SENSORS CITY
*Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote Sensing
*City Transportation
*Nick J. Rahall, II
Appalachian Transportation
Institute
*Marshall University
*Mars Station
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*Linda Hamilton  hamilton@marshall.edu
*http://www.marshall.edu/LEGO
*http://SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu
   The Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute (RTI)  LEGO 24-Hour City is a Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote Sensing (SENSORS).  With the use of tele-robotics and LEGO RCX robots, students can explore and discover different environments.
   RTI is located at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. One of the goals of the RTI is to provide quality transportation-related programs to elementary, middle, and high school students, with the express purpose of attracting students to careers in transportation fields. Each year, a variety of workshops are sponsored which enable students to explore the technologies and issues related to transportation in the United States.
   Linda Hamilton, mathematics instructor at Marshall University, working with Chris Rogers of Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, has designed the LEGO 24-Hour City at RTI to be operational for remote sensing.  Many schools have remotely operated the City’s monorail, gates, traffic counters, and vehicles.