Traffic incidents have significant negative impacts on the safety and efficiency of overall transportation system performance. The transportation community has consistently strive to improve the transportation incident management process. This project demonstrates the ability of the NYSDOT, GDIT and IIMS to improve traffic incident management.
External Collaborators: Erie County (NY) Department of Environment and Planning, New York State Department of Health, Syracuse University, Ceres Nanosciences
All nuclear power plants are required to have a significant level of resistance to the effects of earthquake shaking, but the safety-grade nuclear equipment is generally large and routinely custom-made for each nuclear plant. Whittaker’s team will simplify plant design and standardize the equipment to drive down cost and speed construction.
At the 2023 Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) World 2023 Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, ISTL Director Kevin Hulme, PhD, and his team of transportation engineering researchers presented their findings in the application of different video game engine simulations to enhance transportation research.
External Collaborators: Yanlin Guo - Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, United States Department of Energy (DOE) Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER)
Sharma, S., Ronanki, V.S., Aaleti, S., Okumus, P. (in press). “Experimental Investigation of Surface Preparation on Normal and Ultra High Performance Concrete Interface Behavior.” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering.
Kizilarslan, E., Okumus, P., Oliva, M.G. (2020) “Debonding Strands as an Anchorage Zone Crack Control Method for Pretensioned Concrete Bulb-tee Girders.” PCI Journal, 65(5), 65-80.
Diaz Arancibia, M., Rugar, L. S, Okumus, P. (in press) “Role of Skew on Bridge Performance.” Transportation Research Record: The Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1-11.
Diaz-Arancibia, M., Okumus, P. (2018) “Load Testing of Highly Skewed Concrete Bridges.” ACI Special Publication on Evaluation of Concrete Bridge Behavior through Load Testing - International Perspectives."SP323-2, 18.
Research in environmental engineering seeks to better understand the physical, chemical, and biological processes that influence the health of our environment and to pursue innovative solutions for its protection. Researchers in this area also focus on engineering sustainability.
Research in geosystems engineering addresses computational geomechanics, deep foundations, ground improvement, seismic response of soils, liquefaction, and retrofit of foundations, dams, slopes, and retaining walls.
Researchers in the structural engineering, mechanics and materials group enhance community resiliency to earthquakes, develop design guidelines for buildings and other structures, and conduct vital research in various emerging areas such as wind, fire and materials engineering.
Research in transportation systems engineering focuses on improving the efficiency, safety, sustainability, and resiliency of surface transportation systems.