Welcome
The International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation will be held on August 2-5, 2015, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The symposium aims to provide a forum for professionals to discuss environmental challenges associated with design, construction, and maintenance of multimode transportation systems and a showcase of recent development, practices, and advances to maximize environmental sustainability. Additional focal tracks within the themes include challenges under extreme conditions such as those in cold or higher latitude climates or rural environments.
The symposium is organized by:
- Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates (CESTiCC)
- Chinese Society of Civil Engineering
- Sub-Society on Tunneling and Underground Engineering
- Committee on Tunneling and Underground Space Operation Safety, Energy Conservation, and Environment Protection
- Committee on Underground Space
- Tongji University
Other cooperating organizations include:
- ASCE Construction Institute
- Environmental UTC Network
- International Association of Chinese Infrastructure Professionals
- The Infrastructure & Climate Network (ICNet)
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- University of Kansas
- University of Tennessee
- Wuhan Polytechnic University
The symposium is cosponsored by:
- Transportation Research Board (TRB)
- Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering
- American Concrete Institute: Alaska Chapter
- Shanghai Tongyan Technology of Civil engineering Co., Ltd.
- PDC Inc. Engineers
- Tencate
We look forward to meeting you!
Symposium Organizing Committee
