Research Projects (2009-10)

Colorado State University

• MPC-275: Z-Spike Rejuvenation to Salvage Timber Railroad Bridge Members (3rd Year)
• MPC-278: Bus-Stop Shelters-Improved Safety
• MPC-301: Sustainable Concretes for Transportation Infrastructure
• MPC-303: Seed Project - Beneficial Use of Off-Specification Coal Combustion Products to Increase the Stiffness of Expansive Soil-Rubber Mixtures
• MPC-323: Risk-based Advisory Prevention System for Commercial Trucks under Hazardous Conditions
• MPC-324: Reliability-based Safety Risk and Cost Prediction of Large Trucks on Rural Highways
• MPC-325: Fatigue Testing of Wood-Concrete Composite Beams
• MPC-326: Rapid Load Rating of Short Rural Bridges
• MPC-327: Seismic Risk Assessment for the I-25/I-70 Corridor in the Mountain Plains Region of the U.S.
• MPC-328: Low-Impact, High-Toughness Transportation Barriers

North Dakota State University

• MPC-329: Traffic Safety: Pilot Study to Assess Sustained and Multifaceted Activity on North Dakota's Rural Roads
• MPC-330: Integrate Supply Chain Model in Urban Freight Planning
• MPC-331: Using ND Traffic Records to Identify Higher Risk Teen Drivers
• MPC-332: Estimation of the Generalized Truck Freight Elasticity of Demand: Case Study of the Seattle-Tacoma to Chicago Corridor
• MPC-333: Implementing Traffic Safety Evaluations to Enhance Roadway Safety
• MPC-334: Proper Seat Placement of children Aged 4 to 12 within Vehicles
• MPC-335: Misinformation Contributing to Safety Issues in Vehicle Restraints for Children
• MPC-336: ND Wheat Transportation Knowledge for Market Enhancement
• MPC-337: Analysis of Freight Fuel Efficiency with Comparisons to Waterways and Truck Transportation

South Dakota State University

• MPC-305: Jointed Plain Concrete (JPC) Design and Construction Review
• MPC-306: Optimization of Pavement Marking Performance
• MPC-315: Analysis of Compound Channel Flow with Two-Dimensional Models
• MPC-316: Mitigation of Corrosion in CRC Pavement
• MPC-317: Development of Safety Screening Tool for High Risk Rural Roads

University of Utah

• MPC-288: Utah Department of Transportation Traffic Operations Center Operator Training (TOC)
• MPC-313: Evaluation of LRT and BRT Impact on Traffic Operations
• MPC-314: Assessing the User Impacts of Fast-Track Highway Constrction
• MPC-321: Salt Lake City Internship
• MPC-322: Driver Simulation

University of Wyoming

• Implementation of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
• MPC-318: Investigating crashes and geometric conditions in the state of Wyoming
• MPC-319: Gravel Roads Management: Developing a Methedology
• MPC-320: Pricing Strategies for Rural Freeways
• MPC-338: Use of Wind Power Maps to Establish Fatigue Design Criteria for Traffic Signal and Variable Message Structures