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 United States (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. Building on the success of the 2015 Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP) the 2016 USRP will again 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/156

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $47852
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC30

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  University of Maryland, College Park

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  College Park, MD  United States  20742
• Project Managers:

  Zhang, Lei

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Maryland, College Park

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

  Franz, Mark

• Start Date: 20160101
• Expected Completion Date: 20161231
• Actual Completion Date: 20161231

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01590667
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Transportation Center @ Maryland, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT)
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC30
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 19 2016 2:38PM