Mexico City Project: Honors and Awards

The 2001 Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award was presented to Joseph M. Sussman, J.R. East Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT and a collaborator of the Mexico City Project since its inception. Professor Sussman was honored for his significant contributions to research on railroads, intelligent transportation systems, and other large integrated systems.

The Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of transportation research, was named after Roy W. Crum, who served as executive director of TRB from 1928 until his death in 1951.

Medallo al Merito

Professor Mario J. Molina was awarded the “Medalla al Mérito Ciudadano 2002” (Medal to the Citizen Merit 2002) by the Congress of the Distrito Federal. The honor was in recognition of Dr. Molina's scientific research, which provided the scientific basis for the Mexican government's new guidelines to reduce air pollution, Proaire 2001-2010. After receiving the award, Prof. Molina said he was grateful to accept this distinction on behalf of his Mexican and American colleagues who have focused their research on the problem of air pollution in Mexico City.

The medal was established in 1990, and its distinguished list of recipients include writer and poet Octavio Paz, writer and journalist Fernando Benitez, and Enrique Beltrán, a pioneer in the effort to conserve Mexico's natural resources.