2025 Program

2025 Discover Transportation Engineering
June 4-6, 2025

Deadline to Apply: April 12th, 2025
Participant Limit: 20

Program Flyer    Program Schedule

All expenses will be covered by the Nebraska Transportation Center, except for a $25 fee that can be paid by check at check-in. All checks should be made payable to the University of Nebraska Foundation.

The Discover Transportation Engineering application is now closed! The program was a great success and we look forward to next year.

 

Calling Future Engineers!

Discover Transportation Engineering is open for all high school students, from incoming freshman to recently graduated high school students. Come and find out why transportation is a rewarding career and how you can make an impact! 

Experience UNL & Lincoln

Students will spend 3 days and 2 nights at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where they will meet industry professionals, tour their workplaces, and participate in engaging transportation engineering activites focused on problem-solving skills.

  • Three engineers from Felsburg Holt and Ullevig standing next to a projector screen.
    Engineers from Felsburg Holt & Ullevig introduce civil engineering to particpants.
  • Students viewing a laser cutter machine.
    Students toured the College of Engineering's Kiewit Hall.
  • HDR engineers visited campus encouraged students to design using the Complete Streets method
    HDR shared about their company and ran an activity on campus.
  • Participants redesigned Vine Street using the Complete Streets method.
    Small groups worked together to redesign Vine Street using the Complete Streets method.
  • Olsson engineers and students test straw bridges between two tables.
    Teams balanced material cost, weight, and carrying capacity of their handmade bridges in the Olsson offices.
  • Group photo of all Discover Transportation Engineering students at a highway construction site in saftey vests and hats.
    Students visited an under construction overpass with the Nebraska Department of Transportation

Activities in this Program Include

On Campus Activities

  • Felsburg Holt & Ullevig presentation and activity
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering presentation and facility tour
  • HDR presentation and activity: Complete Streets
  • Networking dinner for students and partners hosted at the UNL Student Union
  • WSP presentation and exercise
  • Richard Luebber's presentation

Off-campus Activities

  • Olsson office visit, presentation and bridge building activity
  • Nebraska Department of Transportation lab visit, lab tour, and construction site visit
  • JEO office visit, presentation, and activity to redesign traffic flow around a school
  • Benesch bridge site visit
Benesch employee showing a group of high school students the underneath structure of a bridge

Students Stay on Campus

Students will be staying on city campus in University Suites at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Suite-Style Double Bedrooms. Students will be assigned roommates of the same sex in accordance with the January 20th US Presidential Executive Order.

 

Exterior of Knoll Residential Center

Sponsors & Partners

The Nebraska Transportation Center sincerely thanks our partners in their generous support and partnership in making our program a resounding success. Their contribution is instrumental in delivering an impactful experience, and we look forward to continuing collaboration.