A model for academia, industry, and government collaboration for K-12 outreach

This paper discuss how university faculty and engineering students, the US Federal Highway Association, and the Arizona Department of Transportation employees, and other technical industry members collaborated together to develop an effective program to increase interest in transportation.

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