Latest News — Illinois ITE Section

On March 24th, 2016 the Illinois Section of ITE hosted a Lunch and Learn for the TRB webinar: Scalability of Roundabouts with speaker Brian Walsh of WSDOT. The presentation covered the safety and delay benefits provided by roundabouts over a typical signalized intersection. Following this, there was discussion of the flexibility of the modern day roundabout. There are four main roundabout variations: mini roundabout, compact roundabout, conventional roundabout, and central island mountable. For example, a central island mountable roundabout was implemented where there was constrained right-of-way but a need to circulate large trucks. The small mountable roundabout (82') was implemented for under $100,000. Brian also noted that curb details are an important design parameter that must not be overlooked. In order to accommodate truck movements a 2" curb should be use and a rolled curb may be used on the central island. The overall message relayed was that roundabouts can be a very desirable intersection alternative if implemented properly.

The Technical Group looks forward to doing more viewings this year. We want to thank all the attendees for participating in the event and AECOM who was generous to offer their conference room.

The Illinois Section of ITE (ILITE) held the annual Student Day Career Fair + Luncheon on Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago. Student Day is a career fair and networking event targeted at Illinois transportation students and companies.

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This year, the morning career fair session was attended by students from several Illinois universities as well as representatives from eleven companies. Students and employers were encouraged to discuss opportunities from fulltime, parttime, and even internships during the event. Thanks goes out to all of the companies who attended this year:

AECOM
Civiltech Engineering, Inc.
DAMA Consultants
ESI Consultants EJM Engineering, Inc.
Hanson Professional Services, Inc.
HR Green Parsons STV, Inc.
Thomas Engineering
TranSystems

We were even visited by Cal Bear and MWITE Student Affairs Director John Davis this year to provide more information on the upcoming MWGLITE conference in Chicago.

As part of the preregi stration for the ILITE Student Day Career Fair, students were provided the opportunity for a free résumé review by Rachel Cantor Fogarty of RC Associates, LLC. Students electronically submitted résumés and received comments back from Rachel the week before the ILITE Student Day Career Fair, giving them plenty of time to make updates before meeting with potential employers. Many thanks to Rachel for another year of this free service!

After the career fair portion of students and professionals sat down for lunch where they could talk more informally. Students and professionals were encouraged to sit with each other so that each of the two sides could have representation in the discussions at each table.

The Illinois Section of ITE would like to sincerely thank all of the students and professionals that joined us for this year's Student Day event! We would also like to thank Rachel Cantor Fogarty of RC Associates for providing complimentary résumé reviews for the students. The Section always welcomes any comments and suggestions about the Student Day event that may help us improve the event next year and beyond. See you next year!