Each University Transportation Center names a Student of the Year.

Kathleen Swindler, a native of Syracuse, NY, is currently a second year M.S./Ph.D. student in transportation at Northwestern University and a graduate of Bucknell University. Under the guidance of Dr. Richard G. McGinnis at Bucknell she focused her research on highway safety and graduated with honors. She produced a thesis on "Development of PIRUS, the Proactive Integration of Roadway User Safety" inspired by road safety audits. While at Northwestern, she has been working on NCHRP Project 3-59: Assessment of Variable Speed Limit Implementation Issues and is directed by Dr. Joseph L. Schofer. She is co-chair of the Northwestern Transportation Club and involved in other activities. Kathleen interned for three summers with the San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic as a traffic-engineering intern, focusing on initiating the San Francisco Integrated Transportation System Management (ITMS) program. The city recognized her as Employee of the Quarter in the summer of 1999, the first summer intern ever to receive the distinction. She has a long-tem interest in research and public service focused on highway safety, transportation policy and traffic engineering and she plans to earn her Professional Engineer's license. Kathleen is pleased to be recognized at the TRB Annual Meeting since TRB has been strong, positive influence on her commitment to transportation through TRB's commitment to the profession. This Meeting marks her sixth consecutive attendance.