The University of Rhode Island

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The University of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Transportation Research
Center (Established in 1992) A Partnership for
Education, Research, and Technology Transfer
Outreach
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Rhode Island Transportation Research
Center (Established in 1992)
Director K. Wayne Lee Associate
Director Christopher Hunter
Advisory Board Jerome Williams, RIDOT
Director Peter Osborne, FHWA RI Division
Administrator Henry Sherlock, CIRI Executive
Director Stephen Cardi, II, Cardi Corporation
VP Stephen Lynch, Lynch Sons VP Raymond M.
Wight, Dean of Engineering, URI Edward Mazze,
Former CBA Dean

• Technology Transfer
• Outreach
• (Chris Hunter)
• Annual Forums
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Consultations

Education (Natacha Thomas) 12 Transportation
Courses Short Courses

• Research
• Development
• (K.W. Lee G. Tsiatas)
• RIDOT
• FHWA
• NETC
• NEUTC URITC
• TRB
• NSF
• Industries

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Rhode Island Transportation Research Center
Director K. Wayne Lee (CVE) Associate
Director Chris Hunter (CVE)
Advisory Board
Safety, Environment, Planning, and Policy N.
Thomas (CVE) F. Atach (CPL) T. Boving (GEO) V.
Craver (CVE) R. Wright (CVE) L. Thiem
(CVE) Grigalunus (NRS) C. Anderson(NRS) J.
Beckman (CBA) J. Wang (ISE) V. Speredelozzi(ISE)
Intelligent Transportation System C. Hunter
(CVE) N. Thomas (CVE) J. Peckham (COM) M. Sodhi
(IME) R. Shaw (CVE)
Transportation Materials K. W. Lee (CVE) S.
Yang (CHM) G. Veyera (CVE) A. Shukla (MCE) M.
Sadd (MCE) A. Bose (CHE) M. Greenfield (CHE) C.
Baxter (OCE) M. Faghri (MCE) B. Lucht (CHM) O.
Gregory (CHE)
Sustainable Intelligent Transportation Infrastruct
ures G. Tsiatas (CVE) May Gindy (CVE) R. Brown
(CHE) Rivero-Hudec (CHE) R. Casagrande(PLS) D.
Taggart (MCE) J. Hu (OCE) K. W. Lee (CVE)
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Rhode Island Transportation Research Center
Funding Sources
Joint Research Council
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Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(TEA21)

• A grant to establish and operate a University
  Transportation Center (UTC) at the RI
  Transportation Research Center (TRC).
• U. of Minnesota
• Marshall U.
• George Mason U.
• Western Transportation Institute
• RI Transportation Research Center
• Northwestern University

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SAFETEA- LU

• Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
  Transportation Equity Act
• A Legacy for Users

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• URI
• RI Transportation Research Center (RITRC)
• URI Transportation Center (TC) Grant Program
• MIT
• Center for Transportation Logistics (CTL)
• New England University Transportation Center
  (NEUTC) Grant Program

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TUBSchool of Civil Engineering

• Institute of Highway Engineering
• (Prof. Leutner)
• Institute of Transportation Urban Eng.
• (Prof. Wermuth)
• Institute of Railway Systems Engineering Traffic
  Safety
• (Prof. Pachl)

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TUB Exchange Students

• Edgar Kraus
• Development of Traffic Mitigation Strategies
  and a Pilot Rhode Island Intelligent Road Using a
  Micro Simulation Software, CORSIM
• Kristina Steen
• Evaluation of Fatigue Cracking Resistance
  Characteristics for the Cold In-Place Recycling
  Asphalt Mixtures
• Sonja-Lara Kurz
• Comparative Analysis of US and European
  Approaches on the Risk Analysis of Railroad
  Signaling

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International Transportation Program

• TUB and IEP
• Global U-8 Consortium
• Korea Expressway Corporation
• Korea Institute of Construction Transportation
  Technology Evaluation and Planning (KICTEP)
• SNU, KAIST and Kookmin University

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Future

• Continue and Expand Student Exchange Program
• e.g., IEP, GU-8, Japan and Korean Institutes
• Enhance Research Capability
• Human Resources
• Physical Resources, e.g., URI/RIDOT Joint Lab
• RIIR TSAL (Field Lab)
• Long-Term Research Program w/ Solid Funding
• Faculty Endowment, e.g., CY appointment, CIRI
  Professorship, etc.
• Continue Multi-Disciplinary Program

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Thank you!