Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University

04/14/2026

InTrans faculty, staff, and student efforts throughout the year resulted in publications and tools, including videos and educational modules, that reflect innovative developments and processes. These projects will help improve safety and lead to strategies for more resilient roadways.

“These accomplishments are not an end to our mission, but the beginning,” said Shauna Hallmark, InTrans Director. “It is a credit to our faculty, staff, and students that InTrans had another successful year in 2025.”

Read the 2025 Annual Report for more on InTrans’s work.

Each and every project at the Institute for Transportation (InTrans) owes its success to the work of the institute’s people and its agency or industry partners, as well as an abundance of Iowa…

04/07/2025

“As researchers, we are always eager for the next project, newest idea, or something more to better understand. But as we look forward, we must not forget everything that has come before,” said Shauna Hallmark, InTrans Director. “So, take your time as you peruse En Route and appreciate—as I have—all that we have accomplished in 2024. It has been truly a year to remember.”

Read the 2024 Annual Report for details.

2024 was a year of activity—and growth—for the Institute for Transportation (InTrans) and its centers and programs. Their efforts throughout the year resulted in guides, publications…

04/07/2025

🥳 Two of InTrans' educator workshops—the Teaching in the Fast Lane for Elementary Teachers and Transportation Institute for High School Educators—recently earned the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council Seal of Approval, which recognizes a program/event that “officially advances one of the most progressive state STEM initiatives in the country.”

“We’re thrilled to have received this recognition from the state for offering these STEM-based programs that ensure the next generation of students is scientifically literate and equipped to fill the needs of the 21st century workforce,” said Construction Management and Technology Program Director Jennifer Shane, who spearheads the summer workshops.

Read more https://www.intrans.iastate.edu/news/intrans-educator-workshops-earn-state-recognition/, and educators, apply today!

Since their establishment more than a decade ago, the Institute for Transportation’s (InTrans’) summer workshops for educators have recognized that tomorrow’s leaders are today’s learners.

03/26/2025

You know there’s a safety training at InTrans when you see this many county trucks backed into the parking lot. Thanks to workers for all the precautions they take on and off construction sites to keep others safe!

03/06/2025

🎉Congratulations, Halil Ceylan! 🎉

Halil Ceylan, the Pitt-Des Moines, Inc. Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering, has been honored with the Francis C. Turner Award by the Transportation and Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

11/18/2024

This week's Scholastic Spotlight featured our Ready, Set, Build! Bridge-Building Competition. Check it out (at about the 1:45 minute mark)!

Dreams are building for Central Iowa students and a couple of events last week show how schools and organizations encourage those possibilities. Sugar Creek Elementary in Waukee had their first Cai…

11/18/2024

Thanks to WHO 13 News for including the Ready.Set.Build! competition for 4th through 8th graders to build bridges from craft supplies that we host with the Iowa Department of Transportation at the Science Center of Iowa in its Scholastic Spotlight this morning (starting at about 1:45 minute mark):

Dreams are building for Central Iowa students and a couple of events last week show how schools and organizations encourage those possibilities. Sugar Creek Elementary in Waukee had their first Cai…

05/16/2024

Our Bridge Engineering Center's Brent Phares was excited to be a part of the event that will help ensure the next generation that will succeed him is prepared to excel in STEM. https://intrans.iastate.edu/news/bec-project-supports-stem-lab-opening-at-west-des-moines-elementary-school/

At this ribbon-cutting event, Fairmeadows third-grade students show how they use the new STEM lab at school. This lab was funded through a generous donation from Iowa State University.

02/27/2024