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message[0]="July News|Dr. Lishan Sun completed his Postdoctoral study at Transtech and became an assistant professor at Beijing University of Technology. Dr. Liu visited a couple of Chinese universities to give seminars and seek opportunities for collaboration in research."
message[1]="August News|Three papers were submitted to TRB 2010 annual meeting!"
message[2]="September News|Transtech was awarded two research projects by RTI and Lubbock District of Texas Department of Transportation."
message[3]="October News|Hao抯 paper titled: Control Delay at Signalized Diamond Interchanges Considering Internal Queue Spillback was accepted for presentation at TRB 2010 annual meeting and publication in the Journal of Transportation Research Record, this will be Hao抯 3rd journal paper accepted by first tier transportation journals."
message[4]="November News|TransTech received funding (through TechMRT) from the Texas Department of Transportation to conduct bicycle studies in mid-sized cities."
message[5]="December News|TranTech received funding (through TechMRT) from the Texas Department of Transportation Lubbock District to conduct studies on various transportation studies including evaluation of alternative control strategies of diamond interchanges with two-way frontage roads and road user抯 cost analysis in work zones."
message[6]="January News|Jared Squyres joined the TransTech as a new PhD student. Mr. Squyres brings to the lab his enthusiasm and substantial knowledge in computer programming and more. Welcome, Jared! Hao and Dr. Liu attended the 2010 TRB annual meeting and made presentations!"
message[7]="February News|"


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