Mountain-Plains Consortium

Spring 2008 Internship Applications are now Closed

The North Front Range Transportation Research Internship Program (NFR-TRIP) is a student employment activity of the Mountain Plains Consortium. CSU, in conjunction with city and county governments in northern Colorado, annually arranges and offers several internships in the field of transportation. These are available to CSU Civil Engineering undergraduate majors at the junior and senior levels, including graduating seniors. The types of projects recently involved:

Mason Street corridor planning
Bicycle and pedestrian planning
County construction permit tracking
Transit surveys
Map, analysis, and documentation of MS4 stormwater features
Safe Routes to School program
Sediment and erosion inspections
Colorado Land Survey Monument Record documentation
Right of Way investigation

The internships typically extend through one semester plus a summer. Hours are contingent on the scope and timing of each project. Usually this is 20 hours/week in summer and 10-12 hours/week during the semester. Some employers require more hours, some up to full time in the summer. Compensation for the internship is on an hourly pay basis. The interns work at the site of the projects, in some cases with a consultant.

CSU and the North Front Range Transportation, Planning and Air Quality Council organize these internships. Internships are arranged in cooperation with local transportation agencies in order to promote an ongoing relationship between the university and the government.

Intership opportunitites are developed as ongoing porcesses. As each position becomes available a briefe description will be added to this web site. The first listings for Summer/ Fall 2008 are anticipated in early to mid-March.

Applicants will be considered for all internships available via an interview and placement process. The application process begins about mid-September for fall semesters and about mid-March for spring semesters.

Applications are closed as of 5:00 p.m., April 18 for Summer 2008 and tentatively interviews will be in mid-to late April!. If you have an interest in these positions, please fill out the Application. Submit the application request in one of the following ways:

Electronically (see Application)
Fill out a printed form and turn in to Professor Richard Gutkowski's mailbox in the Civil Engineering office, Room A203, Engineering Building
Fill out a printed form and fax to 970-491-2788, or
E-mail the information requested to gutkowsk@engr.colostate.edu and vmclane@nfrmpo.org

Additional Application Requirements
Once you are contacted you will be asked for additional information:

Present class/work schedule
Final Exam schedule for SP08
Projected FA08 class schedule, when available
Names and contact information for two references: one being a faculty member. You do not need letters from them.
Current Resume

Please provide by the above options.

If you have questions about these internships, please call Professor Gutkowski at 970-491-8291 or e-mail him at the above address. The application process has begun for this current semester, Spring 2008. Please check this web site periodically for future announcements concerning available internships. Available internships will be posted “on the fly” as they become known. Each applicant is usually interviewed simultaneously by all the various employers, for about 30-45 minutes each. Eligible applicants will be contacted directly to schedule an interview.

Last updated: 04/21/08
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