AASHTO STEM Outreach Solutions

 

AASHTO’s STEM Outreach Solutions educational outreach technical service program, targeted at Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) classes, provides hands-on activities that introduce students in grades K-12 to the work world of transportation and civil engineering and inspire them to consider careers in those fields. 

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (SHA) works with AASHTO STEM Outreach Solutions to provide curricula and resources for Maryland schools and hands-on activities about the importance of math and science in preparing for their future. 

STEM Outreach Solutions has eight modules that engage students in solving real-world problems while connecting them to the work world of transportation. Students design bridges, build magnetic-levitation trains, plan a city, or learn about environmental issues that impact transportation. 

The program improves workforce diversity, which helps address a shortage of civil engineers in the transportation sector. 

2025 AASHTO Bridge Challenge Finalists 

SHA takes pride in the teams below that placed as finalists in 2025 challenge, which took place at the AASHTO annual meeting in Bridgeport, Connecticut in May, 2025. 

For more information, view the TRAC AASHTO STEM Outreach Solutions brochure. If you would like to bring TRAC and/or RIDES to your school, send an email to LGray2@mdot.maryland.gov.

Maryland's 2025 second-place winners in the seventh/eight grade division representing Chesapeake Math & IT Academy North Middle School were, from left, Janae Jenkins, Juliana Hinkle and Kesiena Ideh. Photo courtesy of AASHTO.​

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Maryland's third-place winners in the ninth/tenth grade division from Chesapeake Science Point High School in Hanover were, from left, Oznur Yaren Yilmaz, Yasemin Vildan Yagar and Dorothy Adjetey. Photo courtesy of AASHTO.​

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