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Conference Program

University Place Hotel
Portland, Oregon
[on the campus of Portland State University]

Monday - June 22, 2009

Morning session

8:30 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Robert Bertini, Portland State University
Michael Kyte, University of Idaho

8:45 am - 11:30 am
Innovations in Transportation Engineering Education

1. Simulating Transportation for Realistic Engineering Education and Training (STREETS), David Levinson, University of Minnesota
2. Developing an Engineering Environment Fostering Effective Critical Thinking Through Measurements (EFFECT), Andrew Nichols, Marshall University
3. What Are The "Understandings" For the Introductory Transportation Engineering Course, Shane Brown, Washington State University, and Michael Dixon, University of Idaho
4. To Be a Transportation Engineer or Not, How Civil Engineering Students Choose a Specialization, Jennifer Dill, Portland State University
5. Pavements Interactive! A Wiki, Joe Mahoney, University of Washington
6. Integrating Textbooks and Classroom Goodies, Karen Dixon, Oregon State University
7. What Do We Currently Teach, Rod Turochy, Auburn University
8. What Undergraduates Should Understand, Wayne Kittelson, Kittelson and Associates

Lunch

Poster Session - Sharing Our Work in Transportation Education

Afternoon session (workshop #1)

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
How do we map the learning domain for transportation engineering?
Shane Brown, Washington State University
Michael Dixon, University of Idaho

Tuesday - June 23, 2009

Morning session (workshop #2)

8:30 am - 11:30 am
How do we create active learning environments for undergraduate transportation engineering students?
Karl Smith, University of Minnesota/Purdue University

Lunch

"What Universities Need To Do From a Marketing Perspective to Attract Talented Students," Marc Butorac, Kittelson and Associates
"Looking Beyond The Engineering Cookbook," Mike Coleman, Kittelson and Associates

Afternoon session (workshop #3)

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
How do we develop collaborative tools for sharing transportation engineering curricular materials?
Barbara Hart (facilitator), Barbara Hart Consulting
Mike Knodler, University of Massachusetts
Rod Turochy, Auburn University
Rhonda Young, University of Wyoming
Zong Tian, University of Nevada, Reno

Wednesday - June 24, 2009

EXCEED Workshop