Mountain-Plains Consortium
Colorado State University
University Transportation Center
At MPC:
TLN
(CSU)
Internships
Related Sites:
CSU Civil Engineering
Department
TLN (NDSU)
Upper Great Plains Transportation
Institute
U.S. Dept of Transportation
Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC) is a cooperative organization of universities in the former Region 8 of the U.S. Department of Transportation. MPC is headquartered at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University. Member Universities are Colorado State University, North Dakota State University, University of Utah, and University of Wyoming. The theme of MPC, due to the dominant characteristics of the region it serves, is rural and multi-modal transportation, but transportation and transit needs of small urban cities are pertinent too.
MPC exists to facilitate education, research, and technology transfer
among the member universities and state departments of highway. At Colorado
State, primary research areas include low-volume roads and bridges, safety
of railroad bridges, performance crash testing of safety/security barriers,
and environmental impacts, among others.
CSU
has facilities at the Engineering Research Center to conduct many projects
associated with bridges and other transportation infrastructure.
Internships
CSU manages the North Front Range Transportation Research Internship
Program. This program develops internships through the North Front Range
Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council and places students in
northern Colorado transportation agencies and private industry to work
with ongoing transportation projects. Internships are generally available
for a single semester and/or summer.
The MPC University Program Director at CSU is:
Dr. Richard M. Gutkowski
Offices: A103 Engr. Research Center, or
A207 Engr Building
Phone: (970) 491-8291 or (970)491-6606
E-mail: gutkowsk@engr.colostate.edu
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