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MTI organizes or participates in several transportation-related webinars each year. You can find leading transportation experts at all of these webinars, making them an excellent resource for professional and research insights. You can also view our past webinars.

Dates Events
November 4, 2025 Connect for Your Career: An Introduction to Professional Associations in Transportation (2025)  -  Online

5:30- 6:30p.m. (PT) | Link to register

WTS-SF Bay Area and the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) of San Jose State invite you to join us for a free virtual event "Connect for Your Career: An Introduction to Professional Associations in Transportation." It will introduce university students and emerging professionals to transportation organizations that offer networking, professional development opportunities, and/or scholarship opportunities. 

Invited organizations include:

  • American Planning Association (APA
  • American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Asian American Leadership in Mobility (AALM)
  • Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT)
  • Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)
  • Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO)
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • Latinos in Transit (LiT)
  • National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)
  • Transportation Research Board (TRB)
  • US High Speed Rail Association (USHSR)
  • Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS)
  • Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT)

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November 13, 2025 Everyday GenAI: Research, Writing, and Design Tools for Transportation Professionals  -  Online

12:00-12:45p.m. (PT) | Link to register.

Generative AI is a powerful tool already benefitting the industry as a whole—but are you integrating it into your everyday work? In Everyday AI, a new MTI webinar series, you’ll learn how to use AI tools to enhance your research, simplify your writing, and elevate your report design. Don’t miss out on this three-part series, starting with Finding Information on November 13. 

Webinar 1: Finding Information
Learn how to use free GenAI tools to quickly find transportation data and information. SJSU Professor Egbe-Etu Etu, an expert in transportation data analytics, will teach strategies for asking the right questions (“prompt engineering," in AI-speak) and validating results. Join us as we explore how GenAI can empower transportation professionals at every level to work more efficiently and make better data-driven decisions.

Presenter: Dr. Egbe-Etu Etu, MTI Research Associate & SJSU Assistant Professor

Moderator: Dr. Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Education Director, Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI)

 

This webinar is co-sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and WTS SF Bay Area Chapter.

*0.75 PDH credit available

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About the Presenter

Dr. Egbe-Etu Etu is an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at San Jose State University (SJSU). Before joining SJSU, Dr. Etu received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Wayne State University in 2021 and his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Covenant University, Nigeria, in 2016. His research interest centers on the development of use-inspired machine learning models to solve challenging business problems in healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. The main aim of his research is to develop decision-support tools that will help business professionals do their best work, improve resilience and overall system performance while minimizing errors. He is a member of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering (IISE), and SAVE International. In 2020, he received the IEOM Annual Conference Best Paper Award in the Healthcare Systems track.

November 13, 2025 Real Talk: Navigating Scholarships with Confidence and Clarity  -  Online

12:00-1:00p.m. (PT) | Link to register.

Join the Mineta Transportation Institute Student Association for our third annual scholarship success session—a free virtual event designed to help you strengthen your scholarship applications and explore funding opportunities for your education.

Hear what scholarship providers from these organizations have to say:

  • Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO)

  • California Transportation Foundation (CTF)

  • Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS)

They’ll share what reviewers look for, introduce scholarship opportunities from their organizations, and provide practical tips you can use right away.

Come ready with your questions and leave with advice and resources to support your scholarship journey.

 

*MTI is a proud co-sponsor of this event.

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