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Geotechnology Research at TRB
The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. This page highlights recently released TRB reports, meeting announcements, requests for proposals, and other announcements related to geotechnology. In addition, it includes links to selected geotechnology research-related activities taking place at the federal and state levels, and within the academic and international transportation communities. Finally, this page also highlights and provides links to TRB programs and activities, which are the source of most of TRB’s geotechnology-related research products. |
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TRB Geotechnology-Related Programs and Activities
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The Passing of Joseph SussmanApril 9, 2018 The TRB community extends condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Joseph Sussman, a tireless TRB volunteer who served as Chair of the TRB Executive Committee in 1994. Dr. Sussman passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the age of 79 following a long illness. “Perhaps Joe Sussman’s greatest legacy will be the many transportation leaders who he taught and mentored during his long career,”... |
2nd International Intelligent Construction Technologies Group Conference (IICTG 2019)*April 3, 2018 TRB is cosponsoring the 2nd International Intelligent Construction Technologies Group Conference (IICTG 2019) on April 23-25, 2019 in Beijing, China. This conference provides a forum for the dissemination of knowledge concerning the collection, analysis, and application of information relating to intelligent construction technologies (ICT). ICT consists of real time quality monitoring and proce... |
Geospatial Data Acquisition Technologies in Design and ConstructionApril 1, 2018 TRB is sponsoring the Geospatial Acquisition Technologies in Design and Construction workshop on July 22-25, 2018, in Sacramento, California. Topics include photogrammetric technology, geospatial mapping with autonomous vehicles, new methods in survey techniques and computations, and discussions of emerging technologies. For more information, contact Nancy Whiting at nwhiting@nas.edu . |
 2018 TRB Annual Meeting: Slides and Posters Now Available OnlineMarch 23, 2018 Visit the TRB Annual Meeting Online (AMOnline) portal to view the presentations, abstracts, and papers for the more than 5,000 program presentations at the 97th TRB Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018. A PDF of the Annual Meeting Final Program is also available through AMOnline. The AMOnline portal includes abstracts, papers, visual aid slides, and poster presentations from the 2014-2018 Annual ... |
 First 2018 Transportation Research Record Papers Now AvailableMarch 19, 2018 To keep pace with accelerating rate of research distribution, the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board is now publishing articles as soon as they are finalized. The latest papers to be published are as follows: Use of a Laser Diffractometer to Obtain the Particle Size Distribution of Fine-Grained Soils Interstate Speed Profiles Conditioning and Testing Pr... |
 TRB Volunteer Profile: Anand J. PuppalaMarch 14, 2018 Anand J. Puppala, professor at the University of Texas (UT) at Arlington, is a featured volunteer in the TR News . Dr. Puppala is also the director of the Sustainable and Resilient Civil Infrastructure Center at UT Arlington, where his research focuses on improving the design and construction of resilient transportation infrastructure in complex hazardous environments. Another area of research ... |
 Culverts and Soil–Structure Interaction: Fifty Years of Change and a Twenty-Year ProjectionFebruary 28, 2018 TR Circular E-C230: Culverts and Soil–Structure Interaction: Fifty Years of Change and a Twenty-Year Projection summarizes the presentations from the TRB 93rd Annual Meeting on January 14, 2014 in Washington, D.C. In the past 40 to 50 years have seen significant changes in the pipe industry in terms of materials used, structure sizes, shapes, and joint capabilities. Design methodologies ha... |
Storm-Induced Slope Failure Susceptibility MappingFebruary 17, 2018 The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that analyzes the areas in Minnesota susceptible to slope failure using state-wide available data. The objective of this research was to determine whether it would be possible to provide slope-failure susceptibility mapping that could be used by local road and highway officials to understand where slope failure may occur. |
Corrosion Map for Metal Pipes in Coastal LouisianaFebruary 4, 2018 The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has released a report that identifies how to apply available soil data, such as spatial distribution of soil types and soil characteristics, toward creating a GIS-based map to identify corrosion zones in coastal Louisiana. Many transportation agencies allow metal culverts as options for cross drains under and along roads and highways, w... |
State DOT CEO’s Share Value of Attending the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting in New VideoFebruary 1, 2018 The American Association for State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Transportation TV has released a video covering the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting. Among the 13,000 attendees, CEO’s from nearly three dozen state departments of transportation attended the meeting to exchange ideas and serve as panelists on one or more of the nearly 800 sessions. Investing in transportation infrastructu... |
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Cooperative Research Programs
TRB's Cooperative Research Programs Division manages several cooperative research programs that frequently produces reports that have relevence to issues outside of the program's core focus areas.
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Technical Activities Standing Committees
TRB's Technical Activities Division provides a forum for transportation professionals in all modes and functions to identify research needs and to share information on research and issues of interest. The Division's staff of specialists in each mode and discipline work with a network of volunteers to carry out activities on behalf of TRB sponsors and the transportation community, including the TRB Annual Meeting, conferences and workshops, publications, visits to each state, and responses to inquiries. This network includes members and friends of over 200 standing committees, supplemented by designated TRB representatives in each state, over 150 universities, and 35 transit agencies. |
Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2)
Congress established the SHRP 2 in 2006 to find strategic solutions to three national transportation challenges: improving highway safety, reducing congestion, and improving methods for renewing roads and bridges. Research was focused in four areas, which are described below. The program carried out 145 research projects and produced 130 products as well as 132 research reports. |
Research in Progress in this Subject Area
TRB's Research in Progress (RiP) Database now contains more than 11,900 current or recently completed transportation research projects. Most of the RiP records are projects funded by federal and state departments of transportation. University transportation research is also included. The RiP Database also serves as a clearinghouse of University Transportation Centers ongoing research. |
Research Needs in this Subject Area
An important function of TRB is to stimulate research that addresses concerns, issues, or problems facing the transportation community. In support of this function, TRB Technical Activities standing committees identify, develop, and disseminate research need statements (RNS) for use by practitioners, researchers, and others.
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Research Completed in this Subject Area
TRB's TRID is integrated database that combines the records from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services ( TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation ( ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to over 900,000 records of transportation research worldwide. |
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