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<div class="WordSection1">An opportunity for post-docs or young
faculty interested in connecting with the US sustainability
research community. Please forward this as you see fit.<br>
<br>
(I worked at a University Transportation Center in the past and
can answer questions about the program. )<br>
<br>
Ann <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">INVITATION TO APPLY TO PRESENT LECTURE AT
MID-ATLANTIC TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY UNIVERSITY
TRANSPORTATION CENTER (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.matsutc.org/">MATS UTC</a>) ANNUAL MEETING
- OPPORTUNITY FOR PRE-TENURE FACULTY MEMBERS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Mid-Atlantic Transportation
Sustainability University Transportation Center (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.matsutc.org/">MATS
UTC</a>) will hold its first annual meeting August 6-7 in
Wilmington, Delaware. The purpose of the meeting is to
present results from the MATS UTC program, and to plan the
future research program of the center. In order to do so, we
will hold a special invited lecture session with selected
pre-tenure faculty members who are emerging leaders in the
area of transportation sustainability. We are inviting brief
proposals to allow us to select one speaker in each of the
Center’s five focus areas:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Sustainable Freight
Movement<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Coastal Infrastructure
Reliabilityt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Energy Efficient Urban
Transportation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Enhanced Water Quality
Management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Sustainable Land Use
Practices<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The selected speakers will be asked to
attend the meeting, present ideas related to the area in a
live invited lecture session broadcast as a webinar on the
first day and then actively participate in our meeting as we
discuss our research, education, and tech transfer/outreach
plans going forward. Travel, lodging, and meeting
registration fees will be paid by our Center.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To be considered, please send MATS UTC
Managing Director, Dr. Emily Parkany,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:emilyparkany@virginia.edu">emilyparkany@virginia.edu</a>
a short description of the topics you intend to share and
discuss plus a 1-2 paragraph biography by April 24, 2015.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MATS UTC is the FHWA Region 3 University
Transportation Center that started July, 2014. The consortium
is led by the University of Virginia and also includes
University of Delaware, Morgan State University, Marshall
University, Old Dominion University, and Virginia Tech.
Please forward this solicitation to early career faculty with
sustainability interests. To get added to our mailing list,
please sign up at
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.matsutc.org">www.matsutc.org</a>
or email <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:emilyparkany@virginia.edu">
emilyparkany@virginia.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Dr. A. Emily Parkany, P.E., PTOE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Director, Center for
Transportation Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director, Transportation Training Academy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Managing Director, Mid-Atlantic
Transportation Sustainability University Transportation Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Virginia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">351 McCormick Road, Thornton Hall B122E<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P.O. Box 400742<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Charlottesville, VA 22904-4742<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">434-982-2695 (office)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">434-982-2856 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:emilyparkany@virginia.edu">emilyparkany@virginia.edu</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cts.virginia.edu/">www.cts.virginia.edu</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.matsutc.org/">www.matsutc.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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