Small Projects Year 12 (2023-2025)

Enhancing Mobility: A Roadmap for Improving Highway Conditions


PI: Kishor Shrestha (WSU), kishor.shrestha@wsu.edu, ORCID:

Co PIs: none

AMOUNT & MATCH: $30,000 federal from PacTrans; $30,000 federal Match

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2023 – 8/15/2025

STATUS: Active Read More

Enhancing winter mobility of pervious concrete sidewalks, parking lots, and shared-use pathways via incorporation of engineered biochar


PI: Jialuo He (WSU), jialuo.he@wsu.edu, ORCID:

Co PIs: none

AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 federal from PacTrans; $40,000 federal Match

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2023 – 8/15/2025

STATUS: Active Read More

Lane-free multi-agent reinforcement learning-based control of mixed autonomy traffic


PI: Jia Li (WSU), jia.li1@wsu.edu, ORCID:

Co PIs: none

AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 federal from PacTrans; $40,000 federal Match

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2023 – 8/15/2025

STATUS: Active Read More

Integrating Data and Physics for Assessing Maintenance Strategies to Enhance Winter Road Resilience


PI: Yong Deng (WSU), yong.deng1@wsu.edu, ORCID:

Co PIs: Xianming Shi (WSU), Chuang Chen (WSU)

AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 federal from PacTrans; $40,000 federal Match

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2023 – 8/15/2025

STATUS: Active Read More

Scalable Techniques to Study the Equitable Distribution and Condition of Sidewalks across the US


PI: Jon Froehlich (UW), jonfcs.washington.edu, ORCID: 0000-0001-8291-3353

Co PIs: none

AMOUNT & MATCH: $75,000 federal from PacTrans; $75,000 federal Match

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2023 – 8/15/2025

STATUS: Active Read More

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