CART Awarded Contract from Rahall Transportation Institute

(Bluefield)—The Center for Applied Research and Technology Inc. (CART) at Bluefield State College (BSC) will receive more than $70,000 through an agreement with the Marshall University Research Corporation on behalf of the Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute (RTI).

The RTI, contract renewal supports CART’s continuing service as campus coordinator for the Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute. The Institute was established at Marshall University through a $12 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Special Program Administration as a University Transportation Center (UTC). RTI is one of 33 UTC’s funded by the Department of Transportation and includes CART’s work at BSC among three other collaborative institutions of higher education.

CART’s campus coordinator duties, include the expansion of undergraduate transportation applied research and education outreach activities, recruiting graduates for masters degrees under development by RTI, representing RTI at meetings, conferences and competitions related to RTI projects and programs, recruiting matching funds in support of applied research and transportation education, and reporting and documenting the work under contract through the RTI newsletters, website and www.njrati.org