The role played by transportation educators:

• Combining technical expertise with good communication skills
• Conducting research to answer questions that are important to society
• Impacting society through the education and training of future transportation professionals

Transportation educators are employed as:

• Educator teaching courses at a higher education institution
• Educator teaching workshops and seminars to practitioners
• Researcher investigating new knowledge in the transportation field

Skills and analytical expertise:

• Broad understanding of the role of transportation in society and the interconnectivity of the transportation fields
• In depth understanding and theoretical foundations for one or more areas of transportation
• Ability to convey knowledge to wide audience

The type of projects that might be undertaken by transportation educators and their value to communities:

• Developing workshops and seminars to train professionals on new transportation standards
• Performing and managing research projects that create new transportation knowledge
• Developing university curriculum to ensure properly educated transportation engineers

Potential employers in the public and private sector:

• Educator at a four-year university
• Work force development training at a large consulting firm or government agency