PacTrans News
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February 22, 2019
PacTrans Fellow Alumni Spotlight: Rich Lee
Every year, PacTrans participates in a fellowship program and offers enough funding to cover the tuition needed to receive a master’s degree related to transportation to talented students who show great potential to succeed in the field. Read More
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February 21, 2019
PacTrans PI Sal Hernandez investigates truck parking shortages
Truck volumes in our nation are predicted to rise in upcoming years, but truck drivers are already struggling to find safe and adequate parking – there just isn’t enough of it. Read More
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February 21, 2019
PacTrans Newsletter – Issue #24 Now Available
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January 3, 2019
PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #12: Developing a User-Friendly RAI Software Application
Over the past several years, PacTrans has been supporting a team of researchers investigating critical slopes and rockfall. There have been many meaningful outputs, outcomes, and impacts from this work. One output was the development of a Rockfall Activity Index (RAI). Read More
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December 20, 2018
PacTrans Technology Transfer Success Story 2018 #11: Changing the Paradigm of Performance Evaluation of Transportation Infrastructure through the use of Formation Factor of Concrete
One of the most important steps for producing high quality concrete is to specify its performance using a quantifiable metric that can also be monitored in quality control and quality assurance of protocols. Recently, a conceptual specification has been provisionally approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) for use in concrete pavements with potential extension to concrete bridge decks. Unlike traditional workability and strength based specifications, this new specification also deals with issues of salt damage, freeze-thaw, corrosion and volume change. Read More
