TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers has awarded University of Alabama civil and environmental engineering senior Amanda Estes Irvin the 2003 Billy Jones Memorial Traffic Engineering Scholar.

Irvin, a native of Birmingham (35214), received the award of more than $1,000, which is given to two students in the state each year.

“Amanda is consistent with her work, and she will prove her strong engineering abilities in her future careers,” said Dr. Kenneth Fridley, professor and head of civil and environmental engineering at UA.

Irvin has received other awards including the Alumni Honors Scholar and the 2003 Josiah Gorgas Award as the outstanding civil engineering senior, as selected by faculty members based on academic achievement. She is also involved in the American Society of Civil Engineers, Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon.

The Institute of Transportation Engineers, founded in 1930, is an international educational and scientific association and is one of the largest and fastest-growing multimodal professional transportation organizations in the world. The Institute serves as a gateway to knowledge and advancement through meetings, seminars and publications through a network of more than 15,000 members working in some 90 countries.

In 1837, UA became the first university in the state to offer engineering classes and was one of the first five in the nation to do so. Today, the College of Engineering, with about 1,900 students and more than 90 faculty, is one of the three oldest continuously operating engineering programs in the country and has been fully accredited since accreditation standards were implemented in the 1930s.