Congratulatons to Civil and Environmental Engineering doctoral candidate Dawson Do and City and Regional PLanning doctoral candidate Michael Montilla were recently selected as recipients of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, provided by U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration
The Eisenhower Fellowship is a competitive program administered by the Federal Highway Administration for the Department of Transportation. The fellowships are awarded to students pursuing degrees in transportation-related disciplines and aim to advance the transportation workforce by helping to attract the nation's brightest minds to the field of transportation, encouraging future transportation professionals to seek advanced degrees, and helping to retain top talent in the U.S. transportation industry. The awards are merit-based and generally result in 150-200 grants annually, subject to the availability of funds.
The program also supports Fellows to participate in the 2025 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, held in person Jan. 5–9, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
Do is advised by CEE Professor Maria Laura Delle Monache. Hi research interests include Traffic Modeling, Signal Control, and Transit.
Montilla is advised by DCRP Professor Daniel Chatman. His research interests include Research Interests: Emerging Transportation Technologies (AVs, EVs, TNCs, etc.), Equitable Access to Electric Vehicles, Sustainable Transportation and Resilient Cities, Transportation and Climate Change, Transportation and Public Health, Private Uses of Streets and Other Public Spaces, and Social Ramification of AV Data Practices.