RTI Funded Activities

NICK J. RAHALL, II RTI Funded Acitivities

The Nick J. Rahall II RTI Campus Coordinators Work Plan at BSC involves the following applied research activities: 

(1) Expanding undergraduate transpotation education outreach activities through ASCE Steel Bridge Competition, Intelligent Ground Robotic Vehicles Competition (IGVC), Applied Research Assistantship Programs (ARAP), and American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE).

(2) Collecting, updating, and sharing faculty and applied research associates vita with transportation expertise.

(3) Recruiting graduate students for completing a M.S. in Technology Management at Marshall University with an emphasis on Transportation and Infrastructure and under programs under development by RTI.

(4) Representing RTI at meetings related to RTI projects and programs.

(5) Submitting reports and documentation as required.

(6) Sharing activities in the RTI newsletter, the RTI partner webpage, BSC departmental sites, and the site you are reading now.

(7) Recruiting matching funds in support of this program, other applied research activities, transportation-related training courses and other activities as needed. 
 

Student Activities

Many of the activities of the of the CART Applied Research Assistantship Program (ARAP) at the School of Engineering Technology (SET) at Bluefield State College (BSC) were either partially or fully funded by RTI funds.  Our award winning applied research in Unmanned Systems and Intelligent Ground Robotic Vehicle design and development has been made possible in part by the commitment of RTI to these efforts.