Following the concluding plenary session / lunch on Day 2, attendees are invited to participate in a tour of NC State laboratories and facilities relevant to transportation researchers and practitioners.
These tours are limited in capacity to 25 participants each, and a separate signup is required. Participation is first-come, first-served.
Structural engineering research facility that enables testing full-scale bridge girders, building systems, and other structural components.
A brief overview of the geotechnical materials and systems research labs and a summary of the ongoing research, including bio-stabilization, dynamic soil properties, unsaturated soil behavior, and offshore foundations.
Tour will include a brief overview of the hydraulics lab space and a summary of some of the ongoing research in fungal stormwater treatment, fat, oil, and grease deposits in collection systems, and smog eating pavements.
Transportation materials testing laboratory evaluating the multiscale mechanical characterization of paving materials.
Tour will cover the concrete technology lab (1140) and SMART lab (1330); SMART lab is a state-of-the-art lab dedicated to the materials science construction materials including cementitious materials, concrete, and wood as well as sensor and sensing method development.
Interdisciplinary team of researchers developing next-generation structural composites for self-healing, self-sensing, thermal-management, and beyond.
Tour will include a brief overview of the hydraulics lab space and a summary of some of the ongoing research in fungal stormwater treatment, fat, oil, and grease deposits in collection systems, and smog eating pavements.
A six degree of freedom driving simulator will be demonstrated along with eye tracking hardware. One or two models will be demonstrated from recent NCDOT research.
Following a brief overview of the lab space, the CARL team will provide a demo of a construction welding robot.
A 1/18 scale automated vehicle testbed will be demonstrated.
Structural engineering research facility that enables testing full-scale bridge girders, building systems, and other structural components.
A brief overview of the geotechnical materials and systems research labs and a summary of the ongoing research, including bio-stabilization, dynamic soil properties, unsaturated soil behavior, and offshore foundations.