Small Projects Year 9 (2020-2022)
Developing a Proactive Fuzzy-Logic Model for Optimizing Winter Road Maintenance Measures in Cold Urban Areas Using Real-time Data
PI: Tommy Tafazzoli (WSU), tommy.tafazzoli@wsu.edu, ORCID: 0000-0003-4946-3666
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AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Completed
CATEGORIES: Optimization, Road Maintenance, Data Driven, Cold, Winter
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Assessment of Washington State Bridges for Post-Earthquake Mobility and Recover Planning
PI: Adam Phillips (WSU), a.phillips@wsu.edu, ORCID: 0000-0003-2486-6039
Co PIs: Chris Motter
AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Completed
CATEGORIES: Bridges, Structures, Recovery Planning, Earthquakes, Natural Disaster
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Cost Comparison of Washington Safety Rest Area Operations with Other States
PI: Kishor Shrestha (WSU), kishor.shrestha@wsu.edu, ORCID: 0000-0002-6073-4650
Co PIs: none
AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Complete
CATEGORIES: Safety, Rest Areas, Operations
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Informing Predictions from Above with Data from Below: AI-Driven Seismic Ground-Failure Model for Rapid Response and Scenario Planning
PI: Brett Maurer (UW), bwmaurer@uw.edu, ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-5745
Co PIs: none
AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Completed
CATEGORIES: Scenario Planning, Artificial Intelligence, Ground Failure
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Pavement Winter Operations in Cold Regions
PI: Emad Kassem (UI), ekassem@uidaho.edu, ORCID: 0000-0002-4331-6692
Co PIs: none
AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2020 – 8/15/2022
STATUS: Completed
CATEGORIES: Pavement, Cold, Winter, Operations
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