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Thursday, February 19, 2015
On February 9, USC Price Professor Emeritus Peter Gordon presented his research, Does the Relative Importance of Tacit Knowledge Explain Occupational Variations in Propensities to Work at Home? to practitioners, professors, and students on the USC Main Campus as part of the METRANS Spring 2015 Transportation Research Seminar Series. Most people now carry a modern cell phone, the equivalent of a supercomputer, in their pocket, Gordon notes, and the impacts of this on people’s ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
“I am so impressed with my mentor’s many accomplishments. I believe that is the result of his dedication to his work. When I’m worried about how to make wise choices with so many on hand, he tells me to set my priorities and boundaries. He is a great mentor and is always there for me. In fact, he usually replies to my emails within minutes. I really appreciate his useful advice toward both study and career path and am so thankful to have him as my mentor.” Qianmin Ding, USC Master of Public Administration, on her experience with METRANS mentor, Frank Zerunyan, Two Term Mayor and City Council Member, City of Rolling Hills Estates
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Fred Chang is a junior at the University of Southern California majoring in Policy, Planning and Development and pursuing a minor in Architecture. Fred was born in Taipei but grew up in Shanghai and Beijing. Witnessing one of the world’s rising powerhouses transform from farmland to a modern metropolis in just over a decade piqued his interest in learning more about the built environment and how cities are created. Fred’s main career interests include transportation, urban ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
On Wednesday, February 10th, The Los Angeles Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS-LA) held its first event of 2015, the WTSLA Metro Planning Update Luncheon, featuring Los Angeles Metro Executive Director of Countywide Planning, Martha Welbourne. Among the audience of nearly 300 were fourteen USC students, their attendance made possible by the generous sponsorship of AECOM, the WTS LA Board, USC Viterbi Vice Dean James Moore, and former Los Angeles Unified School District Administrator ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
"Meeting my mentor has given me a great opportunity to extend my academic studies to the practical field. My mentor, Rawad Hani, shared with me the new trends in the transportation profession, my chosen career path, and taught me how to research it so I could have a comprehensive view of the industry. He suggested that I consider taking courses across disciplines while I am still completing my degree. I learned from Mr. Hani that I can be more versatile and competitive. Rather than focusing solely on engineering, I can be a “plangineer,” which is a professional with skills in both planning and engineering. I am so grateful to him, and am looking forward to his continued guidance as I complete my studies and beyond." Daniel Mingyang Hao, Masters Student, Transportation Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC on his experience with METRANS mentor, Rawad Hani, Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Consultant, The Transpo Group.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Please join us in welcoming METRANS Student Assistant, Joanna Haoshi Wang. Joanna will be providing a wide range of administrative support to METRANS, including event hosting, data management, and assistance with the day to day operations of the center. Joanna is a first year undergraduate student at the USC Price School of Public Policy studying urban planning. She brings exceptional communication, planning, organizing, and problem solving skills, with attention to detail and accuracy. ...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
On February 4, Price Professor Lisa Schweitzer presented her research, Planning and Social Media: A Case Study of Transit Stigma and Twitter to standing room only at the University of Southern California. The seminar was a joint effort of METRANS and the USC Price International Public Policy and Management (IPPAM) Student Association. Schweitzer presented the findings of her analysis of a large sample of Twitter comments (64,000 observations) regarding various modes of transportation ...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
“My mentor, Mengzhao Hu, cares so much about students, and I can feel it in even the smallest things she does for me. She helps me to bridge the gap between my academic studies and the working world and to transition myself properly from a student to employee. I am thrilled to be guided by her and I can’t thank her enough for all that she has done for me.” Chunfan (Natalie) Man, second-year transportation engineering student, USC, speaking about her mentor, Mengzhao Hu, Parsons Brinkerhoff As our MENTOR Program enters its fifth year, we are proud to launch a new spotlight series, “METRANS Thanks a Mentor,” highlighting the impact of our Mentors on the next generation of transportation professionals. This is the first of many.
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Please join us in welcoming the newest member of our team, METRANS Student Event Coordinator, Yanlin Zhou. In this position, Yanlin will provide support to the student events, including event planning, organizing and guest invitation. Yanlin will also head up the new Lunch with a Practitioner series, a monthly event designed to afford students the opportunity to meet in a small group setting with an active practitioner in the field to discuss varied careers in transportation and how ...
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Friday, February 6, 2015
Sheng’ao (Victor) Xie has joined the METRANS team as Student Communication Assistant. Victor is a first year Master of Planning Student at the USC Price School of Public Policy. “I am so happy to have the chance to work as the Student Communication Assistant at METRANS. I have already written several news articles and announcements, which has helped me to better express myself and organize my thoughts, “Victor says. “As an international student and a non-native ...
