Expected impacts. North Dakota State University: NDSU transportation and logistics students will continue to infiltrate the transportation workforce bringing excellent data analysis and assessment skills to the organizations. Students continue to present and participate in industry workshops and conferences, and Wyoming: The MPC funding will continue supporting graduate students who will join the transportation workforce after graduation. The research studies conducted will facilitate selecting maintenance and rehabilitation strategies on local paved roads, reduce crashes on tribal roads, enhance the effectiveness of air quality programs such as the CMAQ program, and reduce truck related crashes in rural areas. Colorado State University: As the findings of our projects are disseminated and make their way into transportation practice we anticipate several impacts. For example, the new model developed in MPC 481 overcomes limitations of existing models and should facilitate better hydrologic design of transportation infrastructure. MPC-485 studies the topic of Transit Oriented Development, which is a very timely topic and thus the project has the potential to help better inform many decision makers and local government agencies considering new ▇▇▇ projects. MPC-508 should help promote the use of polymer soil amendments in appropriate circumstances. South Dakota State University: The implementation of the SDDOT Base and Subbase Moisture Density Curves may decrease the time required to obtain target density and optimum moisture. This should result in both cost savings to perform the test as well as construction costs by reducing over-compaction. University of Colorado Denver: Expanding our portfolio of work has continued to help grow the UTC program at CU Denver. More importantly, the work we are doing is helping develop the next generation of transportation professionals and doing so in a way that will benefit society in many different fashions. These projects will be of particular benefit to those looking to provide and promote a safer and more resilient transportation system. University of Denver: No input. University of Utah: One study provides an understanding of some of the critical factors shaping attitudes toward completely autonomous, self-driving vehicles. The findings will be relevant to the field of transportation safety and the automotive industry because these attitudes will determine the willingness to adopt autonomous vehicles, and the support for the legal and physical infrastructure needed to put these vehicles on the road. The research also furthers our understanding of judgment and decision making, and, thus, contributes to psychology, marketing, economics, and other fields where these processes are of fundamental interest. Another study will contribute to a better understanding of the surface treatments used on the roads. The expected outcomes of another project are related to environmental sustainability and livable community strategic goals in the sense that the technology studied has the potential to reduce the environmental impact of emissions generated by transportation activities, and improve the air quality in urban areas. In a project related to seismic retrofit of bridges, it is expected that DOT's will adopt these techniques. Alaska, California and Utah are currently considering these seismic retrofit techniques. In a related study, new seismic retrofit and repair techniques for existing concrete wall piers using FRP composite materials are being developed. Comparisons of seismic performance of existing piers built to old codes and new piers built to current codes will be carried out. Utah State University: I think we have a blend on projects. The benefit of this is we can impact the field on multiple fronts. The main focus has been on Transportation, Structures and Geotechnical. However we also have been significantly involved with electrical engineering with our efforts on the electric vehicle work. We had the Secretary of Transportation on campus during this reporting period and were able to take him and show him, along with seven legislators, the transportation facilities that we have. This is significant and something that we have never done before. We are trying to use this program to expand our contact with these key players in the region.
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Expected impacts. North Dakota State University: NDSU transportation and logistics students will continue to infiltrate the transportation workforce bringing excellent data analysis and assessment skills to the organizations. Students continue to present and participate in industry workshops and conferences, and Wyoming: The MPC funding will continue supporting graduate students who will join the transportation workforce after graduation. The research studies conducted will facilitate selecting maintenance and rehabilitation strategies on local paved roads, reduce crashes on tribal roads, enhance the effectiveness of air quality programs such as the CMAQ program, and reduce truck related crashes in rural areas. Colorado State University: As In addition to the findings of our educational impacts that are currently being realized, projects in the CSU program are disseminated expected to help engineering designers and decision makers make their way into transportation practice we anticipate several impacts. For example, the new model developed more effective choices in MPC 481 overcomes limitations of existing models and should facilitate better hydrologic design a variety of transportation infrastructure. MPC-485 studies the topic of Transit Oriented Developmentrelated fields including design for resilience, which is a very timely topic planning, and thus the project has the potential to help better inform many decision makers asset maintenance and local government agencies considering new ▇▇▇ projects. MPC-508 should help promote the use of polymer soil amendments in appropriate circumstancesmanagement. South Dakota State University: The implementation Development of the SDDOT Base and Subbase Moisture Density Curves may decrease the time required to obtain target density and optimum moisturea low-maintenance, low-cost mixed-media filtration system for storm water treatment. This should result in both cost savings filtration system can be used to perform reduce the test as well as construction costs by reducing overimpact of highway runoff on surface waters and improve the environmental sustainability of transportation. Transform waste streams that are now environmentally and financially expensive to discard into valuable materials for transportation-compactionrelated applications and improve the performance of ice and dust control on roadways. University of Colorado Denver: Expanding our portfolio of work has continued to help grow the UTC program at CU Denver. More importantly, the work we are doing is helping develop the next generation of transportation professionals and doing so in a way that will benefit society in many different fashions. These projects will be of particular benefit to those looking to provide and promote a safer and more resilient transportation system. University of Denver: No input. University of Utah: One study provides an understanding of some Results of the critical factors shaping attitudes toward completely autonomous, self-driving vehicles. The findings will ongoing projects are expected to be relevant to the field of transportation safety and the automotive industry because these attitudes will determine the willingness to adopt autonomous vehicles, and the support for the legal and physical infrastructure needed to put these vehicles on the road. The research also furthers our understanding of judgment and decision making, and, thus, contributes to psychology, marketing, economics, and other fields where these processes are of fundamental interest. Another study will contribute to a better understanding of the surface treatments used on the roads. The expected outcomes of another project are related to environmental sustainability and livable community strategic goals implemented in the sense that the technology studied has the potential to reduce the environmental impact of emissions generated by transportation activities, and improve the air quality in urban areas. In a project related to seismic retrofit of bridges, it is expected that DOT's will adopt these techniques. Alaska, California and Utah are currently considering these seismic retrofit techniques. In a related study, new seismic retrofit and repair techniques for existing concrete wall piers using FRP composite materials are being developed. Comparisons of seismic performance of existing piers built to old codes and new piers built to current codes will be carried out. Utah State University: I think we have a blend on projects. The benefit of this is we can impact the field on multiple fronts. The main focus has been on Transportation, Structures and Geotechnical. However we also have been significantly involved with electrical engineering with our efforts on the electric vehicle work. We had the Secretary of Transportation on campus during this reporting period and were able to take him and show him, along with seven legislators, the transportation facilities that we have. This is significant and something that we have never done before. We are trying to use this program to expand our contact with these key players in the region.state
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