Fifty-two Illinois ITE members and guests were able to attend this year’s Annual Banquet on January 18th at the Berghoff in downtown Chicago. The banquet each year is a commemorative event for the section to honor student awards, section awards, and to install the new board.
We were honored to have the 2017 Midwest District International Director, John Davis, provide an update on the Midwestern District of ITE and to install the new Section Board. John P Mick II provided information on the new Midwestern ITE Endowment Fund, which will be used to support members, students, and faculty to retain talent in the transportation profession. Jeff Young encouraged members to become involved with the ITE Public Agency Council and stressed the importance of ITE’s role in professional development.
John Wirtz of Jacobs Engineering was awarded the Outgoing President Award for his contributions to the Illinois Section. The Outstanding Member Award went to Monica Shei of Jacobs Engineering for her contributions that helped win the first ever ITE International Communications Award for the Illinois Section. Amarpal Matharu of the Illinois Tollway, a former President of the Illinois Section, was honored with the Past Presidents’ Award for his contributions to the transportation engineering profession in Illinois. We also recognized Patrick Jordan for his contribution to ILITE as the new ITEms Editor.
Outgoing President's Award - John Wirtz
Outstanding Member Award - Monica Shei
Past President's Award - Amarpal Matharu
This year’s Graduate Scholarship was presented to Ramin Shabanpour of the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Student Paper Award was presented to Michael Hyland of Northwestern University for “On-Demand Autonomous Vehicle-Enabled Mobility Service with No Shared Rides Operational Problem: Comparison of Real-Time Assignment Strategies”. Congratulations to Ramin and Michael for their outstanding work in 2017.
Graduate Scholarship - Ramin Shabanpour
Student Paper - Michael Hyland
The 2018 Board is as follows:
President Ryan Jacox
Vice President Brian Roberts
Secretary Josh Harris
Treasurer Jenna Brose
Technical Director Kelly Dunne
Activities Director Thomas Szabo
Student Affairs Director Ashley Hochstatter
Public Affairs Director Monica Shei
Operations Director Katelyn Bleach
Immediate Past President John Wirtz
A special thanks to the Illinois ITE 2018 Sponsors!
Platinum: AECOM, Jacobs, Civiltech
Gold: HDR. CBBEL
Silver: STV Inc., Baxter & Woodma, Gewalt Hamilton Associate, Inc. Transystems, KLOA Inc., WSP
Bronze: Lochmueller Group, CBB, Stantec
Photos: Craig Jakobsen