UMass Amherst Tech Day
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Campus Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Keynote:
Transportation Engineering & Vision Zero
Jason DeGray, Boston Office Director of Toole Design
1:00 PM Seminar with MassDOT Chief Engineer Patricia Leavenworth
2:15-3:15 PM – The Best Advice I Ever Received Panel
3:30-5:00 PM – Technical Panel (1.5 PDHs)
5:00-6:00 PM – Social Hour, Networking and Student Poster Session
6:00-7:30 PM – Dinner and Keynote Speaker, Jason DeGray
The Transportation & Development Institute and UMass Civil Engineering Department are partnering to host an event on a campus with a very active ASCE Student Chapter. The full technical day kicks off with a seminar conducted by MassDOT Chief Engineer Patricia Leavenworth with the students. This will be followed by a panel to provide advice to the students as they embark on their professional careers. The technical panel includes a smorgasbord of traffic-related topics ranging from the traffic issues of cannabis developments to the progress of the Complete Streets program in the Commonwealth, including speakers Douglas Halbert of GPI and UMass alumnus Michelle Danila from MassDOT. The social will include networking with colleagues and students, as well as a poster session where students will display and discuss specific research being conducted. The night culminates with a dinner where invited speaker Jason DeGray will discuss the relationship of transportation engineering and Vision Zero.
Registration Deadline:Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Registration Fee: You will be invoiced by UMass after the Event
$65 BSCES Members, $75 Non-members
Free for Students (Registration required)
Information/Registration:
Register to attend this event
here. If there are any questions regarding the form, please email UMassITE@gmail.com. You will be billed by UMass after the event.
Cancellations received after October 29, 2019 and no-shows will be billed.