Join TAMUite for our next monthly meeting with guest speaker TTI Director Dennis Christiansen. Dennis will be speaking about Transportation Engineering: Professionals, Research and Networking. Please join us for FREE CHIPOTLE at 5:30 PM in CE 118!

Join TAMUite for our next monthly meeting with guest speaker Brian Shamburger from Kimley-Horn Associates. Brian will be speaking about TAMU traffic controls, some technical projects around town, and upcoming projects on campus. Please join us for FREE LUNCH in the CE/TTI Tower room 217 at noon on June 23rd!

Other Announcements:

• Adopt-a-Highway will be this Saturday, June 11th at 8:00am. The plan is to get out and get busy before the heat starts! Join TAMUite and give back to Bryan/College Station as we clean our portion of Texas' highways. This is a great opportunity to give a little service and to also get rewarded with friendships and good eats! We're trying to work out the details to substitute the usual CiCi's Pizza buffet for a restaurant at Lake Bryan (right next to where our adopt-a-highway site is located) and maybe even spend some time splashing around in the Lake (maybe we can find the concrete canoe that sunk!). Either way, there will be FREE FOOD for all those who come participate. Remember to wear closed toed shoes and long pants (that's why we need to get out there early).

Join TAMUite for our next monthly meeting where Kevin Balke, Director of Translink at TTI will come speak to our chapter. The meeting will be in CE room 118, at 6:30, just like the past few months' meetings. Dinner will be provided, so come hungry. Invite your friends from other majors (specifically electrical engineering and computer science) to come see how their expertise can be applied to transportation.

Other Announcements:

• Congratulations to Mark, Scott, and Adam for winning the Traffic Bowl Competition at the TexITE meeting in Ft. Worth. The Texas A&M team will once again advance to the international ITE conference(in St. Louis, MO) in August to defend their title of international champions.

• Adopt-a-Highway will be this Saturday, April 2nd at 9:00am. Please gather your friends and roommates and come help us as we clean-up our adopted portion of highway. Again, we'll meet in the back of Lot 50 Saturday morning at 9am to head out to clean up Texas. This Saturday's clean-up is in conjunction with the Texas Trash-Off, a statewide highway cleanup initiative (everyone who has adopted some highway will be out this Sat. to clean it up!). Remember to wear long pants and closed toes shoes, even though it will be warm. Also remember that if you come, you'll be treated to FREE CiCi's Pizza afterwards!

Join TAMUite on Tuesday, March 1st in CE Room 118 for the March general chapter meeting.  Ms. Susan Langdon, President of Savant Group Inc. will be making a presentation: "Public vs. Private" the pros and cons of working in the public and private sector. She will also discuss the benefits of professional societies. Ms. Langdon has had over 10 years of experience in the public sector while working for the Wisconsin DOT and over 10 years in the private sector as well. In 2008, Ms. Langdon started her own company where she is currently president.  There will also be information about the upcoming Texas District ITE Spring Meeting in late March.

Free dinner will be provided, as always (rumor has it, it's going to be BBQ!).

The first 2011 TAMUite general meeting will be held at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, February 1st in Room 118 of the CE Building. The speaker for this meeting will be Mr. Mike Love, of the Union Pacific Railroad and Operation Lifesaver will speak to us about Railroads and Safety.  Please join us in welcoming Mr. Love and to hear about the exciting transportation adventures we will have this semester, invite your friends (especially undergrads!) for some FREE DINNER as well! Anyone and everyone is welcome to learn about transportation engineering and how to get involved in ITE.

The Texas A&M University ITE Student Chapter held its annual officer elections on November 8.  Congratulations to the following individuals who were elected as officers for the 2011 calendar year.

• President: Devin Moore
• Vice President for Technical Activities: Carl Schwarzer
• Vice President for Outreach: Lisa Larsen
• Corresponding Secretary: Brian Shollar
• Membership Secretary: Hongmin Zhou
• Treasurer: James Robertson
• Librarian: Pei-fen Kuo

Please join the ITE Student Chapter for its final meeting of the Fall 2010 semester on Wednesday, December 1 at 5:30 PM in CE Building Room 110.  The speaker will be Sean Merrell from the City of Frisco, Texas.

The Texas A&M University ITE Student Chapter Traffic Bowl Team is the champion of the inaugural ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl competition.  The Texas A&M team, which was comprised of Kristopher Ball, Philip Dunham, Andrew Persyn, and Ben Sperry, defeated the University of Delaware and Portland State University in the first round and the University of Florida and the University of Manitoba in the final round.