UT Tyler Engineering Professor Named to National Institute’s ‘Young Leaders’ Class
June 14, 2023
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UT Tyler Engineering Professor Named to National Institute’s ‘Young Leaders’ Class
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Dr. Matthew Vechione, an assistant professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler, is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers Young Leaders to Follow Class of 2023. A UT Tyler alum, Vechione is one of 20 transportation professionals under 35 years old who have demonstrated leadership and innovation within the transportation industry and ITE.
Recipients were chosen from a competitive pool of young professionals based upon their experience, professional successes and recommendations.
“We congratulate Dr. Vechione on this outstanding achievement,” said Dr. Michael McGinnis, UT Tyler professor and department chair. “He has a strong commitment to teaching and improving engineering education, and we’re very proud of him.”
Vechione has been involved with ITE at various levels, including establishing the ITE student chapter at UT Tyler as a faculty member and serving as the student chapter president at UT El Paso while a doctoral student.
His efforts to engage students in the transportation profession have been recognized by the ITE Texas District, where he was awarded the Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award, the Outstanding Doctoral Student Award and the Momentum Award for most improved student chapter in the district.
A complete list and further details of this year’s class can be viewed in the June issue of ITE Journal.
“ITE provides leadership opportunities to those of all ages, but these members have distinguished themselves at a young age,” said Jeff Paniati, ITE executive director and CEO. “They have made significant contributions to ITE’s success, and we look forward to great things from them in the years to come.”
Vechione joined the UT Tyler engineering faculty in 2019. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from UT Tyler and a doctorate in civil engineering from UT El Paso. At UT Tyler, Vechione teaches classes in transportation and traffic engineering as well as transportation systems, hydrology and hydraulic design, statics and geomatics.
His research interest areas include applications of artificial intelligence in transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), smart cities and transportation and infrastructure security. Founded in 1930, ITE is a community of transportation professionals including transportation engineers, transportation planners, consultants, educators, technologists and researchers. Through meetings, seminars, publications and a network of more than 17,000 members working in 78 countries, ITE connects members to a world of ideas, people and resources. For more information, visit ite.org.
With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. UT Tyler recently merged with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (now known as UT Tyler Health Science Center). Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center (HSC) and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.