1. High School STEM Educators
SPTC Workshop
for
High School STEM Educators
Ruston, LA
July 8-10, 2015

2. Dr. Raghava Kommalapati
Welcome
Project Team
Dr. David Hall
Dr. Norman Pumphrey
Dr. Sanjay Tewari
Dr. Raghava Kommalapati
Dr. Marisa Orr

3. What is SPTC? www.sptc.org
The center and its consortium members seek to engage in research that provides solutions for climate related transportation challenges including extreme temperatures, droughts, freeze-thaw cycles and flash floods.

4. The eight consortium members are:
The University of Oklahoma, Norman | Lead
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Langston University, Langston 
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
The University of Texas at El Paso
Texas Tech University, Lubbock

5. Everything involved in moving either the person or goods
What is transportation?
Everything involved in moving
either the person or goods
from the origin to the destination

6. That’s
Better!

7. Transportation Engineering
is a part of
Civil Engineering

8. What are some of the things that transportation engineers do?

9. What is transportation engineering?
Application of principles of engineering, planning, analysis, and design to the disciplines comprising transportation: vehicles, infrastructure , safety, environment.

10. Design
pavements

11. Coordinate
Traffic
Signal
Systems

12. Plan for
Highway
Safety

13. Future of transportation
Intelligent Vehicles and Highways
Fuel Efficiency
Faster Speed and Higher Capacity
Environment Friendly
Better Safety Features

14. Civil and Transportation Engineering
Career Options in
Civil and Transportation Engineering
Field Work
Construction Engineers
Project Managers
Surveyors
Land Developers
Office Work
Planners
Design Engineers
Material Engineers
Structural Engineers

15. Additional Career Options in Civil and Transportation Engineering
Flood Plain and Drainage
Smart Sensors
Safety Analysis
Estimation and Cost Analysis
Material Testing