Introductions

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog!  This is a space to chronicle my TU Delft study abroad experience summer 2015.  Now, a little bit about myself.  I have been interested in transportation engineering from a young age.  I was introduced to the profession by my dad who is a traffic engineer and have known since I was 7 a career in transportation was in my future.  Flash forward 15 years and I graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2014 with my Bachelors in Civil Engineering. Over the course of the bachelor’s degree I had three internships at a traffic engineering firm doing signal timing, and designing signalized intersections.  Now, I am a graduate student studying transportation engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  After this summer course I only have one quarter left!  Throughout my master’s program I also work part-time for the City of San Luis Obispo in the traffic engineering division.

I am really excited about the Netherlands study abroad experience.  My working background has been centered on operations and intelligent transportation systems.  I am hoping to learn more about best practices for sustainable transportation options.  I am also very interested in talking to traffic engineers in the Netherlands about how, in conjunction with politicians, have popularized alternative modes of transportation.  I want to take the principles of the Netherlands’ alternative modes of transportation design back to California and help facilitate discussions with government agencies about the importance of giving the “consumer” varied and safe transportation options. I am really looking forward to the class and what I have to learn!