United States Department of Transportation
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TRIS Online Accession Number:01641228
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Edition:Final Report
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Abstract:Workforce development activities aim to attract new entrants into the transportation field and improve the skills of the existing workforce to effectively address today’s transportation system challenges. The University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) participated in four planned K-12 outreach activities for Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE), as well as several other activities as outlined: (1) LEGO® Robot Vehicle Lesson Plans for Secondary Education: UFTI used the “Introduction to Transportation” curriculum developed at UF for students at a Girl Scout summer camp. A second set of updated robots was purchased and a new limited curriculum was developed for fourth and fifth graders, which includes building of the robot which serves the intelligent vehicles of the future curriculum. In all robotic workshops, students learned various fundamentals of Transportation Engineering and how the use of advanced technology is integral to solving current and future transportation problems. They also learned how much transportation affects the quality of life in our society. (2) Transportation Career Day: Designed to introduce high school-aged students to transportation careers, the events featured presentations, lab tours, and a hands-on traffic simulation exercise. (3) Family Engineering Events: UFTI hosted an informal engineering education program at local elementary schools to team up children aged 7-12 and their parents or caregivers to experience fun, hands-on engineering activities. Parents and caregivers can positively influence attitudes about engineering and encourage consideration of a possible career in engineering by showing interest in and willingness to explore such engineering activities. In addition to the programs planned for STRIDE, UFTI participated in outreach with assistance from university student chapter members and through local partnerships. Students provided a booth at the College of Engineering’s Engineering Fair, and hosted workshops providing hands-on engineering activities at a local middle school afterschool program and church education fair. (4) SIMCity: UFTI develop and piloted transportation specific modules for middle school-aged students utilizing the video game SimCity (www.simcity.com) to foster interest in the transportation profession as a career choice.
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