CTE’s education program introduces the environmental aspects of surface transportation development to a 21st century workforce that reflects a broad variety of disciplines, including engineering, environmental sciences, social sciences, and economics. CTE responds to the continuing education needs of current professionals, and contributes to the development of course materials, internships, and experiential work opportunities that are helping to prepare the next-generation professional.

Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) Training for Professionals

CTE has developed and is currently delivering training to North Carolina Department of Transportation staff (as well as practitioners outside the department) on the principles and applications of context sensitive solutions in all functional areas of transportation: from planning, to project development, to maintenance and operations.

Training Course Development

Developing new courses, both classroom and web-based, on transportation and environmental topics - particularly those with a strong inter-agency focus - is an emerging focus area within CTE's education program.

CSS Summer Academy for Undergraduates

Undergraduates compete nationally to participate in this 8-week program that provides a paid internship at the North Carolina Department of Transportation, including a two-week certificate course in CSS principles and practices relating to transportation.

Graduate Engineering Course on Context Sensitive Solutions

CTE developed this graduate course on context sensitive solutions (CSS) principles and practices for use in civil and environmental engineering (CEE) graduate courses, after being awarded a contract from the Federal Highway Administration.

CTE Student of the Year

Each year CTE recognizes the achievements of a graduate student pursuing research in transportation and the environment as its "Student of the Year."