Transportation & Travel

Engineers help us get where we want to go. They design cars, trains, boats, planes, and the rockets that send people and goods into space. They develop transit and traffic control systems. Engineers even help build huge structures like airports, bridges, or canals with locks to help keep people and things moving.

Engineering achievements have not only made travel easier, they have made it safer as well. For example: seat belts, airbags, and collision warning systems are examples of features that engineers help to create that make our cars safer.

For those of you that like to travel: an engineering career could be a ticket to just about anywhere in the world. Engineers work in many different kinds of environments around the world and engineers may have many opportunities to travel to other countries or regions to work on projects.

  • Kate Gramling Posted on October 24, 2012 by Kate Gramling
    Talking Cars Prevent Crashes
    Engineers in Michigan are monitoring the largest-ever road test for “talking” vehicles. The information collected from the test will help develop control systems that could transform the way you travel around town.
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    Resource Added: October 24, 2012

    Latest Update: October 24, 2012

  • Egirl   Team Posted on August 22, 2012 by Egirl Team
    Engineers Without Borders
    With Engineers Without Borders (EWB), you can travel and impact people's lives around the world! This page describes and EWB project that was completed in 2007 in San Bernardino, Nicaragua with professional engineers from New Orleans along with students from Rice University in Houston.
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    Resource Added: August 22, 2012

    Latest Update: October 13, 2012

  • Egirl   Team Posted on July 20, 2012 by Egirl Team
    Sara DaSilva
    A Day in My Life: "One thing I've been really encouraged by in the past few years is the growing number of women engineers in my company that I've been able to work with and meet."
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    Resource Added: July 20, 2012

    Latest Update: October 9, 2012

  • Egirl   Team Posted on July 20, 2012 by Egirl Team
    Nicolette Yovanof
    A Day in My Life: "I love being an engineer because I get to solve problems, work with people, and be involved in something meaningful."
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    Resource Added: July 20, 2012

    Latest Update: September 13, 2012

  • Irmgard Flugge-Lotz
    Internationally acclaimed contributor to aerodynamics and automatic theory control
    Stanford University
  • Olive Dennis
    The engineer who changed the nature of railway travel.
    B & O Railroad
  • Nicolette Yovanof
    Engingeering Manager
    The Boeing Company
    Long Beach, CA, United States
  • Karen Strauss
    Right-of-Way Manager
    Idaho Department of Transportation
    Boise, ID, United States
  • Rebecca Goldberg
    Project Transportation Engineer
    Cameron Engineering & Associates, LLP
    Woodbury, NY, United States
  • Folake Akintayo
    Lecturer
    University of Ibadan, Ibadan, NIGERIA
    Ibadan, (No State Selected), Nigeria
  • Angela Foss
    Learning Support Programs Coordinator
    Coconino Community College
    AZ
  • Kristina Lawyer
    Research engineer
    Argonne National Laboratory
    IL
  • Sibylle Walter
    PhD Candidate
    University of Colorado, Boulder
    CO
  • Kara Kockelman
    Professor of Transportation Engineering
    University of Texas at Austin
    Austin, TX
  • Patricia Galloway
    President and Chief Executive Officer and Principal
    Pegasus Global Holdings, Inc.
    Cle Elum, WA, United States
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