Agenda - Day 1

Traffic Control in the Era of Connected Automated Vehicles

Ali Hajbabaie, NC State University

Response Time of Real-World Mixed Platoons with Conventional and Autonomous Vehicles: Impact Assessment on Flow Stability and Safety

Tanmay Das, NC State University

Development of Autonomous Driving Shuttles for Rural Environments

Jose Matute, Daniel Tobias, Tesfamichael Getahun, Tienake Phuabaiboon, and Ali Karimoddini; North Carolina A&T State University

Case Study: How Does Highway Construction Effect Our Soil and Water Quality?

Christina Kranz, Joshua L. Heitman, and Richard A. McLaughlin; NC State University

Efficient Bathymetric Surveying with a Team of Unmanned Surface Vessels via Adaptive Sampling

Artur Wolek, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Minimizing the Water Quality Impacts of Construction

Richard McLaughlin, NC State University

Assessment of Separated Bike Lanes in NC

Sarah O'Brien, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dan Gelinne, UNC Highway Safety Research Center
Chris Vaughan, Institute for Transportation Research & Education, NC State University

Methods to Determine Crossing Treatments for Safer Shared Use Path Crossings

Wesley Kumfer, UNC Highway Safety Research Center

Analyzing Pedestrian Injuries in Pedestrian-Vehicle Crashes using Emerging Hotspots Analysis and XGBoost: A Case Study of North Carolina

Wei Fan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Yang Li, Ph.D., Institute for Physical Infrastructure & Transportation (IPIT), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The Interactive Mapping of the NCDOT Research Project Program Using Story Maps

Mike Wallace and Tim Mulrooney; North Carolina Central University

CLEAR Program (Communicate Lessons, Exchange Advice, and Record)

Janaki Patel, N.C. Department of Transportation

Developing a Construction Domain-Specific Artificial Intelligence Language Model for NCDOT’s CLEAR Program to Preserve Institutional Knowledge

Arnav Jhala, Dr. Edward Jaselskis, and Dr. Colin Potts; NC State University

Experimental Evaluation of the Bonner Bridge Girders: Assessing Residual Capacity, Prestressing Losses and Degradation of the 56 Year Old Members

Giorgio Proestos, NC State University

Behavior of Deep Beams in the Context of Strut-and-Tie Design of Bridge Pier Caps

Giorgio Proestos, NC State University

Plastic Hinge Relocation of Hollow Steel Columns

Dylan Downes, NC State University

Detecting and Characterizing Demand and Incident-Induced Congestion

Ishtiak Ahmed, Institute for Transportation Research & Education, NC State University
Ahmad Abdallah, Kimley-Horn
George List, NC State University

Speed and Capacity Analysis Framework for Complex Freeway Weaving Segments

Ishtiak Ahmed, Institute for Transportation Research & Education, NC State University
Nagui M Rouphail, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Lily Elefteriadou, University of Florida Transportation Institute
Ehsan Amini, University of Florida

Applications of Alternative Intersection Designs to Improve Urban Traffic Operations

Guangchuan Yang and Christopher M. Cunningham; Institute for Transportation Research & Education, NC State University
Michael R. Brown, Urban Innovators, PLLC

Biochar – A Multi-Beneficial and Cost-Effective Amendment to North Carolina Clay Soil

Mohammad Khalid, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Effects of Compost Incorporation on Soil Compaction, Stormwater Infiltration and Vegetation Cover Establishment and Use of ArcGIS-UAVs for Vegetation Health Assessment

Md Mahfuz Islam and Rich McLaughlin; NC State University

Durability of Pipe Materials in Soils

Hyunjun Choi, NC State University

Using Drones to Protect Infrastructure for Safer and More Resilient Communities from Disasters

Kevin Kupietz, Elizabeth City State University

University Campus Wi-Fi Log Data Processing Methodology for Human Mobility Modeling

Lei Zhu and Rachael Yuan; University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Web-based Geospatial Analysis Toolset for Demographic and FLUSA Analyses

Okan Pala and Adem Kurtipek; NC State University

Economic Contribution of Rail in North Carolina

Tim Brock, Institute for Transportation Research & Education, NC State University
Jason Orthner, NCDOT Rail Division

The Comprehensive Cost of Rail Incidents in North Carolina

Steve Bert, Institute for Transportation Research & Education, NC State University
Roger Smock, N.C. Department of Transportation

The S-Line Corridor: Utilizing Mobility Hubs For a Stronger Multimodal Transportation System

Ryan Brumfield, N.C. Department of Transportation

No Longer Number One:  The Evolution of a Traffic Safety Task Force in Greenville, NC

Ellen Walston, ECU Health Medical Center

Advancing a Safe Systems Approach to Assessing the Traffic Impacts of Land Development

Wesley Kumfer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seth LaJeunesse and Wesley Kumfer; UNC Highway Safety Research Center

Systemic Safety Analysis for Vision Zero: Lessons from Montgomery County

Wesley Kumfer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bo Lan and Mike Vann; UNC Highway Safety Research Center

Using Pavement Management System Data to Detect Accelerated Pavement Deterioration Due to Flooding

Gnana Deepika Karanam, NC State University

Innovative Frost Heave Mitigation Technique for Road Pavements

Yunesh Saulick; University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Microtransit Software Deployments in North Carolina

Matthew Bhagat-Conway and Luke Pullo; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lessons Learned from Public Microtransit Pilots in North Carolina

Eleni Bardaka, Subid Ghimire, and Juan Wang; NC State University
Kai Monast, Waugh Wright, and Jeremy Scott; Institute for Transportation Research & Education, NC State University

Spatial Variation in the Impact of Medicaid Transformation on Non-Emergency Medical Transportation in North Carolina

Youngseob Eum, Manuel Santana Palacios, and Noreen McDonald; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Use of UAS in Planning and Execution of Efficient Mass Evacuation During an Emergency

Etavian Stokes, Elizabeth City State University

Experimental Determination of UAS Sound Levels and Implementation of Abatement Techniques

Jonathon Huber, Elizabeth City State University

Presented by the Institute for Transportation Research & Education at NC State University

Billy M. Williams, Ph.D., P.E., NC State University
Dr. Sambit Bhattacharya,  Fayetteville State University
Trung Tran, Ph.D., Fayetteville State University
Missy Cummings, Ph.D., George Mason University