2003 Summer Transportation Institute

The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Missouri, Rolla, has hosted a U.S. Department of Transportation Summer Transportation Institute (STI) for the past four years. The programs have been very successful. The STI is a 5-week intensive program during summer for high school students, targeted primarily toward minorities but not limited to them. The goals of the STI are to: (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. This would help to increase the number of youths entering the transportation profession and would help the University in its recruiting efforts. The 21 students (10th, 11th and 12th graders) who were chosen for the program were exposed to university life, leadership and team building activities; a 3-credit college history course; and a series of lectures, seminars, hands-on laboratories and field trips.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Missouri, Rolla

  Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies
  1870 Miner Circle Drive
  Rolla, MO  United States  65409

  Research and Special Programs Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Spring, Gary
• Publication Date: 2004-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Civil engineering; Education; High school students; History; Minorities; Transportation careers
• Identifier Terms: University of Missouri--Rolla
• Geographic Terms: Missouri
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; History; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01005781
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UTC ETT88, Report No. RG001232 OT088
• Contract Numbers: DTRS98-G-0021 (Grant)
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 21 2005 7:57AM