Yang selected for prestigious TCC/FTA Graduate Fellowship Program
Hong Yang, a current Ph.D. student within the Rutgers Intelligent Transportation Systems (RITS) Lab was recently selected for the prestigious Transportation Coordinating Council/Federal Transit Administration (TCC/FTA) Graduate Fellowship Program.
The goal of the TCC/FTA Graduate Fellowship Program is to encourage those pursuing a master’s or a doctoral degree in the fields of transportation/infrastructure engineering or planning and policy to further develop their skills towards their career as a qualified professional in the transportation industry. Students accepted into the program receive an annual stipend and tuition support.
Yang was the fourth RITS student who received this award in the past four years.
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