MTC-Supported Research Assistants
The Midwest Transportation Consortium helps support approximately 30 graduate research assistants at CTRE/Iowa State University each year.
Following is a list of MTC-supported RAs and the non-MTC research projects they've contributed to:
Current students
Basak Aldemir-Bektas
Xudong Chai
Daniel Enz
Eric Fitzsimmons
- Achieving Efficiency in Meeting Safety, Operations, Maintenance, and Air Quality Goals
- Appropriate Traffic Calming Techniques for Small Iowa Communities (TR-523)
- Development of Analytical Tools to Evaluate Road Departure Crashes Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data
- Evaluation of Electronic Speed Limit Signs for Unified Consolidated School on US 30, Eastbound and Westbound
- Evaluation of Rumble Stripes on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Iowa
- Investigating Factors Contributing to Large Truck Lane Departure Crashes Using the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) Database
- Low-Cost Strategies to Reduce Speed and Crashes on Curves
- Synthesis of Traffic Calming Techniques in Work Zones
- The Effectiveness of Iowa's Automated Red Light Running Enforcement Programs (RLR, Phase 2)
- Warrants for Roundabouts
Joshua Hochstein
Yu-Yi Hsu
Hillary Isebrands
- Achieving Efficiency in Meeting Safety, Operations, Maintenance, and Air Quality Goals
- Developing a Rural and Urban Roadway Lighting Practical Design Guide for Iowa (TR 540)
- Evaluating Speed Differences between Passenger Vehicles and Heavy Trucks for Transportation-related Emissions Modeling
- Improving Transportation for Large Scale Events Within the State of Iowa
- Modern Roundabout Guidance for the Iowa DOT
- Safety Impacts of Street Lighting at Isolated Rural Intersections, Part II
- School Zone Safety Handbook
- Update of "Roundabouts: An Informational Guide"
- Warrants for Roundabouts
Caroline Kinzenbaw
- Developing a Rural and Urban Roadway Lighting Practical Design Guide for Iowa (TR 540)
- Improving Safety for Slow Moving Vehicles on Iowa's High Speed Rural Roadways
Gilson Lomboy
Ping Lu
Abhisek Mudgal
- Development of Analytical Tools to Evaluate Road Departure Crashes Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data
- Evaluation of On-Road and Laboratory Engine Dynamometer Emission Tests to Compare the Emission Reduction Potential of Different Biodiesel Blends
Ryan Pettit
Past students
Manish Agarwal
- Integration of Road Weather Information with Traffic Data
- Planning, Implementation, and Operation of the IPMP, Phase VI: Proposal to develop the Implementation and Operation of the IPMP
M. Birkan Bayrak
Vinod Binyala
Holly Boomsma
Garrett Burchett
- Integration of Road Weather Information with Traffic Data
- Investigation of User Costs and Benefits of Winter Road Closures
- Rural Expressway Intersection Synthesis of Practice and Crash Analysis
- Synthesis of Procedures to Forecast and Monitor Work Zone Safety and Mobility Impacts
Neil Burke
- Implementation of HERS-ST in Iowa and Development /Refinement of a National Training Program
- Use of Functional Silos to Optimize Agency Decision Making
Byung-Ik Chang
- Development of Fatigue Design Procedures for Slender, Tapered Support Structures for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals Subjected to Wind-Induced Excitation from Vortex Shedding and Buffeting
- Monitoring and Evaluation of the Westbound Roadway of the Iowa River Bridge
- Monitoring Wind-Induced Vibrations/Stresses in a High Mast Lighting Tower (TR-518)
Dong Chen
- Evaluation of Long Term Field Performance of Cold In-Place Recycled Roads (TR-502)
- I-235 Scheduling Support, Phase 3
- I-235 Scheduling Support, Phase 4
- Thin Maintenance Surfaces, Phase 3: Municipal Streets and Low-Volume Rural Roads (TR-507)
Zhili Gao
Alper Guclu
- Implementing the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (TR-509)
- Nondestructive Evaluation of Iowa Pavements, Phase 1
Brett Hansen
Derek Hemphill
Benjamin Hermanson
Travis Hosteng
- Development of Acceptable Live Load Deflection Criteria for Various Timber Superstructure and Deck Types
- Evaluation of a Timber Bridge for the Secondary Road System Using FRP Reinforced Glulam Girders
Milan J. Jolley
Greg Karssen
Todd Knox
- High-Speed Expressway Intersections Study of Crash Risk Factors
- Safety Effectiveness of High-Speed Expressway Signals
Jeremy Koskie
Yoon-Si Lee
- Evaluation of a Post-tension Strengthened Steel Girder Bridge Using FRP Rods/Strands
- Evaluation of a Steel Girder Bridge Strengthened Using Fiber Reinforced Polymer Plates
- Evaluation of Corrosion Resistant Steel Reinforcing in the Deck Slab of a Three Span Prestressed Girder Bridge
- Health Monitoring of Bridge Structures and Components Using Smart-Structure Technology
Lifeng Li
- Development of Object-Oriented Specifications for Iowa DOT and Urban Standards (TR-487)
- Field Evaluation of Compaction Monitoring Technology, Phase 1 (TR-495)
- Stringless Concrete Paving (TR-490)
Xiaojia (Joanna) Liu
Jamie Luedtke
Kim Mueller
- Evaluation of Racial Differences in Seat Belt and Child Restraint Use: A Review of Current Literature
- Impact of Left-Turn Phasing on Older and Younger Drivers at High-Speed Signalized Intersections
Molly O'Brien
Eric Petersen
Cliff Plymesser
Jonathan Rees
- Access Management Plan for Des Moines MPO
- Corridor Management Pilot Project, Phase I
- Process to Identify High Priority Corridors for Access Management Near Large Urban Areas in Iowa
Christian Sax
Thomas B. Stout
Ryan J. Tenges
- Angle Parking on Iowa's Low Volume Primary Extensions in Small Towns
- Guidelines for Removal of Traffic Control Devices in Rural Areas
David Veneziano
- Comparison of LIDAR and Conventional Mapping Methods for Highway Corridor Studies
- Comparison of LIDAR and Photogrammetry for Highway Planning and Design
- Development of New Strategies for Locating Safety Improvements Candidate Locations
- Evaluation of Iowa's Graduated Driver's Licensing Program
- Evaluation of Racial Differences in Seat Belt and Child Restraint Use: A Review of Current Literature
- Remote Sensing to Support Linear Referencing Systems
- Safety Impacts of Pavement Edge Dropoffs
- Use of Remotely Sensed Data for Infrastructure Management, Access Management, and Inventory
Jonathan Wiegand
- Asset Management Strategies to Mitigate Freeway Work Zone Congestion
- Flexible Start/Fixed Duration Contracting for Construction of Transportation Projects: A Case Study of the Paseo Bridge
- Prefabricated Elements Case Study
- Synthesis of Practices for Mitigating the Impact of Work Zones on Traffic
- Updated Rule on Safety and Mobility
Deborah Witt
- Evaluation of Iowa's Graduated Driver's Licensing Program
- Evaluation of the Iowa DOT's Safety Improvement Candidate List Process