Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Orientation
9:00am10:00am
Rules and regulations
Ice breaker
Intro to transportation
engineering
Introduction to structural
design (lecture)
Introduction to aviation
science (lecture)
Introduction to inland
waterway system
Flight management and air
transportation (lecture)
students will design and
build dams using clay and
rocks
Bridge design activity:
10:00am11:00am
Traffic engineering basics
(lecture)
Traffic simulation activity:
11:00am12:00pm
12:00pm1:00pm
1:00pm2:00pm
2:00pm3:00pm
3:00pm4:00pm
4:00pm4:30pm
students will model and
analyze the impact of a
bike lane on street traffic
using VISSIM traffic
simulation software
students will design and
analyze a bridge with the
help of faculty and
graduate students
Dam design activity:
students will construct a
bridge using balsa wood,
and then the bridges are
loaded, tested, and
evaluated
SLU flight simulator
Hour of Code (computer
programming activity)
Lunch at SLU
Lunch at SLU
Lunch
Field trip to MoDOT traffic
management center
Hour of Code (computer
programming activity)
Tour of St. Louis Downtown
Airport
Guest speaker (district traffic
engineer)
Guest speaker (TBD)
SLU discovery flights
Guest speaker from
America's Central Port
Field trip to Melvin Price
Locks & Dam
Careers in MoDOT
Return to
University
Saint
Louis
Transit activity:
student will analyze transit
data
Bridge design activity:
Lunch at SLU
Tour of a traffic management
center
Introduction to rail and
transit
Field trip to Park over the
Highway construction site
(City Arch River project)
Return to
University
Saint
Guest speaker (TBD)
Louis Return to
University
Saint
Louis
Field trip to Melvin Price
Locks & Dam
Return to
University
Saint
Louis
Field trip to St. Louis
Transportation Museum
Lunch at St. Louis
Transportation Museum
Hour of Code (computer
programming activity)
Guest speaker from Delmar
Loop Trolley project
Closing Ceremony
Parents/guardians and
transportation officials
will be invited to the
ceremony
Program completion
certificate and competition
prizes will be awarded