Advanced Transportation Institute II

Details

• Creators:
  Turner , Daniel S. ; Anderson, Walter T.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Alabama in Huntsville. Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept.
• Corporate Contributors:
  University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Diversity Education And Training Human Resources Outreach Transportation Education Transportation Engineering Transportation Policy
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Report Number 03113
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alabama ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report January 1 - December 31, 2003
• Corporate Publisher:
  University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Abstract:
  The second annual Advanced Transportation Institute (ATI2) was conducted to high school students to pursue careers in the field of transportation engineering. The University Transportation Center for Alabama partnered with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to teach a one-week institute at ALDOT’s central office headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama. The headquarters location provided access to practicing transportation professionals who served as lecturers, and it provided a real-life transportation, working environment. ATI was open to rising high school juniors and seniors, with preference given to African Americans and females. Participants came from high schools in west central Alabama from which ALDOT typically recruits. They were nominated to attend the Institute by their high school teachers and guidance counselors, using criteria provided by ALDOT. Institute presentations, lab experiences, and field trips were designed to give participants a general overview of ALDOT, an introduction to transportation engineering as a career, and hands-on examples and challenges. The comprehensive evaluation conducted at the end of the Institute indicated that the students enjoyed their experiences, and that they were influenced to consider transportation careers. ATI2 was very successful. The 23 student participants indicated that they enjoyed the experience, that they learned about transportation careers and ALDOT, and that (as a group) they were favorably influenced to consider transportation careers
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTSR0023424
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0ae9baae65947d6dba2a6a32b77a0f7c8a63739f30cbcfd02aaa499aff461fc6
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40441/dot_40441_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.04 MB ]