Student Development & Recruitment
Promoting Global-minded Professionals

Tara B. Goddard

Department: Civil Engineering

Education:
University of California, Davis, Master of Science, Civil Engineering, expected June 2005
-Transportation and Technology Policy specialization
-Primary areas of study: Environment, Land Use, Public Health
-TOPS Fellowship
-Research Assistantship (Fall, Winter, Spring, 2002-2003)
-Teaching Assistantship (Spring, 2003)
University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, June 2002
-Graduated with Honors; Graduated with Distinction in the Major; Outstanding
Senior, Mechanical Engineering; Tau Beta Pi; Pi Tau Sigma
-UC Office of the President - Presidential Undergraduate Fellowship
-UC Day Representative 2002
-Certified Engineer-in-Training (EIT)

Grants and Awards: N/A

Research: Environment, Land Use, Public Health

Publications and Proceedings: N/A

Professional Activities:
Transportation and Air Quality Research Intern, National Association of Regional Councils (NARC), Washington, DC (Summer 2003)
-Developed guidelines for regional councils from sixth conference workshop
integrating transportation and air quality, and edited entire guideline document.
Researched and wrote articles on air quality trends and intelligent transportation
systems for NARC quarterly newsletter. Reviewed NARC grant proposals
Attended and summarized congressional and NGO meetings for weekly
membership e-newsletter.
Research Intern, National Science Foundation, Orono, Maine (Summer 2001)
-Research Experience for Undergraduate fellowship at the University of Maine,
Orono, Designed experiments, collected data, and performed project management
duties for bridge project. Internship included weekly seminars on current topics
in science and technology.

Contact Info: taragoddard@hotmail.com