Intensify Your Degree
Biodiesel Trike
Combine an ISAT Degree with:
Supplementary Academic Experiences
- International Programs
- Honors Programs
- Master of Business Administration
- Pre-Professional Preparation
Medicine, Veterinary Medicine; Dentistry; Occupational Therapy; Optometry; Pharmacy; Physician’s Assistant; Physical Therapy - Minor/Major in Computer Science -- or check the catalog
- Teaching Certification
- Specialized Training Certificates
HAZWOPER: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Contact: Dr. Steve Frysinger
ISAT faculty offer training and certification in hazardous waste operations and emergency response (HAZWOPER), making both 40-hour certification and 8-hour refreshers available to students and community members in accordance with OSHA regulations.
Volunteer Relief Work
- Organize or participate in an “alternative spring break”
- Contribute to the private efforts of ISAT Graduate and TSEC employee Dee Nilsen’s Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts
- Donate Blood
Submit your course work for an award:
- Undergraduate Research Conferences: (Many have deadlines in early fall)
- Virginia Transportation Conference Annual Student Paper Contest (PDF)
Enter a design Competition
- Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
- Destination ImaginNation Dr. Jonathan Spindel organizes a team for this multi-disciplinary competition. If you are interested, drop him a note at spindeljh@jmu.edu
- Imagine Cup, Software Design competitions sponsored by Microsoft
- Moonbuggy Design
- NanoChallenge International Business Plan Competition
- FAA Airport Design Competitions
- ASME Challenges
- EPA P3 [People, Prosperity and the Planet] Competition University teams learn about sustainable technologies and ideas through a phased competition beginning at the start of the school year. In April, all teams must submit their final reports from Phase I as well as their proposals for Phase II.
- Solar Decathlon

