Witkowski & Beier Paper Wins ITE Award
Two Morrison-Maierle employees recently were presented with an award at the Institute of Transportation Engineers Annual Meeting. James Witkowski, PhD, and James Beier, E.I.T., received the Best Meeting Paper Award at the ITE 2008 Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Anaheim, California last month.
Jim Witkowski and James Beier presented the paper titled “Maricopa County Enhanced Parkway Alternatives Study” based on work conducted for the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT). This study evaluated unconventional intersection design concepts for potential application along new parkways in the Phoenix, Arizona area.
Jim works out of the Tucson office as a Senior Project Manager. He has over 30 years of experience in transportation planning and traffic engineering, primarily for public sector clients throughout the southwest, including Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and southern California. He holds a doctorate and master’s degree from Michigan State University and a BS from Wayne State University, all in Civil Engineering with a focus in traffic and transportation engineering.
James is an Engineer in Training, also in MMI’s Tucson office. He has three years of experience designing public roadways, utilities, sewer and water collection systems, earthwork quantity calculations and cost estimates. He also has experience in transportation planning, traffic engineering, and traffic modeling. James received a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona in 2006.
The ITE Best Meeting Paper Award recognizes the authors of a paper judged to be the best of those written and presented at the Annual Meeting based upon its value to everyday transportation engineering. The Institute of Transportation Engineers is a professional society of more than 15,000 transportation engineers, planners and other professionals in some 80 countries. Seventy-five papers were presented at this years meeting. The Institute facilitates the application of technology and scientific principles to research, planning, functional design, implementation, operation, policy development and management for all modes of transportation.
