Martin Pietrucha
@mtp5
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Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering/Penn State; Former sanitation worker, landscaper, and bartender; Opinions are my own; who else would own up to them?
Joined September 2009
I was at the PSU/WVU football game yesterday, and I was tickled to see that the locals made such a special effort to welcome me.
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Prior to the baseball writers dinner in New York, hanging with former New York Mets manager, Bobby Valentine.
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Professors Al-Qadi and Mason are both PSU alums. Just sayin’…
Packed house at #TRBAM for Chair’s Plenary. Congratulation to award winners: @NathanielPFord of @JTAFLA named 2024 Sharon Banks Medal Imad L. Al-Qadi of @IL_transport named 2023 Roy W. Crum Award John M. Mason, Jr. of @PSUHarrisburg named 2023 W.N. Carey, Jr. Award
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Stop by the @kittelson booth. I’ll be there.
If you're hiring, looking for a career change, or just want to connect, TRB's Careers in Motion #Networking Fair is the place to be! Join us at #TRBAM from 10 AM - 2 PM this Sunday! https://t.co/KMyUgMP1k5
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Watching The Bridge on the River Kwai on TCM, and I come to find out that the French author of the book, Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) also wrote the book Planet of the Apes (1963) Who knew?
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Where would our transit systems be without these dedicated workers?
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Playing The New Yorker’s “Name Drop” quiz, I got this little bon mot from my correct answer. How prescient.
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Vikash Gayah, professor of @PennStateCEE, was named the interim director of @LarsonInstitute! Read how Gayah will “ensure LTI remains a leading institute for transportation-related research in the U.S.” ➡️ https://t.co/Lc6Uh7x3RH
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The slow, painful morphing of universities into technical colleges…
nytimes.com
The state’s flagship school will no longer teach world languages or creative writing — a sign, its president says, of the future at many public universities.
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I took a lot of classes earning three degrees in Civil Engineering, and I don’t remember any of this material being covered in any of those courses.
Masters
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I’ve said it before, but let me say it again….this account is a perfect example of the word, schadenfreude… And I’ll head them off at the pass because the last time I said this they replied that I secretly love it (i.e., what they do) and again, to say it again, I do…
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V^2-ometer, Part 3…
No crash test dummies were injured in this experiment. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Wow, just…wow… Ubben: Could Saudi Arabia’s PIF enter college football? I asked ADs for their thoughts - The Athletic
nytimes.com
What would happen if college football’s newest super booster was the Saudi Arabian PIF? David Ubben asked industry insiders.
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From the closing credits of the movie Soylent Green (1973). When are they going to make the great transportation movie and asked me to be the technical consultant?
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Well played, sir.
People riding Route 78 are gonna have a blast starting tomorrow night 🤣🤣🤣
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