Research Project Participant Information List of research projects being worked on by selected project member

Camille Coombes , Pavement Management System Engineer
NCDOT - Operations Program management

4809 Beryl Road

Raleigh, NC 27606
Maranda E. McBride , Director of the Transportation Institute and Associate Professor
Management
North Carolina A&T State University
1601 East Market Street
Quiester Craig Hall
Greensboro, NC 27411
Craig Newton , Facilities Engineer Consultant
NC DOT
Rail Division
1 South Wilmington St

Raleigh, NC 27601
Jarvis Gray , Deputy Director, Safety & Risk Management
Safety & Risk Management
NC Department of Transportation
313 Chapanoke Rd

Raleigh, NC 27603
Rodney D. Renix , Deputy Director
Office of Civil Rights
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1 S. Wilmington Street

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
Henry McKoy Jr. Ph.D., Director of Entrepreneurship
School of Business
North Carolina Central University
1801 Fayetteville Street

Durham, North Carolina 27707
James H. Johnson Jr. Ph.D., William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center
Kenan-Flagler Business School
University of North Carolina and Chapel Hill
300 Kenan Center Drive
Kenan 314C, CB 3440
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3440
Mike Gangloff PhD, Professor
Biology Department
Appalachian State University
572 Rivers Street

Boone, NC 28608-2027
Ali Karimoddini PhD, Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
NC A&T
1601 East Market Street

Greensboro, NC 27411
Basil K. Yap , UAS Program Manager
Aviation
NCDOT
Trey Carroll PE, Team Leader - Design & Construction
North Carolina Dept. of Transportation

1581 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699-1581
Shihai Zhang PE, Design/Analysis Engineer
North Carolina Dept. of Transportation

1563 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699
Curtis T. Bradley Ph.D., Research Implementation Manager
Research & Development
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1549 MSC

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1549
Richard Mullinax P.E., Signals & Geometics Engineer

North Carolina Department of Transportation
1561 MSC

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1561
Burt Tasaico P.E., State Program Analysis Engineer
Program Analysis
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1514 MSC

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1514

Researcher on the following projects:

Click for Project Details	Category	Sub-Category	ProjectID	Researchers
Functional Assessment of the Effects of Highway Construction on Coastal North Carolina Wetlands: Comparison of Effects Before and After Construction: Phase II (Construction)	Environment	Wetlands Mitigation	1999-07	Curtis J. Richardson; Neal E. Flanagan
A Two Stage Evaluation of NCDOT Stream Mitigation Practices: Stage 1-Synthesis of Current Stream Mitigation Practices; Stage 2-Development of Criteria of Effective Mitigation	Environment	Miscellaneous	1999-09	Greg Jennings
Increased Options for Weed Management in the North Carolina Highway Wildflower Program	Environment	Flora and Fauna	1999-12	Fred H. Yelverton
Fatigue Performance of Large-Sized Long-Span Prestressed Concrete Girders Impaired by Transverse Cracks	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Concrete	1999-01	Mervyn J. Kowalsky; Paul Zia
Assessing the Feasibility of Using TRANSIMS in North Carolina: The Fayetteville - Fort Bragg Case	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Facility Design	2000-05	John R. Stone; Nagui M. Rouphail
Emissions Reduction Through Better Traffic Management: An Empirical Evaluation Based Upon On-Road Measurements	Environment	Water Quality and Pollutant Discharge	1999-08	H. Christopher Frey; Nagui M. Rouphail
The Behavior of Prestressed High Performance Concrete Bridge Girders for US401 over the Neuse River in Raleigh, NC	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Design	1997-08	Mervyn J. Kowalsky; Paul Zia
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Existing North Carolina Department of Transportation Wetland Mitigation Sites	Environment	Wetlands Mitigation	1999-10	Mark M. Brinson; Richard D. Rheinhardt
Geogrid Reinforcement of Piedmont Residual Soil	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	2001-02	Alan T. Stadler
Analysis of an Instrumented Jointless Bridge	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Design	2001-01	Mervyn J. Kowalsky; Paul Zia
Measures to Reduce Erosion and Turbidity in Construction Site Runoff	Environment	Erosion and Turbidity Control	2001-05	Richard A. McLaughlin
Distribution of Freshwater Mussel Populations in Relationship to Crossing Structures	Environment	Flora and Fauna	2001-10	Arthur E. Bogan; Hugh Devine; Jay Levine; Ken Pollock
Evaluating Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Treating Stormwater and Wastewater from North Carolina Highways, Industrial Facilities, and Borrow Pits	Environment	Water Quality and Pollutant Discharge	2001-07	Daniel E. Line; Jean Spooner
Ecological Assessment of a Wetlands Mitigation Bank	Environment	Wetlands Mitigation	2001-11	Irene Rossell; James Petranka; Kevin Moorhead
Bridge Management System Update	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	2001-18	David W. Johnston
Assessment and Prediction of the Effects of Highways on Population Ecological and Genetic Properties of Selected Faunal Groups	Environment	Flora and Fauna	2001-14	Alan E. Stiven
Assessment of the Impact of Highway Runoff on the Health of Freshwater Mussels in NC Streams	Environment	Flora and Fauna	2001-13	Arthur E. Bogan; Damian Shea; Jay Levine; Lori Gustafson; Michael Stoskopf; W. Gregory Cope; William Showers
Guidelines for NCDOT Project-Level Traffic Forecasting Procedures	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Surveys, Modeling and Forecasting	2002-10	John R. Stone
A Spatial Editing and Validation Process for Short Count Traffic Data	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Surveys, Modeling and Forecasting	2002-09	Jacqueline M. Hughes-Oliver
Ecological, Morphological, Micromorphological and Molecular Analyses of the Species in the Hexastylis heterophylla Complex	Environment	Flora and Fauna	2002-04	Zack Murrell
Regionalizing Public Transportation Services	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit		2002-11	Andrew J. Henry; Thomas J. Cook
Lateral Capacity of Drilled Shafts Embedded in Soft Weathered Rock (SWR) Profiles	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	2002-13	Mohammed A. Gabr; Roy H. Borden
Behavior of A New High Performance Concrete Bridge on US 401 Over Neuse River in Wake County	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Design	2002-17	Mervyn J. Kowalsky; Paul Zia
Evaluation of Herbicides and Application Timing for Control of Japanese Knotweed	Environment	Flora and Fauna	2002-18	Stratford H. Kay
Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) for Reliability Analysis/ Design of Driven Piles Axial Capacity	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	2002-14	M. S. Rahman; Mohammed A. Gabr
Assessment of the Groundwater Flows at Juniper Bay and their Impact on the Surrounding Area	Environment	Wetlands Mitigation	2002-19	Christopher P. Bobko; Paul Zia; Rudolf Seracino
Evaluation of Bridge Analysis vis-à-vis Performance	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	2002-12	Janos Gergely
Minimizing Water Quality Impacts of Road Construction	Environment	Water Quality and Pollutant Discharge	2003-04	Greg Jennings; Richard A. McLaughlin
Effects of Increased U-Turns at Intersections on Divided Facilities and Median Divided versus Five-Lane Undivided Benefits	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Facility Design	2003-05	Joseph E. Hummer; Joseph S. Milazzo; Robert S. Foyle
False Capacity for Lane Drops	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Facility Design	2003-07	Joseph E. Hummer; Nagui M. Rouphail

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Principal Investigatoron the following projects:

ProjectID	Click for Project Details	Category	Sub-Category	Principal Investigator
2019-01	Enhancing Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Along North Carolina Roadsides through Characterizing Herbicide Fate	Environment		Travis Gannon
2019-02	Protocol for Outlet Analysis at Highway Sites	Environment		William F. Hunt, III
2019-03	DeepHyd: A Deep Learning-based Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Automated Classification of Hydraulic Structures from LiDAR and Sonar Data	Environment
2019-04	Stormwater Runoff Monitoring and Analysis for Aviation Mode Facilities	Environment		William F. Hunt, III
2019-05	Improved Approaches to Environmental Compliance During Highway Construction	Environment		Richard A. McLaughlin
2019-06	Optimizing Compost Application Rates for Vegetation Health, Maximal Stormwater Infiltration, & Runoff Quality	Environment	Water Quality and Pollutant Discharge	Josh Heitman
HWY-88992	Rumble Strip Noise Evaluation	Environment	Air Quality and Noise Abatement	Daniel Findley
2019-19	Development of Geosynthetic Pavement Interlayer Improvements	Pavement and Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Y. Richard Kim
2019-20	Calibration of Structural Layer Coefficients for North Carolina Asphalt Pavements	Pavement and Maintenance	Pavement Strength	B. Shane Underwood
2019-21	Improving the Design of RAP and RAS Mixtures	Pavement and Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	Cassie A. Castorena
2019-13	Cost Reduction of Worker Compensation Claims Resulting from Driver License Road Test Related Injuries	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Alex Albert
2019-11	Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Technology on Transportation Systems	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Forecasting	Eleni Bardaka
2019-12	Develop Local Functional Classification VMT and AADT Estimation Method	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Surveys, Modeling and Forecasting	Srinivas Pulugurtha
2019-08	Rail Network Trespass Statewide Severity Assessment and Predictive Modeling	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Sarah Searcy
2019-10	Freight Planning Tool for Ferry Division	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Ferry	Glenda K. Mayo
2019-14	North Carolina State Highway Cost Allocation and Revenue Attribution Study	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Eleni Bardaka
2019-15	Post Construction Assessment Program Development	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Edward J. Jaselskis
2019-16	Assessing Measures of Transportation Disadvantage for Public Transportation Project Prioritization	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit		Brittany V. Gaustad
2019-17	Rural Freight Transportation Needs	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Trucking and Freight	George F. List
2019-32	Public Perception of Transportation Fees in North Carolina	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Daniel Findley
2019-40	Technical Assistance Request Program	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Christopher Cunningham
2019-09	How to Account for Seasonal Population Shifts in Distributing the Powell Bill Allocation Funds	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Programming and Financing	Min Liu
2019-45	Moving Toward Inclusive and Equitable Sourcing at the North Carolina Department of Transportation	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	James H. Johnson Jr.
2019-44	Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Major Beltway Project Impacts on Surrounding Property Values in North Carolina & Technology Transfer of the Results	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Administration	Eleni Bardaka
2019-50	Pedestrian Incident Detection using Artificial Intelligence (Software Implementation)	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Passenger Rail	Christopher Cunningham
2019-46	NCDOT Research & Innovation Summit	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Maranda E. McBride
2019-22	Evaluating Corrosive Site Performance and Policy with Concrete Admixtures	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Concrete	Brett Q. Tempest
2019-23	Evaluation of a Two-bar Metal Bridge Rail for Compliance with 2016 Edition of Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	Howie Fang
2019-18	Yielding Compliance at High Visibility Crosswalks	Traffic and Safety	Traffic Safety	Sarah Worth O`Brien
2019-24	Using IoT Technology to Create “Smart Work Zones”	Traffic and Safety	Worker, Employee Safety	Erol Ozan

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Project Manager on the following projects:

ProjectID	Click for Project Details	Category	Sub-Category	Project Manager
2019-01	Enhancing Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Along North Carolina Roadsides through Characterizing Herbicide Fate	Environment		John W. Kirby
2019-02	Protocol for Outlet Analysis at Highway Sites	Environment		John W. Kirby
2019-03	DeepHyd: A Deep Learning-based Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Automated Classification of Hydraulic Structures from LiDAR and Sonar Data	Environment		John W. Kirby
2019-04	Stormwater Runoff Monitoring and Analysis for Aviation Mode Facilities	Environment		John W. Kirby
2019-05	Improved Approaches to Environmental Compliance During Highway Construction	Environment		John W. Kirby
2019-06	Optimizing Compost Application Rates for Vegetation Health, Maximal Stormwater Infiltration, & Runoff Quality	Environment	Water Quality and Pollutant Discharge	John W. Kirby
HWY-88992	Rumble Strip Noise Evaluation	Environment	Air Quality and Noise Abatement	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-19	Development of Geosynthetic Pavement Interlayer Improvements	Pavement and Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Mustan Kadibhai
2019-20	Calibration of Structural Layer Coefficients for North Carolina Asphalt Pavements	Pavement and Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Mustan Kadibhai
2019-21	Improving the Design of RAP and RAS Mixtures	Pavement and Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	Mustan Kadibhai
2019-13	Cost Reduction of Worker Compensation Claims Resulting from Driver License Road Test Related Injuries	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	John W. Kirby
2019-11	Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Technology on Transportation Systems	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Forecasting	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-12	Develop Local Functional Classification VMT and AADT Estimation Method	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Surveys, Modeling and Forecasting	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-08	Rail Network Trespass Statewide Severity Assessment and Predictive Modeling	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Curtis T. Bradley
2019-10	Freight Planning Tool for Ferry Division	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Ferry	Curtis T. Bradley
2019-14	North Carolina State Highway Cost Allocation and Revenue Attribution Study	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Curtis T. Bradley
2019-15	Post Construction Assessment Program Development	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Curtis T. Bradley
2019-16	Assessing Measures of Transportation Disadvantage for Public Transportation Project Prioritization	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit		Curtis T. Bradley
2019-17	Rural Freight Transportation Needs	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Trucking and Freight	Curtis T. Bradley
2019-32	Public Perception of Transportation Fees in North Carolina	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Mustan Kadibhai
2019-40	Technical Assistance Request Program	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-09	How to Account for Seasonal Population Shifts in Distributing the Powell Bill Allocation Funds	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Programming and Financing	Curtis T. Bradley
2019-45	Moving Toward Inclusive and Equitable Sourcing at the North Carolina Department of Transportation	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Curtis T. Bradley
2019-44	Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Major Beltway Project Impacts on Surrounding Property Values in North Carolina & Technology Transfer of the Results	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Administration	John W. Kirby
2019-50	Pedestrian Incident Detection using Artificial Intelligence (Software Implementation)	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Passenger Rail	John W. Kirby
2019-46	NCDOT Research & Innovation Summit	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Curtis T. Bradley
2019-22	Evaluating Corrosive Site Performance and Policy with Concrete Admixtures	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Concrete	Mustan Kadibhai
2019-23	Evaluation of a Two-bar Metal Bridge Rail for Compliance with 2016 Edition of Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	Mustan Kadibhai
2019-18	Yielding Compliance at High Visibility Crosswalks	Traffic and Safety	Traffic Safety	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-24	Using IoT Technology to Create “Smart Work Zones”	Traffic and Safety	Worker, Employee Safety	Steven J. Bolyard

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Chairperson on the following projects:

ProjectID	Click for Project Details	Category	Sub-Category	Committee Chairman
2019-01	Enhancing Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Along North Carolina Roadsides through Characterizing Herbicide Fate	Environment		David Harris
2019-02	Protocol for Outlet Analysis at Highway Sites	Environment		Andy McDaniel
2019-03	DeepHyd: A Deep Learning-based Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Automated Classification of Hydraulic Structures from LiDAR and Sonar Data	Environment		Matt S. Lauffer
2019-04	Stormwater Runoff Monitoring and Analysis for Aviation Mode Facilities	Environment		Jonathan Arnold
2019-05	Improved Approaches to Environmental Compliance During Highway Construction	Environment		David Harris
2019-06	Optimizing Compost Application Rates for Vegetation Health, Maximal Stormwater Infiltration, & Runoff Quality	Environment	Water Quality and Pollutant Discharge	Andy McDaniel
HWY-88992	Rumble Strip Noise Evaluation	Environment	Air Quality and Noise Abatement	Brian Mayhew
2019-19	Development of Geosynthetic Pavement Interlayer Improvements	Pavement and Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Shihai Zhang
2019-20	Calibration of Structural Layer Coefficients for North Carolina Asphalt Pavements	Pavement and Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Clark Morrison
2019-21	Improving the Design of RAP and RAS Mixtures	Pavement and Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	Todd Whittington
2019-13	Cost Reduction of Worker Compensation Claims Resulting from Driver License Road Test Related Injuries	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	John W. Kirby
2019-11	Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Technology on Transportation Systems	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Forecasting	Jamal S. Alavi
2019-12	Develop Local Functional Classification VMT and AADT Estimation Method	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Surveys, Modeling and Forecasting	Kent Taylor
2019-08	Rail Network Trespass Statewide Severity Assessment and Predictive Modeling	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Richard Mullinax
2019-10	Freight Planning Tool for Ferry Division	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Ferry	Charles Edwards
2019-14	North Carolina State Highway Cost Allocation and Revenue Attribution Study	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Burt Tasaico
2019-15	Post Construction Assessment Program Development	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Clare Griffith
2019-16	Assessing Measures of Transportation Disadvantage for Public Transportation Project Prioritization	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit		JoHanna I. Cockburn
2019-17	Rural Freight Transportation Needs	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Trucking and Freight	Charles Edwards
2019-32	Public Perception of Transportation Fees in North Carolina	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Burt Tasaico
2019-40	Technical Assistance Request Program	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-09	How to Account for Seasonal Population Shifts in Distributing the Powell Bill Allocation Funds	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Programming and Financing	Majed Al-Ghandour
2019-45	Moving Toward Inclusive and Equitable Sourcing at the North Carolina Department of Transportation	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Rodney D. Renix
2019-44	Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Major Beltway Project Impacts on Surrounding Property Values in North Carolina & Technology Transfer of the Results	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Administration	Jahmal Pullen
2019-50	Pedestrian Incident Detection using Artificial Intelligence (Software Implementation)	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Passenger Rail	Jahmal Pullen
2019-46	NCDOT Research & Innovation Summit	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Neil Mastin
2019-22	Evaluating Corrosive Site Performance and Policy with Concrete Admixtures	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Concrete	Trey Carroll
2019-23	Evaluation of a Two-bar Metal Bridge Rail for Compliance with 2016 Edition of Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	Gichuru Muchane
2019-18	Yielding Compliance at High Visibility Crosswalks	Traffic and Safety	Traffic Safety	JoHanna I. Cockburn
2019-24	Using IoT Technology to Create “Smart Work Zones”	Traffic and Safety	Worker, Employee Safety	Steve Kite

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Camille Coombes , Pavement Management System Engineer

Maranda E. McBride , Director of the Transportation Institute and Associate Professor

Craig Newton , Facilities Engineer Consultant

Jarvis Gray , Deputy Director, Safety & Risk Management

Rodney D. Renix , Deputy Director

Henry McKoy Jr. Ph.D., Director of Entrepreneurship

James H. Johnson Jr. Ph.D., William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center

Mike Gangloff PhD, Professor

Ali Karimoddini PhD, Associate Professor

Basil K. Yap , UAS Program Manager

Trey Carroll PE, Team Leader - Design & Construction

Shihai Zhang PE, Design/Analysis Engineer

Curtis T. Bradley Ph.D., Research Implementation Manager

Richard Mullinax P.E., Signals & Geometics Engineer

Burt Tasaico P.E., State Program Analysis Engineer

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