Huiyuan Liu Named 2018 Lifesavers Traffic Safety Scholar

University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Huiyuan Liu has been named a 2018 Traffic Safety Scholar (TSS) and awarded a $1,000 scholarship to attend the 37^th annual National Lifesavers Conference on Highway Safety Priorities, April 22-24 in San Antonio, TX. Liu, who is pursuing an PhD in Civil and Transportation Engineering, is one of 50 U.S. and international college students selected through a competitive application process. The Lifesavers Conference showcases the latest research, evidence-based strategies, proven countermeasures, and promising new approaches for addressing the nation’s most pressing traffic safety problems.

This is the third year of the Traffic Safety Scholars program, which provides college students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees the opportunity to attend the Lifesavers Conference, the largest gathering of traffic safety professionals in the U.S. The goal of the TSS program is to showcase the diversity of opportunities in traffic safety and encourage students, regardless of discipline, to pursue a career in a dynamic field that draws from a variety disciplines from engineering, education and enforcement to communications, business, marketing, medicine, public health, political science, counseling, and more.

Liu and his fellow Traffic Safety Scholars will be honored at a pre-conference reception on April 21 in San Antonio where they will be welcomed by Terry Pence, Traffic Safety Director for the Texas Department of Transportation ; Erin Sauber-Schatz, Leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Transportation Safety Team; and John Ulczycki, Vice President of Legislative Affairs for LMG Holdings, Inc. and Chairman of the Lifesavers Board of Directors. The Scholars will have the opportunity to participate in three plenary sessions and more than 80 workshops featuring leading experts in the field of distracted and impaired driving and walking; child passenger, pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle, teen, and older driver safety; adult occupant protection; vehicle technology; law enforcement; commercial vehicles; roadway design; and more.

To learn more about the Lifesaver Conference and the TSS program, visit http://www.lifesaversconference.org.