This tenth revised edition incorporates all of the recommendations and additions resulting from the NCHRP Project 20-75, Implementing Transportation Knowledge Networks. With over 350 entries in the Directory, there are many enhancements: The entries are now categorized as either a Library, Technical Assistance Provider or Data/Other Information Provider.
Federal
National University Transportation Centers Laboratory Facilities
The purpose of this document is to provide information on existing or planned university based transportation related research laboratory facilities at National University transportation Centers designated through the SAFETEA-LU highway bill. The goal in developing this document was to provide a reference “tool” of available national assets that could be used by federal, state, local, tribal, and private industry transportation professionals; increase awareness and encourage laboratory utilization; and reduce the potential for redundancy in the facilities offered to maximize federal funding utilization.
Federal Lab Facilities
This is a list and description of federal lab facilities that are available for researchers. Details about each lab include lab name, lab type, contact people, lab capabilities and equipment, and lab mission.
Building a Foundation for Effective Technology Transfer through Integration with the Research Process: A Primer
“This primer aims to increase the effectiveness of T2 activity in transportation by describing how T2 practices can be successfully integrated into the research process to capture the potential real-world benefits of our community?s research investment. This primer?s agenda can be summarized as follows:
? Purpose: To help the transportation research community facilitate effective technology transfer by providing an overview of the activities that are required to transfer most kinds of research results.
? Audience: Research program directors and others at the executive level in research organizations, research project managers and their supervisors, researchers, and others in the research community.
? Scope: T2 activities centered on a particular R&D project, often defined by a single statement of work or objectives, as opposed to program-level activities that support multiple projects. The emphasis is on applied R&D, though the principles and concepts apply to basic R&D as well.
In pursuing this agenda, the primer draws heavily on three recent Transportation Research Board (TRB) publications:
? Accelerating Implementation of Transportation Research Results, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 461,
? Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer, NCHRP Report 768, and
? Transport Research Implementation: Application of Research Outcomes, Summary of the Second EU-U.S. Transportation Research Symposium, TRB Conference Proceedings 51.”
Infravation: Defining the Scope of the Infravation ERA-Net Plus
This scoping document covers seven challenges: 1) Advanced predictive infrastructure performance processes; 2) Enhanced durability and life-time extension; 3) Rapid and non-destructive methods for routine quality and performance checks of materials and construction; 4) Keeping freight routes open through zero-intrusive maintenance; 5) Ensuring infrastructure performance under all weather conditions; 6) Resource and energy efficiency in road construction and maintenance (eco-design); and 7) Virgin material reduction by substitution or recycling.