SwRI sponsors ITS America with $1,000 student essay competition

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is inviting U.S. students to take part in an essay competition to share their visions for the future of transportation with a $1,000 (£720) prize and a trip to ITS America 2018, in Detroit, from the 4-7 June. It is aimed at providing students an opportunity to apply their knowledge in a thought-provoking manner. The topic, ‘How do you envision disruptive consumer technology will affect transportation systems over the next 10 years?’ is open to transportation, engineering
February 14, 2018 Read time: 2 mins

5690 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is inviting U.S. students to take part in an essay competition to share their visions for the future of transportation with a $1,000 (£720) prize and a trip to 560 ITS America 2018, in Detroit, from the 4-7 June. It is aimed at providing students an opportunity to apply their knowledge in a thought-provoking manner.

The topic, ‘How do you envision disruptive consumer technology will affect transportation systems over the next 10 years?’ is open to transportation, engineering and public policy undergraduates and graduate students at accredited colleges and universities. 

The winning paper will be announced at this year’s event. Judges will base their decision on the insights expressed about future advances in the intelligent transportation industry.

Josh Johnson, director of SwRI’s critical systems department, said: “Mobile apps are changing how people use vehicles, which affects mobility, law enforcement, and public policy. These essays should envision how transportation systems will adapt to the next wave of apps and business models to evolve around electric, connected and autonomous vehicles.”

Essays should be submitted as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to %$Linker: 2 Email <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-email [email protected] false mailto:[email protected] true false%> by 22 April 2018.

More information is available on the %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external website SouthWest Research Institute website link false https://www.swri.org/industries/logistics-transportation-systems false false%>.

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