Goals

The goals of the STI are to:

1. Expose secondary school students to and allow them to participate in a series of academic and practical experiences designed to motivate them toward professions in the transportation industry.
2. Provide secondary school students with mathematics, science and technological enrichment to enable them to pursue a career in the transportation industry.

Objectives

In order to increase the number of secondary school students to choose careers in the transportation industry, the STI designed the following objectives to be achieved by student participants:

1. Explore career opportunities in the transportation industry;
2. Comprehend the past, present, and future direction of transportation;
3. Investigate sources of energy and their environmental impact;
4. Identify methods of moving people and cargo;
5. Identify users and providers of transportation systems;
6. Recognize the many devices and methods used to manage transportation systems;
7. Attain an understanding of local, state, and federal regulations as they relate to the transportation industry;
8. Explore the areas of transportation safety;
9. Recognize the linkages between transportation systems;
10. Explore the importance of construction engineering issues in transportation;
11. Study the applications of current research technology to the transportation industry.