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2021-01	Zoysiagrass Expansion on Roadsides	Environment and Hydraulics	Flora and Fauna	Susana R. Milla-Lewis
2021-02	Evaluating Maintenance Requirements and Water Quality Benefits of Alternative Vegetated and Non-Vegetated Linings in Roadside Swales	Environment and Hydraulics	Stormwater	William F. Hunt, III
2021-03	Predicting Roadway Washout Locations During Extreme Rainfall Events	Environment and Hydraulics	Stormwater	Barbara Doll; Dan Line
2021-04	Evaluating Biochar as a Multi-Beneficial and Cost-Effective Soil Amendment Option for Maximal Stormwater	Environment and Hydraulics	Stormwater	Jacelyn Rice-Boayue
2021-05	Technology of Mapping and NDT for Pipes Inspection	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	Sameer Hamoush
2021-11	Urban Applications of Innovative Intersection Designs	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Facility Design	Christopher Cunningham; Michael R. Brown; Celen Pasalar
2021-12	Guidelines to Enhance the Constructability of Diverse, Modern, and Unconventional Intersections and Interchanges (DMUII)	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Miscellaneous	William J. Rasdorf; Rudolf Seracino; Nagui M. Rouphail; Kevin Han; Minerva Bonilla
2021-13	LED Traffic Signal Lifespan and Replacement Assessment	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Miscellaneous	William J. Rasdorf; Fred Kish; Morgan Westbrook
2021-14	Evaluation of different methods to identify sites that require safety investigations	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Safety	Raghavan Srinivasan; Taha Saleem; Bo Lan; Michael Vann
2021-15	Evaluation of School Travel Patterns and Preferences	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Management	Daniel Findley; Thomas Dudley
2021-19	Passenger Ferry Feasibility Study ‐ Other Routes	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Ferry	Daniel Findley
2020-01	Reducing the Environmental Impact of Road Construction	Environment and Hydraulics	Erosion and Turbidity Control	Richard A. McLaughlin
2020-02	Acoustical Standard for Noise Walls	Environment and Hydraulics	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 and Hydraulics	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 and Hydraulics	Air Quality and Noise Abatement	H. Christopher Frey
2020-09	Monitoring and modeling sound-side erosion near Oregon Inlet to support feasibility level transportation planning	Environment and Hydraulics	Project Development	Margery Overton
2020-10	Integrating Supply Chain with Transportation Infrastructure Data for Enhanced Planning Capabilities	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Trucking and Freight	KeAnne Hoeg
2020-11	Evolution of Pavement Friction and Macrotexture after Asphalt Overlay	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Pavement Performance	B. Shane Underwood; Cassie A. Castorena
2020-12	Evaluation of New Asphalt Concrete Job Mix Formula Specifications	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	B. Shane Underwood; Cassie A. Castorena
2020-13	Continuing Toward Implementation of Performance Engineered Concrete Mixtures for Durable and Sustainable Concrete	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Concrete Pavements	Tara L. Cavalline; Brett Q. Tempest
2020-14	Development of Pavement Performance Models using New Breakpoints and Pretreatment Conditions	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Pavement Performance	Dong (Don) Chen; Thomas Nicholas II
2020-15	Quality Control of Field Asphalt Mixtures and Compatibility of Aggregates and Emulsions using Asphalt Compatibility Tester (ACT)	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	Akhtarhusein A. Tayebali; Cassie A. Castorena
2020-16	Screening of Asphalt Extenders and Recycling Agents	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	Cassie A. Castorena
2020-17	Evaluation of Inverted Pavement for NC Roadways	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Pavement Strength	B. Shane Underwood; Murthy Guddati
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
2020-19	Evaluating Integral Abutment Performance	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	Rudolf Seracino; Amin K. Akhnoukh
2020-20	Identifying Bridges Critical to North Carolina Agriculture and Commerce	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Miscellaneous	Daniel Findley; George F. List
2020-21	Fiber Reinforcement for Latex Modified Concrete Overlays	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Concrete	Gregory Lucier; Mohammad Pour-Ghaz
2020-22	Durability of Pipe Materials in Soils	Environment and Hydraulics	Water Quality and Pollutant Discharge	Mohammad Pour-Ghaz; Gregory Lucier; Mohammed A. Gabr
2020-23	Developing a Safe and Cost-Effective Flight Control Methodology for a UAV-Enabled Bridge Inspection	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	Ali Karimoddini; Abdollah Homaifar; Tara L. Cavalline; Navid Goudarzi
2020-24	Assessment of Separated Bike Lane (SBL) Applications in North Carolina	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Bicycle and Pedestrian	Sarah Worth O`Brien; Dan Gelinne; Taha Saleem; Sarah Searcy; Chris Vaughan; Blythe Carter
2020-25	Reconciling Travel Time Saving Estimates in the SPOT Process	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Safety	Nagui M. Rouphail; R. Thomas Chase
2020-26	Development of Safety Benefit Factors for New Location and Widening Projects for Use in the STI Scoring Process	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Safety	Joy C. Davis; Daniel Findley; Raghavan Srinivasan; Taha Saleem; Nick Norboge
2020-27	Updated and Regional Calibration Factors for Highway Safety Manual Crash Prediction Models (2016-2019)	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Forecasting	Taha Saleem; Raghavan Srinivasan; Bo Lan
2020-28	Driver Behavior and Performance in High to Low Speed Transitions	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Miscellaneous	Raghavan Srinivasan; Taha Saleem; Daniel Carter; Bo Lan; Mike Vann
2020-29	Development of a Crash Modification Factor for Conversion of a Conventional Signalized Intersection to a Continuous Flow Intersection	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Facility Design	Christopher Cunningham; Raghavan Srinivasan
2020-30	Traffic Analysis Tools: Assessment, Comparison and Validation Study	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Traffic Surveys, Modeling and Forecasting	Nagui M. Rouphail; M. Shoaib Samandar; R. Thomas Chase; George F. List; Chris Vaughan; Behzad Aghdashi
2020-31	Design Consistency on Corridors	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Facility Design	R. Thomas Chase; Christopher Cunningham; David B. Kaber
2020-32	Mini-Roundabout CMF Development	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Facility Design	Srinivas Pulugurtha; Venkata R. Duddu
2020-33	Considering Conspicuity for North Carolina Department of Transportation Light Trucks	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Forecasting	Brian Sylcott
2020-34	Investigation of Technology to allow the tracking of wait times and traffic points of origin for users of the Ferry System	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Ferry	Daniel Findley
2020-35	Training and Case Studies for UAV-based LIDAR and Imaging Systems	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Zhen Zhu; George Wang; Shanyue Guan
2020-36	Safety of the Urban Freight System: Key Performance Indicators	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Trucking and Freight	Noreen McDonald
2020-37	Economic Impacts of Transit Investments, Social Challenges, and Strategies for Sustaining High Ridership	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal		Eleni Bardaka; Kai Monast
2020-38	Location Aware Approach to Creating Effective Public Outreach	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Okan Pala
2020-39	State of the Art Approaches to Bicycle and Pedestrian Counters	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Bicycle and Pedestrian	Erol Ozan; Sarah Searcy
2020-40	Inductive Wireless Power Transfer for Switcher Trains	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Passenger Rail	Tiefu Zhao; Shenen Chen

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