Waqar Azam is a recent graduate with Masters Degree of Science in Civil Engineering from The City College of New York, City University of New York. He worked as a Research Associate with the Region 2, University Transportation Research Center at The City College of New York. and was awarded ?Outstanding University Student in Transportation Award? by NJDOT for his effort on the ?Identification of Traffic Control Measures for Mobile and Short Duration Work Operations? project.

Laynie Weaver earned a bachelor’s degree in geography from Texas A&M. Her interest in transportation started while using the bike lanes on campus. She came to the New York area to study transportation in the community, particularly transit, bicycling, and walking. Laynie is working on her Master’s degree in Urban Planning specializing in transportation planning while also working at the Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University. She expects to finish her degree in Spring 2005.

For the 2004 Student of the Year, UTRC has selected Mr. Joseph Davis, a doctoral student in the Rutgers Transportation Program. Mr. Davis was raised in Colonia, NJ. He graduated from the School of Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in 2001 with a Bachelors Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Joseph opted to continue his education at Rutgers, receiving his Masters in Structural Engineering in May 2003. Presently Joseph is a Teaching Assistant for the Reinforced Concrete Lab in addition to being a PhD candidate. Joseph is currently working with Dr.