[phd.students.socioeco] Fwd: ADD40: MATS UTC Annual Meeting: Seeking Pre-Tenure Transportation Sustainability Faculty Members to Apply to Present

[Ann Hartell]

An opportunity for post-docs or young faculty interested in connecting 
with the US sustainability research community.   Please forward this as 
you see fit.

(I worked at a University Transportation Center in the past and can 
answer questions about the program. )

Ann

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INVITATION TO APPLY TO PRESENT LECTURE AT MID-ATLANTIC TRANSPORTATION 
SUSTAINABILITY UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTER (MATS UTC 
<http://www.matsutc.org/>) ANNUAL MEETING - OPPORTUNITY FOR PRE-TENURE 
FACULTY MEMBERS

The Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability University Transportation 
Center (MATS UTC <http://www.matsutc.org/>) 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:

·Sustainable Freight Movement

·Coastal Infrastructure Reliabilityt

·Energy Efficient Urban Transportation

·Enhanced Water Quality Management

·Sustainable Land Use Practices

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.

To be considered, please send MATS UTC Managing Director, Dr. Emily 
Parkany, emilyparkany at virginia.edu <mailto:emilyparkany at virginia.edu> a 
short description of the topics you intend to share and discuss plus a 
1-2 paragraph biography by April 24, 2015.

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 
www.matsutc.org <http://www.matsutc.org> or email 
emilyparkany at virginia.edu <mailto:emilyparkany at virginia.edu>.

Dr. A. Emily Parkany, P.E., PTOE

Associate Director, Center for Transportation Studies

Director, Transportation Training Academy

Managing Director, Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability University 
Transportation Center

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Virginia

351 McCormick Road, Thornton Hall B122E

P.O. Box 400742

Charlottesville, VA  22904-4742

434-982-2695 (office)

434-982-2856 (fax)

emilyparkany at virginia.edu <mailto:emilyparkany at virginia.edu>

www.cts.virginia.edu <http://www.cts.virginia.edu/>

www.matsutc.org <http://www.matsutc.org/>


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