|
CONNECTIONS
|
IDAHO
ITD
HOME
IDAHO DMV
ITD NEWS
HIGHWAY
SAFETY
IDAHO STATE
POLICE
TRAVEL SERVICES
STATE OF IDAHO
NATIONAL
AASHTO
AAMVA
AAA of IDAHO
FEDERAL HIGHWAYS
FEDERAL AVIATION
IDAHO STATE POLICE
NHTSA
NTSB
TRB
U.S. DOT
Idaho
Transportation
Department
Public Affairs Office
P.O. Box 7129
Boise, ID 83707
208.334.8005
Fax: 208.334.8563
Email
13 students intern at UI transportation center
MOSCOW – Thirteen University of Idaho undergraduate students will work with faculty this year on transportation engineering projects funded from the Idaho Transportation Department, the American Trucking Association, the U.S. Department of Transportation and other University Transportation Centers.
The paid internships were awarded through UI's National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology center, which has been providing the experiences for a decade as an incentive to attract high-caliber students into transportation engineering. Each intern receives up to $1,000 per year in hourly wages.
The
students will be involved in research about biodeisel fuels, clean snowmobiles,
hybrid heavy vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, bridge and
pavement structures, automated traffic signals and much more.
They also will learn about future transportation challenges and how today's research on new technologies and solutions might transfer to society.
NIATT, one of 26 university-based centers of excellence established by U.S. DOT, advances technology and expertise in the many transportation disciplines through education, research and technology transfer. Today, more than 200 UI students, faculty and staff from all the departments in the College of Engineering participate in one or more parts of NIATT’s program.
Past NIATT interns have discovered that including hands-on research experiences on their resumes increases their employment options.
As a junior, Guillermo Madrigal worked as a NIATT intern
and received an internship from the Federal Highway Administration.
He worked during the summer with a group of 25 men and women overseeing
the $118 million reconstruction of the Third Avenue Bridge in New York
City.
"Internships also become incentives to enter graduate school,"
said NIATT interim director Don Blackketter. For example, Nathan Bradbury,
who graduated in mechanical engineering last May, had two NIATT internships
– working on the clean snowmobile project and a summer internship
with Polaris.
He has returned to UI this fall to earn his master's degree.
The following are this year's NIATT interns, their fields of study and
projects
IDAHO
Boise – Patrick McLenna, civil engineering, predicting signalized intersections operations; Monica McAdams, biology, assessing intelligent transportation system education needs
Burley – Aaron Banner, civil engineering, performance evaluations of Idaho HMA mixes using gyratory stability
Idaho Falls – William Leake, civil engineering, bridge structures, particularly Idaho's Perrine Bridge
McCall – Robert O‚Neil, mechanical engineering, clean snowmobile development; Andrew Findlay, mechanical engineering, clean snowmobile development
Moscow – Erin Cochran, mechanical engineering, biodiesel performance; Cara Fisher, mechanical engineering, assessing intelligent transportation system education needs
Post Falls – Joel Stobie, mechanical engineering, hybrid heavy vehicles
Shelley – Guillermo Madrigal, civil engineering, longer combination vehicle safetyOTHER STATES
Gonzales, Calif. – Lacy Vosti, civil engineering, long-term pavement data
Hermiston, Ore. – Michael Shaw, civil engineering, predicting signalized intersections operations
Clarkston, Wash. – Howard Cooley, civil engineering, predicting signalized intersections operations.