About education initiatives
ITI’s educational objective is to enhance the understanding of civil infrastructure systems, particularly those critical to surface transportation, and to prepare undergraduate and graduate students for productive careers in infrastructure and transportation. A key programmatic element to achieve that objective is support for the multi-disciplinary Transportation Infrastructure Management (TIM) specialization in the Master of Project Management (MPM) program offered through Northwestern University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The TIM program has evolved as a specialized extension of the more generalized Infrastructure Management specialization within the MPM program (mpm.northwestern.edu). ITI’s investment in the MPM program also benefits undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as graduate students in other engineering departments, the Transportation Center, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and the Medill School of Journalism. This extended impact is achieved by support for courses, seminars and symposia, field trips, and technical short courses.
ITI created and supports the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering course Infrastructure Facilities and Systems. This unique course introduces engineers and other students to the functions, importance, and complexity of civil infrastructure systems, with an emphasis on surface transportation systems.
