Awards & Recognition

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2021-2022
  • Bill McGrath Scholarship Award, District 10 ITE (John Kodi)
  • 1st Place 2022 Equitable Sim City Sandbox Design Competition at the ITE International Annual Meeting in New Orleans (John Kodi, Flavius Matata, Abdallah Kinero).
  • Advisor for FIU Team selected as the Finalists in the NOCoE Transportation Technology Tournament (John Kodi, Abdallah Kinero, Francisca Kasubi, and Daniel Frolich).
  • 1st Place, Student Poster Competition at the 7th Annual UTC Conference for Southeastern Region (Francisca Kasubi).
  • 1st Place, 2022 Transportation Statistics Interest Group (TSIG), American Statistical Association (ASA).
  • Best ITE Student Paper Award (John Kodi), for the paper titled: “Assessment of Mobility Impacts of Adaptive Traffic Control System (ATCS) Using Flexible Regression Models”.
  • Advisor for FIU Team selected as Runner-up in the 2022 TRB Traffic Control Device (TCD) Challenge (Topic: Radar Speed Detection for Speed Management on Limited Access Facilities) (John Kodi, Francisca Kasubi, and Abdallah Kinero).
  • ITS Florida Anne Brewer Scholarship (Francisca Kasubi).
  • Life Savers Scholarship Award (John Kodi).
  • Life Savers Scholarship Award (Francisca Kasubi).
  • Advisor for TRB Minority Student Fellow (Jesus Molina).
  • 1st Place, 2021 FLPRITE Best Student Paper Award (Henrick Haule).
  • 1st Place, 2021 Excellence in Highway Safety Data Award (Henrick Haule, Angela Kitali, MD Sultan Ali).
  • 1st Place, 2021 Safety Performance and Analysis Doctoral Student Competition, in the 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (MD Sultan Ali).
  • Advisor for TRB Minority Student Fellow (Amy Garcia).
  • FIU Dissertation Year Fellowship (MD Sultan Ali).
  • FIU Dissertation Year Fellowship (Mahmoud Arafat).
2020-2021
  • Bill McGrath Scholarship Award, District 10 ITE (Cecilia Kadeha)
  • Winner of 2020 Best ITE Student Chapter District 10 Award
  • Third place for FLPRITE Student Virtual Shark Tank Competition, Mosammat Tahnin
  • Finalist of the FLPRITE Traffic Bowl Competition, Atika Jabin, Kamar Amine & Syed
    Morshed
  • Recipient, William R. McGrath FLPRITE District Transportation Scholarship 2020, Cecilia Kadeha
  • Winner, Safety Performance and Analysis Doctoral Student Competition, 100th TRB Annual Meeting 2021, MDSultan Ali
  • Winner of People’s Choice Awards at STRIDE Poster Competition, 100th TRB Annual Meeting, Syed Morshed
  • Finalist, Travel Time, Speed and Reliability (TTSR) Student Data Challenge Competition, 100th TRB Annual Meeting 2021, John Kodi & Angela Kitali
  • Finalist, National Operations Center of Excellence (NoCOE) 2020 Transportation Technology
  • Tournament, Rajib Saha, Mosammat Tahnin, Hector Mata, Kamar Amine, Raihanul Bari Tanvir and Etty Chris Emmanuel
  • Winner of 2020 Outstanding Shining Star Award of Students Life Awards Recognition
  • Florida International University Dissertation Year Fellowship 2020, Henrick Haule & Rajib Saha
2019-2020
  • ITE Florida Puerto Rico District Daniel B. Fambro Best Student Paper Award) Rajib Saha
  • 2019 TRB, National Operations Center of Excellence, Sajidur Rahman Nafis and Alireza Rahimi
  • Life Savers Scholarship Award, 2019, Sajidur Rahman Nafis
  • Life Savers Scholarship Award, 2019, Henrick Haule
  • NOCoE TRB Student Winner, 2019, Sajidur Rahman Nafis
  • Advisor for TRB Minority Student Fellow, 2019, Hector Vargas
  • Third Place, Poster Presentation Competition, Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education
  • (STRIDE), 2019, Leila Azizi
  • Best Presentation Award, Student Leadership Summit, University of South Florida, 2019, Ghazaleh Azimi
  • Student Government Association Graduate Scholarship, 2019, Ghazaleh Azimi
  • Student Government Association Graduate Scholarship, 2019, Alireza Rahimi
  • Engineering Career & Talent Development Award, 2019, Alireza Rahimi
  • Charles Perry Graduate Scholarship, 2019, Alireza Rahimi
  • 2019 GCCITE Book Scholarship Award, Syed Ahnaf Morshed, Sultan Ali, and Armana Sabiha Huq
  • First Place, Student Poster Competition, 2019 FPRITE I3 Summer Meeting, Cecilia Kadeha
  • First Place, Student Shark Tank Competition, 2019 FPRITE I3 Summer Meeting, Cecilia Kadeha
  • Runner-up, Student Poster Competition, 2019 FPRITE I3 Summer Meeting, Angela Kitali
  • First Place, Student Poster Competition, 2019 FPRITE Annual Meeting, Armana Sabiha Huq
  • Runner-up, Student Poster Competition, 2019 FPRITE Annual Meeting, Cecilia Kadeha
  • FPRITE District 10 Henry P. Boggs Student Paper Award, Rajib Saha
  • Lifesaver Scholarship, Lifesavers Conference on Highway Safety Priorities, Cecilia Kadeha, Armana Sabiha Huq,
  • Seyedmirsajad, Mokhtarimousavi, Rajib Saha, Mahmoud Arafat, MD Sultan Ali, & Sajidur Nafis
  • Finalist, 2020 Traffic Control Devices Challenge, TRB 99th Annual Meeting, Cecilia Kadeha & Angela Kitali
  • 2019 HSIS Excellence in Highway Safety Data Award, Seyedmirsajad Mokhtarimousavi
  • 2019 International WTS Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship, Angela Kitali
  • Finalist, National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) 2019 Transportation Technology Tournament, Cecilia Kadeha, Hector Vargas, MD sultan Ali & Henrick Haule
  • Runner-up, ASCE Jack E. Leisch Fellowship 2019, Angela Kitali
  • 2019 South Florida & International WTS Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship, Angela Kitali
  • 2019 Anne Brewer Scholarship ITS Florida Annual Meeting, Cecilia Kadeha
  • First Place Poster Competition Award in Florida Automated Vehicles Summit 2019, Mahmoud Arafat
  • 2019 FIU Graduate and Professional Student Committee (GPSC) Scholarship, Mahmoud Arafat, Angela Kitali, Mosammat Tahnin
  • Florida International University Dissertation Year Fellowship 2020, Angela Kitali
2018-2019
  • Best Paper Award, ITE District 10. Rajib Saha
  • 2018 Outstanding Graduate Award Fatema Farzana Haque
  • 2018 ITS Florida Anne Brewer Academic Scholarship Fatema Farzana Haque
  • 2019 TRB, National Operations Center of Excellence, Sajidur Rahman Nafis and Alireza Rahimi
  • Life Savers Scholarship Award (Henrick Haule)
  • Life Savers Scholarship Award (Sajidur Rahman Nafis)
  • NOCoE TRB Student Contest Winner (Sajidur Rahman Nafis)
  • 1st Place, GCCITE Book Scholarship Competition (Henrick Haule)
  • Fang Zhao Women in Engineering Leadership Award, FIU University Graduate School (Angela Kitali)
  • Best Student Paper Award, 2018 Managing Roadways and Transit
  • Meeting and Conference (Angela Kitali and Henrick Haule)
  • FIU/FSU Team selected as the Finalists in the NOCoE
  • Transportation Technology Tournament (Angela Kitali, Fabio Soto, Jaqueline Masaki, and Wei Guo), 2018
  • Third Place, Poster Presentation Competition, Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education (STRIDE), Leila Azizi
  • Fang Zhao Women in Engineering Leadership, Florida International University, (Leila Azizi)
  • Student Graduate Scholarship (SGA), Florida International University, (Leila Azizi)
  • Chair Shadow, Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) International, (Leila Azizi)
  • Second Place, Poster Presentation Competition, Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW), Florida International University, (Leila Azizi) 2018
  • WTS Helene M Overly Memorial Scholarship, South Florida WTS Chapter, (Leila Azizi)
  • Best Presentation Award, Student Leadership Summit, University of South Florida (Ghazaleh Azimi)
  • Student Government Association Graduate Scholarship, 2019 (Ghazaleh Azimi)
  • Graduate and Professional Student Committee Conference Funding Award, 2018 (Ghazaleh Azimi)
  • Student Government Association Graduate Scholarship, 2019 (Alireza Rahimi)
  • Engineering Career & Talent Development Award, 2019 (Alireza Rahimi)
  • Charles Perry Graduate Scholarship, 2019 (Alireza Rahimi)
Previous Years
  • 2017, Bill McGrath Scholarship Award, District 10 ITE (Md Asif Raihan)
  • 2017, Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award, FIU (Asif Raihan)
  • 2016, Bill McGrath Scholarship Award, District 10 ITE (Homa Fartash)
  • 2016, Best ITE Student Chapter Award
  • 2014, Bill McGrath Scholarship Award, District 10 ITE (Xuanwu Chen)
  • 2012, Bill McGrath Scholarship Award, District 10 ITE (Jinyan Lu)
  • 2010, Bill McGrath Scholarship Award, District 10 ITE (Patricio Alvarez)
  • 2009, Best Student Chapter Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2009, Best Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE (Yan Xiao)
  • 2009, First-Place Poster Competition, District 10 ITE (Huijin Qiang)
  • 2009, Bill McGrath Scholarship Award, District 10 ITE (Yan Xiao)
  • 2009, AASHTO Francis B. Francois Award (Yan Xiao, Hongbo Chi, Jinyan Lu, and Patricio Alvarez)
  • 2009, Dissertation Year Fellowship, FIU (Yan Xiao)
  • 2009, Dissertation Year Fellowship, FIU (Xenxi Lu)
  • 2009, Dissertation Year Fellowship, FIU (Hongbo Chi)
  • 2009, Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award, FIU (Chenxi Lu)
  • 2008, Best Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE (Wanyang Wu)
  • 2008, First-Place Best Essay Award, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Chenxi Lu)
  • 2008, Second-Place Best Essay Award, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Jinyan Lu)
  • 2008, Third-Place Best EssayAward, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Wanyang Wu)
  • 2008, Grand Prize, Poster Competition, FIU GIS Day Event (Hongbo Chi)
  • 2008, First-Place Best Essay Award, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Naresh Machavarapu)
  • 2008, First-Place, GSA Scholarly Forum in engineering, FIU (Chenxi Lu)
  • 2008, Winner of Citilab’s 2008 Student Research Competition (Yan Xiao)
  • 2007, Best Student Chapter Award, International ITE
  • 2007, Best Student Chapter Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2007, Best Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE(Zhen Ding)
  • 2007, Second-Place Best Poster Award, District 10 ITE (Quan Yuan)
  • 2007, Bill McGrath Transportation Scholarship Award, FSITE (Wanyang Wu)
  • 2007, First-Place Best Essay Award, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Hui Zhao)
  • 2007, Second-Place Best Essay Award, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Hongbo Chi)
  • 2007, Third-Place Best Essay Award, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Lei Cai)
  • 2007, Anne Shanklin Brewer Scholarship Award, ITS Florida (Yan Xiao)
  • 2006, Best Student Chapter Award, International ITE
  • 2006, Best Student Chapter Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2006, Best Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE (Zhen Ding)
  • 2006, Bill McGrath Transportation Scholarship, Florida Section ITE (Chengjun Zhan)
  • 2006, First-Place Best Chapter Presentation Award, Florida Section ITE (Peng Zhu and Jie Bian)
  • 2006, First-Place Best Essay Book Scholarship, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Chenxi Lu)
  • 2006, Third-Place Best Essay Book Scholarship, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Lisette Ludena)
  • 2006, Woman Transportation Scholarship Award (Lisette Ludena)
  • 2005, Best Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE (Xuesong Zhu)
  • 2005, First Place Best Essay Book Scholarship, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Zhen Ding)
  • 2005, Second Place Best Essay Book Scholarship, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Xuesong Zhu)
  • 2005, Third Place Best Essay Book Scholarship, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Xuemei Liu)
  • 2005, Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate, College of Engineering (Elio Espino)
  • 2005, Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award, FIU (Chengjun Zhan)
  • 2004, Best Student Chapter Award, International ITE
  • 2004, Best Student Paper Award, International ITE (Ayman Elbermawy)
  • 2004, Best Student Chapter Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2004, Best Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE (Ayman Elbermawy)
  • 2004, Eno Leadership Award, Eno Transportation Foundation (Joan Shen)
  • 2004, Second-Place Best Chapter Presentation Award, Florida Section ITE (Diego Sandoval)
  • 2004, First Place Best Essay Book Scholarship, Gold Coast ITE Chapter (Guangwei Zhou)
  • 2004, Outstanding Leadership Award, FIU College of Engineering (Rosa Hsu)
  • 2004, Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award, FIU (Ayman Elbermawy)
  • 2003, Best Student Chapter Award, International ITE
  • 2003, Best Student Paper Award, International ITE
  • 2003, Best Student Chapter Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2003, Best Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2003, Best Chapter Presentation Award, Florida Section ITE
  • 2003, First-Place Poster Presentation Award, Florida Section ITE
  • 2003, Second-Place Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2003, Second-Place Poster Presentation Award, Florida Section ITE
  • 2003, Eno Leadership Award, Eno Transportation Foundation
  • 2003, Most Professional Society Award, FIU College of Engineering
  • 2002, Best Student Chapter Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2002, Bill McGrath Transportation Scholarship, Florida Section ITE (Jiun-Jia Hsu)
  • 2002, Francis B. Francois Fellowship Essay Competition, Florida DOT
  • 2001, Best Student Chapter Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2001, Best Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE
  • 2001, First-Place Poster Presentation Award, Florida Section ITE
  • 2001, Bill McGrath Transportation Scholarship, Florida Section ITE (Soon Chung)
  • 2001, Outstanding Community Service Award, FIU College of Engineering
  • 2001, Outstanding Engineering Organization, FIU College of Engineering
  • 2001, Best ITE Student Chapter Award by Florida International University
  • 2000, Best Student Chapter Award, International ITE
  • 2000, Best Transportation Career Brochure, International ITE
  • 2000, Bill McGrath Scholarship Award, Florida Section ITE (Joan Shen)
  • 2000, Outstanding Engineering Organization, FIU College of Engineering
  • 2000, Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award, FIU (Joan Shen)
  • 2000, Best District 10 ITE Student Chapter Award by Florida International University
  • 2000, Bill McGrath Transportation Scholarship Award by Joan Shen from Florida International University
  • 1999, Best Student Paper Award, International ITE
  • 1999, Best Student Chapter Award, District 10 ITE
  • 1999, Best Student Paper Award, District 10 ITE
  • 1999, Gates Millennium Scholars Award, Gates Foundation