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MTI Honors Winners of Garrett Morgan Competition; APTA Hosts Symposium at DOT in Washington
A team of students from Morada Middle School, Stockton, CA, recently took first place in the Mineta Transportation Institute’s (MTI) 16th annual Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition for its presentation, which focused on using discarded waste products including grape pomace and vineyard prunings to produce biofuels such as ethanol and methane.
The students were honored at this year’s Garrett A. Morgan Symposium on Transportation for the 21st Century, hosted by APTA at DOT in Washington, DC, with DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx in attendance. This national videoconference symposium inspires young people to take on challenging academic projects that demonstrate and promote sustainable practices in transportation.
Two student teams sponsored by APTA, both from Gaithersburg (MD) Middle School, took second place (eighth-graders) and third place (seventh-graders), competing against six other teams from across the nation. APTA has sponsored local schools since the competition’s inception in 2001.
The two teams are both part of the school’s Math and STEM Club.
The winning student team receives a plaque and $1,000 for its classroom, along with an all-expense-paid trip for four team members and their teacher to attend MTI’s annual scholarship banquet in San Jose, CA. The second- and third-place winners each receive plaques and $500 to support their school’s ongoing academic projects.
Find more information at the Mineta Transportation Institute's website.
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The winning teams from Gaithersburg Middle School, sponsored by APTA.
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