Netscape 3.0 or above. For example, the design of a roadway starts with general alignment considerations, then proceeds to the determination of soil and road base factors, followed by cross section and pavement design.
Environmental considerations receive secondary consideration, if any, in the design process.
However, the reality is that transportation projects have been successfully challenged and stopped by groups who believe that the environmental considerations of a given project site have not been fully taken into account. The Center believes that it has a significant opportunity, and obligation, to engage students and faculty in educational activities that demonstrate the critical relationships that exist between environmental factors and transportation facilities design. CTE Graduate Research Fellows are selected through a competitive process by a committee of transportation professionals and university officials. The committee is chaired by CTE Director Dr. John Fisher. Recipients of the fellowship award must be enrolled full time within a UNC system school or Duke University and must identify a research project in which to participate during the academic year.