Graduate Student Recognized as Southern Plain’s Transportation Center Student of the Year by Council of University Transportation Centers
Nur Hossain, center, receives SPTC Outstanding Student of the Year award in Washington D.C. From left are Hossain’s father, Md. Rezaul Hossain; SPTC director and Professor Musharraf Zaman; SPTC Program Coordinator Cerry Leffler; wife, Tania Munmun; and mother Begum Nurun Nahar Nur Hossain, a graduate research assistant from the University of Oklahoma, was named the 2018 Southern Plain’s Transportation Center Outstanding Student of the Year – one of the most prestigious awards given by the SPTC under the National University Transportation Center program. He was recognized at the Council of University Transportation Center’s Awards Banquet, held January 6, 2018 in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Hossain is pursuing a doctoral degree in civil engineering with an emphasis in design and performance of pavement under the guidance of his advisor, Musharraf Zaman, professor and director of the SPTC. His resear