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ProjectID	Click for Project Details	Category	Sub-Category	Researchers
2020-01	Reducing the Environmental Impact of Road Construction	Environment	Erosion and Turbidity Control	Richard A. McLaughlin
2020-02	Acoustical Standard for Noise Walls	Environment	Human Environment	Daniel Findley
2020-03	Evaluation of 2D Hydraulics Models to Improve Scour Predictions and Countermeasures	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Durability and Corrosion Resistance	Celso Castro-Bolinaga
2020-04	Fusing multi-source UAS-derived data to improve project planning a NCDOT Wetlands Prediction Model	Environment	Stream Mitigation	Narcisa Pricope
2020-05	Field evaluation of hardening methods for subsurface utilities and drainage pipes	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	Mohammad Pour-Ghaz; Mohammed A. Gabr; Detlef Knappe
2020-06	Compare NCDOT Bridge Scour Calculations to USGS SIR 2016- 5121 South Carolina (SC) Scour Envelope Curves Results	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Durability and Corrosion Resistance	Brina M. Montoya; Mohammed A. Gabr
2020-07	Efficacy and Durability of Advanced Retrofitted Emissions Controls for Passenger Service Diesel Locomotives	Environment	Air Quality and Noise Abatement	H. Christopher Frey
2020-08	Stream Prediction Model Automation	Environment	Wetlands Mitigation	Sheng-Guo Wang
2020-09	Monitoring and modeling sound-side erosion near Oregon Inlet to support feasibility level transportation planning	Environment	Project Development	Margery Overton
2020-10	Integrating Supply Chain with Transportation Infrastructure Data for Enhanced Planning Capabilities	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Trucking and Freight
2020-11	Evolution of Pavement Friction and Macrotexture after Asphalt Overlay	Pavement and Maintenance		B. Shane Underwood
2020-18	Applying Small UAS to Produce Survey Grade Geospatial Products for DOT Preconstruction & Construction Activities	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	Kevin Han; William J. Rasdorf
2020-22	Durability of Pipe Materials in Soils	Environment	Water Quality and Pollutant Discharge	Mohammad Pour-Ghaz; Gregory Lucier; Mohammed A. Gabr
2020-24	Assessment of Separated Bike Lane (SBL) Applications in North Carolina	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Bicycle and Pedestrian	Sarah Worth O`Brien; Dan Gelinne
2020-26	Development of Safety Benefit Factors for New Location and Widening Projects for Use in the STI Scoring Process	Traffic and Safety	Traffic Safety	Joy C. Davis; Daniel Findley
2020-36	Safety of the Urban Freight System: Key Performance Indicators	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Trucking and Freight	Noreen McDonald
2020-37	Economic Impacts of Transit Investments, Social Challenges, and Strategies for Sustaining High Ridership	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit		Eleni Bardaka; Kai Monast
2020-38	Location Aware Approach to Creating Effective Public Outreach	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Okan Pala
2020-39	State of the Art Approaches to Bicycle and Pedestrian Counters	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Bicycle and Pedestrian	Erol Ozan; Sarah Searcy
2020-40	Inductive Wireless Power Transfer for Switcher Trains	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Passenger Rail	Tiefu Zhao; Shenen Chen
2020-41	Constructability Review Effectiveness	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Amin K. Akhnoukh; Donna A. Hollar; Daniel Findley; William J. Rasdorf
2020-42	Bench-marking Non-motorized Policies and Project Delivery	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Bicycle and Pedestrian	Suzanne Leland; Srinivas Pulugurtha; Venkata R. Duddu
2020-43	Bicycle Volume: Counting Machine Validation & Correction, Estimating & Forecasting, and Analysis of Injury Risk	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Bicycle and Pedestrian	Wei Fan; Sarah Searcy
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		Craig J. Allan
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
2019-08	Rail Network Trespass Statewide Severity Assessment and Predictive Modeling	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Sarah Searcy; Christopher Cunningham; Chris Vaughan
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; William J. Rasdorf
2019-10	Freight Planning Tool for Ferry Division	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Ferry	Glenda K. Mayo; Jake Smithwick
2019-11	Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Technology on Transportation Systems	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Forecasting	Eleni Bardaka; Nagui M. Rouphail; George F. List; Billy M. Williams; H. Christopher Frey
2019-12	Develop Local Functional Classification VMT and AADT Estimation Method	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Traffic Surveys, Modeling and Forecasting	Srinivas Pulugurtha; Venkata R. Duddu
2019-13	Cost Reduction of Worker Compensation Claims Resulting from Driver License Road Test Related Injuries	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Alex Albert
2019-14	North Carolina State Highway Cost Allocation and Revenue Attribution Study	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Miscellaneous	Eleni Bardaka; Daniel Findley; Larry R. Goode
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; Eleni Bardaka; Kai Monast
2019-17	Rural Freight Transportation Needs	Planning, Policy, Programming and Transit	Trucking and Freight	George F. List; Peter Coclanis; Daniel Findley; Billy M. Williams
2019-18	Yielding Compliance at High Visibility Crosswalks	Traffic and Safety	Traffic Safety	Sarah Worth O`Brien; R. Thomas Chase
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; Cassie A. Castorena
2019-21	Improving the Design of RAP and RAS Mixtures	Pavement and Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	Cassie A. Castorena
2019-22	Evaluating Corrosive Site Performance and Policy with Concrete Admixtures	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Concrete	Brett Q. Tempest; Tara Cavalline
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
2019-24	Using IoT Technology to Create “Smart Work Zones”	Traffic and Safety	Worker, Employee Safety	Erol Ozan
2019-25	Evaluation of the Monroe Expressway Wrong Way Vehicle Detection Program	Traffic and Safety	Traffic Safety	R. Thomas Chase; Christopher Cunningham; Chris Vaughan
2019-26	Roadway Signing and Marking of Unconventional Grade Separated Intersection Designs	Traffic and Safety	Traffic Management	Christopher Cunningham; Shannon Warchol
2019-27	Compare NCDOT-MSTA’s School Traffic Trip Generation Calculator Estimates to Existing Conditions	Traffic and Safety	Traffic Forecasting	Mathew Palmer; Daniel Findley; Shannon Warchol
2019-28	Enhancing AV Traffic Safety through Pedestrian Detection, Classification, and Communication	Traffic and Safety	Traffic Safety	Mathew Palmer; Jing Feng; Seth Hollar; Ali Karimoddini

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