TRANSFER OF TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES

Four continuing education courses for transportation professionals were developed. Each course was one day long and was initially offered at the University of Alabama at Birmingham through its School of Engineering's Engineering Professional Development (EDP) program. The courses were geared toward engineers and managers and emphasized design, performance, specifications, quality control, and economic considerations. Course development and recruiting focused on state department of transportation personnel, city and county engineers, designers, construction company personnel, estimators, testing company personnel, researchers, and students. Courses offered were "Concrete Technology for Transportation Professionals," "Uses of Aggregates in Transportation," "Concrete Pavement Restoration," and "Intelligent Transportation Systems". Total course enrollment was approximately 63 students. The 2000 University Transportation Center for Alabama (UTCA) Technology Transfer Program is provided in this report as an appendix. Lessons learned from the development and delivery of the 2000 program are discussed. A UTCA technology transfer strategic plan and course catalog were developed. The course catalog is provided in this report as an appendix.

• Record URL:
  http://utca.eng.ua.edu/research/projects/?id=00202
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Alabama, Birmingham

  Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
  1075 13th Street South
  Birmingham, AL  United States  35294

  University Transportation Center for Alabama

  University of Alabama
  Tuscaloosa, AL  United States  35487
• Authors:
  • Delatte, N
  • Eckhoff, D
  • Toutanji, H
  • McFadden, J
• Publication Date: 2001-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Concrete; Concrete pavements; Continuing education; Design; Economics; Engineers; Intelligent transportation systems; Management; Performance; Professional personnel; Quality control; Rehabilitation; Specifications; Technology transfer; Transportation safety
• Geographic Terms: Alabama
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Economics; Education and Training; Geotechnology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00813362
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UTCA Report 00202,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: DTRS98-G-0028
• Files: UTC, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 2001 12:00AM