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Jett McFalls
Research Scientist
Environmental Testing Facilities – TTI Headquarters, Room 3442
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
Ph. (979) 317-2801
[email protected]

Aerial view of several buildings and equipment that makes up the SEC Lab. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Sediment and Erosion Control Laboratory (SEC Lab) provides the transportation industry with a research and performance evaluation program for roadside environmental management. The program includes:

  • Stormwater management,
  • Erosion and sediment control product evaluation,
  • Product research and development,
  • Vegetation establishment and
  • Industry training.

Operated by TTI’s Environment Group, key features of this 21-acre, full-scale, indoor/outdoor facility include:

  • Indoor rainfall simulator,
  • Physical properties testing lab,
  • Vegetated natural soil embankment,
  • Variable slope channel flume,
  • Sediment control device evaluation facility,
  • Concrete flume, and
  • Pollinator test plots.