Midwest Transportation Consortium : 2005-2006 annual report.

PDFOrganization InfoAnnual reportsReportsAnnual reviewsReviewsDocumentsAnnualEducation and trainingEducationTrainingPlanningIowaMidwest Transportation ConsortiumIowa State University. Center for Transportation Research and EducationNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-EducationUS Transportation CollectionIntroduction: The Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) recently completed its seventh year ofoperation. At this point, the MTC has become an established portion of the research andeducational programs at Iowa State University (ISU) and the MTC\ue2\u20ac\u2122s other partneruniversities. Additionally, the MTC continues to emphasize its primary focus ofdeveloping human capital. The academic year completed in spring 2006 saw the largestnumber of transportation scholars ever enrolled, roughly 30 students enrolled at ISU. Wealso recognize that the federal grant is an opportunity to build programs at our respectiveuniversities that will continue after the U.S. DOT University Transportation CenterProgram may end (UTC) Program. In last year\ue2\u20ac\u2122s report, we proudly announced that theUniversity of Missouri, St. Louis was developing a transportation Ph.D. program withinits business college. This year, University of Missouri, St. Louis has started a Ph.D.program in Logistics and Supply Change Management, predominately through the UTCprogram. Because this is the only Ph.D. program in the St. Louis metropolitan area, it hasthe opportunity to provide a long-lasting impact on an important national transportationhub