Creating Multimedia Resources for Engineering Curriculum on Environmental and Social Impacts and Sustainability Aspects of Transportation Projects

Transportation projects have significant environmental impacts including air, water and noise pollution, habitat disruption and land use alterations. These environmental impacts also affect local communities, some more than others. It is the responsibility of ethical engineers to be guardians of public safety and to protect the environment. Transportation projects have great potential in engaging in and promotion of sustainable and equitable practices, however in engineering curriculum, discussions are often skipped on the environmental and social impacts, and sustainability considerations of transportation practices. This is mainly due to lack of easily accessible and interactive resources. This project aims to fill this gap, through development of educational multimedia resources that faculty can easily access, adopt and share with their students. This project will integrate essential content on transportation projects with environmental impacts assessment of transportation applications, sustainability considerations of materials used for transportation projects, and the ethical and social justice dimensions of transportation projects. The educational resources will include materials (active learning activities, examples, discussion prompts), short informative videos, resources list for related content, interviews with experts in environmental impact assessment, sustainability and social justice in transportation. The multimedia materials will be hosted through the website created by the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the Colorado State University.

Language

  • English

Project

  • Status: Active
  • Funding: $60,000.00
  • Contract Numbers:

    69A3552348308

  • Sponsor Organizations:

    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

    University Transportation Centers Program
    Department of Transportation
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Managing Organizations:

    Center for Transformative Infrastructure Preservation and Sustainability

    North Dakota State University
    Fargo, North Dakota  United States  58108-6050
  • Project Managers:

    Tolliver, Denver

  • Performing Organizations:

    Colorado State University

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Campus Delivery 1372
    Fort Collins, CO  United States  80523
  • Principal Investigators:

    Omur-Ozbek, Pinar

  • Start Date: 20241126
  • Expected Completion Date: 20261125
  • Actual Completion Date: 0
  • USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
  • Source Data: CTIPS-039

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01942563
  • Record Type: Research project
  • Source Agency: Center for Transformative Infrastructure Preservation and Sustainability
  • Contract Numbers: 69A3552348308
  • Files: UTC, RIP
  • Created Date: Jan 15 2025 5:03PM