National and International Awards and Distinctions

USC MPL student Emily Finkel was selected to participate in the 23rd Annual Eno Future Leaders Development Conference held in Washington, D.C. on May 30, 2015 to June 4, 2015.

USC PhD students Sandip Chakrabarti, Andy Hong, Yuting Hou, Mohja Rhoads, Eun Jin Shin, Xize Wang, and Quan Yuan were selected to present their research at the 54th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference, Big Ideas, Global Impacts, October 2014.

USC PhD student Sanggyun Kang was awarded Volvo Research and Educational Foundations sponsorship at the 2014 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (PASI-SUFS) Conference, August 2014.

USC MCM student Jose Ortega was selected by the International Road Federation (IRF) to receive an executive fellowship and attend the IRF 2015 Road Scholar program in conjunction with the annual TRB meetings.

Local Awards

CSULB GLS student Vicente Marroquin received the Harbor Transportation Club Award.

USC undergraduate students Sunghea Khil, Fred Chang, and Bryan Curtis were selected to participate in the 20th Annual California Transportation Foundation’s (CTF) Educational Symposium in Santa Cruz, November 2014.

CSULB GLS and MAGL students Kevnan Adamson and Maarit Grajeda received the Los Angeles Transportation Club Award.

USC MPL students Ling Feng and Arnold Valdez and PhD students Sandip Chakrabarti and Lunce Fu were selected to attend and present their projects at SCAG’s 50th Anniversary Gala Celebration and General Assembly.

CSULB GLS students Gloria Perez, Paige Rodriguez, Martin Ruiz, and Juilo Pinto Criollo were each awarded scholarships from the Port of Long Beach.

USC BSISE student Hilina Gudeta and USC BSCE/Price School undergraduate student Ileana Acosta were awarded a WTS Los Angeles Chapter scholarship.

USC BSCE student Danielle Thomas was awarded a WTS Los Angeles Chapter scholarship and a WTS Orange County Chapter scholarship.

CSULB GLS student Dylan Espley-Jones was awarded a scholarship from Kevin Turner, a GLS graduate and GLS instructor.

USC undergraduates Thomas Check (Civil Engineering (CE)), Filepe Helman (Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE)), Takahiro Kuwabara (ISE), and Benjamin Richardson (CE) were awarded a two year, paid internship from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation as part of the new College Internship Program.

USC MSCE students Julyana Shalders Moulin, Nathan Ho, and Lei Shi were selected to attend the ITE/OCTEC Student Chapter Presentation Night and to present their transportation project titled "USC Campus Cruiser Optimization Project."

CSULB GLS students Ana Ericka Jiménez, Denys Lytvynenko, Julio Pinto Criollo, and Maarit Grajeda were each awarded Container and Intermodal Institute scholarships.

CSULB GLS student Ida Soukeur was awarded CITT’s Richard Hollingsworth Professional Development Scholarship.

University Awards

USC MPL student Ling Feng was selected as a Dean’s Merit Scholar in the Sol Price School of Public Policy.  USC BSCE student Danielle Thomas was named a McNair Scholar.

USC PhD student Yuting Hou received the Jack Dyckman Dissertation Award for Planning.

USC MPL students Ling Feng, Yang Ge, Jinhang Nah, Justin Pascone, Arnold Valdez, and Yanlin Zhou received the Sol Price School of Public Policy Student Exhibition Award for their project, “You Are NOT Alone: Modernizing Views & Policy on the American Family.”

USC MPL students Emily Finkel, Alvaro Gomez, Yingyi Hu, Byoungjun Kim, and Shrota Sharma received the Sol Price School of Public Policy Student Exhibition Award for their transportation project, “Transit Neighborhood Plan, Wilshire/Crenshaw.”

USC PhD student Jung Ho Park received the Student Exhibition Award at the Sol Price School of Public Policy for his transportation project, “Cost-Benefit Analysis of Light Rail Transit: The Exposition Line in Los Angeles.”

USC MPL students Yang Ge, Jasmine Williams, and Feiyang Zhang received the Sol Price School of Public Policy Student Exhibition Award for their transportation project, “Great Streets – Urban Design Strategy for Hollywood Boulevard.”

USC MRED student Rocio Cristina Acosta Peña received the Sol Price School of Public Policy Student Exhibition Award for her transportation project, “CETRAM Transfer Center / Mexico - P3 for Infrastructure Delivery.”

USC MPL students Alicen Bartle, Ariane Briski, Taylor Coyne, Tara Worden, and Jessica Wuyek received the Sol Price School of Public Policy Student Exhibition Award for their project, “Sewing the Fabric: An Economic Development Plan for LA’s Fashion District.”

USC MPL student Jingyi Fan along with her course team received the Sol Price School of Public Policy Student Exhibition Award for her project, “Exploring Funding Streams: Using an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District for Los Angeles River Revitalization.”