Technology Transfer Summaries

2013

Jun 2013 Evaluating Roadway Subsurface Drainage Practices
Jun 2013 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Missouri Hwy 141 - Embankment, Box Culvert, and MSE Wall Fill - Aug 2010
Jun 2013 Evaluation of Mitigation for Safety Concerns on Low-Volume, Unpaved Rural Roads
Jun 2013 Feasibility Study for Detection and Quantification of Corrosion in Bridge Barrier Rails
May 2013 Training Development for Pavement Preservation
May 2013 Quality Control/Quality Assurance Testing for Joint Density and Segregation of Asphalt Mixtures
May 2013 Dynamic Speed Feedback Signs for Rural Traffic Calming
May 2013 Tech Brief: Fly Ash Stabilization of Subgrade
May 2013 Tech Brief: Cement Stabilization with Fiber Reinforcement of Subbase
May 2013 Tech Brief: Cement Stabilization of Subbase and Subgrade
May 2013 Transverse Speed Bars for Rural Traffic Calming
May 2013 Center Islands with Raised Curbing for Rural Traffic Calming
May 2013 Colored Entrance Treatments for Rural Traffic Calming
Apr 2013 Laboratory and Field Testing of an Accelerated Bridge Construction Demonstration Bridge: US Highway 6 Bridge over Keg Creek
Feb 2013 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Texas FM156 - Untreated and Lime Treated Cohesive Materials and Granular Base Materials - July 2008
Feb 2013 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Minnesota Route 4 - HMA Overlay - June 2008
Feb 2013 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Minnesota TH14-Unbound Materials-Fall 2005
Feb 2013 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Iowa US30 - Hot-Mix Asphalt Overlay - July 2010
Feb 2013 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Iowa US30 - Cohesive Embankment - July 2009
Jan 2013 School Bus Safety Study - Kadyn's Law

2012

Dec 2012 Assessing the Costs for Hybrid versus Regular Transit Buses
Dec 2012 Recommendations for Achieving Safety Edge Consistency during Paving
Dec 2012 Visualization Resources for Iowa State University and the Iowa DOT: An Automated Design Model to Simulator Converter
Nov 2012 Iowa Mass Concrete for Bridge Foundation Study - Phase I
Nov 2012 Integrated Risk Management for Improving Internal Traffic Control, Work-Zone Safety, and Mobility during Major Construction
Nov 2012 Timber Abutment Piling and Back Wall Rehabilitation and Repair (TR-616)
Oct 2012 Risk Mitigation Strategies for Operations and Maintenance Activities
Oct 2012 Asset Management and Safety: A Performance Perspective
Oct 2012 Evaluation of Low-Cost Treatments on Rural Two-Lane Curves: Post-Mounted Delineators
Oct 2012 Evaluation of Low-Cost Treatments on Rural Two-Lane Curves: On-Pavement Markings
Jun 2012 Development of a Database for Drilled SHAft Foundation Testing (DSHAFT)
Jun 2012 Debris Mitigation Methods for Bridge Piers
Jun 2012 Utility Cut Repair Techniques to Reduce Settlement in Repaired Areas, Phase 2
Jun 2012 Motorcycle Conspicuity - What Factors Have the Greatest Impact
May 2012 Development of LRFD Procedures for Bridge Piles in Iowa - Volume IV: Design Guide and Track Examples
May 2012 Wind Monitoring of the Saylorville and Red Rock Reservoir Bridges with Remote, Cellular-Based Notifications
Apr 2012 Toolbox of Countermeasures to Reduce Red Light Running (pdf)
Mar 2012 Development of LRFD Procedures for Bridge Pile Foundations in Iowa--Volume III: Recommended Resistance Factors with Consideration of Construction Control and Setup
Feb 2012 Optimizing Cementitious Content in Concrete Mixtures for Required Performance
Feb 2012 Field Testing and Evaluation of a Demonstration Timber Bridge
Feb 2012 Evaluation of the Buena Vista IBRD Bridge: A Furthering of Accelerated Bridge Construction in Iowa
Feb 2012 Tech Transfer Summary: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil for Low Volume Bridge Abutments
Feb 2012 Intelligent Compaction Brief: North Dakota US12 - Embankment Subgrade and Geogrid Stabilized Base Materials - August 2010
Jan 2012 Evaluation of Bridge Movement Measurement Using GPS

2011

Dec 2011 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Red Light Running Camera Enforcement in Cedar Rapids and Developing Guidelines for Selection and Use of Red Light Running Countermeasures
Nov 2011 Evaluation of Rumble Stripes on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Iowa--Phase II
Nov 2011 Roadway Lighting and Safety: Phase II-Monitoring Quality, Durability, and Efficiency
Nov 2011 Wet Reflective Pavement Marking Demonstration Project
Oct 2011 Tech Transfer Summary: Fly Ash Soil Stabilization for Non-Uniform Subgrade Soils (pdf)
Oct 2011 ASCE Paper: Behavior of slender piles subject to free-field lateral soil movement (pdf)
Oct 2011 Tech Transfer Summary: Influence of Subgrade Non-Uniformity on PCC Pavement Performance (pdf)
Oct 2011 An Integrated Study of Pervious Concrete Mixture Design for Wearing Course Applications
Oct 2011 Development of Non-Petroleum Based Binders for Use in Flexible Pavements (TR-594)
Sep 2011 Development of LRFD Design Procedures for Bridge Piles in Iowa-Volume II: Field Testing of Steel Piles in Clay, Sand, and Mixed Soils and Analysis
Sep 2011 Development of LRFD Design Procedures for Bridge Piles in Iowa-Volume I: An Electronic Database for PIle LOad Tests (PILOT)
Aug 2011 A Transportation Safety Planning Tool for the City of Ames
Aug 2011 Safety and Mobility Impacts of Winter Weather - Phase I
Aug 2011 Investigation of Improved Utility Cut Repair Techniques Phase II
Jun 2011 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Iowa US218 - HMA Resurfacing - Aug-Sept 2009
Jun 2011 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Mississippi US 84 - Untreated and Cement Treated Granular Materials - July 2009
Jun 2011 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Minnesota TH64 - Unbound Materials - Summer 2006
Jun 2011 A Feasibility Study of Embedded Micro-Electromechanical Sensors
May 2011 Investigation of Warm-Mix Asphalt Using Iowa Aggregates
May 2011 Tech Transfer Summary: Stabilization Procedures to Mitigate Edge Rutting for Granular Shoulders: Phase II
May 2011 Investigation of Warm-Mix Asphalt Using Iowa Aggregates
May 2011 Improving Traffic Safety Culture in Iowa
May 2011 Development of Updated Specifications for Roadway Rehabilitation Techniques
Mar 2011 The Actual Cost of Food Systems on Roadway Infrastructure
Mar 2011 Evaluation of Safety Edge Benefits in Iowa
Mar 2011 Development of Performance Properties of Ternary Mixtures: Laboratory Study on Concrete
Jan 2011 Design, Construction, and Field Testing of an Ultra-High Performance Concrete Pi-Girder Bridge

2010

Dec 2010 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Iowa I29 Pavement Foundation Layer Construction - Summer 2009
Dec 2010 An Experimental Validation of a Statistical-Based Damage Detection Approach
Dec 2010 Intelligent Compaction Brief: Iowa I29 - Pavement Foundation Layer Construction - Summer 2009
Dec 2010 Safety Analysis of Low-Volume Rural Roads in Iowa
Nov 2010 Evaluation of the 24th Street Bridge
Nov 2010 Pavement Markings and Safety
Oct 2010 Practices, Design, Construction, and Repair Using Trenchless Technology
Sep 2010 Investigation of the Impacts of Rural Development on Iowas Secondary Road Systems
Sep 2010 Enhancing Motorcycle Conspicuity Awareness in Iowa
Aug 2010 In-Use Fuel Economy and Emission Benefits of Hybrid-Electric School Buses in Iowa
Jul 2010 Local Agency Pavement Marking Plan
Jun 2010 Improving Concrete Overlay Construction
May 2010 Tech Transfer Summary: Optimization and Management of Materials in Earthwork Construction
Apr 2010 Iowa's Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Impacts
Apr 2010 Bioful Co-Product Uses for Pavement Geomaterials Stabilization
Mar 2010 Evaluation of HMA Moisture Sensitivity Using the Nottingham Asphalt Test Equipment
Mar 2010 Bridge Rail and Approach Railing for Low-Volume Roads In Iowa
Feb 2010 Assessing Traffic Safety in IowaÂ’s Urban Deer Herd Management Zones

2009

Dec 2009 Evaluation of Iowa's Driver Improvement Program
Nov 2009 Safety Benefits of Paved Shoulders
Oct 2009 Managing Decisions Regarding Rural Expressway Routes and Associated Highway Bypasses
Sep 2009 Design and Evaluation of a Single-Span Bridge Using Ultra-High Performance Concrete
Sep 2009 Design and Evaluation of a Single-Span Bridge Using UHPC
Jul 2009 Evaluation of Rumble Stripes on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Iowa--Phase I (pdf)
Jul 2009 Evaluation of Rumble Stripes on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Iowa--Phase II (pdf)
Jul 2009 Evaluation of Rumble Stripes on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Iowa: Phase I
Jun 2009 Freeze-Thaw Durability of Low-Permeability Concrete
Jun 2009 Bridge Deck Integrity Measurements for Asset Management
May 2009 Safety Benefits of Bridge Pier Shielding
May 2009 Slow Moving Vehicle Safety on Iowa's High-Speed Roadways
Apr 2009 Crash Type Clustering and Transportation Safety Strategies
Apr 2009 Framework for Integrated Spatially-Referenced Driver-Crash Databases
Feb 2009 Effects of Early Entry Sawing on PCC Cracking
Feb 2009 FHWA TechBrief: Traffic Calming on Main Roads Through Rural Communities (pdf)
Jan 2009 Factors Contributing to Large Truck Lane Departure Crashes
Jan 2009 Evaluation of Iowa's 70 mph Speed Limit--2.5 Year Update

2008

Dec 2008 Improving Precision and Variability of Air-Void Analyzer Test Results
Nov 2008 Maximizing Improvements for Multiple Agency Goals
Nov 2008 Establishing Effective Clear Zones on Urban Streets
Sep 2008 Tech Transfer Summary: Design Guide for Subgrades and Subbases
Aug 2008 Implementing HERS-ST in Iowa
Jul 2008 Evaluating State Safety Corridor Programs
Jun 2008 Toolbox to Evaluate the Impacts of Roundabouts
Jun 2008 Integral Bridge Abutment-to-Approach Slab Connection
May 2008 Tech Transfer Summary: Seasonal Variation in the Layers of Highway US 20
May 2008 Field Evaluation of Elliptical Steel Dowels
May 2008 Using Lignin as an Asphalt Antioxidant
Apr 2008 Performance Evaluation of Rubblized Pavements in Iowa
Feb 2008 Use of Functional Silos to Optimize Agency Decision-Making
Feb 2008 Two-Stage Mixing
Feb 2008 Effects of Weather on Winter Maintenance Performance
Feb 2008 Material Thermal Inputs of Iowa Materials for MEPDG
Feb 2008 Strategies to Address Nighttime Crashes at Rural, Unsignalized Intersections

2007

Dec 2007 The Effectiveness of Iowa's Automated Red Light Running Enforcement Programs (RLR, Phase 2) (pdf)
Dec 2007 Evaluating Red Light Running Programs in Iowa
Dec 2007 Using Artificial Neural Networks in Pavement Structural Analysis
Nov 2007 Low-Cost Traffic Calming in Slater, Iowa
Nov 2007 Single-Measure Traffic Calming in Gilbert, Iowa
Nov 2007 Single-Measure Traffic Calming in Dexter, Iowa
Nov 2007 Gateway Traffic Calming in Roland, Iowa
Nov 2007 Gateway Traffic Calming in Union, Iowa
Oct 2007 Tech Transfer Summary: Investigation of Steel-Stringer Bridges
Oct 2007 Timber Preservation Treatments for Highway Applications
Aug 2007 Flexible Start/Fixed Duration Contracting: A Case Study
Aug 2007 Prefabricated Elements Case Study
Aug 2007 Field Testing of Railroad Flatcar Bridges
Aug 2007 Investigation of Methodologies Used by Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Motor Carriers to Determine Fuel Surcharges
Jul 2007 Effective Construction Training Program for Hispanic and American Supervisors and Craft Workers
Jun 2007 Tech Transfer Summary: Field Validation of Intelligent Compaction Monitoring Technology for Unbound Materials
Jun 2007 Performance of Cold In-Place Recycled Roads
Jun 2007 Minimizing the Impact of Work Zones on Traffic
Jun 2007 Tech Transfer Summary: Effective Shoulder Design and Maintenance
Jun 2007 Developing and Enforcing Lane Closure Policies
May 2007 Thin Maintenance Surfaces for Municipalities
May 2007 Testing HMA Density with Electromagnetic Gauges

2006

Sep 2006 Safety Impacts of Street Lighting at Isolated Rural Intersections
Aug 2006 Thin Unbonded Overlay Performance on Composite Pavement
Aug 2006 Evaluation of a Bridge Constructed with High-Performance Steel
Jun 2006 Evaluating Unbonded Ultrathin Whitetopping over Brick Streets
Jun 2006 Real-Time Pavement Thickness Measurement
May 2006 Effective Language and Cultural Training for Hispanic Workers and American Supervisors
May 2006 Corrosion Resistance in Different Steel Reinforcement Types
May 2006 Impact of Early-Age Behaviors on Pavement Smoothness
May 2006 Performance Effectiveness of Contracting Techniques
May 2006 Homogeneity of PCC Materials and Mixes
May 2006 Testing Structural Behavior of Alternative Dowel Bars
May 2006 Tech Transfer Summary: Feasibility of Slip-Form Paving with Self-Consolidating Concrete
May 2006 Impact of Early-Age Behaviors on Pavement Smoothness
Apr 2006 Four-Lane to Three-Lane Conversions
Apr 2006 New Tests and Field Obervations in the MCO Project
Mar 2006 Tech Transfer Summary: Innovative Solutions for Slope Stability Reinforcement and Characterization
Mar 2006 Tech Transfer Summary: Field Evaluation of Compaction Monitoring Technology
Jan 2006 Monitoring Heat Evolution of Concrete Mixtures
Jan 2006 Feasibility of Forming Transverse Joints with Joint Forming Devices

2005

Dec 2005 Current Concrete Pavement Surface Texturing Practices in Iowa
Nov 2005 Safety Effectiveness of High-Speed Expressway Signals
Nov 2005 Intersection Traffic Control in Very Low Volume Rural Areas
Oct 2005 ME Design Approach for HMA Overlaid PCC Pavements
Oct 2005 Elliptical Fiber Reinforced Polymer Dowel Performance
Oct 2005 PCC Patching Techniques: Performance vs. Traffic Delay Time
Oct 2005 Optimizing Work Zone Road Closure Capacity
Aug 2005 Detecting Materials-Related Distress in Concrete Pavements
Jun 2005 Measuring Pavement Profile During Construction
Jun 2005 Trucks and Twin Cities Traffic Management
May 2005 Effective Training for American Supervisors with Hispanic Construction Workers
May 2005 Implementing the M-E Pavement Design Guide in Iowa
Apr 2005 Fly Ash Soil Stabilization for Non-Uniform Subgrade Soils
Apr 2005 Influence of Subgrade Non-Uniformity on PCC Pavement Performance
Mar 2005 Calculating Heavy-Truck VMT
Mar 2005 Rural Expressway Intersection Safety
Mar 2005 WisDOT RD&T Brief: Smart Systems for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring (pdf)
Jan 2005 Tech Transfer Summary: Best Practices for Bridge Approaches
Jan 2005 Ultra-Thin PCC Overlays

2004

Dec 2004 Improving Concrete Pavement Curing
Nov 2004 Using the Air Void Analyzer for Real-Time Quality Control Adjustments in the Field
Oct 2004 Developing a Visual Electronic Design and Specifications System
Sep 2004 Reassessing Two-Lift Paving
Sep 2004 Tech Transfer Summary: Soil Compaction Monitoring Technology
Sep 2004 Role of Passenger Vehicle and Heavy Truck Speed Differences in Emissions Modeling
Sep 2004 Material and Construction Optimization for Prevention of Premature Pavement Distress in PCC Pavements, Phase 1
May 2004 Tech Transfer Summary: Optimum Pavement Base Characteristics
Apr 2004 Blended cements for environmentally friendly concrete
Apr 2004 Stringless paving