The HEART Crash Cushion is much easier to say than the Hybrid Energy Absorbing Reusable Terminal. But that’s what it is. The crash cushion, developed by Researchers Dean Alberson and Lance Bullard, is designed to be reusable after most crashes and therefore, a money saving product for taxpayers. Alberson and Bullard were honored Feb. 23 […]
Archives for February 2007
TTI’s Robert Lytton Receives NOVA Award
Robert Lytton, TTI research engineer and Benson Chair Professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received the 2006 NOVA Award from the Construction Innovation Forum for his Pavement Composition Analysis (PCA) research. Lytton’s award-winning research uses an air-launched, ground-penetrating radar to aid highway construction quality control. The radar is […]
TTI-India Partnership Could Lead to Research
Texas A&M University, the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and TTI are exploring a long-term research partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras). Texas A&M’s Dr. Kumbakonam Rajagopal from mechanical engineering, a graduate of IIT Madras, has been actively leading these discussions and assisting each agency with staff interactions and development of […]
Managed Lanes Open House
TTI helped organize this Managed Lanes Open House at Austin’s Thompson Conference Center at The University Of Texas to explain this alternative to HOV lanes. Managed Lanes are operating in several states and three are being planned for the Austin area.
Advisory Council meets in College Station
Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) Director John Mounce welcomes members of the CTS Advisory Council during its meeting February 22. The CTS Advisory Council examines issues involving traffic safety and determines which topics need to be addressed.
TTI Research Team Wins Prestigious TRB Award
Roger Bligh and Dean Alberson (L-R center) hold up their K.B. Woods Award presented January 22 at TRB’s 86th Annual Meeting for their paper, “Low-Deflection Portable Concrete Barrier.” Coauthors Nauman Mansoor Sheikh and Akram Abu-Odeh were also recipients. Also pictured are (L) Neil Pedersen, Maryland State Highway Administration and (R) TRB Executive Director Robert Skinner. […]
Retired TTI Director Honored at Transportation Research Board’s Annual Meeting
Former TTI director Dr. Herbert Richardson receives the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from Linda Watson, the 2007 Chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee. Richardson, who retired last fall, was honored January 24 at the TRB 86th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The Crum Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field […]