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Robotic Nondestructive Evaluation Tool Helps Bridge Engineers Validate Bridge Deck Condition Assessments
UTC(s): Rutgers University
Publication Date: December, 2013
In the 1950s President Eisenhower initiated the creation of an interstate...
The White House Issued a Challenge…the University of Memphis Accepted
UTC(s): University of Memphis
Publication Date: November, 2013
Challenge: Increase the breadth of women participating in the transportation...
Innovative Approaches to Educate Our Future Transportation Workforce
UTC(s): Carnegie Mellon University
Publication Date: October, 2013
In April 2012, the Council of University Transportation Centers sponsored...
Disruption in the Driver's Seat: How Technological Advancements are Changing What We Do in the Car and on the Road
UTC(s): Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publication Date: September, 2013
The explosion of mobile computing in the last few years has...
Taking on Frozen Debris Lobes - Permafrost Experts, DOT Engineers Team Up in First-of-its-Kind Study
UTC(s): University of Alaska
Publication Date: August, 2013
The day-to-day challenges of researchers and engineers at the Alaska University...
NURail - Developing a New Generation of Railway Professionals
UTC(s): University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Publication Date: June, 2013
Established by a grant issued in January 2012, the National...
The Joint Merge: Improving Work Zone Traffic Flows
UTC(s): Louisiana State University
Publication Date: July, 2013
Stopping traffic flow to perform road maintenance is not always feasible....
The Potential of Side Camera Systems to Reduce Bus Side Collisions
UTC(s): University of South Florida
Publication Date: May, 2013
Blind zones—those areas directly around a vehicle that the operator cannot...
Evaluation of Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) – A Forensic Analysis
UTC(s): Utah State University
Publication Date: April, 2013
In the latest State of the Union address, President Obama reported to the...