PacTrans News
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December 6, 2018
PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #4: 3D Virtual Visibility Analysis Program
In 2015, PacTrans funded a project lead by Oregon State University Associate Professor of Civil & Construction Engineering, Michael Olsen, titled 3D Virtual Sight Distance Analysis Using Mobile LIDAR Data. This research project investigated advanced safety analysis methodologies for drivers’ sight distance (SD) based on high resolution data acquired using lidar (light detection and ranging) technology. Read More
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December 6, 2018
PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #3: Location and View-Frustum Tracking System of Workers for Safety Applications on Construction Work-zones
“The construction industry is infamous for its hazardous working environments due to workers-on-foot commonly needing to function at dangerous heights and in close proximity to other construction entities such as moving heavy equipment. Read More
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December 6, 2018
PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #2: Bicycle Simulator Calibration Manual
PacTrans PI and Oregon State University Associate Professor of Civil & Construction Engineering, David Hurwitz, conducts research in the areas of transportation human factors, transportation safety, and traffic control devices. Over the past years, PacTrans has funded a handful of research projects, conducted by Dr. Hurwitz, in these areas. In much of his work, he leverages the OSU Driving and Bicycling Simulator Laboratory and a significant array of traffic data collection tools to provide a more detailed understanding of how and why transportation systems perform the way they do. Dr. Hurwitz has recently utilized PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story funds to develop the first ever Bicycle Simulator Calibration on Speed and Steering Latency. Read More
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December 1, 2018
PacTrans 2018 Fall Regional Transportation Seminar featuring Ram Pendyala
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November 26, 2018
OSU at the 2018 ITE Western District Annual Meeting
Last June, five lucky students from PacTrans constituent university, Oregon State University, had the chance to attend the ITE Western District Annual Meeting in Keystone, CO. Read More