Graduate student recruiting into critical transportation infrastructure areas of interest.

Cerato, Amy B.; Horne, Karen

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Graduate student recruiting into critical transportation infrastructure areas of interest.

2013-01-01
By Cerato, Amy B. ; Horne, Karen

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English

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Creators:

Cerato, Amy B. ; Horne, Karen
Corporate Creators:

Oklahoma State University. School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Corporate Contributors:

University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)
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Publication/ Report Number:

OTCREOS9.1-13-F
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Oklahoma
Corporate Publisher:

Oklahoma Transportation Center
NTL Classification:

NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Education
Abstract:

This report presents the results of a three-year, intensive recruiting and mentoring program in ; the University of Oklahoma’s (OU) College of Engineering (CoE). Highly qualified and diverse ; graduate students were sought to pursue degrees in transportation related engineering fields, ; spanning the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer ; Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The purpose of the project ; was to explore innovative ways in which to recruit, educate, retain and mentor the next ; generation of transportation engineers to fill both Oklahoma’s and the United State’s critical ; need for qualified engineers to help our aging infrastructure. The graduate students recruited ; to these programs became Oklahoma Transportation Center (OkTC) Fellows, gaining ; significant experience in transportation research and industry. All OkTC Fellows were gainfully ; employed in the transportation industry after graduation or currently pursuing advanced ; degrees.
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PDF
Funding:

DTRT06-G-0016
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26453/dot_26453_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 1.56 MB]
Collection(s):

University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:d12d9e8d7343cbb0b9fee7ac8ab6a93b3241d403203b73cd388fff1072d52f10

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English

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