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Smart Rock Positioning for Scour Hazard Assessment of Bridges
Hydraulic effects are responsible for about 60 percent of the more than 1,500 U.S. bridge collapses. Traditionally, divers are sent underwater to inspect bridge foundations and document any riverbed erosion or scour holes that may compromise a foundation’s integrity.
This...
Improving Bridge Assessment, Prognosis, and Interventions through Emerging Technology
Date: 5/2/2018, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM EDT
Location: 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC, (West Building) Conference Center Room 6
Speaker: Frank L. Moon, Ph.D., Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Organization: Center for Advanced...
Child Safety Seat Usage in Ride-Share Services
In a research project funded by the Safety through Disruption (Safe-D) National UTC, researchers at the Virginia Tech and Texas A&M Transportation Institutes are collaborating to study the current state of child ridership and child safety seat use in ride-share vehicles.
The...
Summer Transportation Institute Inspires Future Workforce
For 21 years, the National Transportation Center at Morgan State University has run its highly successful Summer Transportation Institute (STI), which gives 20 high school students a chance to experience the world of transportation professionals.
The free, 4-week program...
UTC Spotlight Newsletters
Title Publication Date UTC(s) How U.S. DOT-Sponsored University Transportation Center Is Reinventing Bridge Repairs with UHPC April 2025 Florida International University UAVs and Machine Learning Power Next-Level Bridge Inspection...Augmented Reality and Connected Automated Vehicles
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) must be tested extensively before they can be deployed and accepted by the general public. Currently, CAV testing and evaluation are primarily conducted in two ways: on public roads and in closed test facilities.
There are two...
New Frontiers in Connected Vehicle Technologies: A Testbed for Validating Connectivity, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, and Automation
The Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2), headquartered at Clemson University, began conducting research in 2016 by utilizing and enhancing the functionalities of the Clemson University Connected Vehicle Testbed (CU-CVT).
CU-CVT includes heterogeneous...
2017 Outstanding Students of the Year
2017 Spotlight Conference Program
OST-R and TRB co-sponsored the 11th University Transportation Center (UTC) Spotlight Conference on September 26-27, 2017, entitled Rebuilding and Retrofitting the Transportation Infrastructure. The conference focused on rebuilding and retrofitting transportation infrastructure for all modes, and...