Featured in Technology Today (Volume 35, Issue 1), a quarterly publication of the Louisiana Transportation Research Center.
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting was held January 9-13, 2022, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Following a virtual 2021 conference, attendees were eager to participate in over 400 workshops, lectern sessions, and poster sessions. A number of sessions and workshops focused on the spotlight theme for the 2022 meeting: Innovating an Equitable, Resilient, Sustainable, and Safe Transportation System. The following is a list of presentations made by LTRC staff members and contract researchers:
“Development of a Fatigue Design Model for Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement Based on In Situ Saw-Cut Beams and Accelerated Pavement Performance” | Moinul Mahdi, Golam Sobhani, Zhong Wu, Yilong Liu, and Zhaoxing Xie
“In Situ Strain Distribution and Fatigue Damage Assessment of Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement Under Accelerated Pavement Testing” | Moinul Mahdi, Yilong Liu, Golam Sobhani, Zhong Wu, and Zhaoxing Xie
“Performance Evaluation and Prediction of Preservation Asphalt Overlay in Louisiana” | Zhaoxing Xie, Zhong Wu, Farzana Moon, Moinul Mahdi, and Yilong Liu
“Estimating Average Daily Traffic on Low-Volume Roadways” | Afia Yeboah, Julius Codjoe, and Raju Thapa
“Applying Association Rules Mining to Investigate Pedestrian Fatal and Injury Crash Patterns Under Different Lighting Conditions” | Ahmed Hossain, Xiaoduan Sun, Raju Thapa, and Julius Codjoe
“Safety and Operational Effectiveness of Protected Only Versus Protected and Permitted Left Turn Signal Phase” | Md Asaduzzaman, Raju Thapa, and Julius Codjoe
“Evaluation of the Impact of Work Zone Traffic Control Devices on Change in Speed Using the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study” | Shauna Hallmark, Guillermo Basulto-Elias, Nicole Oneyear, Amrita Goswamy, Raju Thapa, Susan Chrysler, and Omar Smadi
“The Use of Bayesian Analysis for Implementing the Specific Site Variability into the Load and Resistance Factor Design of Piles” | Md Habibur Rahman, Murad Abu-Farsakh, and Sabarethinam Kameshwar
“Performance Evaluation of Recycled Plastic Pin and Geosynthetic Platform Supported Embankment over Soft Soil: A Numerical Study” | Abdallah Ikbarieh, Murad Abu-Farsakh, and George Voyiadjis
“Quantifying the Benefits of Geosynthetics Reinforcement in Flexible Pavement Design using Cyclic Plate Load Testing” | Murad Abu-Farsakh, Qiming Chen, and Milad Saghebfar
“Evaluation of Pile-Cone Penetration Test (CPT) Methods Using Multidimensional Unfolding Technique and Evaluating the Ultimate Pile Capacity from CPT Data Using the Artificial Neural Network” | Murad Abu-Farsakh
“Evaluating the Impacts of the Complete Streets Policy in Louisiana: A Review of Practices and Projects in the Last 10 Years” | Ruijie Bian and Tara Tolford
“Contextual Adjustment of the ITE Trip Generation Rates for Small and Medium Urban Areas in Louisiana” | Saba Doulabi, Chester Wilmot, Peter Stopher, and Angela Antipova
“Development of Cost-Effective, High-Modulus Asphalt Concrete Mixtures Using Crumb Rubber and Local Construction Materials in Louisiana” | Ibrahim Elnaml, Momen Mousa, Marwa M. Hassan, Ipshit Idris, and Louay Mohammad
“Warm Mix Asphalt Demonstration Projects in Louisiana: Case Study of 5 to 8 Years of Field Performance” | Moses Akentuna, Louay Mohammad, Kwadwo Boaten, and Samuel Cooper, Jr.
“Mechanistic Evaluation of Asphalt Mixtures Progressive Moisture Damage” | Moses Akentuna, Louay Mohammad, Sanchit Sachdeva, Samuel Cooper, III, and Samuel Cooper, Jr.
“Evaluation of the Interlayer Bond Strength of Micro-Surfacing Mixes” | Ahmad Al-Hosainat, Munir Nazzal, Sang Soo Kim, Louay Mohammad, Ala Abbas, Eric Biehl, Perry Ricciardi, and Sk Abu Talha
“Best Practices for Assessing Roadway Damages Caused by Flooding” | Tyson Rupnow
“Development of Practical and Cost-Effective Ultra-High Performance Engineered Cementitious Composite Using Natural Sand and No Silica Fume” | Daniel Game, Gabriel Arce, Marwa Hassan, Hassan Noorvand, Sujata Subedi, and Tyson Rupnow
“Optimizing the Self-Healing Efficiency of Hydrogel-Encapsulated Bacteria in Concrete” | Ricardo Hungria, Momen Mousa, Marwa Hassan, Omar Omar, Andrea Gavilanes, Gabriel Arce, Gary King, Jose Milla, and Tyson Rupnow
“Feasibility and Performance of Low-Volume Roadway Mixture Design in Louisiana” | Corey Mayeux, Saman Salari, and Samuel Cooper, III
“Laboratory Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt Open Graded Friction Courses” | Hossam Abohamer, Mostafa Elseifi, Corey Mayeux, Samuel Cooper, III