Railroad Engineering Education & Outreach

The objectives of this project are to advance undergraduate education in the field of rail transportation engineering, promote professional education and training for railroad industry professionals, and expose K-12 students to the STEM related aspects of the railroad industry in order to inspire a new generation of railroad engineering professionals

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $PSU ALT Core $85,854, PSU Alt Mtch $121,202
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS)

  Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, PA  United States  16802
• Managing Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

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

  Donnell, Eric

• Performing Organizations:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
  Research Office Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802-4710
• Start Date: 20200601
• Expected Completion Date: 20210630
• Actual Completion Date: 20210115
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Education and training; Rail transit
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01741912
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS)
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Jun 5 2020 3:32PM