AZTrans staff, along with colleagues at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University, have entered into a partnership with MAG to develop a taxonomy of Smart Region technologies and assist with independent evaluations of select Smart Region technology deployments. Over the next several years, AZTrans faculty and students will work with MAG and the other partners to scope and evaluate the effectiveness of various Smart technologies in the MAG region.
Research
Sensors in Pavements Subject to Temperature Changes
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
Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Containing Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene (SBS) Modified Binder
Sponsor: Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
PI: Chun-Hsing (Jun) Ho
Project Start|End Date: 2017 | 2019
The objective of the project is to evaluate the low-temperature performance of SBS modified asphalt mixtures on I-40.
Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation Center
PI: Edward J. Smaglik
Sponsor: USDOT (Prime: USC)
Project Start Date: 2016
The Pacific Southwest Region UTC is the Region 9 University Transportation Center funded under the US Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers Program. Established in 2016, the Pacific Southwest Region UTC (PSR) is led by the University of Southern California and includes seven partners:
· Northern Arizona University
· California State University, Long Beach
· University of California, Davis
· University of California, Irvine
· University of California, Los Angeles
· University of Hawaii
· Pima Community… Read more
Arizona Tri-University Transportation Research Collaboration
Sponsor: Arizona Board of Regents – Research Innovation Fund (Prime: U of A)
PI: Edward J. Smaglik
Project Start|End Date: 2016 | 2018-12-31
The purpose of this project is to define and develop a pilot portfolio of transportation projects around a central theme that can be executed within the structure and processes of a transportation research center. Each of the research projects in the portfolio (7 total) is specifically identified and includes research partners from more than one of the state universities… Read more
Evaluation of Inlaid Pavement Markings in Northern Arizona
PI: Brendan J Russo
Sponsor: Arizona Department of Transportation (Prime: CivTech)
Project Start Date: 2016
This project involves an evaluation of the potential safety impacts of inlaid pavement markings on I-40 and I-17 in northern Arizona using the Empirical Bayes (EB) methodology. Inlaid pavement markings are designed to better withstand snow plow activities and maintain their retroreflectivity better than standard pavement markings. The project entails collecting and analyzing crash, geometric, and environmental data for both treatment sites and control sites. Statistical software… Read more