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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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Competition and Call for the Six Minute Pitch: A Transportation Startup ChallengeSeptember 23, 2016 TRB’s Young Members Council is sponsoring a competition for entrepreneurs with cutting-edge, research-based concepts for transportation product or service-based business. Selected presenters will have the opportunity to make a six minute, an interactive presentation to a panel of distinguished transportation industry investors and entrepreneurs at the TRB Annual Meeting , January 8-12, 2017, in... |
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 TRB Webinar: Construction, Quality Control & Performance of Unbound Granular LayersSeptember 12, 2016 TRB will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 from 1:00PM to 2:30PM ET on material from Chapter 5 of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 445 : Practices for Unbound Aggregate Pavement Layers. This webinar will demonstrate how natural mineral aggregate and recycled/by-product aggregate, as used in granular base and subbase, is successfully compacted to form... |
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 Use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Recycled Asphalt Shingles in Asphalt MixturesSeptember 12, 2016 TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 495: Use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Recycled Asphalt Shingles in Asphalt Mixtures summarizes current practices for the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) in the design, production, and construction of asphalt mixtures. It focuses on collecting information about the use, rather t... |
 2017 TRB Annual Meeting: Plan Now to ExhibitSeptember 9, 2016 Act now to secure your exhibit space at the 2017 TRB Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, D.C. All indications are that attendance at the meeting will be the largest ever. Don't miss this opportunity to demonstrate your organization's support for transportation research and innovation, and to showcase your products and services to more than 12,500 transportation professionals. Mor... |
 Geological, Geoenvironmental, and Geotechnical Engineering, Volume 2September 8, 2016 TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2579 consists of 10 papers that explore geotechnical engineering issues, including: Effect of Aggregate Uniformity on Pullout Resistance of Steel Strip Reinforcement Framework for Defining Asset Features to Monitor and Assess Earth-Retaining Structures Developing a Model to Estimate Pile Setup for Individual... |
TRB Webinar: Improved Specimen Preparation for Soil-Cement Design and Construction MonitoringSeptember 1, 2016 TRB conducted a webinar on Monday, September 12, 2016 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET on a new compaction device that can serve as a tool to improve soil-cement test specimen preparation. The plastic mold (PM) device can produce high-quality test specimens for soil-cement pavement layer thickness design testing, laboratory mixture design testing, and construction quality assurance testing. This webina... |
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2017 TRB Annual Meeting: Benefits to Your Organization as an Annual Meeting PatronAugust 31, 2016 This is the perfect time for your organization to show its support for transportation research and innovation by becoming a 2017 Annual Meeting Patron . Signing up now will provide your company maximum exposure and ensure it can take full advantage of all 2017 TRB Annual Meeting Patron benefits. To become an Annual Meeting Patron visit the online patron sales site or contact Russell Houston at ... |
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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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