Transportation Systems and Materials
Research Facilities
Graduate activities in transportation engineering take place in Mann
Hall, the home of the Civil Engineering Department. Graduate students
have access to state-of-the-art computing, library, and laboratory
facilities and adequate office space. The computer systems are
especially noteworthy. They include personal computers, mainframes,
and a network of hundreds of workstations in the College of
Engineering-all supported by a large and helpful staff. The
university's libraries maintain a leading collection of transportation
literature that, when combined with cooperative access to the
libraries at Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill, provide the student
with almost every reference needed. The department's materials
laboratory includes a Material Test System with computerized control
and data acquisition, an environmental test chamber, compactors, and
various high-quality testing devices.
On campus, the Transportation Materials Research Center and the Center
for Transportation and the Environment offer students facilities and
opportunities for projects. Within a few miles of campus are the
research and design facilities of the North Carolina Department of
Transportation, one of the world's largest transportation
organizations. Also in Raleigh are the facilities of the Institute for Transportation Research
and Education, a leading statewide umbrella organization, and
the offices of many large consulting firms. Finally, in the Research
Triangle region, students also have opportunities to work with Duke
University's transportation engineering program and UNC-Chapel Hill's
Highway Safety Research Center.
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