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Madanat succeeds Wachs as ITS director
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Samer Madanat
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Samer Madanat, CEE professor and director of the California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH), is the new director of Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS). Madanat succeeds CEE professor Martin Wachs, who served in that capacity for six years and stepped down in July.
A specialist in maintenance and rehabilitation of transportation facilities, the 42-year-old Madanat joined the Berkeley faculty in 1996. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Jordan, followed by a master’s and Ph.D. from MIT.
Founded in 1948, ITS is home to approximately 50 faculty, 50 staff researchers, and more than 100 graduate students. Its programs receive average funding of more than $25 million annually, one of the largest award totals for an organized research unit or academic department at Berkeley. This institute is also headquarters for the UC-wide ITS, with affiliates at UC campuses in Davis, Irvine, and Los Angeles.
For more information on Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies, go to www.its.berkeley.edu/. |
