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Sinagua Middle School Outreach Event

Posted by nbl42 on October 19, 2018

AZTrans In-Classroom K-8 Transportation Engineering Outreach Event at Sinagua Middle School

AZTrans faculty Brendan Russo and undergraduate research assistant Emmanuel James presented an introduction to transportation engineering to two classes of 7th and 8th grade students (~60 students total) at Sinagua Middle School in Flagstaff, AZ on October 19th, 2018. The students were enrolled in introductory middle school engineering courses, and the AZTrans presentation included an introduction to the different disciplines of civil engineering, details on the type of work… Read more

AZTrans Exhibit at the 2018 NAU Science and Engineering Day

Posted by nbl42 on September 29, 2018

AZTrans Exhibit at the 2018 NAU Science and Engineering Day

AZTrans operated an exhibit at the 2018 NAU Science and Engineering Day (which was part of the Flagstaff Festival of Science) entitled “Behind the Scenes: How Our Roadways are Designed & Operated” on Saturday, September 29th, 2018. The transportation-focused exhibit had equipment set up to show how traffic signal systems detect vehicles and efficiently move traffic through intersections. There was also a display showing how traffic simulation software is used… Read more

AZTrans Exhibit at ACTI 2018

Posted by nbl42 on September 25, 2018

AZTrans Exhibit at the 2018 ACTI Arizona Innovation Day

AZTrans operated an exhibit at the 2018 Arizona Council for Transportation Innovation (ACTI) Arizona Innovation Day on September 25th, 2018. The mission of ACTI is to “facilitate the implementation of innovative technology, tactics and techniques among transportation program delivery professionals to ensure smart, efficient investment in Arizona’s highway and transportation infrastructure”. The AZTrans exhibit focused on current and recent student-involved transportation research conducted at NAU through the Pacific Southwest Region 9… Read more

TRB Committee Meeting

Posted by nbl42 on April 13, 2018

Summer Meeting of TRB Committee AHB25, Traffic Signal Systems:

NAU will be hosting the summer meeting of Traffic Signal Systems Committee of TRB.  This event will take place at the High Country Conference Center July 22nd – 24th in Flagstaff, AZ.  Edward Smaglik, NAU, is handling all of the logistics for this event.

2018 Flagstaff STEM Celebration

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AZTrans Exhibit at the 2018 Flagstaff STEM Celebration

AZTrans operated an exhibit at the 2018 Flagstaff STEM Celebration, which was held on March 5th, 2018 at the NAU Walkup Skydome. Students from all 28 Flagstaff K-12 schools were invited, and hundreds attended the event. The transportation-focused exhibit operated by AZTrans was similar to the setup utilized at the 2017 NAU Science and Engineering day and had equipment set up to show how traffic signal systems work, as well as computers… Read more

Sensors in Pavements Subject to Temperature Changes

Posted by nbl42 on March 2, 2018

Application of Vehicle-Based Sensors in Assessing Performance of Pavements Subject to Temperature Changes

Sponsor: Arizona Board of Regents – Research Innovation Fund (Prime: U of A)

PI: Chun-Hsing (Jun) Ho

Project Start|End Date: 2016 | 2018-12-31

The primary objective of this study is to implement cost-effective vibration sensors to predict asphalt roughness and identify critical cracking locations on I-10 under the action of temperature changes

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