2008 Woodie Awards
Former SJ mayor returns to talk transportation
Kyle Hansen
Issue date: 2/14/07 Section: News
Mineta is also the founder of the Mineta Transportation Institute, which is part of the Lucas Graduate School of Business at SJSU.
The institute offers a master of science in transportation management and a certificate in transportation management, according to communications director Leslee Hamilton.
It is mainly funded by the federal government through the department of transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration and by the state of California through the Department of Transportation.
Hamilton said that the institute is fairly unique in the country and focuses only on surface transportation from a policy and administration perspective. Most other university programs look at transportation from an engineering point of view.
"We have a board of trustees that oversees the institute that is composed of a 'who's who' of transportation experts," Hamilton said. "That is pretty unique."
The institute also recently won one of 10 awards in a national competition between 36 universities, Hamilton said.
Mineta will be speaking on how the economy can be impacted by traffic, said Ahmed Hambaba, the associate dean of graduate and extended studies.
"If you do not have really good transportation, whether on the ground or in the air, you are not as competitive," said Hambaba, who helped to organize the event. "Sometimes as students or faculty we do not think about those things."
Thursday's speech is the first of this semester's series of speeches for the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium, sponsored by the College of Engineering. The symposium is in its seventh year, but the college wanted to expand this year to include the whole campus, according to Hambaba.
"This is the 150th anniversary, so we wanted to use this as an avenue to invite people to come speak at the university," Hambaba said.
Hambaba said that the college is trying to help students to broaden their horizons and to give students exposure to different types of leaders so that they can see the skills and attributes they will need to succeed.
"Our main objective for the symposium is to connect with Silicon Valley corporations," Hambaba said. "It is a bridge, it is a way to open students' minds."
Future speakers for the Symposium include congressman Michael Honda, the heads of technology corporations such as Adobe and KLA-Tencor and a Nobel Laureate.
The institute offers a master of science in transportation management and a certificate in transportation management, according to communications director Leslee Hamilton.
It is mainly funded by the federal government through the department of transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration and by the state of California through the Department of Transportation.
Hamilton said that the institute is fairly unique in the country and focuses only on surface transportation from a policy and administration perspective. Most other university programs look at transportation from an engineering point of view.
"We have a board of trustees that oversees the institute that is composed of a 'who's who' of transportation experts," Hamilton said. "That is pretty unique."
The institute also recently won one of 10 awards in a national competition between 36 universities, Hamilton said.
Mineta will be speaking on how the economy can be impacted by traffic, said Ahmed Hambaba, the associate dean of graduate and extended studies.
"If you do not have really good transportation, whether on the ground or in the air, you are not as competitive," said Hambaba, who helped to organize the event. "Sometimes as students or faculty we do not think about those things."
Thursday's speech is the first of this semester's series of speeches for the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium, sponsored by the College of Engineering. The symposium is in its seventh year, but the college wanted to expand this year to include the whole campus, according to Hambaba.
"This is the 150th anniversary, so we wanted to use this as an avenue to invite people to come speak at the university," Hambaba said.
Hambaba said that the college is trying to help students to broaden their horizons and to give students exposure to different types of leaders so that they can see the skills and attributes they will need to succeed.
"Our main objective for the symposium is to connect with Silicon Valley corporations," Hambaba said. "It is a bridge, it is a way to open students' minds."
Future speakers for the Symposium include congressman Michael Honda, the heads of technology corporations such as Adobe and KLA-Tencor and a Nobel Laureate.
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