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Description
The goal of this project was to attract K-12 students to transportation engineering careers through STEM outreach programs. To accomplish this goal, the object of the project was to design and implement maritime freight oriented educational outreach activities centered on traffic sensing technologies for middle, high school, and first-year college students. In MarTREC Project 5011 (Evaluating the Performance of Intermodal Connectors), the research team designed a low-cost, easily implementable LiDAR and Bluetooth sensor bundle that was capable of detecting, characterizing, and tracking freight trucks as they traveled to and from inland waterway port areas. The sensor provided data necessary to measure port performance and roadway usage by industry. This project re-designed the sensor bundle as an educational outreach activity by creating sensor "build kits" and associated lesson plans for middle school, high school, and first year university students. The concept of the build kits as a tool was highly praised when presented by the PI to professionals at the Missouri Valley Institute of Transportation Engineers (MOVITE) fall meeting in 2017.
Publication Date
7-2020
Age
5th-12th grades and first-year college
Document Type
Lesson Plan
Outreach Activity
MarTREC Traffic Sensor Kits
Keywords
Inductive loops, loop detectors, Automatic vehicle detection and identification systems, Truck traffic, Education and training methods, Interdisciplinary studies
Disciplines
Civil Engineering | Hardware Systems | Other Electrical and Computer Engineering | Transportation Engineering | Urban Studies and Planning
Recommended Citation
Hernandez, S. V., & Crews, M. B. (2020). Interdisciplinary Education Outreach with Traffic Sensor Build Kits. Civil Engineering Teaching and Learning. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cveglearn/1
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Civil Engineering Commons, Hardware Systems Commons, Other Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, Transportation Engineering Commons, Urban Studies and Planning Commons
