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NEWLY FUNDED PROJECTS AT UTRC

The following table provides a list of the most recent projects awarded by UTRC. The details of these projects will be available on our website soon.

Faculty Initiated/Outside the Box/Cooperative Awards
Title
Principal Investigators
Institutions

Robotic Inspection of Bridges Using Impact-Echo Technology

Jizhong Xiao

CCNY

Planning level assessment of greenhouse gas emissions for alternative transportation construction projects

Robert Noland

Rutgers

Empowering Individuals to Make Environmentally Sustainable and Healthy Transportation Choices in Mega-Cities through a Smartphone App

Ywan Zheng

CUNY

On-Road Energy Harvesting for Traffic Monitoring

Lei Zuo

Stony Brook

Determine Viscoelastic Mechanical Properties of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA)-Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Mixes under High Stresses in Airfield Flexible Pavements and Its Impact on Design Life.

Yusuf Mehta

Rowan

The Role of Social Media in Improving the Safety and Efficiency of Traffic Operations during Non-Routine Events such as Incidents and Planned Special Events

Al Wallace

RPI

Data collection and econometric analysis of the demand for nonmotorized transportation

Ricardo Alvarez Daziano

Cornell

Energy Savings from Transit Passes: An Evaluation of the University at Buffalo NFTA Transit Pass Program for Students, Faculty, and Staff

Daniel Hess

UB

Leveraging Brightness from Transportation Lighting Systems through Light Source Color: Implications for Energy Use and Safety for Traffic and Pedestrians

John Bullough

RPI

Analysis of Environmental, Economic, and Infrastructure Impacts of Transportation Activities Associated with High Volume Horizontal Fracturing Operations in the Marcellus Shale Formation Using the Geospatial Intermodal Freight Transport (GIFT) Model

Karl Korfmacher

RIT

A GIS-based Performance Measurement System for Assessing Transportation Sustainability and Community Livability

Qian Wang

UB

Use of Web-Based Rider Input for Transit Management in the New York City Region

Mitchell Moss

NYU

Promoting Transportation Flexibility in Extreme Events through Multi-Modal Connectivity

Rae Zimmerman

NYU

Automating the Reporting and Progress Monitoring Process using Mobile Computers for Highway Construction Projects

Didier Valdes

UPR

Energy Efficient and Environmental Friendly Cement Free Concrete (CFC) for Pavement and Bridge Deck Application

Sulapha Peethamparan

Clarkson

Speed and Design Consistency of Combined Horizontal and Vertical Alignments in Two-Lane Rural Roads

Alberto Figueroa

UPR

Modeling Disaster Operations from an Interdisciplinary Perspective in the New York-New Jersey Area

Kaan Ozbay

Rutgers

Investigation of the Carrs Creek Geofoam Project

Dawit Negussey

Syracuse

Assessing Behavior Changes under the Influence of Travel Demand Management Strategies

Cara Wang

RPI

Major Workforce Challenges Confronting New York City’s Transit Industry

Lesley Hirsh

CUNY Graduate Center

Improving Transportation Engineering Education By Applying The Inverted Classroom Concept

Ivette Cruzado

UPR

Air Quality Impact of Traffic Congestion in Midtown Manhattan

Masoud Ghandehari

POLY

Metrics and Performance Response Functions for Assessment of Resilience of Urban Infrastructure System

Priscilla Nelson

NJIT

Optimum Fund Allocation to Rehabilitate Transportation Infrastructure

Jay Meegoda

NJI

Emerging Scholar/Research Cluster/Ed -Tech Transer Awards
Title
Principal Investigators
Institution

Real-time Dynamic Pricing for Bicycle Sharing Programs

Changyun Kwon

UB

Street Standards as Parking Policy: Identifying Residents’ Willingness to Pay

Zhan Guo

NYU

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology Conference

Yolanda Rodriguez

CUNY

GPS Research Cluster Team for Transportation

Hongmian Gong

Hunter College

Sidewall collapse of underground structures due to loss of lateral support under internal blast loading

Huabei Liu

CCNY

A Proposal for a Research Cluster on Connected Vehicles and Cyber Transportation Systems Research

Adel Sadek

UB

The Effects Of Public-Private Partnerships On Traffic Safety: Evidence From Mexico

Raymond Geddes

Cornell

Developing self-cleaning and air purifying transportation infrastructure components to minimize environmental impact of transportation

Alexander Orlov

Stony Brook

National Aviation Security to Cyber-terrorism: An Integrated Framework to Quantify the Economic Impacts of Cyber-terrorist Behavior

Jiyoung Park

UB

Subsurface Imaging of Corrosion in Painted Steel Bridges

Alexey Sidelev

Poly

Financing high speed rail in the U.S. and France: the evolution of public-private partnerships

James Cohen

John Jay

The Outdoor Lighting Institute

Mark Rea & John Bullough

RPI

Narratives of transportation planning: An archive of documents and oral histories

Bob Noland

Rutgers