Fresno State ITE

As 2016 draws to an end, we look forward to new faces with new ideas to lead to bigger and better things in 2017.

Elections are coming up in the next few weeks and we are happy to announce that you could be on the ITE cabinet for the year of 2017! The election will take place Wed. Nov. 30th @ 12pm in room IT 160. We have the following positions open: 1. President 2. Vice President... 3. Treasurer 4. Secretary 5. Historian If you are interested, view our chapter constitution for officer duties at http://fresnostateite.wixsite.com/home/constitution and contact us at [email protected]. We are eager to get new faces involved and to grow the chapter!

We would like to welcome all to our upcoming October general meeting on 10/26/16 in room IT 160 @ 12pm! On the agenda will be information on the election for cabinet positions during the November general meeting as well as presentations on transportation topics by Fresno State professors Dr. Xiaojun Li and Dr. Aly Tawfik. Pizza and drinks will be provided :) We hope to see you all there!

The Central California Section of ITE held their October meeting in Visalia. Mr. Aaron Silva presented on the City of Manteca’s interchange retrofit which will modify an existing spread diamond interchange to a diverging diamond interchange. Dr. Aly Tawfik of Fresno State presented on the future of transportation and the impacts it will have on our lives. Fresno State students are strongly encouraged to attend these meetings as they offer great networking with local professionals.

We welcome all to our first general meeting of the semester Wednesday, September 28th in IT 160 @ 12pm. On the agenda will be a quick recap, updates, future plans, and voting on an amendment to the club Constitution. Pizza and refreshments will be provided! For more information contact [email protected] or visit fresnostateite.com.

"Join hundreds of innovative thinkers and doers to talk about the future of transportation at TransportationCamp in Anaheim brought to you by the Institute of Transportation Engineers and Young Professionals in Transportation."

"The ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl is an annual competition amongst ITE student chapter teams using transportation planning and engineering topics for the clues, questions, and answers. Of the ITE student chapters in the United States and Canada, a total of 100 chapters of all student chapters have participated in at least one traffic bowl since 2009. These teams have competed in section and district-level events. The winners of the ITE district competitions then compete in the Traffic Bowl Grand Championship, which is conducted annually at the Institute’s International Annual Meeting and Exhibit." http://www.ite.org/trafficbowl/ http://westernite.org/students-educat/student-traffic-bowl/

Check out ITE's video promoting Institute of Transportation Engineers and Midpac!! Lyles College of Engineering Fresno State

The ITE Student Chapter along with Terry Ogle, Director of Design and Construction of the High Speed Rail Authority, hosted a field trip for its club members. The students were led to various sites in Fresno County involved in Construction Package 1 (CP 1), including the site of a viaduct spanning the Fresno River currently under construction. Students got insight into the many challenges and obstacles faced with a project of this scale.

ITE Central California Section members met at the Visalia Convention Center today for their April meeting. Mike Leonardo, California HSR DIrector of Projects for the Central Region, spoke on the activities of the High Speed Rail in the Central Valley. Eirk Ruehr, Chair of the ITE California SB 743 Task Force, presented a summary of ITE's view on this Senate Bill focused on transit-oriented development.

Congratulations to ITE cabinet members Sally, Esteban, and Haytham for their hard work and representing Fresno State in this years MidPac transportation competition.

Students competing in ASCE's Mid-Pacific competition gave presentations to Intro to Civil Engineering (CE 85) students about their projects and the competition itself. ITE President and Co-Vice President talked to the students about their work on the current transportation focused project as well as a presenting last years project which took first place in its category!