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Each year in the early spring, the University of Washington hosts a large, two-day event called Engineering Discovery Days. At Engineering Discovery Days, students and faculty from all UW engineering departments share their work with students, teachers, families and the community.

This year the event was hosted in Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23. PacTrans hosted an informational booth outside where our staff representatives gave out PacTrans swag and generated interest among young students for transportation engineering.

Then in the STAR lab, several of our researchers offered students the additional opportunity of experiencing some of the technologies we work with first hand. PhD candidates Ruimin Ke, Kris Henrickson, and John Ash showcased automated vehicle detection with UAVs, automated pedestrian identification technology, and stoplight technologies.