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The National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is currently looking to hire a Communications Coordinator to be responsible for all elements of the UTC’s communications portfol…
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Computing in Civil Engineering Award The Computing in Civil Engineering Award recognizes outstanding achievement and contribution in the use of computers in the practice of civil engineering. The 2009 Computing in Civil Engineering Award is presente…
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Save the Date for the 2009 Integrating Efforts Workshop
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Welcome to the Summer 2009 issue of the Newsletter for the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We are pleased to provide this to you in a convenient PDF format at htt…
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CFIRE is hiring a Limited Term Program Assistant: Visit http://bit.ly/3O7XS for details. (This link will take you to the University of Wisconsin Homepage)
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Each year, CFIRE initiates a process to collect freight related research ideas in our four Signature Technical Areas of Research. Visit http://cfire.wistrans.org for complete details. Please submit your ideas to Greg Waidley at gwaidley@engr.wisc.…
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One of the most recent CFIRE reports issued in a draft format for review details the 2008 21st Century Workforce Summit that we hosted in December. The summit was attended by private and public sector officials with the goal of enhancing the communi…
May 14
As usual, Dadit has managed to catch me at my finest.
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Job Requirements Research Assistant The National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Education (CFIRE) has a need for a student research assistant beginning in the summer of 2009. The position will require about 20-30 hours per week and will i…
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The closely-watched Cass Freight Index fell a record 25 percent in April. What does it mean for us? First, the Cass Index (http://www.cassinfo.com/frtindex.html) tells us that freight spending is dropping -- dramatically. Such a steep decline will…
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H.R. 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Title XII SUPPLEMENTAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS FOR A NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM For an additional amount for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, $1,500,000,000,…
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Adams recognized by ASCE

Computing in Civil Engineering Award


The Computing in Civil Engineering Award recognizes outstanding achievement and contribution in the use of computers in the practice of civil engineering.
The 2009 Computing in Civil Engineering Award is presented to Teresa M. Adams, Ph.D., F.ASCE, for her contributions to computing in Civil Engineering, specifically the use of position-based informa… Continue

Posted on June 26, 2009 at 9:44am —

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CFIRE Helps Prepare State and Nation for Workforce Challenges

One of the most recent CFIRE reports issued in a draft format for review details the 2008 21st Century Workforce Summit that we hosted in December. The summit was attended by private and public sector officials with the goal of enhancing the communications between academia and the braoder transportation community.

http://www.wistrans.org/cfire/WorkforceSummit/index.html

The workforce summit brought these leaders from the transportation community and from educational institutions to:
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Posted on May 14, 2009 at 8:56am —

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Freight Transportation Index Points to Uncertain Future for American Goods Movement

The closely-watched Cass Freight Index fell a record 25 percent in April. What does it mean for us?

First, the Cass Index (http://www.cassinfo.com/frtindex.html) tells us that freight spending is dropping -- dramatically. Such a steep decline will mean that manufacturing outputs will tailspin. If goods are not moving in, they are not going to be moving out either.

Second, states may be able to have a brief reprieve from the "freight tsunami" that we warned of in the past. While this may seem l… Continue

Posted on May 5, 2009 at 1:29pm —

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