{"id":28909,"date":"2025-03-27T11:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/?p=28909"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:38:40","slug":"maine-summer-transportation-institute-msti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/2025\/03\/27\/maine-summer-transportation-institute-msti\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Summer Transportation Institute (MSTI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MSTI is a <strong>FREE<\/strong> residential camp offered at the University of Maine for current 6<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 8<sup>th<\/sup> graders from July 6 \u2013 11, 2025.\u00a0 The camp focuses on transportation-related activities and fields.\u00a0 MSTI is a week-long residential program to allow students from all over the state to participate.<\/p>\n<p>This includes space, roads and bridges, ports, air, and environmental impacts. Activities include building rockets, cars, and bridges; field trips to the Bangor International Airport, Cole Transportation Museum, and Maine Maritime Academy; participating in shows from the Planetarium and the Physics Roadshow; 3D-printing activity (including a tour of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center to see the World\u2019s largest 3D-Printer and the 3D-printed house); Soil\/erosion and surveying activities; a Touch-a-truck event, and more. (Activities are subject to change based on weather and availability of funds.) Additionally, students will learn about the different career opportunities within the transportation field, including engineers (environmental, geotechnical, civil, mechanical, electrical, etc.), technicians, communications and media, human resources, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/msti\/\">MSTI website<\/a> for more information about the program and registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSTI is a FREE residential camp offered at the University of Maine for current 6th \u2013 8th graders from July 6 \u2013 11, 2025.\u00a0 The camp focuses on transportation-related activities and fields.\u00a0 MSTI is a week-long residential program to allow students from all over the state to participate. 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