Texas A&M University System Chancellor Dr. Mike McKinney watches a full-scale crash test at TTI’s Riverside Campus facility as part of his tour of the Institute March 6.
Archives for March 2007
Texas A&M University System Chancellor Tours TTI
“Through the Texas Transportation Institute, we are doing great work in developing materials and safety devices for the transportation industry. This work is more far-reaching than most of the general public knows,” said newly appointed Texas A&M University System Chancellor Michael McKinney following a tour of the Institute March 6. The visit lasted through noon, […]
High-Speed Emissions Testing Conducted at Pecos
TTI’s Pecos Research and Testing Center was used the first week of March to determine vehicle emissions from light-duty passenger vehicles and 18-wheelers traveling upwards of 80 miles per hour. A research team from the Air Quality Studies program equipped the vehicles with its recently acquired Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS) device to gather data […]
Briaud Receives ASCE Award
Research Engineer Jean-Louis Briaud receives the ASCE 2006 Martin S.Kapp Foundation Engineering Award from John Anderson, president of the Geo-Institute of ASCE. The award was presented at the Geo-Denver conference in February.
TTI Research Engineer Receives ASCE’s Kapp Award
TTI Research Engineer Jean-Louis Briaud received the prestigious Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award during ceremonies at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo-Institute conference in Denver. The Kapp Award is given on the basis of the best example of innovative or outstanding design or construction of foundations, earthworks, retaining structures, or underground construction. […]
Teens in the Driver Seat
Teens in the Driver Seat, TTI’s peer-to-peer safety program for young drivers, rolled out its biggest launch ever in Texas when students representing all seven high schools in Garland held a press conference on March 7th to announce their TDS program. For more information and photos of the event, visit www.t-driver.com.
Pedestrian Safety Focus of TTI Team Project
TTI researchers have developed suggested procedures for agencies interested in improving pedestrian safety. The TTI team consisting of Kay Fitzpatrick, Shawn Turner, Marcus Brewer and numerous others has developed Guidelines for Pedestrian Crossing Treatments as part of a Transportation Research Board (TRB) project. In 2004, 4,641 pedestrians died in the U.S. and another 68,000 were […]
Securing Our Homeland
Volume 43, Number 1 (2007) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Institute News TTI Publications Homeland Security From Every Angle: Engineering Homeland Security at the Texas A&M University System Keeping Ports Afloat Working Together to Secure the Homeland Didn’t See It Coming Bridging Ivory Towers: U.S. Universities Join Forces for National Security University Center for […]
TTI Publications
Technical Reports “Moisture-Related Cracking Effects on Hydrating Concrete Pavement,” by Anal (Anol) Mukhopadhyay, 0-1700-6, November 16, 2006. “Development of Specification-Type Tests to Assess the Impact of Fine Aggregate and Mineral Filler on Fatigue Damage,” by Yong-Rak Kim, 0-1707-10, May 17, 2006. “Sensitivity of HMA Performance to Aggregate Shape Measured Using Conventional and Image Analysis Methods,” […]
Institute News
TTI at TRB The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) was well represented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 86th Annual Meeting January 21-25 in Washington, D.C. TTI researchers presented papers on numerous topics, and chaired and participated in committee meetings and other activities. Richardson receives CUTC award Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Director Emeritus Herb Richardson received […]
Tolling in the Americas
Conference to address freeway and tolling operations Tolling is an important issue not only in Texas, but throughout America and abroad. For this reason, it is important to disseminate the most current research and information available to transportation professionals. The “Freeway and Tolling Operations in the Americas” conference seeks to accomplish this goal by bringing […]
Black History and the Transportation Industry
The lobby of the Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI) Gilchrist Building displays some of the first electric traffic signals used in the United States. That equipment, which evolved from a number of even more creative manual devices, has a rich and telling history. Part of it we owe to one of the country’s first Black inventors, […]
University Center for Mobility Launches at TTI
Former United States Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said it best, “Congestion kills time, wastes fuel, and costs money…We need a new approach and we need it now.” The Secretary notes that this country loses $200 billion per year just to freight bottlenecks and delayed deliveries. Secretary Mineta added further that Americans lose […]
Bridging Ivory Towers: U.S. Universities Join Forces for National Security
College rivalries do not just involve sports teams. Academic institutions also compete for federal research dollars. But the academic community also works together on many projects, including combining resources to most effectively protect our nation. Two groups—the Southwest Border Security Consortium (SBSC) and the Texas Homeland Security Group (THSG)—are striving to improve security in their […]
Didn’t See It Coming
New crash barrier standard in development to protect pedestrians from wayward vehicles, or something worse It’s sobering to think that stopping in at the neighborhood coffee shop could cost us our life. Yet dig into media coverage in communities everywhere, and you will discover that an alarming number of errant vehicles are crashing into sidewalk […]
Working Together to Secure the Homeland
The events of September 11, 2001, brought us together as a nation unlike any event since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Now more than ever, Americans are working together to meet the public safety challenges facing our country—from terrorist attacks, to natural disasters, to everyday emergency response needs. Texas A&M Engineering is composed of the […]
Keeping Ports Afloat
Between 1970 and 2002, the volume of United States overseas trade more than doubled. It’s expected to double again by 2016. How do goods enter the United States? Ninety-nine percent of it moves through U.S. ports. With 367 miles of coastline and 29 ports, the state of Texas is now facing the daunting task of […]
From Every Angle: Engineering Homeland Security at the Texas A&M University System
Q&A with Dr. G. Kemble Bennett Dr. G. Kemble Bennett, dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering, director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station and vice chancellor of the Texas A&M University System talks about terrorism, engineering solutions to protect our citizens and the day the towers fell. “Not in my wildest moments did […]