Project Abstract

In this project, we will create, test, and evaluate a set of transportation engineering and transportation infrastructure field problems that are based on real world situations and on data collected and analyzed using state-of-the-art technologies. The field problems will be developed using sound educational and product development practices and represent the prototype for a full scale educational materials development project for general civil engineering education.  The project aims to educate a new generation of transportation engineering professionals who upon graduation will have strong sense of field engineering design and practices, knowledge of the state-of-the-art technologies in data collection and analysis, and  have strong problem solving and critical thinking skills. The project will establish a community of transportation engineering educators with more knowledge about proven, effective, and appropriate teaching and assessment methods, and who is more educated themselves in principles and practice of transportation systems operations and practices, and has committed to work together to develop, test, and implement innovative and challenging transportation curricula and materials.  The project tasks include the development of new transportation education materials that can be efficiently and effectively integrated into our university’s civil and transportation engineering curriculum, where consideration is given to innovative and tested educational practices, and in which consideration can be given to the curricula needs that are not currently addressed. A state-of-the-art data collection and analysis laboratory will be developed. The lab will be available for the use of all disciplines and for community outreach/training activities.

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