DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP STRATEGIES

On April 21, 1997, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) and the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) began a $2.4 million partnership, called the Transportation Operations Systems Research and Development Partnership (TOPS). PENNDOT committed $1.2 million in research funds, and universities and private businesses chosen to participate in research projects were required to match the funds provided by PENNDOT. The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute's (PTI's) Center for Research, Education, and Technology Transfer, an organization at Penn State dedicated to administering all university-based research, education, and technology transfer projects for PENNDOT, served as the single point of contact for the partnership. Twenty-seven work orders were funded. Academic partners included Penn State, Bucknell University, Lafayette University, and West Virginia University. The Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center (MAUTC) provided the majority of matching funds.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Transportation Research Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802

  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Planning and Research
  400 North Street, 6th Floor
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120-0064

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Miller, J H
  • Dauber, J S
  • Hutchinson, A M
• Publication Date: 2001-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Partnerships; Research projects; Transportation; Universities and colleges
• Identifier Terms: Bucknell University; Lafayette University; Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; Pennsylvania State University; West Virginia University
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00921467
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: PA-2001-012-95-28,, PTI 2002-14,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: 359528
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 6 2002 12:00AM