NTC@Maryland Undergraduate Summer Research Program

Many of the top undergraduate students in transportation engineering apply for graduate school with little or no research experience. This lack of firsthand experience can effect a student's expectations and professional network. On the other hand, as one of the top transportation engineering programs in the U.S. the faculty and staff at the University of Maryland Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering actively recruit the top students in the field. To address this all too often shortcoming in transportation research, this proposal seeks to give undergraduate students from across the U.S. an opportunity to participate in a summer research program hosted at the University of Maryland, College Park. The proposed Undergraduate Summer Research Program will allow top ranked undergraduate students from across the U.S. to compete for three research positions with participating transportation faculty/research staff at the University of Maryland Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The specific research topics will be determined upon approval of this proposal. Recognizing the varying fields of expertise of the faculty/research staff at the University of Maryland, students will have the option to apply for specific research projects if they prefer. The final selection of awarded positions will be based on the academic merits and recommendations of the applicants, determined by NTC@Maryland Staff and the participating faculty/research staff member.

• Record URL:
  http://ntc.umd.edu/node/98

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $95704
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC30

  NTC2015-SU-E-02

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Transportation Center @ Maryland

  1173 Glenn L. Martin Hall
  University of Maryland
  College Park, Maryland  United States  20742

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Zhang, Lei

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Maryland, College Park

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  1173 Glenn Martin Hall
  College Park, MD  United States  20742
• Principal Investigators:

  Chen, Xiqun

  Zhang, Lei

  Franz, Mark

• Start Date: 20150101
• Expected Completion Date: 20151130
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 40375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Research; Transportation engineering; Universities and colleges
• Identifier Terms: University of Maryland, College Park
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01578298
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Transportation Center @ Maryland
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC30, NTC2015-SU-E-02
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 21 2015 9:16AM