Research Activities: 2006

In 2006, our University Transportation Center (UTC) became a National University Transportation Center (NUTC). Below are the projects co-sponsored with funds from the National University Transportation Center. 

  Quick Test for Percent of Deleterious Material (R218)
   
  Leaching Behavior of Coal Combustion Products and the Environmental Implication in Road Construction: Year 2 Funds (R214)
   
  Structural Assessment of Highway “N” Power Substation under Earthquake Loads (R213)
   
  Pultruded Composites Using Soy-Based Polyurethane (R211)
   
  Freight Optimization & Development in Missouri – Waterways and Ports Module (R210)
   
  Serviceability and Prestress Loss Behavior of SCC Prestressed Concrete Girders Subjected to Increased Compressive Stresses at Release (R209)
   
  Mechanical Characterization Of Enamel Coated Steel Bars (R208)
   
  Concrete Crack and Spalling Detection in a 6.1-meter Precast RC Piles with Novel Distributed Cable Sensors and ETDR Measurement (R207)
   
  Show Me the Road to Hydrogen (R204)
   
  Graduate Research Training in Transportation Areas Year 2 (R203)
   
  Geophysical Characterization of Tunnel Construction Site, Louisville, Kentucky (R202)
   
  Leaching Behavior of Coal Combustion Products and the Environmental Implication in Road Construction: Year 1 Funds (R201)
   
  Development of Teaching Material to Integrate GT-POWER into Combustion Courses for IC Engine Simulations (R200)
   
  Development of Hand-held Thermographic Inspection Technologies (R198)
   
  Design of FRP Systems for Strengthening Concrete Girders in Shear Phase II (R197)
   
  Long-Term Remote Sensing System for Bridge Piers (R195)  

 

The following projects were co-sponsored by the University Transportation Center, before it became National.

  Investigation of Karst Features within MoDOTROW (R194)
   
  Design, Construction, Laboratory and Field Testing of the Bridge on the Arnault Branch, Washington Country, Missouri (R193)
   
  Best Practices for Implementing a Biodiesel Program (R191)
   
  Investigation of Karst Features within Pipeline/Roadway (R189)
   
  Detection of Subsurface Zone of Seepage Beneath Earth Fill Dam: Phase II (R188)
   
  Geophysical Characterization of Soil and Bedrock, Monroe City Bridge (R187)
   
  Design of FRP Systems for Strengthening Concrete Girders in Shear: Phase I (R186)
   
  Optimization of Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducers (EMATs) for Condition Assessment of Civil Infrastructure (R184)
   
  Back Movement Monitor Field Testing (R183)
   
  Detection of Subsurface Zone of Seepage Beneath Earth Fill Dam and Beneath Roadway (R182)
   
  Adding Faculty in Transportation Areas: Year 1 (Continued) (R180)
   
  Leaching Behavior of Coal Combustion Products and the Environmental Implication in Road Conditions (R178)
   
  Mapping of Underground Voids at Construction Site (R177)
   
  Resilient Moduli of Typical Missouri Soils and Unbound Granular Base (R175)
   
  Development and Testing of High Resolution Target Monitor (R174)