SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 2002-2003

The scholarship winners for 2002-2003 were announced at the CTRF Annual Conference held in St. John's,  Newfoundland, May 12-15, 2002.

The winners have been matched to their corporate sponsors for the "named" scholarship.

Recipients of the 2002 - 2003 Scholarship are:

Scott Deschenes, EIT, Transportation Engineering, University of New Brunswick
Feng Deng, M.Sc, Transportation and Logistics, University of British Columbia
Louis-Martin Rousseau, Ph.D. Program, Universite de Montreal, CRT

CN SCHOLARSHIP ($4000)

Feng Deng, M.Sc. Transportation and Logistics, University of British Columbia

Current Program: M.Sc, Transportation and Logistics, The University of British Columbia

Previous Degree: Bachelor of Economics, Wuhan University (China)

Area of Research:

After working for nine years in the ocean-container transportation industry, I began my master study in transportation and logistics at the University of British Columbia in the fall of 2001. Under the supervision of Professor Tae Oum, I am developing my knowledge in airline management. I have taken courses in transportation economics, project evaluation and management, supply chain management, design of logistics and operation system, statistics and forecasting methodology, business database technology and so on. I'm now making research on the factors that affect the location choices of regional distribution centers in northeast Asia.

Career Objectives:

Upon graduation, I plan to work as an economic analyst in the transportation industry or in other public or private sector related to transportation.

BOMBARDIER SCHOLARSHIP ($4000)

Louis-Martin Rousseau, Ph.D. Program, Universite de Montreal, CRT

J'ai entrepris un programme de ma?trise en 1997 dont l'objectif ?tait la r?solution de probl?mes complexes de transport ? l'aide de la programmation par contraintes. Les r?sultants furent tr?s encouragent et je d?cidai donc de passer directement au Doctorat en 1999 afin d'explorer davantage le programme de recherche entrepris.

Au cours de la derni?re ann?e, j'ai aussi agit en tant que consultant au pr?s de plusieurs entreprises et groupes de recherche. J'ai notamment travaill? avec une compagnie fran?aise sur les phases pr?liminaires d'un module d'optimisation permettant la conception de tourn?es de v?hicules. J'ai particip? au d?veloppement d'une architecture informatique (interfaces et base de donn?es) pour un logiciel de conception automatis?e d'horaires. Finalement j'ai ?t? sollicit? afin d'aider une firme montr?alaise ? r?aliser un module de planification de la main d'ouvre. Toutes ces exp?riences m'ont mis en contact avec des probl?mes d'optimisation r?els dont on ne peut contr?ler tous les aspects et qui font donc appel ? l'imagination et ? la combinaison de plusieurs sph?res de connaissances. ? l'hiver 2000, j'ai ?galement eu la chance de pouvoir assurer la charge d'un cours d'introduction ? la recherche op?rationnelle.

I began my Masters program in 1997 and my project was the resolution of complex transportation problems with constraint programming. Since the results were very encouraging I decided to move directly into a Ph.D. program in order to pursue research in the same direction.

In the last year I have offered consulting services to many companies and research groups. I have worked with a French company on an optimization module to solve vehicle routing problems. I have worked on the architecture (interface and data base) of a rostering application and I have been solicited to help implement constraint programming in a manpower planning tool. All these experiences have put in me in contact with real life optimization problems, which to be solved, need imagination and combination of many techniques. During the winter of 2000, I was also responsible for the introductory courses in Operations Research at the University of Montreal.

TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY SCHOLARSHIP ($4,000)

Mr. Scott Deschenes, EIT, Transportation Engineering, University of New Brunswick

Current Program: M.Sc.Eng. Transportation Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick

Previous Degree: B.Sc.Eng. Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick

Area of Research: Scott is currently working towards a Master of Science in Engineering in Transportation Engineering at the University of New Brunswick. Currently, a body of research exists which indicates that elderly drivers are over-represented in road collisions and that some measures should be taken in order to correct the situation. Scott's thesis focuses on developing recommendations on how to introduce mandatory elderly driver re-testing programs to the Atlantic Provinces. Throughout his tenure at UNB, Scott has been involved in student government by serving on the Student Union Council, the University Senate & Board of Governors and, several other committees. Scott intends to gain international experience in the transportation engineering field in hopes of starting his own company in specialized highway construction.