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Project 4.02: Future-Proof Transportation Infrastructure through Proactive, Intelligent, and Public-involved Planning and Management

Future-Proof Transportation Infrastructure through Proactive, Intelligent, and Public-involved Planning and Management Project 4.02 Project Summary The objective of this study is to future-proof transportation infrastructure (e.g., highways, railways, and bridges) through proactive, intelligent, and public-involved planning and management so that they can prepare appropriately, minimize impact, and capitalize opportunities in the face of future events, […]

Project 3.05: Prevention of Stressed-Induced Failures of Pre-stressed Concrete Crossties of the Railroad Track Structure: Phase I

Prevention of Stressed-Induced Failures of Pre-stressed Concrete Cross-ties of the Railroad Track Structure: Phase I Project 3.5 Project Summary The problem we are trying to solve is to understand and mitigate premature failures of pre-stressed concrete cross-ties (PSCCs), which are an essential structural component of a railroad track structure. The objectives of the project are […]

Project 1.06: Progressive Fault Identification and Prognosis of Railway Tracks Based on Intelligent Inference

Progressive Fault Identification and Prognosis of Railway Tracks Based on Intelligent Inference Project 1.6 Project Summary The objectives of this project are to synthesize novel sensors integrated with physics-informed data analytics to monitor the railway track for enhanced reliability and durability. New active sensing mechanisms will be developed, to enable autonomous detection and identification. New […]

Project 4.03: Towards Quantitative Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in Transportation Infrastructure

Towards Quantitative Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in Transportation Infrastructure Project 4.03 Project Summary This research project aims to design a systematic and quantitative framework to explore the connectivity and security issues in representative transportation infrastructures, including low-power wireless network infrastructure mainly for long-term structural monitoring, and vehicle-to- everything (V2X) communication infrastructure for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure message […]

Project 4.01: Connected Vehicles Applications to Improve Infrastructure Safety and Durability

Connected Vehicles Applications to Improve Infrastructure Safety and Durability Project 4.01 Project Summary This project will identify opportunities and vulnerabilities for enhanced connectivity of transportation infrastructure in Maine and New England. The project will consider how these technologies will improve the durability of infrastructure and improve safety and efficiency for road users. The project will […]

Project 4.04: Bridge-stream network assessment to identify sensitive structural, hydraulic

Bridge-Stream Network Assessment to Identify Sensitive Structural, Hydraulic and Landscape Parameters for Planning Flood Mitigation Project 4.4 Project Summary Bridge rehabilitation or new bridge design is often performed as needed for individual bridges without much consideration for how the change affects other bridges, properties, roads, etc. This is often a concern raised by stakeholders when […]

Project 3.07: Development of general guidelines related to the effects of factors such asthe bridge span range, range of pile length, roadway profile grade,and skew angle range on integral abutment bridges (IABs)

Development of General Guidelines Related to the Effects of Factors Such as the Bridge Span Range, Range of Pile Length, Roadway Profile Grade, and Skew Angle Range on Integral Abutment Bridges (IABs) Project 3.7 Project Summary The overall objective of this research is to improve the guidelines for the modeling, design, and construction of integral […]

Project 1.11: Energy Harvesting and Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Life

Energy Harvesting and Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Lifentelligent Compaction with Passive Wireless Sensors Project 1.11 Project Summary The objectives of this project are:• to develop a perpetual pavement system with embedded solar harvesting unit• to perform Infrastructure Assessments Through Solar Energy Harvesting• to perform a thermodynamic analysis of the pavement cooling system and the pavement […]

Project 1.08: Enhancing Intelligent Compaction with Passive Wireless Sensors

Enhancing Intelligent Compaction with Passive Wireless Sensors Project 1.8 Project Summary To ensure long lasting performance of pavement materials and avoid significant maintenance and rehabilitation costs, it is necessary to achieve high quality and uniformly compacted materials. In this project, we aim to improve the IC performance and facilitate the process of geo-material compaction and […]

Project 1.01: Field Live Load Testing and Advanced Analysis of Concrete T-Beam

Field Live Load Testing and Advanced Analysis of Concrete T-Beam Bridges to Extend Service Life Project 1.1 Project Summary Concrete T-beam bridges are an important class of structures that has seen limited investigation. These structures are often perceived as quite robust and are in good condition, but possess very low rating factors based on conventional […]

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