Awards

GEORGE A. "LONNIE" YATES

Distinguished Service Award

This award may be presented at the ITE Kentucky Section Annual Meeting to an individual who, over the person’s professional career, has contributed outstandingly to the advancement of transportation engineering and the ITE Kentucky Section.

The selection of the recipient is based on such traits as integrity, morality, and leadership. Professional individual accomplishments such as transportation engineering innovations, technical research, and paper writing can be considered. ITE organizational work, including holding office and participating in committees within the Section or District, should also be considered. The recipient shall have been a member of the ITE Kentucky Section for at least five years and displayed the characteristics mentioned.

The ITE Kentucky Section George A. “Lonnie” Yates Distinguished Service Award is named after an individual who has given of his/her time and talents to the furtherance of his/her profession and professional organization. Lonnie Yates was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, and earned his engineering degree at the University of Kentucky. Later, he attended Kentucky State University, where he earned an associate’s degree in computer science. He is a registered Professional Engineer.

Following graduation, Lonnie became a full-time employee of the Kentucky Department of Highways Division of Traffic. In 1969, Lonnie went to work as the first traffic engineer for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He returned to the Kentucky Department of Highways Division of Traffic in 1970 and remained there until 1991, when he was moved to a position in the State Highway Engineers Office. His appointment as Chief District Engineer of the Bowling Green District Office came in 1997, from which he retired in 2001.

Lonnie is a charter member of the Kentucky Division (now Section). As a member of the ITE Kentucky Section and the ITE Southern District, he has served in all office positions of both and on numerous committees. For his contributions to these organizations, he has been the recipient of the District’s Marble J. Hensley Individual Activity Award and the Herman J. Hoose Distinguished Service Award. He will tell you that his most cherished recognition came when he was presented with the ITE Kentucky Section Distinguished Service Award, which now carries his name.

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Honorees

Lonnie Yates

2000

Andy Terwilleger

2001

Bill Seymour

2002

Ron Herrington

2003

Karen Mohammadi

2004

Jeff Moore

2010

Steve Cummins

2013

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Individual Activity Award

This award may be presented at the ITE Kentucky Section Annual Meeting to an individual who, over the previous year, has contributed outstandingly to the advancement of traffic engineering and the ITE Kentucky Section.

The selection of the recipient is based on such traits as integrity, morality, and leadership, individual accomplishments such as traffic engineering innovations, technical research, and paper writing, and organizational service such as meeting participation and committee work.

Honorees

Jo Anne Tingle

2006

Eric Green

2008

Scott Walker

2009

Stuart Sparks

2012

RON HERRINGTON

Young Member Award

This award may be presented at the ITE Kentucky Section Annual Meeting to an individual who, over the person’s young professional career, has contributed to the advancement of transportation engineering and the ITE Kentucky Section.

The recipient shall be under the age of 35 years. The selection of the recipient is based on such traits as integrity, morality, and leadership. Professional accomplishments, including traffic engineering innovations, technical research, and paper writing. ITE organizational work to be considered, including unselfish participation and committee work at the Section and/or District level.

Honorees

Brian Aldridge

Jo Anne Tingle

2003

Tony Lewis

2005

Scott Walker

2006

Lindsay Walker

2009

Anne Warnick

2012

ITE Southern District Awards

An ITE Southern District awards program was established at the 20th Annual Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, on May 9, 1972. Additional awards have been added through the years. The program consists of individual and group awards to recognize individual or committee accomplishments, section awards, and awards for students. For most awards, nominations are judged in January and awarded at the Annual Meeting later that spring. The awards presented at the Annual Meeting represent the accomplishments of the previous year. Below are the awards presented at the ITE Southern District Annual Meeting, including a description and the award honorees from the Kentucky Section. For more details and a list of honorees from all sections, visit the learn more link below.

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This award is presented at each ITE Southern District annual meeting to an individual who, for years, has contributed outstandingly to the advancement of transportation engineering and the ITE Southern District (SDITE).

The selection of the recipient is based on such traits as integrity, morality, and leadership, individual accomplishments such as traffic engineering innovations, technical research, and paper writing, and organizational service such as meeting participation and committee work.

The ITE Southern District’s Herman J. Hoose Distinguished Service Award is named after an individual who, by his personal integrity, leadership, and example, leads his fellow professionals to greater service. Herman J. Hoose was born and educated in Indiana. He pursued graduate studies at Purdue University, the Bureau of Highway Traffic at Yale University, and at the University of Tennessee. He is a registered Professional Engineer.

Herman served as an Assistant Traffic Engineer in Ft Wayne, Indiana, a Traffic Engineer and Highway Planner for the Toledo-Lucas County Planning Commission in Ohio, and as a Traffic and Highway Planner for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. In 1948, he went to Charlotte, North Carolina, as its first Traffic Engineer, serving initially as the Director of Traffic Engineering and later as the Transportation Planning Coordinator. His appointment as Traffic Engineer of Charlotte established one of the first such positions in the South.

Having joined ITE in 1942, Herman is currently a Fellow/Life Member. He has served on numerous committees and has been the author of numerous articles, and has participated in the programs of many professional and civic organizations. Herman is a founding member of the Southern Section (now District) and has served in all offices of the Section. He is also a charter member of the North Carolina Division (now Section).

For his outstanding contributions and sincere devotion to the profession of traffic engineering and for his special concern for the advancement of young professionals, the Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award was conferred upon Herman J. Hoose by ITE International in 1986.

Kentucky Section Honorees

Lonnie Yates

1998

This award is presented at each ITE Southern District annual meeting to an individual who, over the previous year, has contributed outstandingly to the advancement of traffic engineering and the ITE Southern District (SDITE).

The selection of the recipient is based on such traits as integrity, morality, and leadership, individual accomplishments such as traffic engineering innovations, technical research, and paper writing, and organizational service such as meeting participation and committee work.

The ITE Southern District’s Marble J. Hensley Individual Activity Award is named after an individual who had untiringly and unselfishly given of his time and talents to the furtherance of his profession and his professional organization. Marble J. Hensley was born in Smyrna, Georgia, and grew up on a small farm there, the oldest of five children. His father had a small engineering and surveying company, and Marble worked on the surveying crew and on the farm as a boy. He worked for Bell Aircraft and served in the Navy. After graduating in 1949 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering, he worked for a short time for the Georgia Highway Department, for the City of Atlanta, and later for the City of Chattanooga. Marble entered private practice as a consulting engineer in 1960.

As Chairman of the Board of Hensley-Schmidt, Marble was responsible for organizing and coordinating the firm’s internal operations as well as the company’s projects throughout the southeast. In 1992, Hensley-Schmidt merged with Piedmont Olsen, and Marble is currently a Director of Piedmont Olsen Hensley.

Mr. Hensley is registered as a Professional Engineer in 13 states and is registered as a Land Surveyor in two states. He has been involved in many professional, civic, and community associations. He is one of the founding members of the Southern Section (now District) of ITE. Marble served as President of the Southern Section and as a director and the President of International ITE. In 1995, Marble was presented with the Institute’s highest honor when he was named an Honorary Member of ITE.

Kentucky Section Honorees

Lonnie Yates

1986

Karen Mohammadi

2004

Bill Seymour

2011

This award is presented at each ITE Southern District annual meeting to an individual who, over the person’s young professional career, has contributed to the advancement of transportation engineering and the ITE Southern District (SDITE).

The recipient shall be under the age of 35 years. The selection of the recipient is based on such traits as integrity, morality, and leadership. Professional accomplishments, including traffic engineering innovations, technical research, and paper writing. ITE organizational work to be considered, including participation and committee work, can be at the District level or may only be at the Section level.

The ITE Southern District Joseph M. Thomas Young Member Award is named after an individual who, by his personal integrity, leadership, and example, leads young professionals to greater service to the profession and to ITE. Joseph M. Thomas was born in Georgia and earned his degree at Georgia Tech.

Joe has served 27 years with the City of Atlanta in several positions, including Director of the Bureau of Traffic Engineering. He then spent seven years with Peek Traffic Systems as Vice President for IVHS and Manager of Traffic Engineering. He is currently the IVHS Systems Manager for Post, Buckley, Schuh, and Jernigan. During the 1980s, Joe pioneered the development of a new distributed traffic control system, which came to be known as the “closed loop system” and which is now used throughout the United States.

Joe is a registered engineer and is the author of over 100 technical papers, articles, and texts in the traffic and transportation engineering fields. Throughout his career, Joe has been active in committees and leadership positions in ITE and is a Fellow Member of ITE. He is a past president of the Southern Section (now District) and the Georgia Division (now Section) and is a past chairman of the District Five Board. He recently served as an International Director of ITE.

Probably the best evidence of Joe’s dedication to younger members of the profession is in his teaching activities. He has served as a part-time instructor in traffic engineering courses at Georgia Tech. In addition, he has participated as an instructor in similar courses at Auburn University and recently served as co-principal instructor in the ITE Traffic Engineering Academy.

Kentucky Section Honorees

Karen Mohammadi

1999

Jo Anne Tingle

2003

Scott Walker

2011

In order to encourage activity among the student chapters within the Southern District, an award was created in 1972 to recognize the best student chapters. A fellowship fund was originally established in 1972 by an anonymous donor that would go to worthy students of a graduate program. In 1977, the fellowship was changed to a $200 cash award to the winning Student Chapter and $150 to the runner-up Student Chapter. All other student chapters that submit a chapter report automatically receive $100. The outstanding Student Chapters are chosen based on their chapter reports that are submitted to the Education and Student Chapter Committee Chair by March 1st.

Kentucky Section Honorees

University of Kentucky

1999

In 1973, ITE Southern District (SDITE) started an award recognizing outstanding technical papers prepared by SDITE members. In 1985, the Outstanding Technical Paper Award was divided into two categories:

  1. Best Technical Paper Award (Non-Sponsored) – prepared outside of work but could be about work projects
  2. Best Technical Paper Award (Sponsored) – prepared by an individual as part of employment or sponsored by an employer

Kentucky Section Honorees

Technical Papers

Dr. Nikiforos Stamatiadis

1996 Best Technical Paper (Sponsored)
1997 Best Technical Paper (Non-sponsored)
1998 Best Technical Paper Runner-up (Non-sponsored)
1999 Best Technical Paper Runner-up (Sponsored)

Dr. Nikiforos Stamatiadis &
Samantha Wright

1998 Best Technical Paper (Sponsored)

Student Papers

Jeff Griffin

university of kentucky
1994 Best Student Paper

Claudia Barbour

university of kentucky
1994 runner-up Student Paper

Erin Lammers

university of kentucky
2016 Best Student Paper

Jeremy Brickey

university of kentucky
2002 runner-up Graduate Student Paper