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Investigating the Future of Transportation Engineering Education

West, Megan E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1566163576730166

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2019, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Civil Engineering.
The transportation engineering field has a history of rapid change that coincides with the evolution of technology. As such, it is essential to prepare the transportation engineering students of today for the careers that will be available to them in the future. While there are numerous graduate transportation engineering programs in the United States, there has been little research conducted on the education given at this level. Currently, the majority of research on transportation engineering education has been focused on the undergraduate level, specifically, on introductory courses and capstone design courses. The investigation presented here therefore concentrated on transportation engineering graduate curricula at the master's level. The aim of this research was to answer the following questions: • How will employment opportunities for transportation engineers evolve in the coming 5-10 years? • How will the work that transportation engineers perform on a day-to-day basis evolve in the coming 5-10 years, both in private-sector and public-sector organizations? • What topics should graduate-level transportation engineering curricula include now, such that the students develop the skills to be successful in the transportation sector of the next 5-10 years? The investigation consisted of in-depth one-on-one interviews with a range of academics involved in the teaching of graduate level transportation engineering courses as well as practitioners working in the field who have participated in the hiring of transportation engineers. The interviews consisted of questions concerning the current and future needs of the field and the professionals within it. The responses were then analyzed using thematic analysis methods. From the results, recommendations were made for changes to established transportation engineering master’s programs and to lay the groundwork for the creation of future programs.
Andre Carrel, L (Advisor)
Rachel Kajfez, L (Committee Member)
Mark McCord, R (Committee Member)
Rabi Mishalani, G (Committee Member)
Civil Engineering; Education

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  • West, M. E. (2019). Investigating the Future of Transportation Engineering Education [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1566163576730166

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • West, Megan. Investigating the Future of Transportation Engineering Education. 2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1566163576730166.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • West, Megan. "Investigating the Future of Transportation Engineering Education." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1566163576730166

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