The John S. Adams Award for Excellence in Transportation Research and Education is given to University of Minnesota graduate students demonstrating outstanding academic achievement in planning and public policy fields. Up to two students are honored each year (one master’s and one doctoral candidate).
2023 Recipients
Sebastian Coll
Sebastian Coll is a master's student in civil engineering and urban planning, advised by Greg Lindsey.
Gustave Stewart
Gustave Stewart is a master's student in urban and regional planning, advised by Jason Cao and Greg Lindsey.
Past Recipients
2022
There were no award recipients in 2022.
2021
Kimberly Napoline, master's candidate in advanced policy analysis methods (Advisor: Lee Munnich)
Erika Sheppard, master's candidate in urban planning (Advisors: Jason Cao and Greg Lindsey)
Tao Tao, doctoral candidate in public affairs, urban planning track (Advisor: Yingling Fan)
2020
Yunlei Qi, doctoral candidate in public affairs (Advisor: Greg Lindsey)
Shannon Engstrom, master's candidate in urban and regional planning (Advisor: Frank Douma)
2019
Colleen Peterson, doctoral candidate in epidemiology (Advisor: Mark Peirera)
Leoma Van Dort, master's candidate in urban and regional planning at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs (Advisor: Ed Goetz)
2018
Xinyi Wu, doctoral candidate in urban planning at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs (Advisor: Jason Cao)
Travis Fried, Master of GIS student in the College of Liberal Arts (Advisor: Susanna McMaster)
2017
Jueyu Wang, doctoral candidate in public affairs (concentration in urban planning) at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs (Advisor: Greg Lindsey)
2016
Kirti Das, doctoral candidate in public affairs at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs (Advisor: Yingling Fan)
Alireza Ermagun, master's candidate in urban and regional planning at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs (Advisor: Greg Lindsey)
2015
Andrew Guthrie, doctoral candidate in public affairs at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs (Advisor: Yingling Fan)
Spencer Peck, master’s candidate in urban & regional planning at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs (Advisor: Frank Douma)
2014
Chen Zhang, master's candidate in science, technology, and environmental policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs (Advisor: Jason Cao)
2013
Jessica Schoner, Humphrey School of Public Affairs master's program and Department of Civil Engineering master's program (Advisors: Jason Cao and David Levinson)
2012
Qian Chen, Humphrey School of Public Affairs master's program and Department of Statistics master's program (Advisor: Yingling Fan)
David Smith, doctoral candidate in the Department of Applied Economics (Advisor: Frances Homans)
2011
David Coyle, master's candidate in the Department of Applied Economics
Pavithra Parthasarathi, candidate in the Doctorate of Civil Engineering
2010
Zhiyi Xu, candidate in the Master of Urban and Regional Planning Program at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Shanjiang Zhu, candidate in the Doctorate of Civil Engineering and candidate in the Master of Science in Applied Economics
2009
Katie Roth, candidate in the Master of Urban and Regional Planning Program at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs