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ProjectID	Click for Project Details	Category	Sub-Category	Researchers	Lead Research Org	Partner Research Org
2023-01	Evaluating Primary and Secondary Roadway Pavement Conditions using Deep Learning	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Pavement Performance	Dong (Don) Chen; Wenwu Tang; Chris Vaughan	UNC Charlotte	NC State University - ITRE
2023-02	Balanced Asphalt Mix Design for North Carolina	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	B. Shane Underwood; Cassie A. Castorena; Y. Richard Kim	NC State University
2023-03	Evaluation of RAP/RAS Stockpiles in North Carolina and Changes in these Stockpiles Over Time	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Pavement Materials	Cassie A. Castorena; B. Shane Underwood	NC State University
2023-04	Howard Gap Landslide: Spatiotemporal Mapping, Monitoring and Change Detection	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	Leila Hashemi Beni	NC A&T State University
2023-05	Prioritizing NCDOT Bridge Preservation Projects Using Bridge Element Inspection Data	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	Daniel Findley	NC State University - ITRE
2023-06	Impact Damage Evaluation of Prestressed Girders Development of Tools and Guidance for Damage Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges following Overheight Collisions	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Design	Nicole Leo Braxtan; Matthew J. Whelan; Shen-En Chen	UNC Charlotte
2023-07	Methods for Concrete Crack Sealant	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	Mohammad Pour-Ghaz; Amin K. Akhnoukh	NC State University
2023-08	Impacts of Medicaid Transformation on North Carolina Public Transit Systems: Lessons Learned and Best Practices	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Public & Rural Transportation	Noreen McDonald; Abigail Cochran	UNC Chapel Hill
2023-09	Economic Contribution of North Carolina's Supply Chain	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Daniel Findley; Robert B. Handfield	NC State University - ITRE	NC State University
2023-10	Modeling the Effects of Rail Noise Propagation on Pedestrians in North Carolina Railroad Environments	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Passenger Rail	Rongfang (Rachel) Liu	NC A&T State University
2023-11	Guidance on Considering CAVs in Travel Demand Models	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Traffic Surveys, Modeling and Forecasting	Leta F. Huntsinger; Nita Bhave; M. Shoaib Samandar; Ali Hajbabaie	NC State University - ITRE	NC State University
2023-12	Equity Analysis for Long Range Transportation Planning	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Srinivas Pulugurtha; Suzanne Leland	UNC Charlotte
2023-13	Management of Mud and DGS during Highway Construction and Maintenance	Environment and Hydraulics	Erosion and Turbidity Control	Josh Heitman; Richard A. McLaughlin	NC State University
2023-14	Natural Hazards Vulnerability Assessment of the NCDOT Ferry Division Assets	Environment and Hydraulics	Miscellaneous	Elizabeth Sciaudone; Daniel Findley	NC State University
2023-15	Predicting Resilience and Reducing Failure of SCMs to Extreme Storm Events	Environment and Hydraulics	Resiliency (Flooding/Stormwater/Hydraulics)	William F. Hunt, III	NC State University
2023-16	Evaluation of Road Network Resilience to Natural Hazards using Network Analysis	Environment and Hydraulics	Resiliency (Flooding/Stormwater/Hydraulics)	Evan Goldstein	UNC Greensboro
2023-17	Demonstrating the Capabilities of UAS Topobathymetric LiDAR Mapping in Support of DOT Project Planning, Monitoring and Modeling	Environment and Hydraulics	Project Development	Narcisa Pricope; Ok-Youn Yu	UNC Wilmington	UNC Asheville
2023-18	Comparison of eDNA and electrofishing survey methods for management purposes	Environment and Hydraulics	Flora and Fauna	Heather Evans
2023-19	Development of Crash Modification Factors for Comparing Standard Diamond Interchange to Other Common Interchange Designs	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design		Taha Saleem; Raghavan Srinivasan	UNC Chapel Hill - HSRC
2023-20	Evaluating Benefits and Drawbacks of Intersections with Three-Phase Traffic Signals	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Safety	William J. Rasdorf	NC A&T State University
2023-21	Multimodal Trip Reductions Rates in Local Municipalities	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Management	Daniel Findley	NC State University - ITRE
2023-22	Further Development of AI Tool for Extraction of Road Hazards from Videolog Data and LIDAR	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Equipment and Inventory Control	Raghavan Srinivasan	UNC Chapel Hill - HSRC
2023-27	Research and development of a water quality testing program targeting imperiled aquatic species and their habitats at extant and re-introduction sites in the Complete 540 project area	Environment and Hydraulics	Water Quality and Pollutant Discharge	W. Gregory Cope	NC State University
2023-28	Port Operations Digital Transformation	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Daniel Findley; George F. List; Tim Kraft; Sebastian Heese; Rob Handfield; Julie Swann; Amirreza Sahebi; Amir Hossein Sadeghi	NC State University - ITRE
2023-29	Assessing Environmental Justice & Historical Transportation Impacts in North Carolina	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal		Leta F. Huntsinger; Jacelyn Rice-Boayue	NC State University - ITRE	UNC Charlotte
2023-32	Technology Transfer 2019-08 - Rail Network Trespass Statewide Severity Assessment - Phase II	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Passenger Rail		NC State University - ITRE
2023-35	Microtransit Pilot Project in Greensboro, NC	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Public & Rural Transportation	Ali Karimoddini	NC A&T State University
2023-36	Implementation of Field Recommendations for the NCDOT Wildflower Program	Environment and Hydraulics	Flora and Fauna	Charlie Cahoon	NC State University
2022-01	Vessel Electrification Investigation for the NCDOT Ferry Division Fleet	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Ferry	John C. Hildreth	Western Carolina University
2022-02	Integration of Repair and Remediation Methods into Pipe Material Selection Approach	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Durability and Corrosion Resistance	Mohammad Pour-Ghaz; Gregory Lucier	NC State University
2022-03	Optimizing Pesticide Applications Along North Carolina Roadsides	Environment and Hydraulics	Vegetation Management and Roadside	Travis Gannon	NC State University
2022-04	Low-Cost Visual Sensing of Stormwater Outlet Flow	Environment and Hydraulics	Stormwater	Francios Birgand	NC State University
2022-05	Development of Friction Performance Models	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Pavement Performance	B. Shane Underwood; Cassie A. Castorena	NC State University
2022-06	Performance Evaluation of HWY-2017-29 Project Asphalt Mixtures and Pavement	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Pavement Performance	Y. Richard Kim	NC State University
2022-07	Investigating Thermal and Mechanical Inputs for Rigid Pavement Design in North Carolina	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Pavement Strength	Gauhar Sabih; Tara L. Cavalline	Western Carolina University	UNC Charlotte
2022-08	Harkers Island Bridge Replacement: Material Characterization and Structural Performance	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Construction	Rudolf Seracino; Giorgio Proestos; Mohammad Pour-Ghaz; Amin K. Akhnoukh	NC State University
2022-09	Strut-and-Tie Design and Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Bent Caps	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Design	Giorgio Proestos	NC State University
2022-10	Developing Workflow, Implementation Tools, and Guidance for Efficient UAV-enabled Bridge Inspection	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	Ali Karimoddini; Tara L. Cavalline	NC A&T State University	UNC Charlotte
2022-11	Quantification of Systemic Risk Factors for Pedestrian Safety on North Carolina Roadways	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Safety	Vikash Gayah	Pennsylvania State University
2022-12	Comparing Intersection Safety Performance using the “20-Flags” Method and Crash Data	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Safety	Sarah Worth O`Brien	UNC Chapel Hill - HSRC
2022-13	Movement-Based Safety Performance Functions	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Safety	Christopher Cunningham	NC State University - ITRE
2022-14	Developing a Crash Modification Factor for Converting from an At-Grade Intersection to a Diamond Interchange	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Safety	Raghavan Srinivasan	UNC Chapel Hill - HSRC
2022-15	Groundwork for the Second Edition of the Alternative Intersection and Interchange Informational Report	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Management	Christopher Cunningham; Thomas Chase; Ishtiak Ahmed	NC State University - ITRE
2022-16	Developing and Operationalizing a Testbed of Connected Self-driving Shuttles to Test and Develop CAV Applications in North Carolina	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Public & Rural Transportation	Ali Karimoddini; Abdollah Homaifar	NC A&T State University
2022-17	Including Equity in Benefit-Cost Analysis	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Leta F. Huntsinger; Steve Bert; Daniel Findley	NC State University - ITRE
2022-18	Geo-FRIT: A Web-based Geospatial Analytics Tool for Quantifying Freight Risk and Resilience in Transportation	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Resiliency (Modal/Freight/Planning)	Wenwu Tang; Wei Fan; Shen-En Chen	UNC Charlotte
2022-19	Rail Economic Contribution Study	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Passenger Rail	Daniel Findley; Steve Bert	NC State University - ITRE
2022-20	Strengthening Access to NC Ferries to Support Coastal Community Resiliency, Health, and Mobility	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Ferry	Laura Sandt; Tabitha Combs; Sarah Worth O`Brien	UNC Chapel Hill - HSRC
2022-21	Interactive Mapping of the NCDOT Research Project Program Using Story Maps	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Administration	Timothy Mulrooney	NC Central University
2022-25	Genetic and Fitness Analysis of Imperiled Mussel Species in the Complete 540 Project Area	Environment and Hydraulics	Flora and Fauna	W. Gregory Cope; Chris Eads; Tal Ben-Horin; Heather Evans; Rachel Hoch; Jamie Roberts	NC State University

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