Recently started research
Below is a list of projects that were started between (roughly) August 2007 and August 2008. All links will take you out of this newsletter site.
Asphalt
Concrete
- Development of Performance Properties of Ternary Mixtures: Laboratory Study on Concrete
- Impact of Low-Shrinkage Mixes on Late-Age Random Cracking in Pavements with Use of Early-Entry Sawing (TR-587)
- Effect of Admixtures on Roller-Compacted Concrete Mixes
- Establishment of a Technology Transfer Concrete Consortium to Identify, Advise, and Fund Research and Technology Transfer for Concrete
- National Training for Integrated Materials and Construction Practices for Concrete Pavements, Phase II
Geotechnical
- Establishing a Dynamic Formula for Pile Design and Construction Control of Pile Driving (TR-584)
- Geotechnical Solutions For Soil Improvement, Rapid Embankment Construction, and Stabilization of the Pavement Working Platform
Access Management
Access and Corridor Management Support Program for Iowa, Phase I
Safety
- Pavement Markings and Safety
- Safety Analysis of Low Volume Rural Roads in Iowa
- Evaluation of Rumble Strips on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Iowa
- Low-Cost Strategies to Reduce Speed and Crashes on Curves
- Evaluation of Electronic Speed Limit Signs for Unified Consolidated School on US 30, Eastbound and Westbound
- Evaluation of Speed Activated Displays on Curves
- Synthesis of Traffic Calming Techniques in Work Zones
- Development of an Improved Agriculturally Based Deicing Product (TR-581)