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ProjectID	Click for Project Details	Category	Sub-Category	Researchers	Lead Research Org	Partner Research Org
2024-01	Managed Freeway Before Study	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Management	Shoaib Samandar; Ishtiak Ahmed; Nagui M. Rouphail	NC State University - ITRE
2024-02	Quantitative Safety Information on Access Points at Either End of a U-Turn Crossover	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Management	Taha Saleem; Raghavan Srinivasan; Bo Lan	UNC Chapel Hill
2024-03	Impact of All-Way Stop Control Intersections Along Rural and Suburban Corridors	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Management	Christopher Cunningham; Guangchuan Yang	NC State University - ITRE
2024-04	Testing the Validity of 2D CAD and 3D Navigable Imagery for Emergency Prepardness	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Dylan Hardison	East Carolina University
2024-05	Effectiveness of NCDOT's Dynamic Zipper Merge System	Traffic, Mobility, Safety and Roadway Design	Traffic Management	Ishtiak Ahmed; Shoaib Samandar; Christopher Cunningham	NC State University - ITRE
2024-06	Measuring the Economic, Mobility, Equity, and Health Benefits of Multimodal Projects	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Joy C. Davis; Steve Bert; Jeremy Scott; Chase Nicholas; Tim Brock	NC State University - ITRE
2024-07	Improving Long-rang Planning Models for Feasibility Analysis of Mileage-based User Fees as an Alternative Revenue Stream	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Administration	Venktesh Pandey	NC A&T State University
2024-08	Quantification and Assessment of Ferry Vessel Emissions	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Ferry	Andrew Grieshop	NC State University
2024-09	Lessons Learned from COVID-related Street Reconfigurations: How DOT Policies can Facilitate Resilient Responses to System Disruptions	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Tabitha Combs; Noreen McDonald; Leta F. Huntsinger	UNC Chapel Hill	NC State University - ITRE
2024-10	Establishing Best Practices and Technical Guidance for Planning and Developing an EV Infrastructure Network	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Miscellaneous	Leila Hajibabai; Ali Hajbabaie; Joy C. Davis; Tim Brock	NC State University
2024-11	Modified T-FAST Test for Quantifying the Risk of ASR in Hardened Concrete	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Concrete Pavements	Mohammad Pour-Ghaz; Gregory Lucier; Amin K. Akhnoukh	NC State University	East Carolina University
2024-12	Evaluation of Macrotexture and Friction of Alternative Asphalt Surface Course Materials	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Pavement Performance	B. Shane Underwood; Cassie A. Castorena	NC State University
2024-13	Identification and Prioritization of Vulnerable Roadway Segments for Proactive Resilience Planning and Response	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Resiliency (Maintenance/Pavement/Network)	B. Shane Underwood; Tara L. Cavalline; Matthew Sheffield	NC State University	UNC Charlotte
2024-14	Recycled Binder Availability Considerations for Mixing and Recycled Binder Replacement Percentage (RBR%) Specifications	Pavement, Materials and Maintenance	Asphalt Mix Design	Cassie A. Castorena	NC State University
2024-15	Behavior of Repaired Sampson County Bridge Beams after 2 Years in Service	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	Gregory Lucier; Rudolf Seracino	NC State University
2024-16	Measurement, Analysis, Prediction and Control of Cracking in Embankments and Bridge Abutments	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management	John L. Daniels; Sameer Hamoush; Sun Yi; Yunesh Saulick	UNC Charlotte	NC A&T State University
2024-17	Evaluating North Carolina Bridge Vulnerability and Resilience Feasibility to Coastal Storms and Sea Level Rise	Structures, Construction and Geotechnical	Bridge Maintenance and Management		UNC Wilmington
2024-18	DeepPipe: Spatially Explicit Deep Learning-based Underground Pipe Prediction for Urban Stormwater Management	Environment and Hydraulics	Stormwater	Wenwu Tang	UNC Charlotte
2024-19	Linking Scour Evaluation and Data from Geotechnical, Erodibility, and Hydraulic Investigation-An Integrative Approach	Environment and Hydraulics	Resiliency (Flooding/Stormwater/Hydraulics)	Brina M. Montoya; Mohammed A. Gabr; Celso Castro-Bolinaga; Alejandra Ortiz	NC State University	Colby College
2024-20	Evaluation of Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) Technology for Bathymetric Surveying of Riverine Environments	Environment and Hydraulics	Miscellaneous	Artur Wolek	UNC Charlotte
2024-21	Development and Assessment of Wildflower Seeding Systems	Environment and Hydraulics	Flora and Fauna		NC State University
2024-21	Acoustic Telemetry Monitoring of Atlantic Sturgeon in the Vicinity of the Route 64 Bridge, Alligator River, Dare County, North Carolina	Environment and Hydraulics	Project Development	Greg Garman; Matthew Balazik
2024-22	Research and development of in vitro propagation of freshwater mussels for restoration	Environment and Hydraulics	Flora and Fauna	W. Gregory Cope; Chris Eads	NC State University
2024-30	Investigation of Ferry Wait Time Technology Implementation	Planning, Policy, Programming and Multi-modal	Ferry	Daniel Findley	NC State University - ITRE
2024-31	Development and Assessment of Wildflower Seeding Systems	Environment and Hydraulics	Flora and Fauna	Jason Ward	NC State University
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

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