-person team that received a Professional Development Scholarship from Purdue University. The team taught a high school summer course titled, ‘Resiliency and Sustainability in Civil Engineering’. Part of the course addressed the benefits anticipated from connected and
CCAT student, Bortiorkor Alabi, has been selected to receive the WTS Chapter Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship for 2019-2020, Greater Indianapolis Chapter. This scholarship recognizes a graduate female in the transportation industry and academia. Their goal is to support and encourage future female leaders in
CCAT former student and current researcher, Dr. Sikai Chen, has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Milton Pikarsky Memorial award. This prize is given to the best Ph.D. dissertation in the transportation science and technology category. His dissertation is titled: “Safety
Our CCAT student Sikai “Sky” Chen has been awarded the Spring/Summer 2019 Civil Engineering Best Dissertation Award at Purdue! This award by the Purdue Lyles School of Civil Engineering recognizes the best doctoral dissertation in the school including demonstrated excellence in the dissertation research through