OSITE BUSINESS MEETING
Our next Business Meeting will be held at the Frisco Building (with a tour of the Springfield Underground Facility to follow)
which is located at 3253 E. Chestnut Expressway in Springfield.
Parking for this event will be on the west side of the building.
Please enter at the Frisco Building Cafe Entrance and head to the conference room on the 1st floor!
: : Save the Date : :
The meeting is planned for April 24th from 11:30am - 1:30pm.
Follow the Registration and Payment link here to register online!
https://form.jotform.com/ozarksite/-osite-2024-april-meeting
Bob Newell and Michael Shoults with The Erlen Group (who is also hosting the meeting) will be presenting.
Cost to attend is free for engineering students and $25 for all others. Please RSVP by April 22nd.
You can also skip the registration table and pay online in advance with the link above.
Additionally, be sure to remind any students that you have shared the scholarship application with that the deadline to submit is this Friday!
which is located at 3253 E. Chestnut Expressway in Springfield.
Parking for this event will be on the west side of the building.
Please enter at the Frisco Building Cafe Entrance and head to the conference room on the 1st floor!
: : Save the Date : :
The meeting is planned for April 24th from 11:30am - 1:30pm.
Follow the Registration and Payment link here to register online!
https://form.jotform.com/ozarksite/-osite-2024-april-meeting
Bob Newell and Michael Shoults with The Erlen Group (who is also hosting the meeting) will be presenting.
Cost to attend is free for engineering students and $25 for all others. Please RSVP by April 22nd.
You can also skip the registration table and pay online in advance with the link above.
Additionally, be sure to remind any students that you have shared the scholarship application with that the deadline to submit is this Friday!
2024 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
We are happy to announce that OSITE has begun planning the 2024 Technical Seminar.
The seminar will be held on Wednesday, August 7th
at Ozarks Technical Community College in the Plaster Center for Advanced Manufacturing (1001 E. Chestnut Expy)
We invite you to submit abstracts for presentations on any topic related to transportation
engineering or transportation and community planning in and around the Ozarks area.
To submit your abstract, please email grady.porter@springfieldmo.gov with a brief summary of your presentation.
Please include the following information in your response:
- Presentation title
- Speaker name(s)
- Speaker affiliation(s)
- Presentation time estimate
You can also nominate someone else who might be interested in presenting at the seminar by
sending us their contact information. Or if you have any suggestions or requests for specific projects
or topics that you would like to hear about, please let us know and we will try our best to accommodate them.
We would like to thank our current Gold and Silver sponsors for their support for this event, these sponsors include:
HDR, Great River, CMT, Wilson, Terracon, Olsson, OWN, CJW, and Toth.
If your organization is not listed and would like to sponsor the Technical Seminar please contact Grady Porter
or OSITE Treasurer Kara Richart Kara.Richart@modot.mo.gov.
The seminar will be held on Wednesday, August 7th
at Ozarks Technical Community College in the Plaster Center for Advanced Manufacturing (1001 E. Chestnut Expy)
We invite you to submit abstracts for presentations on any topic related to transportation
engineering or transportation and community planning in and around the Ozarks area.
To submit your abstract, please email grady.porter@springfieldmo.gov with a brief summary of your presentation.
Please include the following information in your response:
- Presentation title
- Speaker name(s)
- Speaker affiliation(s)
- Presentation time estimate
You can also nominate someone else who might be interested in presenting at the seminar by
sending us their contact information. Or if you have any suggestions or requests for specific projects
or topics that you would like to hear about, please let us know and we will try our best to accommodate them.
We would like to thank our current Gold and Silver sponsors for their support for this event, these sponsors include:
HDR, Great River, CMT, Wilson, Terracon, Olsson, OWN, CJW, and Toth.
If your organization is not listed and would like to sponsor the Technical Seminar please contact Grady Porter
or OSITE Treasurer Kara Richart Kara.Richart@modot.mo.gov.
2024 OSITE Officer Positions
The voting results are in and membership has selected your new 2024 OSITE Board of Direction as shown below:
2024 OSITE President: Matt DeMoss (Crawford, Murphy & Tilly)
2024 OSITE Vice-President: Jason Saliba (City of Springfield)
2024 OSITE Secretary: Sean Matlock (OWN, Inc.)
2024 OSITE Treasurer: Kara Richart (MoDOT)
2024 OSITE 2nd Year Director: Justin Orf (CJW Transportation Consultants, LLC)
2024 OSITE 1st Year Director: Grady Porter (City of Springfield)
2024 OSITE Past-President: Christopher Wynn (CJW Transportation Consultants, LLC)
MoVITE Section Representative: Dane Seiler (CJW Transportation Consultants, LLC)
2023 OSITE Awards
For information on ITE's calendar, click the image below
About The Ozarks Section
OSITE is the Ozarks Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). ITE is the international professional society for persons engaged in the planning, design, and operation of streets, highways, and other transportation facilities. The section is open to all professionals and students involved in the transportation industry around the Ozarks. The Missouri Valley Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (MOVITE) chartered OCITE on February 5, 2003. OCITE began with 21 charter members and has now grown to more than 100 members. The area designated as that of OSITE is the twenty-four (24) Missouri counties in Southwest Missouri including Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Cedar, Dade, Lawrence, Barry, Polk, Greene, Stone, Christian, Taney, Dallas, Webster, Douglas, Ozark, Wright, Laclede, Pulaski, Texas, Howell, and Phelps.
In 2020, OCITE officially became a Section under directive from ITE and has now become the Ozarks Section of the ITE (OSITE).
The purpose of the chapter is to:
• Advance the objectives of the Institute of Transportation Engineers;
• Foster closer association of Institute members;
• Encourage members to prepare or discuss papers;
• Prepare suggestions on matters of policy to the Board of Direction of the Institute of Transportation Engineers;
• Consider local transportation and traffic engineering problems;
• Cooperate with other local engineering groups on matters of common interest;
• Present the transportation and traffic engineering point of view consistent with established Institute of Transportation Engineers policies; and
• Encourage the introduction of transportation and traffic engineering courses in colleges, universities, and technical schools in the Chapter.
OSITE is proud to be a part of the Missouri Valley District of ITE (MOVITE). More information on MOVITE can be found at: http://www.movite.org/
In 2020, OCITE officially became a Section under directive from ITE and has now become the Ozarks Section of the ITE (OSITE).
The purpose of the chapter is to:
• Advance the objectives of the Institute of Transportation Engineers;
• Foster closer association of Institute members;
• Encourage members to prepare or discuss papers;
• Prepare suggestions on matters of policy to the Board of Direction of the Institute of Transportation Engineers;
• Consider local transportation and traffic engineering problems;
• Cooperate with other local engineering groups on matters of common interest;
• Present the transportation and traffic engineering point of view consistent with established Institute of Transportation Engineers policies; and
• Encourage the introduction of transportation and traffic engineering courses in colleges, universities, and technical schools in the Chapter.
OSITE is proud to be a part of the Missouri Valley District of ITE (MOVITE). More information on MOVITE can be found at: http://www.movite.org/
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
- Benjamin Franklin