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| Education |
Graduate Engineering Course on Context Sensitive Solutions |
| Principal Investigator(s):
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Mr. James Martin, P.E., Associate Director
Center for Transportation and the Environment, NCSU
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| Project Period & Status: |
July, 2004
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December, 2006
Complete
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| Topic(s): |
Workforce Development
Distance Learning
Context Sensitive Solutions
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| Total Funding: |
$80,000
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| Abstract: |
CTE has been awarded a contract from the Federal Highway Administration to develop a graduate course on context sensitive solutions (CSS) principles and practices for use in civil and environmental engineering (CEE) graduate courses. CSS is a collaborative process by which transportation agencies and stakeholders achieve solutions that integrate transportation planning and project delivery with the natural environment and human communities that support them. The CSS course will be developed by CTE and applied first at NC State University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering during the fall semester of 2006, and then adapted for use at CEE programs nationwide. The CSS course will be supplemented with a Web-based network of human, informational, and technological resources related to CSS and transportation. The overarching goal of the project is to help career-track students and rising professionals develop a greater awareness of how to plan and deliver transportation projects that support community values without compromising safety, cost efficiency, and the integrity of the natural environment.
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| Related Links: |
2006 Course materials and associated files |
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