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

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
Clare Griffith P.E., Value Management Engineer
Value Management
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1502 MSC

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1502
Charles Edwards , Strategic Planning / Logistics Director
Strategic Planning Office
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1501 MSC

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1501
Peter Coclanis Ph.D., Albert Ray Newsome Distiguished Professor; Director, Global Research Institute
Department of History
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
419 Hamilton Hall
CB 3195
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 23464

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
Dynamic Cone Penetrometer Criteria for Evaluation of Subgrade and Aggregate Base Courses	Pavement & Maintenance	Pavement Construction	1999-04	Mohammed A. Gabr; Philip C. Lambe
An In-Depth Evaluation of Moisture Sensitivity of Asphalt Mixtures	Pavement & Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	1998-08	N. Paul Khosla
Delamination and Shoving of Asphalt Concrete Layers Containing Baghouse Fines	Pavement & Maintenance	Pavement Materials	1999-03	Akhtarhusein A. Tayebali
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
Use of Falling Weight Deflectometer Multi-Load Data for Pavement Strength Estimation	Pavement & Maintenance	Pavement Performance	2000-04	Y. Richard Kim
Overcoming Obstacles to the Use of Traffic Signal Detector Data for Traffic Forecasting	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Forecasting	2000-02	Joseph S. Milazzo; Robert S. Foyle
Performance Evaluation of Fine Graded Superpave Mixtures for Surface Courses			2000-06	N. Paul Khosla
Development of a Reliable Methodology to Determine In-Situ Pavement Strength of General Aviation Airport Pavements	Pavement & Maintenance	Pavement Strength	1998-02	Roy D. McQueen
Determination of Subgrade Strength Under Intact Portland Cement Concrete Slabs for Rubblization Projects	Pavement & Maintenance	Concrete Pavements	1999-02	Y. Richard Kim
Sampling and Testing of Stormwater Runoff from North Carolina Highways			1999-06	Craig J. Allan; Jy Wu
Identification of Severe Crash Factors and Countermeasures in North Carolina	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Safety	1999-11	Asad J. Khattak; Charles V. Zegeer; Herman F. Huang; J. Kevin Lacy
Effects of Manufactured Sands and Blended Aggregates on the Durability of Concrete Bridge Decks and Pavements	Pavement & Maintenance	Pavement Performance	1998-06	Michael L. Leming
Geogrid Reinforcement of Piedmont Residual Soil	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	2001-02	Alan T. Stadler
A Mechanistic Approach to Evaluate Contribution of Prime and Tack Coat In Composite Asphalt Pavements	Pavement & Maintenance	Pavement Performance	2001-04	Akhtarhusein A. Tayebali; M. S. Rahman
Analysis of an Instrumented Jointless Bridge	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Design	2001-01	Mervyn J. Kowalsky; Paul Zia
Evaluation of the Effects of Mixture Properties and Compaction Methods on the Predicted Performance of Superpave Mixtures	Pavement & Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	2001-03	N. Paul Khosla
Effects of Shading from Bridges on Estuarine Wetlands			2001-12	Christopher Craft; Stephen W. Broome
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
Methodology to Assess Soil, Hydrologic, and Site Parameters that Affect Wetland Restoration			2001-09	James D. Gregory; Michael J. Vepraskas; Stephen W. Broome
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
Using GIS-Based Property Tax Data for Trip Generation	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Forecasting	2001-08	John R. Stone
Ecological Assessment of a Wetlands Mitigation Bank	Environment	Wetlands Mitigation	2001-11	Irene Rossell; James Petranka; Kevin Moorhead

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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 & Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Y. Richard Kim
2019-20	Calibration of Structural Layer Coefficients for North Carolina Asphalt Pavements	Pavement & Maintenance	Pavement Strength	B. Shane Underwood
2019-21	Improving the Design of RAP and RAS Mixtures	Pavement & 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	Public & Rural Transportation	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.
2019-22	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 & Safety	Traffic Safety	Sarah Worth O`Brien
2019-24	Using IoT Technology to Create “Smart Work Zones”	Traffic & Safety	Worker, Employee Safety	Erol Ozan
2019-25	Evaluation of the Monroe Expressway Wrong Way Vehicle Detection Program	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Safety	R. Thomas Chase
2019-26	Roadway Signing and Marking of Unconventional Grade Separated Intersection Designs	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Management	Christopher Cunningham
2019-27	Compare NCDOT-MSTA’s School Traffic Trip Generation Calculator Estimates to Existing Conditions	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Forecasting	Mathew Palmer

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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 & Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Mustan Kadibhai
2019-20	Calibration of Structural Layer Coefficients for North Carolina Asphalt Pavements	Pavement & Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Mustan Kadibhai
2019-21	Improving the Design of RAP and RAS Mixtures	Pavement & 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	Public & Rural Transportation	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
2019-22	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 & Safety	Traffic Safety	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-24	Using IoT Technology to Create “Smart Work Zones”	Traffic & Safety	Worker, Employee Safety	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-25	Evaluation of the Monroe Expressway Wrong Way Vehicle Detection Program	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Safety	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-26	Roadway Signing and Marking of Unconventional Grade Separated Intersection Designs	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Management	Steven J. Bolyard
2019-27	Compare NCDOT-MSTA’s School Traffic Trip Generation Calculator Estimates to Existing Conditions	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Forecasting	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 & Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Shihai Zhang
2019-20	Calibration of Structural Layer Coefficients for North Carolina Asphalt Pavements	Pavement & Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Clark Morrison
2019-21	Improving the Design of RAP and RAS Mixtures	Pavement & 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	Public & Rural Transportation	Debra Collins
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
2019-22	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 & Safety	Traffic Safety	JoHanna I. Cockburn
2019-24	Using IoT Technology to Create “Smart Work Zones”	Traffic & Safety	Worker, Employee Safety	Steve Kite
2019-25	Evaluation of the Monroe Expressway Wrong Way Vehicle Detection Program	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Safety	Andy Lelewski
2019-26	Roadway Signing and Marking of Unconventional Grade Separated Intersection Designs	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Management	Joseph E. Hummer
2019-27	Compare NCDOT-MSTA’s School Traffic Trip Generation Calculator Estimates to Existing Conditions	Traffic & Safety	Traffic Forecasting	Kimberly D. Hinton

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

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

Clare Griffith P.E., Value Management Engineer

Charles Edwards , Strategic Planning / Logistics Director

Peter Coclanis Ph.D., Albert Ray Newsome Distiguished Professor; Director, Global Research Institute

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