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Region 8 Competition

University Transportation Centers (UTC) Region 8 Award: (12/13/23)

On 12/1/2023, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg selected the North Dakota State University to receive the BIL-funded Region 8 grant.  The Center for Transformative Infrastructure Preservation and...

Mechanical Characterization of Mycelium Composites Based on Hemp

Tennessee State University, a member of the Environmentally Responsible Transportation Center for Communities of Concern (ERTC3) consortium led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, is studying the mechanical properties of mycelium composites.  

The mycelium-...