2002 Summer Transportation Institute |
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Sequential Number | ETT61 |
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Identification Number | RG001219 |
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Matching Research Agency | Civil Engineering |
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Principal Investigator | Gary S. Spring
Associate Professor
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
Rolla, MO 65409-0030 | | p | (573) 341-6286 | | f | (573) 341-4729 | | spring@mst.edu |
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Student Involvement | (2) two graduate students and (2) two undergraduate students acting as counselors and participating in course development |
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Project Objective | (1) expose secondary school students to and allow them to participate in a series of academic and practical experiences designed to motivate them toward professions in the transportation industry, and (2) provide secondary school students with mathematics, science and technological enrichment to enable them to pursue a career in the transportation industry. |
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Project Abstract | Civil Engineering at UMR has hosted a USDOT Summer Transportation Institutes (STI) for the past two years. The Programs has been very successful. The STI is a 4 week intensive during summer for high school students - targeted primarily toward minorities but not limited to them. The 10th and 11th grade students are subjected to a healthy dose of Campus life. We will offer a 3 credit history course as part of the curriculum this year and consequently the program length has increased to 5 weeks and thus our request to CIES has increased from last year. |
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Task Description | N/A |
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Anticipated Benefits | The STI will help to increase the numbers of youths entering the transportation profession and will help the University in its recruiting efforts. |
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Modal Orientation | N/A |
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Milestones | | Project Start Date: | 04/01/2001 | | Project End Date: | 03/31/2002 |
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Relationship to other Research/Projects | N/A |
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Technology Transfer Activities | The whole program is technology transfer - see Abstract |
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Transportation Research Board Keywords | Education, transportation institute, minority program |
