Trine students present trail crossing report to government officials
December 13, 2023
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From left, Hemin Mohammed, Ph.D., P.E., assistant professor in the Reiners Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Dan Avery, executive director of the Northeastern
Indiana Regional Coordinating Council; Trine University civil engineering students
Camden Nagel and Tyler Hunt; Dawn Ritchie, Greenways Manager for the City of Fort
Wayne; and Brian Sechler, Technical Services Manager for the Allen County Highway
Department.
Two Trine University civil engineering majors presented a report on their analysis
of several trail crossing intersections in Fort Wayne to governmental officials during
class on Friday, Dec. 8.
Camden Nagel of Noblesville, Indiana, and Tyler Hunt of Adrian, Michigan, reviewed
84 hours of video footage from the intersections to compile data for "Evaluating the
Performance of Traffic Control Devices in Trail Crossing Intersections."
The data included the number of interactions between vehicles and trail users at each
intersection, as well as the results of those interactions.
The analysis and report are part of an ongoing partnership between the City of Fort
Wayne and Trine University to help improve safety at trail crossing intersections
throughout the city.
“Every session we’ve had, we’ve learned something new,” said Dan Avery, executive
director of the Northeastern Indiana Regional Coordinating Council.
The partnership allows Trine students to apply their classroom knowledge to a real-world
situation, build their resumes and develop their professional network.
Dawn Ritchie, Greenways Manager for the City of Fort Wayne, asked the students to
present their report to her team in the spring.
Isabel Soto, instructor, and her Spanish students have created an ofrenda (decorated altar) honoring Ana Boman, who taught Spanish in Trine University’s Department of Humanities and Communication for 16 years before she passed away last year.
Trine University has launched Dual Advantage, a new program that gives undergraduate students multiple pathways to earn both a bachelor’s degree and an advanced degree in less time than completing both degrees separately.