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Spring 2020

The second annual Transportation Asset and Infrastructure Management (TAIM) Conference isscheduled for October 19 - 20, 2020, at the Wyndham Garden State College in Boalsburg,Pennsylvania. Designed for federal, state, and local transportation agency representatives,contractors and material suppliers, engineering consulting firm professionals, faculty, andstudents, TAIM will feature a variety of topics. >>

NOTE: At this time, the conference will still be held as scheduled. We are closelymonitoring the situation with the community's best interest in mind to maintain publichealth and safety in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. If the conference is canceled or postponed, we will notify you as soon as possible.

FEATURED NEWS

Region 3 University TransportationCenter selects competitive researchprojects for 2020 through 2021 The Center for Integrated Asset Management forMultimodal Transportation Infrastructure Systems(CIAMTIS) has selected 15 research projects for the years2020 to 2021. >>

YEAR-1 FINAL REPORTS

George Mason University helpsnext generation consider the futureof the nation's infrastructuresystems Elise Miller-Hooks, professor and Bill & EleanorHazel Chair in Infrastructure Engineering at GeorgeMason University (GMU), and a team of sevengraduate students executed "Imagine the Future:Exercises on Conceptualizing Infrastructure Systemsfor an Interconnected World" to educate and teachthe next generation how to critically consider thefuture of our nation's infrastructure systems. A follow-up to a symposium of the same name thatwas held in Oct. 2017, the project was based on thetheory that infrastructure systems such as roadways,

clean and wastewater pipelines, power networks, and natural gas networks are no longerdetached systems. By conducting exercises with more than 100 students and young professionals at the ASCERegion 2 Assembly held on the GMU Fairfax campus on Nov. 17, 2018, Miller-Hooks' projectallowed graduate students to design and run the event, providing opportunities for real-worldexperience in education and leadership. A complete copy of the final report is availableon r3utc.psu.edu.

Lehigh University conductsundergraduate research experience program Lehigh University, through its Institute for CyberPhysical Infrastructure and Energy (I-CPIE) and Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems(ATLSS) Engineering Research Center , inconjunction with the Pennsylvania InfrastructureTechnology Alliance (PITA) program, conducted a10-week "CIAMTIS Lehigh Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) program."

The program, which ran from May 29, 2019 through August 2, 2019, featured LehighUniversity students who participated in a program that exposed the students to a well-roundedprofessional development experience. The REU program featured research from four projects including:

Life Extension of Fatigued-Damaged Highway, Rail, and Transit BridgesFatigue Life Estimation of Bridges with Smart Mobile SensingEfficient Service Life Extension of Bridges through Risk-Based Life-Cycle Managementand High-Performance Construction Materials: Emphasis on Corrosion-Resistant SteelRoad Pavement Condition Monitoring by Embedded Crowdsensing

The program's activities included professional skills development workshops and seminars,onsite outreach activities, and offsite tours. In addition, students were assigned to an activeCIAMTIS research project at ATLSS under the direction of the project Principal Investigatorand graduate student mentor to help them navigate through the research project experience.The program culminated with a final report , presentation, and poster on their researchfindings.

To view copies of additional final reports, please visit r3utc.psu.edu. Final reports forrespective research projects are uploaded on an ongoing basis.

APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE MATERIALSAND TECHNOLOGIES PROJECTS

Durability Assessment of Externally Bonded Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP)Composite Repairs in Bridge >>Extending the Service Life of Rigid Pavement Joints with Self-Healing Sealants >>Passive Strain Sensing Based on Changes in Retro Reflectivity >>Developing Design Specifications to Ensure Long-Life Skid Resistant ConcretePavements >>

CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND HEALTHMONITORING PROJECTS

Development of a Turnout Rail Break Warning (TRBW) System Based on DistributedOptical Fiber Sensing (DOFS) Technologies >>Evaluation of IoT-Enabled Pavement Response Monitoring for Transportation SystemManagement >>Integration of Traffic and Structural Health Monitoring on the Varina-Enon Bridge ViaSensor Fusion >>Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Inspection of Tack Coats and Ancillary HighwayStructures >>Preparing the Next Generation of Undergraduate and Graduate Engineers inAutonomous Robotic System for Damage Detection >>Artificial Intelligence for Advance Landslide Warning along Railroad Tracks inPennsylvania and Delaware >>Smart Mobile Platform for Model Updating and Life Cycle Assessment of Bridges >>

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT ANDINNOVATIVE FINANCING PROJECTS Decision Support Tools for Multi-Objective, Multi-Asset, Multi-Modal Joint MaintenanceProgramming >>Price Discovery for Strategic Compensation of Toll Road Operators to Relieve StateMaintenance Impacts >>AI-Enabled Fiscally Constrained Life-Cycle Asset Management for InfrastructureSystems >>Developing Equivalence Tools to Control Quality of Transportation Infrastructure AssetManagement Data >>

EDUCATION & OUTREACH

Presentations available onlineDid you miss the inaugural Transportation Asset andInfrastructure Management (TAIM) Conference inOctober 2019? Are you trying to refresh yourmemory about a session you attended? If you wouldlike to learn more about some of the topics that werediscussed, we invite you to view a selection ofpresentations, available online in PDF format for alimited time.

taim.psu.edu

THRUST AREAS Research Thrust 1: Application of Innovative Materials and Technologies >> Research Thrust 2: Condition Assessment and Health Monitoring >> Research Thrust 3: Infrastructure Management and Innovative Financing >>

ABOUT THE CENTER The Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal Transportation InfrastructureSystems (CIAMTIS) is the USDOT Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic) University Transportation Center(UTC) housed at the Larson Transportation Institute (LTI), on the University Park campus ofPenn State. CIAMTIS focuses on improving the durability and extending the life oftransportation infrastructure. The center has seven partners, representing five states in theMid-Atlantic United States. Recognized as leaders at state, regional, national, and internationallevels, Penn State and its partners maximize contributions to solve current and futuretransportation infrastructure issues.

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS The research conducted through CIAMTIS would not be possible without the support ofindustry partners. A variety of state transportation agencies, materials suppliers, professionaltrade organizations, and heavy highway contractors have helped fund CIAMTIS research. Fora full and ongoing list of CIAMTIS industry partners, visit r3utc.psu.edu.

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