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Camp BUILD Visits TTI to Explore Engineering Careers

July 14, 2022

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) hosted two groups of campers June 23 and 30 from Texas A&M University’s Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s Camp BUILD. TTI Senior Research Engineer Melisa Finley and Associate Research Engineer Debbie Albert organized the sessions with support from Texas A&M students and volunteers.

  • Photo of a group of students posting by the TTI building sign.
    Campers pose for a picture in front of TTI’s headquarters building at Texas A&M-RELLIS.
  • Photo of students sitting in a meeting room with Melissa Finley at the front of the room. Students are raising their hands.
    Melisa Finley provides campers with an overview of TTI during the June 30 session.
  • Photo of students and Jett McFalls inside a large building with a rainfall simulator above and a soil test bed in front of them.
    Jett McFalls explains the varying intensities of the rainfall simulator at TTI’s Sediment and Erosion Control Laboratory.
  • Photo of a few students and Melisa Finley around a table. Students are blowing on puff mobiles at table level.
    Campers test the efficiency of their own “puff mobiles” in a friendly competition.

Campers watched a live crash test at the TTI Proving Ground, as well as toured the Institute’s Environmental and Emissions Research Facility, Sediment and Erosion Control Laboratory and Visibility Research Laboratory. They also attended a presentation about TTI’s Teens in the Driver Seat® Program and ended the day creating their own “puff mobiles” using Lifesaver candies, straws, paper and paper clips.

Camp BUILD is a week-long summer program designed for high school juniors and seniors. Students are given the opportunity to explore the civil and environmental engineering program at Texas A&M and experience Aggie culture.

“I always enjoy watching the excitement and passion in students’ faces when they learn something new about transportation,” says Albert. “I hope that by exposing students to the breadth of work we do at TTI, they feel more inclined to explore opportunities that get them involved in STEM activities and transportation safety.”

TTI’s participation in Camp BUILD is supported by the Safety through Disruption University Transportation Center, a national center funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the state of Texas.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Debbie Albert, Melisa Finley, workforce development

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