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James H. Kell Award
The James H. Kell Award was originally
established by Western District in 1994 to honor active ITE Western District fellow and Honorary Member James H. Kell (who past away
in July 1991). It was created as a competition for Western District student chapters to develop innovative solutions to a transportation
problem, encourage participation in the profession among students.
This format was changed in 2002 with the development of a
student competition at the Western District Annual Meeting by then
Career Guidance Chair Charlie Ebeling. The Western District Board
officially approved dropping the original format of the Kell
Award and naming the Student Competition after James H. Kell
in February 2003 due to the level of participation. The purpose
of the Student Competition is to encourage Student Members
of ITE to attend and participate in Western District Annual Meetings.
This competition is designed to promote the interaction of
students and professionals (together) to provide an atmosphere
in which students can seek mentoring, while rewarding students
for participating in the competition. Any student currently
attending a university or college in the Western District with an ITE
Student Chapter and is currently a member of the Student Chapter
and/or an ITE student member. The student(s) judged to be
the most outstanding by a committee of judges receive $1000.
| Year |
Award
Winners |
| 2009 |
1st
Ryan Miller, Cal Poly Pomona
Ryan Conrad, Portland State University
Enrique Biche, Cal Poly Pomona
2nd
Jessica Troemner, University of Wyoming
Zebulun Coulter, University of Wyoming
Paolo Baltar, UCLA
3rd
Jenna Buddemeyer, University of Wyoming
Karthik Konduri, Arizona State
Andy Kosinski, UC Berkeley
4th
Brandon Lacap, San Diego State
Kristie Gladhill, Portland State University
Alan Moore, University of Wyoming |
| 2007 |
Tied for 1st
- Strength
Nathan Mustafa, Cal Poly Pomona
Tony Symanovich, University of Seattle
Matt Marineau, University of Seattle
Tao Zhong, UW
Tied for 1st - Strength
Audrey Naral, UCLA
Adam Parast, UW
Josh Crain, Portland State University
Yao-Jan Wu, UW
1st - Design
Sarah Karjala, Montana State
Julian Hernandez, Cal Poly Pomona
Monica Joyce, Portland State University
Isidro Abreo, Cal Poly Pomona
2nd - Design
Neelam Sharma, UC Irvine
Kelly Pitera, UW
Mahesh Paudey, Sacto State
Enrique Biche, Cal Poly Pomona |
| 2006 |
Gotham City Transportation
Authority - Steven Vander Giessen (UW), Jorge Cervantes
(CPP), Omar Sanchez (CPP), Vamsi Surapaneni (UNLV) |
| 2005 |
1st
Juan Avila, Cal Poly Pomona
Luke Seegmiller, BYU
2nd
Victor Ling, Cal Poly Pomona
Ryan Peterson, BYU
3rd
Lyndsay Essigman, University of Wyoming
Benjamin Weaver, University of Wyoming |
| 2004 |
Julianna Gonzalez , Cal
Poly Pomona
Leo Espelet, San Diego State University
Laura Stanley, Montana State University
Chris Cherry, U. of California, Berkeley |
| 2003 |
Scott Lee, Montana
State
Yu Zhang, UC Berkeley
Ryan Avery, UW
Fredy Monge, Cal Poly Pomona
Maria Miranda, Cal Poly Pomona |
| 2002 |
Alvin Ly, Cal Poly
Pomona
Fredy Monge, Cal Poly Pomona
Amaka Okoro, CSU Long Beach
Meagan Powers, Montana State
Vincent Ramos, Cal Poly Pomona |
Historic winners of the
James H. Kell Award prior to format change:
| Year |
University
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| 2001 |
none |
| 2000 |
none |
| 1999 |
University of California, Irvine |
| 1998 |
none |
| 1997 |
none |
| 1996 |
Chico State University |
| 1995 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
| 1994 |
Chico State University |
The original format of the James H. Kell Award
had student chapters conduct and report on original research
and investigation of transportation engineering subjects.
The investigation shall include, but is not limited to, the
collection of original traffic and transportation field data
using accepted standard methods. The award recognizes outstanding
accomplishment in this area.
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