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Transportation Safety, Security and Innovation in Cold Regions

Plastic fibers used to strengthen sub-grade soils on an AUTC soil stabilization project.
Photo: B. Connor

AUTC’s 2011 Student of the Year, Travis Eckhoff, receiving his award at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 91st annual meeting, January 22-26, 2012.

Photo Courtesy: Council of University Transportation Centers

Graduate Student Paul DuVoy presents hydrological flow data at AUTC’s 2011 Governing Board Meeting.

Photo: AUTC News

Graduate Student Nathan Stephan, of WERC, conducts field research as part of AUTC’s Umiat Corridor Study on Alaska’s North Slope.

Photo: W. Schnabel, WERC

Graduate Student Peng Li presents loading cycle research data at AUTC’s 2011 Governing Board Meeting.

Photo: AUTC News

"Sandy Lego RC Derby” at the Annual Engineering Open House on Saturday Feb 25, 2012. Learning the fundamentals of soft-soil road design, kids attempt to keep their RC cars on a paper-track road built on a soft sand foundation in this simulated island.

Photo: J. Liu

AUTC Researcher Andrew Metzger installs measuring equipment on pier infrastructure as part of a study on the Alaska Marine Highway System.

Photo Courtesy: A. Metzger

Alaska Commissioner of Transportation and Public Facilities, Marc Luiken, discusses the state’s Transportation Asset Management initiative with employees and AUTC stakeholders in Fairbanks

Photo: AUTC News

AUTC researcher Jeff Miller shows a real-time traffic display created as part his ongoing work with Intelligent Transportation Systems in Anchorage, Alaska.

Photo Courtesy: J. Miller

Dave Brailey (left) and Emily Youcha of WERC take discharge measurements on Alaska’s Shaviovik River, as part of AUTC’s Umiat Corridor Study.

Photo: W. Schnabel/WERC

Project Updates

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May

Final Report: Assessment of the Contribution of Traffic Emissions to the Mobile Vehicle Measured PM2.5 Concentration by Means of WRF-CMAQ Simulations

Final Report: Assessment of the Contribution of Traffic Emissions

9

May

Final Report: Serving Future Transportation Needs–Succession Planning for a State Department of Transportation Organization, Its People & Mission

Final Report: Serving Future Transportation Needs–Succession Planning for a State Department of Transportation Organization, Its People & Mission

9

May

Final Report: Construction Dust Amelioration

Final Report: Construction Dust Amelioration

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May

April 30 Presentation: Strain Limits for Concrete Filled Steel Tubes in AASHTO Seismic Provisions

Presentation: Concrete Filled Steel Tubes April 30

Other News

9

May

‘Engineering Students Brave Rural Alaska’

A recent news story in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and the Anchorage Daily News tells the story of UAF engineering students in a Senior Design class heading out to remote Alaska villages to tackle difficult civil design challenges. To read more click here:

http://www.adn.com/2012/05/04/2452517/engineering-students-brave-rural.html

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May

AUTC Featured in AK Contractor Magazine

The Spring 2012 issue of Alaska Contractor Magazine contains six feature stories about innovative engineering programs and projects at the University of Alaska Fairbanks–five involving AUTC. To view the issue online, click here.

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Apr

State Capital Budget Includes Funding for University of Alaska Engineering Buildings

On April 6th, Alaska’s Commissioner of Transportation and Public Facilities, Marc Luiken, gave an address to AUTC staff, students, and partners at UAF’s College of Engineering and Mines outlining the growing need for Alaska engineers. Updating these developments, the Alaska State Legislature issued the following announcement Friday: (more…)

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Apr

AUTC Quarterly Newsletter

Highlighting recent projects on Geotechnical Asset Management (GAM), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Pavement Preservation, and the Student of the Year, AUTC’s latest quarterly newsletter (Volume 5, Number 2) is now available on the publications page, here.