Department Overview  

Copyright © 2001
Department of Transportation Studies
Texas Southern University

Transportation Expertise pool

Principal Investigator:    Dr. Lei Yu

Sponsoring Agency:    Federal Highway Administration

Period:    September 1, 2000 ~ August 31, 2001

Research Objective:

The primary objective of this study is to develop a database of student beneficiaries of FHWA university-based programs for the purpose of making information available to the transportation community-at-large via a web site.

List of Tasks:

The following is a list of all main tasks and sub-tasks of the project.

Task 1: Design the Database.

Task 1.1 Select database software.

Task 1.2 Design database structure.

Task 1.3 Finalize database.

Task 2: Survey Program Offices.

            Task 2.1 Identify program offices.

            Task 2.2 Conduct the survey.

            Task 2.3 Input surveyed data.

Task 3: Recommend Methods for Dissemination.

            Task 3.1 Identify ways of dissemination.

            Task 3.2 Create a list for dissemination.

            Task 3.3 Provide recommendations for dissemination.

Task 4: Design WebPages 

            Task 4.1 Design a web page structure.

            Task 4.2 Design the final WebPages.

Task 5: Integrate Database with WebPages.

            Task 5.1 Identify ways of integration.

            Task 5.2 Design integration.

            Task 5.3 Integrate database with WebPages.

Research Information

For further information about the research, please contact Dr. Lei Yu by telephone at (713) 313-7282 or by  e-mail at yu_lx@tsu.edu.