Call For Papers

29th International Air Transport Conference

A World of Growth

Sheraton Grand Hotel at DFW Airport, Irving, Texas,

August, 19 – 22, 2007

Call for Papers

Aviation is changing, and with change come new challenges for airports and aviation systems worldwide to keep pace.  Airlines in the United States have repositioned themselves to respond to new low-fare competition, new security requirements and the rising cost of jet fuel as they attempt to return to profitability.  Meanwhile, air travel has been introduced to the masses in places like China, India, Brazil and Mexico.  The low-fare model, introduced in the United States and copied successfully in Europe, is now being discovered in places like Latin America, Asia and Australia.  Passenger growth has accelerated since the dark days after September 11, 2001, and massive new airport construction programs are underway to accommodate that growth – in countries as diverse as China, India, The Gulf states and the United States.

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Special Issue on Rail Engineering and Transportation

in the

Journal of Transportation Engineering

The ASCE Rail Transportation Committee is working with the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Transportation Engineering (JTE) to organize a special issue focused on rail transportation and engineering. Papers on freight, intercity and regional passenger rail are solicited. A broad scope ranging from facilities and materials to systems level engineering and analysis is intended. Topics of interest include all aspects of railway infrastructure such as: roadbed; track geometry, structure, components & materials; bridges; signals & traffic control; and power distribution systems, as well as other types of rail facilities such as: stations, yards & terminals, maintenance facilities, operation control and dispatching centers. Papers ranging from planning, design, construction, maintenance, operations, environmental performance, safety & risk, energy efficiency, and economics are encouraged. The issue is intended to be international in scope and papers from all countries are welcomed. All papers will be peer-reviewed consistent with the usual editorial standards and practices of the JTE. More information about JTE can be found at: http://scitation.aip.org/teo/

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Current News

The Next Great Frontier

China is rising as the world’s next great superpower…what does that mean for T&DI?

by Eva Lerner-Lam, M.ASCE
President, Transportation and Development Institute of the ASCE

The People’s Republic of China is now rising from centuries of foreign domination and decades of self-imposed isolation from the rest of the world.  The 1.3 billion people in this 5,000-year-old civilization are re-entering the global arena at the start of the 21st century with hard-earned hope and high expectations.  It is a place where newly-defined economic freedoms dance an awkward tango with traditional, restricted personal liberties.  It is an economic engine that has produced double-digit growth every year for nearly 15 years.  And it is nothing less than the Next Great Frontier for the world’s best transportation engineers and planners.

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A Note from the Incoming President

by Lou Cohn, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Incoming President, Transportation and Development Institute of the ASCE

October 1 is just around the corner.  On that date, major changes will take place on the T&DI Board of Governors.  Our current president, Eva Lerner-Lam, will hand the gavel to me, and take her place on the role of past-presidents.  Therefore, I would like to thank Eva for her truly outstanding service to the Institute.  She became the first leader of any major ASCE organizational unit to serve as president while residing in a foreign land.  As you may know, Eva resides in Beijing, China most of the year.  Despite the great distance, she has been a very hands-on leader for T&DI, making many trips back for meetings and leading all of our teleconferences.  The others of us on the Board of Governors have found Eva to be a visionary with boundless energy, who constantly challenges us to think and stay ahead of the curve.  I am grateful that she will continue to serve in a leadership role, as she takes on the task of opening more opportunities for us in China and around the world.  Thank you Eva for your exemplary service!

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ASCE Technical Region Director's Report

May 15, 2006

By:  Stan R. Caldwell, P.E., F. AEI/ F.ASCE, Technical Region Director

All members of the ASCE Board of Direction are expected to communicate effectively with the constituents in their respective regions.   The Technical Region is a worldwide,  virtual region comprised of ASCE's seven Institutes.  This report is the second in a series of brief summaries intended to keep you informed of news from the ASCE Board of Direction.  Communication is a two-way process.  Please do not hesitate to contact me at any time with your questions and concerns.  I would especially appreciate receiving any thoughts that you might have on how ASCE and its Technical Region can better serve you.

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Context Sensitive Solutions Conference

November 16-17, 2006

Atlanta, Georgia

This conference is specifically designed to train the transportation practitioner in the latest principles, tools and techniques of Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS).  You will hear from industry leaders on where CSS is now and what the future holds for CSS.  A CSS Status Report from AASHTO, FHWA and APWA sets the stage and speakers from state DOTs that have fully implemented CSS will speak to their challenges and successes.  Projects will be presented in eight concurrent breakout sessions, so that you can find the session that best fits the work you do today.  You will discuss real projects that used CSS techniques and learn what worked and what didn’t.  Cutting-edge tools and techniques for engaging the community, communication, selecting alternatives and setting design parameters will be presented.  A second set of breakout sessions will allow you to see how applying these tools can enhance your project development process. 

For more information about this conference please click here.

T&DI Would Like to Welcome the Following Incoming Board Members

To learn more about each new Board Member please click on their name below. 

Matt McDole, P.E., M.ASCE- T&DI Board Treasurer

Chris Hendrickson, Ph.D., M.ASCE

Tom McGean, P.E., M.ASCE

T&DI Would Like to Thank the Outgoing Board Members

C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE- ASCE President Appointee

Larry Mugler, AICP, M.ASCE- Administrative Activities Divison Appointee

Robert D. Stevens, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE- T&DI Past President

Time is Running out to Submit Your Nominations for ASCE Awards

T&DI would like to remind you that the deadline for nomination submissions for many awards is quickly approaching.  Below you will find a list of awards and their submission deadlines.

For more information regarding these awards and submission policies please refer to the 2006 ASCE Official Register found on the ASCE website.

Announcements

Call for Members – ASCE/T&DI/ICPI Structural Design of Interlocking Concrete Pavement Standard Committee

The Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) of ASCE and the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) are seeking members for the Structural Design of Interlocking Concrete Pavement Standards Committee.  The committee is developing a consensus guideline for the design of pavements using interlocking concrete pavers in applications of full traffic loading. Membership on the T&DI/ASCE/ICPI standard committees is open to all those who might reasonably be expected to be or who indicate they are directly affected by the activity without dominance by any single interest group: Producer, Consumer and General Interest, including Regulatory.  Those interested in applying to the committee should contact Phillip Mariscal, ASCE Standards Administrator, for an application at pmariscal@asce.org or (703) 295-6042.

2006 T&DI Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation

The 2006 T&DI Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation Conference Proceedings are now available in bound format.  The proceedings can be purchased through the Publications Department of ASCE.  To view the table of contents and an abstract or to order your own copy please click here.

2006 T&DI Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference Proceedings

The 2006 T&DI Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference Proceedings are now available in bound format.  The proceedings can be purchased through the Publications Department of ASCE.  To view the table of contents and an abstract or to order your own copy please click here.

JOHN A. ROEBLING SYMPOSIUM AND TOURS

October 27 – 29, 2006
Brooklyn, New York

In honor of the 200th anniversary of John A. Roebling’s birth, the History & Heritage Committee (HHC) and the New Jersey and Metropolitan Sections of ASCE invite you to celebrate his genius and influence on the development of the civil engineering field. On Friday, October 27th, attend a Symposium at the Marriott Hotel by the Brooklyn Bridge which will include presentations on his and his family's projects. On Saturday there will be a full-day motor coach tour of several Roebling-related projects including the Delaware Aqueduct. Finally, this event will climax on Sunday with a walking tour of the Brooklyn Bridge and other sites of interest in New York City.

For more information on this special event, please go to http://www.asce.org/history/roebling_06.cfm.

If you have any questions, please contact Carol Reese (creese@asce.org), staff contact for the HHC.

ASCE Call for Disaster Assistance Volunteers

Each time a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina, or a man-made event, such as the terrorist attacks of 9/11, occurs, ASCE members generously volunteer their time and talents to assist in response and recovery initiatives, and look to ASCE to provide an avenue to do so.  The ASCE Committee on Critical Infrastructure (CCI), in response to our members’ desire to lend support to such efforts, is developing a directory of members who express their interest and availability to assist.  CCI is currently seeking volunteers to participate in disaster management activities (planning, preparedness, response, and recovery) on an as-needed basis.  The information provided will be included in a directory for the ASCE Disaster Assistance Volunteer Program to use in the event of natural and man-made disasters requiring engineers for planning, damage assessment, and rebuilding efforts. 

Committee on Critical Infrastructure

ASCE’s Committee on Critical Infrastructure (CCI) would like your input as it develops future training programs on disaster management topics, including preparedness, response, and recovery activities.  Each time a natural disaster or a man-made event occurs, ASCE members seek volunteer opportunities to assist in response and recovery initiatives.  CCI’s goal is to offer training programs to prepare ASCE members to assist before, during, and after these events strike.  Your input via the online CCI disaster management training needs survey will help provide the feedback needed to develop valuable training programs.   Please pass this message on to other interested ASCE members.

For additional information about ASCE disaster management activities, visit http://ciasce.asce.org.

Key Contact Program

Public policy information you should know in easy to read briefs.  That’s what ASCE’s Key Contact Program can provide to T&DI members.

T&DI members are invited to join ASCE’s Key Contact Program and receive “This Week in Washington” a weekly email newsletter with information on issues active in Washington, D.C. and the state capitals.  In addition, Key Contacts receive periodic Key Alerts asking for grassroots action from ASCE members on a specific issue.  For more information please click here.

Committee Meetings

The Public Transportation Committee

The Public Transportation Committee will be meeting on September 25, 2006 in Irving, Texas.  The meeting will be held at the Trinity Railway Express Operations Center.  If you are interested in attending please contact Walter Kulyk, P.E., M.ASCE at walter.kulyk@dot.gov.

To view the proposed agenda for the meeting please click here. 

Committee Updates

The Airfield Pavement Committee

By Scott Murell, P.E., M.ASCE

Chair, Airfield Pavement Committee

The Airfield Pavement Committee has had a very active summer.  Over the last few months our committee has added 16 new members, bringing our total membership to 109.  These new members along with current members proved helpful in producing thorough, constructive review comments for three important draft Advisory Circulars which were then forwarded to the FAA by T&DI.  The Airfield Pavement Committee would like to thank Bernadette Caparas for coordinating the effort to get member comments for the review and then consolidating those varied comments into one coherent document.

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Continuing Education

Webinars

To sign up for either a seminar or a Webinar please go to the Continuing Education page on ASCE's website located here.

Become An ASCE Continuing Education Instructor

Share your professional experience and technological advances with your colleagues through ASCE Continuing Education Seminars.

As your professional society we need to continually offer the latest information regarding advances and breakthroughs in your field. To do this we need your help - "the practicing engineer". if you are working on something innovative or cost saving that would be of benefit to ASCE consider sharing the news.  For more information please click here.

Upcoming Conferences

ICPI's 8th International Conference on Concrete Block Paving: Sustainable Paving for our Future, November 6-8, 2006 Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California.
(T&DI is a Co-Sponsor of this event)

For more information and to register please click here.

5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium and Workshop, October 23-26, 2006, Hyatt Regency Tech Center, Denver Colorado.

(T&DI is a co-sponsor of this event)

For more information and to register please click here.

Context Sensitive Solutions, November 16-17, 2006, Atlanta, Georgia.

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6th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities, February 8-10, 2007, The Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles.

(T&DI is a co-sponsoring organization)

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Met Section Air Transport Conference, April 2007, New York, NY.

(T&DI is a co-sponsoring organization)

11th International Conference on APMs, April 22 -25, 2007, Vienna, Austria. 

For more information on this event or to submit an abstract please follow this link. www.apm07.org

Transportation Planning; Land Use; and Air Facility, July 9-11, 2007, Orlando, FL.

(T&DI is a co-sponsoring organization)

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International Conference on Transportation Engineering, July 22-24, 2007, Chengdu, China.

(T&DI is a co-sponsoring organization)

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29th International Air Transport Conference, Dallas, TX, August, 2007. 

For more information on this event or to submit an abstract please click here.    

10th International Conference on the Application of Advanced Technology in Transportation, May 2008, Athens, Greece. 

(T&DI is a co-sponsoring organization)

Product Information

The Transportation & Development Institute in conjunction with Lands' End Outfitters are pleased to announce the addition of the T&DI logo to the Lands' End Family.  This logo can be placed on shirts, jackets, sweaters, etc. from Lands' End.  Contact Lands' End at www.landsend.com or by phone 1-800-963-4816.  Please reference our logo number #0352715W.  There is a fee for the addition of the logo.