LDDI is a collaborative effort of the Via Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech with industry practitioners. The three primary objectives of LDDI are: (1) Improving land development design education, including increasing student awareness of land development design as a career path (2) Increasing interaction between practitioners and undergraduate civil engineering students at Virginia Tech (3) Enhancing research efforts in the land development area The Initiative has made significant strides to improve land development design education at Virginia Tech and to increase student awareness of land development design as a career path. The Initiative also promotes the interaction between students and practitioners. LDDI now involves more than 170 engineering and land development firms, many of which provide financial support. Virginia Tech also offers a M.S. in Civil Engineering degree focused in Sustainable Land Development. The Sustainable Land Development Graduate Program at Virginia Tech offers interdisciplinary training and research opportunities to advance sustainable land development. Students in our graduate program work closely with our faculty and industry partners. The program is built for customized learning, where students learn to apply principles of sustainability and engineering design to meet community, regional, and global societal needs.