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Interdisciplinary Education Outreach with Traffic Sensor Build Kits
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2020-07-01
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Edition:August 2019 – May 2020
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Abstract:The goal of this project was to attract K-12 students to transportation engineering careers through Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach programs. To accomplish this goal, the object of the project was to design and implement maritime freight oriented educational outreach activities centered on traffic sensing technologies for middle, high school, and first-year college students. In Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC) Project 5011 (Evaluating the Performance of Intermodal Connectors), the research team designed a low-cost, easily implementable light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and Bluetooth sensor bundle that was capable of detecting, characterizing, and tracking freight trucks as they traveled to and from inland waterway port areas. The sensor provided data necessary to measure port performance and roadway usage by industry. This project re-designed the sensor bundle as an educational outreach activity by creating sensor "build kits" and associated lesson plans for middle school, high school, and first year university students. The Build Kit outreach program model expands on traditional outreach activities by introducing a train-the-trainer component, which provides training to transportation professionals on how to implement the build kits and their associated lesson plans. This document includes: project description, methodological approach, and lesson plan overview.
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