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原文传递 Transportation Engineering Advancement and Mentoring.

题名：	Transportation Engineering Advancement and Mentoring.
作者：	K. M. Leonard;
关键词：	engineering education,technology transfer/civil engineering, human resources, diversity, transportation industry, engineering education, career opportunities, highway design, mentors/civil engineering, human resources, diversity, transportation industry, engineering education, career opportunities, highway design, mentors
摘要：	The numbers of female and minority students enrolled in engineering schools are increasing slowly; however, there are still relatively small percentages drawn to the field of transportation civil engineering. As a consequence, there is a need to educate young people about the profession to encourage individuals from under-represented groups to appreciate the contributions of engineers to society and encourage them to become civil engineers. This summer institute project consisted of bringing middleschool students, after recommendations by their teachers, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus to learn about engineering as a career and to experience a variety of transportation-engineering design topics. The participants gained knowledge about the role of engineers in society and learned how engineers use their knowledge in design applications. An additional program was held this year in which the instructors visited local schools during engineers week to promote the design build challenge held at the university in the fall. UAH female faulty members and professionals from the Society of Women Engineers acted as team mentors. / Supplementary Notes: Sponsored by University Transportation Center for Alabama, Tuscaloosa. and Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. University Transportation Centers Program. / Availability Note: Product reproduced from digital image. Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA, 22312, USA. / NTIS Prices: PC A03/MF A03 / Corporate Author Code: 053562027 / Classifivation: Unclassified report
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