Theme

The theme of the James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center (JECUTC) located at South Carolina State University is Professional Capacity Building. The goal of the JECUTC is to assist federal, state and local agencies in meeting their goals to develop a highly skilled workforce to meet the future needs in transportation. A major focus of JECUTC's intermodal research, education, and technology transfer programs is recruitment and training of minorities and women for tomorrow's transportation workforce. The goals of the Center are achieved through:

• A multi-modal mission that addresses passenger and freight transportation with an emphasis on highway and transit programs and facilities.
• A multidisciplinary approach to research, education, and technology transfer activities.  Emphasis is placed on the importance of linking the various modes of transportation using advanced technologies and concepts to address future critical transportation needs.
• A diversely trained transportation workforce for the next millennium. This strategy includes building the professional capacity of the transportation workforce, creating general public awareness of transportation benefits, and preparing the next generation of transportation professionals through a multidisciplinary education and training program.
• A multi-modal research component with primary emphasis on developing solutions to a variety of problems including activities related
  to:
  1. human performance and behavior;
  2. transportation system operations and maintenance;
  3. utilization of advanced technology;
  4. energy and environment;
  5. tools for transportation modeling, design, and development;
  6. an education and training component at the following levels: K-12, Undergraduate, Graduate, and Adult and Continuing Education.