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: Erie County (NY) Department of Environment and Planning, New York State Department of Health, Syracuse University, Ceres Nanosciences
External Collaborators: Yanlin Guo - Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, United States Department of Energy (DOE) Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER)
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.
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.
Wang, H., Ranade, R., and Okumus, P. (2021). “Seismic Resilience of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns utilizing Ductile FRC Covers.” Submitted to Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering in March 2021. Manuscript No. NSIE-2021-0122.
Kumar, D. and Ranade, R. (2021). “Influence of Matrix-modification and Fiber-hybridization on High-Temperature Residual Mechanical Performance of Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites.”Submitted to Construction and Building Materials Journal in March 2021. Manuscript No.CONBUILDMAT-D-21-02535.
Arunothayan, A. R., Nematollahi, B., Ranade, R., Bong S.H., Sanjayan, J., and Khayat, K. (2021). “Fiber Orientation Effects on Ultra-High Performance Concrete Formed by 3D Printing.” Cement and Concrete Research Journal, Vol. 143, Art. 106384. DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2021.106384
Kumar, D. and Ranade, R. (2021). “Development of Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites Utilizing Slag and Calcium Carbonate Powder.” Construction and Building Materials Journal, Vol.273, Art. 122028. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.122028
Fakhri, H., Fishman, K., and Ranade, R. (2021). “Rapid Determination of Critical Chloride Contentin Cement-Based Composites.” Construction and Building Materials Journal, Vol. 268, Art. 121148.DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121148
Fakhri, H., Fishman, K., and Ranade, R. (2020). “A Novel Experimental Method to Determine the Critical Chloride Content in Cement-based Composites.” Construction and Building Materials Journal,Vol. 263, Art. 120101. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120101.
Arunothayan, R., Nematollahi, B., Ranade, R., Bong S.H. and Sanjayan, J. (2020). “Development of3D-Printable Ultra-High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete for Digital Construction.”Construction and Building Materials Journal, Vol. 257, Art. 119546.DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.119546
Ragalwar, K.A., Heard, W.F., Williams, B.A. and Ranade,R. (2020). “Significance of the Particle Size Distribution Modulus for Strain-Hardening-Ultra-High Performance Concrete (SH-UHPC) Matrix Design.” Construction and Building Materials Journal, Vol. 234, Art. 117423.DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117423
Deshpande, A.A., Kumar, D. and Ranade, R. (2020). “Temperature effects on the Bond Behavior between Deformed Steel Reinforcing Bars and Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composite.” Construction and Building Materials Journal, Vol. 233, Art. 117337.DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117337
Ragalwar, K.A., Heard, W.F., Williams, B.A., Kumar, D. and Ranade, R. (2020). “On Enhancing the Mechanical Behavior of Ultra-High Performance Concrete through Multi-scale Fiber Reinforcement.”Cement and Concrete Composites Journal, Vol. 105, Art. 103422.
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.