Sathish Rao

a master's student in civil and environmental engineering won the third prize of $200 in the first annual Wayne State Master's Showcase on April 8. The event, held at the McGregor Conference Center and Community Arts Auditorium, attracted 21 poster presentations from many departments across the university. Mr. Rao presented the results from his research, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, on the safety effects of replacing a conventional signalized intersection with a relatively new design called a restricted-crossing u-turn (RCUT). He collected data at 11 RCUT sites in four states and showed that crashes were reduced at eight of the sites. His research advisor was Dr. Joseph Hummer. Mr. Rao expects to graduate in August and hopes to begin a career in transportation engineering at a local company or agency after graduation.