Younger Member Committee
Purpose:
The Transportation and Development (T&DI) Institute's Younger Member Committee (YMC) focuses on matters of the professional development of transportation-focused civil engineers 35 years of age or younger and facilitates their engagement with, and participation in, the Society and T&DI. YMC supports all ASCE T&DI younger members, whether academic or industry-focused. The committee plans and organizes younger member activities for the International Conference on Transportation and Development (ICTD), facilitates an annual student competition to foster student engagement in T&DI, advocates for more younger member resources, and works to advertise existing resources (e.g., publications, conferences, workshops, technical councils, etc.) to the younger member community.

International Conference on Transportation & Development
June 14-17, 2023 | Austin, TX
ASCE's flagship conference in transportation and development, co-located with ASCE's longstanding specialty conference on pavement engineering for an invaluable experience of two conferences in one.

MEET THE CHAIR
Cole Kopca, M.U.P., S.M.ASCE
Cole Kopca is a Ph.D. candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington, and currently serves as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Smart Transportation Applications & Research Laboratory. Cole is a co-author on two accepted peer reviewed journal articles and three peer reviewed conference papers presented at international conferences. He has been recognized with several accolades including the UW Graduate School's Top Scholar Award, a 2019 USDOT Outstanding Student of the Year Award, and was recognized by PacTrans with a second-place finish in the Best Poster awards at the Annual Region 10 Student Poster Competition. Cole serves as the Transportation and Development Institute's (T&DI) representative on the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Student Presidential Group, the chair of the ASCE T&DI Younger Member Committee, and the University of Washington representative to the ITS Washington Board.
Membership
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Cole Kopca,
S.M.ASCE
Chair -
Dahiru Adamu,
S.M.ASCE
Member
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Bhavesh Ahirrao,
A.M.ASCE
Member -
Ruqaya Alfaris,
A.M.ASCE
Member -
Taraneh Ardalan,
S.M.ASCE
Member
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Rhett Beasley,
EI, A.M.ASCE
Member -
Nancy Beltran,
Ph.D., EIT, A.M.ASCE
Member -
Daniel Bhaumik,
A.M.ASCE
Member -
Megan Buchanan,
P.E., M.ASCE
Member
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Madison Anna Carlson,
A.M.ASCE
Member -
Anthony Chiodo,
Aff.M.ASCE
Member
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Mehrnaz Doustmohammadi,
Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Member
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Xiaoyu Sky Guo,
Ph.D., S.M.ASCE
Member
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Andrew Vasan Jayankura,
EIT, A.M.ASCE
Member -
Lura Johnson,
S.M.ASCE
Member
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Bruce King,
P.E., M.ASCE
Member
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Vincent Kwabena Lumor,
Aff.M.ASCE
Member
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Diniece Danielle Mendes,
EIT, A.M.ASCE
BOG Liaison
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Meiyu Pan,
Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE
Member
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Alyssa Margaret Ryan,
Ph.D., EIT, A.M.ASCE
Member
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Karthik Subramanya,
Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE
Member
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Francis Tyler Tainter,
EIT
Member
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Hampton Worthey,
A.M.ASCE
Member
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Paula W Yaghi,
S.M.ASCE
Member -
Daniel Yang,
S.M.ASCE
Member
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Fengjiao Zou,
S.M.ASCE
Member



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