Internships & Jobs
- Virtual Transportation Career Fair – October 28, 2022 – NEW!
- Florida Department of Transportation
- North Carolina Department of Transportation
- HDR – Search “Jobs” and check “Internships”
- Benesch
- Acuity Design Group
- Caltrans – search “Caltrans” in the Keywords, primarily CA students
- Transportation for America
- Smart Growth America
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Academic Opportunities
- University of Florida – Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees are offered in Civil Engineering with emphasis on Transportation Engineering
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – MERGE (Multicultural Engineering Recruitment for Graduate Education)
- Catholic University of America – Dr. Kiriazes looking for PhD students (can provide funding) – contact kiriazes(at)cua.edu
UF Career Connections Center Resources
- Odyssey Plan – Overview and Video (2:30 min)
- Odyssey Plan Instructions
- Odyssey Plan Worksheet
- Odyssey Plan – Example 1
- Odyssey Plan – Example 2
- Elevator Pitch Guide
- Conversation Starters
- Informational Interview Guide
- Self-Assessments
- 2022 UF Career Showcase Event page
- 2022 ESSIE Evening with Industry Event Page
Newsletters about Transportation
(click on each to reach sign-up page)
- University of Florida Transportation Institute – newsletter
- Carnegie Mellon University’s Traffic21 – The Smart Transportation Dispatch – weekly newsletter
- University of Michigan – Center for Connected and Automated Transportation – quarterly newsletter
Professional Organizations
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (map of student chapters in US) (UF Gator ITE – Student Chapter)
- WTS International (UF Gator Chapter of WTS)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) America
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Conferences
- Transportation Research Board (TRB) – January 8-12, 2023 in Washington, DC – Transportation for America is hosting the Transportation Camp DC the weekend before TRB. Students get $15 off general admission tickets with the code STUDENT23.
- International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI) – Fort Worth in June
- Institute of Transportation Engineer (ITE) – Portland in August
- National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) – Denver in May
- Rail-Volution: Transit & Community Development Conference – Miami in late October/early November 2022
- ITS America – annual meeting in Dallas for April
- American Public Transportation Association (APTA) – several locations in 2023 depending on transit interests
Other Opportunities
- ARTBA Student Video Contest – December 2, 2022, up to $500 in prizes – NEW!
This page is regularly updated. Please contact us if you have a resource to add.
- Ondine Wells, M.S., Education/Technology Transfer Coordinator, UFTI/STRIDE at owells@ufl.edu
- Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., Research Coordinator, UFTI/STRIDE at iaviles@ufl.edu