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• 2023

  CSET: Assessing the Transportation Adaptation Options to Sea Level Rise for Safety Enhancement in RITI Communities through a Structured Decision Makin

  CSET: Development of an Acoustic Method to Collect Studded Tire Traffic Data

  CSET: Community-embedded Drone Program for Improving Traffic Safety of RITI Communities in Washington State

• 2022

  CSET: Improving Safety for RITI Communities in Idaho – Documenting Crash Rates and Possible Intervention Measures

  CSET: Extracting Rural Crash Injury and Fatality Patterns Due to Changing Climates in RITI Communities Based on Enhanced Data Analysis and Visualizati

  CSET: Effects of Tourism on Rural Roads and Rural Delivery with CAV

  Permafrost & Remote Sensing Studies: 2022 Field Report for Point Lay, Alaska

• 2021

  CSET: Barriers and Opportunities for Using Rail-Trails for Safe Travel in Rural, Isolated, and Tribal Communities

  CSET: Extracting Rural Crash Injury and Fatality Patterns Due to Changing Climates in RITI Communities Based on Enhanced Data Analysis and Visualizati

  CSET: Building Capacity for Climate Adaptation: Assessing the Vulnerability of Transportation Infrastructure to Sea Level Rise for Safety Enhancement

  CSET: Results and Implications of Traffic Safety and Equity Perceptions of Hawaiians, part-Hawaiians and Pacfic Islanders

  CSET: Development of Grass-Roots Data Collection Methods in Rural, Isolated and Tribal Communities

  CSET: Developing a Data-Driven Safety Assessment Framework for RITI Communities in Washington State

  CSET: Investigation of Cost-Effective Technologies on Quick Response to Traffic-Related Crash in RITI Communities

  CSET: Developing a Prototype of a Smart-lighting System for Isolated Rural Intersections

  PacTrans: River Ice Measurements for Transportation Safety in Rural Communities

  PacTrans: Virtual Reality Vehicle Simulator Phase 1

  PacTrans: Development of PacTrans Workforce Development Institute – Phase III

  PacTrans: Guidelines for using Photogrammetric Tools on Unmanned Aircraft Systems to Support the Rapid Monitoring of Avalanche-prone Roadside Environm

  PacTrans: Micro-Mobility Promises and Challenges in the Pacific Northwest

• 2020

  PacTrans: Development of PacTrans Workforce Development Institute

  PacTrans: Underserved Population Needs in Smart Mobility Environment – Getting the Message Out

  PacTrans: The Long-Term Effect of Earthquakes: Using Geospatial Solutions to Evaluate Heightened Rockfall Activity on Critical Lifelines

  PacTrans: Integration of Mobile Road Weather Information Systems into Winter Maintenance Operations in Fairbanks, Alaska

  PacTrans: Developing a Portable Data Acquisition System to Study Road User Behavior

  PacTrans: Roads and Airfields Constructed on Permafrost - A Synthesis of Practice

  CSET: Transportation Equity for RITI Communities in Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Environment: Opportunities and Barriers

  CSET: Documenting the Characteristics of Traffic Crashes for RITI Communities in Idaho

  CSET: Safety Equity and Transportation in Tribal Communities – Navigating Collaborative Approaches and Indigenous Partnerships

  CSET: Driving Behavior and Traffic Safety Perceptions of Hawaiians, part-Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

  CSET: Dust Palliative Particle Residence Time Calculator

  CSET: Enabling Data-driven Transportation Safety improvements in Rural Alaska

  PacTrans: Measuring Dispersal and Tracking of Anti-Icing and Deicing Chemicals using In-Situ Hyperspectral Data – Phase II: In-Situ Terrestrial Field

  PacTrans: Synthesis of Best Practice for Design and Construction of Roadways and Airports Over Permafrost

  PacTrans: Quantifying Impact of Rockfall on Mobility of Critical Transportation Corridors

• 2019

  Comparison of Polystyrene Expanded and Extruded Foam Insulation in Roadway and Airport Embankments

  Alaska-Canada Rail Link Economic Benefits

  PacTrans: River Ice Measurements for Transportation Safety in Rural Communities

  PacTrans: Virtual Reality Vehicle Simulator Phase 1

  CESTiCC: A Bio-Wicking System to Prevent Frost Heave in Alaskan Pavements: Phase II  Implementation

  CESTiCC: Evaluating Management Options to Increase Roadside Carbon Sequestration

  CSET: Initial Assessment of Transportation Safety Equity for Hawaiians, part-Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in RITI Communities

  CSET: Develop an Interactive Baseline Data Platform for Visualizing and Analyzing Rural Crash Characteristics in RITI Communities

  CSET: Develop a Regional Multi-Source Database System for Safety Data Management and Analysis in RITI Communities in Washington State

  CSET: Developing a Data-Driven Safety Assessment Framework for RITI Communities in Washington State

  CSET: Drones for Improving Traffic Safety of the RITI Communities in Washington State

  PacTrans: Measuring Dispersal and Tracking of Anti Icing and Deicing Chemicals using In Situ Hyperspectral Data

  PacTrans: Characterization of Underserved Population Perceptions and Mobility Needs in Connected-Vehicle and Smarter City Environments

  PacTrans: PacTrans Workforce Development Institute (WDI)

• 2018

  PacTrans: Mixed-Use Safety on Rural Facilities in the Pacific Northwest: Consideration of Vehicular, Non-Traditional, and Non-Motorized Users

  PacTrans: Low-Cost Remote Weather Information System Phase I and Phase 2

  CESTiCC: A Targeted Approach to High-Volume Fly Ash Concrete Pavement (Phase I)

  CESTiCC: Cost-Effective Use of Sustainable Cementitious Materials as Reactive Filter Media (Phase I)

  CESTiCC: Are Heated Airport Runways Economically Viable?

  CESTiCC: Examination of the Variability in Grout Test Results

  CESTiCC: Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixes for Alaskan Pavements

  CESTiCC: Highly Abrasion-resistant and Long-lasting Concrete

  CESTiCC: Evaluation of Deicer Impacts on Pervious Concrete Specimens

  CESTiCC: Prestress Loss due to Creep in Precast Concrete Decked Bulb-Tee Girders in Cold Climates

  CESTiCC: Determination of Soil Organic Carbon and Soil Chloride Concentrations: An initial effort to determine if chloride-based road deicers impact

  CESTiCC: Use of Cellular Concrete for Air Conduct Embankment to Protect Permafrost Foundations in Cold Regions: Feasibility Study

  CESTiCC: Sizing Hydraulic Structures in Cold Regions to Balance Fish Passage, Stream Function, and Operation and Maintenance Cost

  CESTiCC: Developing Guidelines for 2-Dimensional Hydraulic Model Review and Acceptance (Phase I: Research)

  CESTiCC: Numerical Simulation of Snow Deposition around Living Snow Fences

  CESTiCC: Investigation of Alternative Deicers for Snow and Ice Control

  CESTiCC: Transportation Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Synthesis Phase II

  CSET: Promoting CSET Outreach Activities through Safety Data Management and Analysis in RITI Communities

  CSET: Operational Safety of Gravel Roads in Rural and Tribal Communities: Vulnerability to Structural Failures and Geo-hazards

  PacTrans: Low Cost/High Density RWIS Development Phase II

  PacTrans: Safety Evaluation of Statewide Off-Highway Vehicle Use in Alaska

  PacTrans: Safety Data Management and Analysis: Addressing the Continuing Education Needs for the Pacific Northwest – Phase 2

  PacTrans: Transportation Corridor Resiliency in the Face of a Changing Climate

  PacTrans: Mitigation of Roadway Crashes in the Pacific Northwest through Coordinated K-9 Outreach – Phase 3

• 2017

  CESTiCC: Performance of Tencate Paving Fabrics in Asphalt Concrete Pavements

  CESTiCC: Development of durable “green” cementitious materials exposed to freeze/thaw and deicing chemicals in cold climate via synergistic use of loc

  CESTiCC: Freeze-thaw durability and long term performance evaluation of shotcrete in cold regions

  CESTiCC: A novel systematic strategy towards air-purifying, corrosion resistant and self-healing concrete infrastructure

  CESTiCC: Prediction of Thermal Behavior of Pervious Concrete Pavements in Winter

  CESTiCC: The Stormwater - Pavement Interface in Cold Climates

  CESTiCC: Environmentally Friendly Pervious Concrete for Treating Deicer-Laden Stormwater (Phase II)

  CESTiCC: Continued Field Evaluation of Precutting for Maintaining Asphalt Concrete Pavements with Thermal Cracking

  CESTiCC: Development of Guidelines for Synthetic Fluid Dust Control Palliative Application

  CESTiCC: Software Development for Soil Volume Measurements during Triaxle Testing

  CESTiCC: Long-term Stabilization of Disturbed Slopes Resulting from Construction Operations

  CESTiCC: Monitoring winter flow conditions on the Ivishak River, Alaska

  CESTiCC: Aerospace Industrial Waste-Incorporated Concrete for Sustainability and Extended Durability

  CESTiCC: Evaluation of Effectiveness and Cost-Benefits of Woolen Roadside Reclamation Products

  CESTiCC: Reliability and Meta-analyses of the Effectiveness of Animal Detection Systems in Reducing Vehicle Speed and Collisions with Large Animals

  CESTiCC: Development of Landslide Warning Systems

  CESTiCC: Locally sourced renewable additives for infrastructure-friendly snow/ice control operations

  CESTiCC: A new sustainable additive for self-deicing asphalt mixture

  CESTiCC: Estimating the Application Rate for Liquid Chloride Products based on Residual Salt Concentration on the Pavement

  CESTiCC: Mapping the Wolverine Way: Identifying conservation corridors and transboundary linkages in the Canadian Crown of the Continent region

  CESTiCC: Near-roadway Air Pollution: Evaluation of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Ultrafine Particulate Matter (PM0.1) in Interior Alaska

• 2016

  CESTiCC: Characterization of Alaskan Hot-Mix Asphalt Containing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Material

  CESTiCC: A Bio-Wicking System to Prevent Frost Heave in Alaskan Pavements

  CESTiCC: Durability and Smart Condition Assessment of Ultra High Performance Concrete in Cold Climates

  CESTiCC: Impact of Cold Climates on Vehicle Emissions: Cold Start Air Toxics Pulse

  CESTiCC: Modeling Impacts of Cold Climates on Vehicle Emissions

  CESTiCC: Recent Advances in Sustainable Winter Road Operations - A Book Proposal

  CESTiCC: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Highway Winter Maintenance

  PacTrans: Development of a Laboratory Procedure for Measuring the Effectiveness of Dust Control Palliatives

  PacTrans: Development of a Low Cost RWIS

  PacTrans: Supporting Four Safety Projects in Alaska

  PacTrans: Passing Zone Behavior and Sight Distance on Rural Highways

  PacTrans: Safety Data Management and Analysis: Assessing the Continuing Education Needs for the Pacific Northwest, Analysis of Options

  PacTrans: Mitigation of Lane Departure Crashes in the Pacific Northwest through Coordinated Outreach – Phase 2

  PacTrans: Safety Data Management and Analysis: Addressing the Continuing Education Needs for the Pacific Northwest

  PacTrans: Mitigation of Lane Departure Crashes in the Pacific Northwest through Coordinated Outreach

  PacTrans: Mixed Use Safety on Rural Facilities in the Pacific Northwest

  PacTrans: Unmanned Aircraft System Assessments of Landslide Safety for Transportation Corridors

• 2015

  PacTrans: Laboratory Procedures for Measuring the Effectiveness of Dust Control Palliatives

  CESTiCC: Environmentally Friendly Pervious Concrete for Treating Deicer-Laden Stormwater

  CESTiCC: Bio-based Renewable Additives for Anti-Icing Applications

  CESTiCC: Sustainable Construction in Remote Cold Regions: Methods and Knowledge Transfer Strategies

  CESTiCC: An Empirical Model for Optimal Highway Durability in Cold Regions

  CESTiCC: Transportation Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Synthesis

  PacTrans: Encouraging Young Civil Engineers: Support for the UAF College of Engineering and Mines Steel Bridge Team Competition Steel Bridge

  PacTrans: Roundabout Design Training for Alaska’s Engineers

  PacTrans: Improving Performance, Knowledge, and Methods to Provide Quality Service and Products

  PacTrans: Evaluation of Precut Thermal Cracks for an Asphalt Concrete Pavement in Interior Alaska

  PacTrans: Performance of Depressed Medians on Divided Highways in Alaska

  PacTrans: Evaluate H2RI Wicking Fabric for Pavement Applications

  PacTrans: A Platform for Proactive Risk-based Slope Asset Management Phase II

  PacTrans: Educating Younger Drivers in the Pacific Northwest Regarding the Dangers of Distracted Driving Phase II

  PacTrans: Refinement and Dissemination of a Digital Platform for Sharing Transportation Education Materials

• 2014

  Frozen Debris Lobes 2014 - 1B

  Specialized Testing of Asphalt Cements from Various ADOT&PF Paving Projects

  PacTrans: New Strategies for Maintaining Post-Seismic Operations of Lifeline Corridors

  PacTrans: A Platform for Proactive Risk-Based Slope Asset Management

  PacTrans: Educating Teenage Drivers in the Pacific Northwest Regarding the Dangers of Distracted Driving

  PacTrans: Digital Dissemination Platform of Transportation Engineering Educational Materials Founded in Adoption Research

• 2012

  PacTrans: Estimating Future Flood Frequency and Magnitude in Basins Affected by Glacier Wastage

  PacTrans: A Platform for Proactive Risk-based Slope Asset Managemnet

  PacTrans: Digital Dissemination Platform of Transportation Engineering Educational Materials Founded in Adoption Research Phase I

  PacTrans: Investigation of High-Mast Light Pole Anchor Bolts

  Reinforced Concrete Filled Pipe Piles in Soil

  Performance of TenCate Mirafi PGM-G4 Composite Paving Fabric- Reinforced Asphalt Pavements in Alaska

• 2011

  A Corrosion Monitoring System for Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures

  Strain Limits for Concrete Filled Steel Tubes in AASHTO Seismic Provisions

  Understanding and Mitigating Effects of Chloride Deicer Exposure on Concrete

  Field Evaluation of Crack Sealing of Asphalt Concrete Pavements in Alaska

  Develop Locally Sourced Salt Brine Additive for Anti-Icing

  Knowledge Transfer Needs and Methods

  Experimental Study of Various Techniques to Protect Ice-Rich Cut Slopes

  Impact of Groundwater Flow on Permafrost Degradation & Transportation Infrastructure Stability

  Economic Impacts of Fines in the Unbound Pavement Layers

  Structural Health Monitoring & Condition Assessment of Chulitna River Bridge

  Geotechnical Asset Management

  Rapid Determination of Unsaturated Moisture Diffusivity for Soils During Frost Heave

  Information Gathering Infrastructure Towards Intelligent Transportation

  Longevity Analysis of Dust Control Palliatives

  Frozen Soil Lateral Resistance for the Seismic Design of Highway Bridge Foundations

  Impact of the Embedded Carbon Fiber Heating Panel on the Structural/Mechanical Performance of Roadway Pavement

  Over-height Vehicle Collision Protection and Detection System for Cold Region Highway Bridges

• 2010

  Ductility of Welded Steel Columns

  Effect of Load History on Performance Limit States of Bridge Columns

  Assessing the Contribution of Traffic Emissions to the Mobile Vehicle Measured PM2.5 Concentrations by Means of WRF-CMAQ Simulations

  Identification and Laboratory Assessment of Best Practices to Protect DOT Equipment from the Corrosive Effect of Chemical Deicers

  Testing and Screening Surfacing Materials for Alaska's Yukon River Bridge

  Using the Micro-Deval Test to Assess Alaska Aggregates

  Automatic Electrical De-icing System Using Emerging Carbon Nanofiber Paper: A Pilot Field Testing

  Shake Table Experiments of Bridge Foundations in Liquefied Soils: An International Collaboration

  Geophysical Applications for Arctic/Subarctic Transportation Planning

  Characterization of Alaska Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures with a Simple Performance Tester

  Gathering Vehicular Parameters through a Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Intelligent Transportation System

  Fast Determination of Soil Behavior in the Capillary Zone Using Simple Lab Tests

  Accelerated Degradation and Durability of Concrete in Cold Climates

  Performance of Dust Palliatives on Unpaved Roads in Rural Alaska

  Selecting Preservatives for Marine Structural Timber in Herring Spawning Areas

  Developing Guidelines for Pavement Preservation Treatments and for Building a Pavement Preservation Program for Alaska

• 2009

  Life-cycle Cost Analysis for AK Bridge Components

  Warm Mix Asphalt

  Economical Analysis of Using Light-emitting Diode Technology for AK Street Lights

  Alaska Marine Highway Analysis Phase Two

  Application of Non-traditional Soil Stabilization of Technology: Lab testing of Geofibers and Synthetic Fluid

  Updated Precipitation Frequency Analysis for the State of Alaska

  Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Flood Frequency Analysis for Transportation Design

  Using Shallow Anchors and an Anchored Mesh System for Cut Slope Protection in Ice-rich Soils

  Geological Investigations for the Dalton Highway Innovation Project as a Case Study of Ice-rich Syngenetic Permafrost

  Load Environment of Washington State Ferry and Alaska Marine Highway Landings

  Model of Alaska Transportation Sector to Assess Energy Use and Impacts of Price Shocks and Climate Change Legislation

  Field Study to Compare the Performance of Two Designs to Prevent River Bend Erosion in Arctic Environments

  Seismic Performance of Bridge Foundations in Liquefiable Soils

  Alaska Specification for Palliative Applications on Unpaved Roads and Runways

  Alaska Marine Highway Analysis Phase Three

  Fairbanks North Star Borough Road Upgrading Process

  Evaluating In-Place Inclinometer Strings in Cold Regions

  Including Life Cycle Cost Analysis in Alaska Flexible Pavement Design Software

  Alaska Hot Mix Asphalt Job Mix Formula Verification

  Attenuation of Herbicides in Subarctic Environments (Phase 2)

  Alaska Rural Airport Inspection Program

  Using Screw Piles in High Seismicity Areas of Cold and Warm Permafrost

  A General Review of Mitigation Measures for Slope Stability Problems in Alaska

  Preservation of the Alaska Highway (Phase 2)

  Bridge Structural Health Monitoring and Deterioration Detection: Synthesis of Knowledge and Technology

  Strategies to Improve Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities Professional and Support Staff Recruitment and Retention

  Assessing Anchorage Traffic Congestion with Vehicle Tracking Devices and Intelligent Transportation System Technology

  Long range Transportation Forecasting

• 2007

  Developing Ambient PM2.5 Management Strategies

  Alaska Bridge Bent Pushover Software, including Concrete Confinement

  Seasonally Frozen Ground Effects on the Seismic Response of Highway Bridges

  Effects of Permafrost and Seasonally Frozen Ground on the Seismic Responses of Transportation Infrastructure Sites

  Smart FRP composite Sandwich Bridge Decks in Cold Regions

  Measuring the Effectiveness of Rural Dust Control Strategies

  Integrated Vegetation Management Along Alaska's Highways

  Seismic Design of Deep Bridge Pier Foundations in Frozen Ground

  Developing Snow and Ice Control Plans for Urbanized Areas in Cold Regions

  Impact of Freeze-Thaw on Liquefaction Potential and Dynamic Properties of Mabel Creek Silt

  Impact of Fines Content on Resilient Modulus Reduction of Base Courses During Thawing

  Characterization of Asphalt-treated Base Course Material

  Investigating Methods for Maturing Concrete in Very Cold Weather

  Preservation of the Alaska Highway Phase 1

  Guidelines for Risk Analysis

• RITA

  Using Geofiber & Synthetic Fluid to Stabilize Marginal Soils

  Alaska Marine Highway Analysis Phase One

  Feasibility of Electric Cars in Cold Regions

  Performance Analysis of the Dowling Multi-lane Roundabouts

  Evaluating the Overheight Detection System at the Eklutna River/Glenn Highway Bridge

  Unstable Slope Management Program: Background Research and Program Inception

  Measuring Temperature and Soil Properties for Finite Element Model Verification

  Feasibility Study of RFID Technology for Construction Load Tracking

  Bridge Deck Runoff: Water Quality Analysis and Best Management Practice Effectiveness

  Naturally Occuring Asbestos in Alaska and Experiences and Policy of Other States Reguarding its Use

  Economical Analysis of Alaskan Streetlights by using Light-emitting Diode (LED) Technology (Supplemental funding)

  Use of Mirafi Nylon Wicking Fabric to Help Prevent Frost Boils in the Dalton Highway Beaver Slide Area; Alaska

  Construction Dust Amelioration

  Climate Change Impact Assessment for Surface Transportation in the Pacific Northwest And Alaska

  Kwigillingok Runway Stabilization

  Ambler Hydrologic Investigations

  Alaska Road Weather Research: Partnership with NCAR

  Improving Passing Lane Safety and Efficiency

  Monitoring and Analysis of Frozen Debris Lobes (Phase I)

• MISC

  Application of Non-traditional Soil Stabilization of Technology: Use of Geofibers and Synthetic Fluid in the Field

  The Response of Pile-Guided Floats Subjected to Dynamic Loading

  Eagle Dust Project

  Dust Palliative Performance Measurements on Nine Rural Airports

  Warm Mix Asphalt: Experimental Features in Highway Construction

  Nylon Wicking Fabric

  Converting the Fairbanks Metropolitan Area Transportation System (FMATS) Travel-demand Forecasting Model from GRS II to TransCAD

  Environmental Impact of Creosote Treated Marine Piles

• 2013

  PacTrans: Estimating Future Flood Frequency and Magnitude in Basins Affected by Glacier Wastage

  PacTrans: Phase II Structural Health Monitoring and Condition Assessment of Chulitna River Bridge

  PacTrans: Investigation of High-Mast Light Pole Anchor Bolts