The NRC Education Grant program gave us the flexibility to fund graduate students engaged in developing railway-themed youth outreach activities, and documenting these activities to share with others. Thanks to the support from NRC, railway museums and kindergarten-through-grade 12 (K-12) educators have a new tool for attracting a diverse new generation of railway engineering and construction professionals, including traditionally under-represented groups.
Lecturer and Principal Railway Research Engineer Rail Transportation and Engineering Center
RailTEC Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
