Elliot Ward is pursuing a Master's of Urban Planning at NYU Wagner, specializing in International Development Policy. Interested broadly in the role of transportation to support economic growth and environmental sustainability, Elliot has worked in China for the Beijing University Lincoln Institute for Land Policy and interned with the Energy Foundation's China Sustainable Transportation Center. For the AITE Scholarship Elliot will research public bus system service differences in mid-sized American cities  MORE about Elliot Ward

Emily Heard, a MS Urban Planning candidate at Columbia University’s GSAPP, will perform her internship at the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council. Emily’s project will be the Long Island Community Planning Initiative for the East Side Access Project. Her work will include supporting the development of a Community Planning Initiative in anticipation of the significant impact that the MTA East Side Access project will likely have on specific Long Island communities in the interrelated areas of station access, parking and transit-oriented development.  MORE about Emily Grace Heard

Nolan Levenson is a Master of Urban Planning Candidate (2014) at NYU Wagner, with an Environment, Infrastructure, and Transportation specialization. After working as a Community Liaison on the Purple Line Light Rail project in Maryland, Nolan has returned home to New York City. Before moving to Baltimore, he attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota where he majored in Geography and Urban Studies. While at Macalester, he had the opportunity to study abroad in Ecuador, and learn about Bus Rapid Transit and pedestrian safety in Quito.  MORE about Nolan Levenson

Donatas Zvirblisis a second year Master’s student at Rutgers University. He is a recipient of the Advanced Institute for Transportation Education Graduate Scholarship from the Urban Transportation Research Center, and his research focuses on extraction and recovery of bitumen from road cores.  MORE about Donatas Zvirblisis