IL-ITE had a blast judging entries at the the Illinois Future Cities Competition on January 21. IL-ITE hosted a special award for the competition, Best Transportation System, and there were some amazing ideas put forth by the middle school aged participants. The city IL-ITE awarded had a vibrant underground transit rail system, a system of underground roadways devoted to maintenance and delivery operations, and a vibrant non-motorized transportation network at ground, all next to a big lake (sound familiar?).
There’s lots of energy in these future transportation professionals, and it was great to see the next generation thinking creatively about innovation in transportation and how we tackle some of our biggest problems. Thanks to Nandan Baheti and Tyler Krage for serving on our esteemed judging panel.
Shameless plug, Future Cities is an awesome organization, and is always looking for volunteers to judge, mentor, and more. If your group, company, or section is ever looking to get involved, they have loads of outlets to help, regardless of your time commitment. Check out more here https://futurecity.org/
2023 IL-ITE Annual Banquet
Illinois ITE had a great time at the 2023 Annual Banquet at Carnivale on January 19th! There was a great turn-out (and amazing food), and people were feeling very generous - IL-ITE members raised $2050 for the IL-ITE Student Fundraiser and $1000 for the Great Lakes District Endowment Fund! Thanks to all who showed up, and extra thanks to the people that helped pull off the planning - Karin Robles, Jakob Boxberger, Andrew Hien, and Jim Kane. We couldn't have done it with out you! One more thanks to Jennifer (Sis) Killen for joining us as a speaker and to all of our sponsors for making it all possible last year!
Student Awards
-Motahare (Yalda) Mohammadi - Grad Scholarship Award
-Olivia Hansen - Undergrad Scholarship Award
-Nahid Parvez Farazi - Student Paper Award
-University of Illinois - Chicago - Student Chapter Award
Section Awards
-Tom Szabo - Outgoing President Award
-Tyler Krage - Member of the Year Award
-Jeff Young - John LaPlante Award
Upcoming Board/Committees
-Monica Shei - President
-Katelyn Bleach - Vice President
-Anmol Shrivastava - Secretary
-Tyler Grau - Treasurer
-Tom Szabo - Immediate Past President
-Joshua Harris - Section Representative
-Andrew Hein - Student Affairs Chair
-Kristel Shu Bassett - Technical Chair
-Jim Kane and Jakob Boxberger - Activities Chairs
-Tyler Krage- Public Affairs Chair
-Katie Biggs - Operations Chair
2022 Sponsors
Platinum -AECOM, Civiltech Engineering, Inc., Christopher B. Burke Engineering - Chicagoland, Jacobs
Gold - Ciorba Group, Inc., Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc., HDR, Iteris, Inc., Sam Schwartz, Stanley Consultants, TranSmart
Silver - Baxter & Woodman, DAMA Consultants, Fish Transportation Group, Kenig, Lindgren, O'Hara, Aboona, Inc. (KLOA, Inc.), MoboTrex, Peralte-Clark, LLC, Thomas Engineering Group, LLC (TEG)
Bronze - Cempel International Transportation Consulting, Traffic Control Corporation
Public - Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways
Photo credit to Craig Jakobsen for documenting such a great night!
