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You are here: Home / Resources / To Be a Transportation Engineer or Not? How Civil Engineering Students Choose a Specialization

To Be a Transportation Engineer or Not? How Civil Engineering Students Choose a Specialization

October 13, 2015

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Author: Jennifer Dill
Abstract:

Paper investigates how Civil Engineering student choose desired sub-division study of interest. Paper addresses need for higher transportation recruitment by recommending that institutions show freshman advantage of entering the transportation sub-division and by better publicizing of internships.

Source: TRB 2008 Annual Meeting
Focus Areas: General
Resource Types: Report
Target Education Levels: Bachelors Degree
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