New Member Award
Awarded to a New Member or Affiliate of our North Carolina Section, who has contributed substantially to the advancement of the Section through any of the following responsibilities, and not limited to: Council involvement, committee involvement, special projects, conference planning, meeting participation, presentations at NCSITE sponsored meetings. A New Member would have less than five years of professional membership with our Section to qualify, and would represent the future leadership of NCSITE. Recipients should exhibit a teamwork approach to their NCSITE responsibilities, excellent leadership and professionalism skills, integrity, a willingness to learn, and an excitement for NCSITE activities and growth potential.
Past Award Winners
2007 Bobby Croom, Jr., E.I.
2006 Radha Krishna Swayampakala, E.I.
2005 Pete Nicholas, P.E.
2007 Award Winner: Mr. Bobby C. Croom, Jr., E.I.
The 2007 New Member Award was presented to Mr. Bobby Croom, Jr., EI. Bobby's wife, Monica, was present during the award presentation.
Bobby began with the city of Raleigh by conducting traffic counts while in college. After graduation, he worked full-time in the traffic control center. It was during this time that he solidified his decision that civil engineering was his lifetime career. He then went on to manage the city's SafeLight program. This program has reduced crashes by an average of 50% at protected intersections. Recently he was promoted to the Senior Traffic Engineer position with the City of Raleigh. Bobby has recently moved to Asheville to become the city's Assistant Traffic Engineer.
Since becoming a NCSITE member, Bobby quickly became involved in the Traffic Engineering Council. He began taking leadership roles in the Council as the co-chair of the Late Night Flash Task Force. He was an active ember in the Clearance Time Task Force, and the Modeling/Sim Users Group. He has been instrumental in organizing several local meetings, documenting practices for the Annual Meeting, and providing a lunch 'n' learn program. He was also the Chair of the Traffic Engineering Council for 2006 and 2007.
Bobby and his wife Monica have two small children.
Congratulations to Bobby Croom of the City of Asheville for winning this award!
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Mr. Radha Krishna Swayampakala receiving the 2006 award from Mr. Jim Humphrey. |
2006 Award Winner Mr. RADHA KRISHNA SWAYAMPAKALA, EI
The 2006 NCSITE New Member Award was presented to Mr. Radha Krishna Swayampakala, EI.
As a relatively new member to NCSITE, Radha has taken the lead role on functions within the Operations Committee not only to build his knowledge of the Section, but also to continue the efforts of making NCSITE a model when it comes to member services. He helped organize the “Lunch and Learn” Meetings in Charlotte , and volunteered with the planning of the 2006 Annual Meeting.
He has been leading the effort of expanding the functionality of our Section's web site, and has
spent countless hours working closely with ITRE on developing strategies and prioritizing changes for the web site including recommending future changes that can facilitate further enhancements to our member services. He developed an online nominations form for the Section's Annual Awards and has presented ideas that can develop other online applications such as meeting registrations and member profiles.
He is very involved with the Steering Committee for the Traffic Engineering Council’s Simulation and Capacity Analysis User’s Group.
Congratulations to Radha Krishna Swayampakala of RS&H Associates in Charlotte for winning this award!
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