Research Projects
Materials & Design
Advancing innovative sustainable materials and design for transportation infrastructure use in cold regions
Completed
- Characterization of Alaskan Hot-Mix Asphalt Containing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Material
- A Bio-Wicking System to Prevent Frost Heave in Alaskan Pavements
- A Targeted Approach to High-Volume Fly Ash Concrete Pavement (Phase I)
- Cost-Effective Use of Sustainable Cementitious Materials as Reactive Filter Media
- Durability and Smart Condition Assessment of Ultra High Performance Concrete in Cold Climates
- Performance of Tencate Paving Fabrics in Asphalt Concrete Pavements
- Development of durable “green” cementitious materials exposed to freeze/thaw and deicing chemicals in cold climate via synergistic use of locally available recycled materials and multi-scale modifiers
- Are Heated Airport Runways Economically Viable?
- Freeze-Thaw Durability and Long Term Performance Evaluation of Shotcrete in Cold Regions
- A Novel Systematic Strategy Towards Air-Purifying, Corrosion Resistant and Self-Healing Concrete Infrastructure
- Examination of the Variability in Grout Test Results
- Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixes for Alaskan Pavements
- Highly Abrasion-resistant and Long-lasting Concrete
- A Bio-Wicking System to Prevent Frost Heave in Alaskan Pavements: Phase II - Implementation
On-going
Stormwater Management
Managing stormwater runoff in cold climate through improved training, monitoring, advanced technology, and pervious concrete
Completed
- Environmentally Friendly Pervious Concrete for Treating Deicer-Laden Stormwater
- Prediction of Thermal Behavior of Pervious Concrete Pavements in Winter
- The Stormwater - Pavement Interface in Cold Climates
- Environmentally Friendly Pervious Concrete for Treating Deicer-Laden Stormwater (Phase II)
On-going
Construction, Operation & Preservation
Reducing environmental impacts during construction, operations and preservation through effective design, management and preservation strategies
Completed
- Bio-based Renewable Additives for Anti-Icing Applications
- Sustainable Construction in Remote Cold Regions: Methods and Knowledge Transfer Strategies
- Continued Field Evaluation of Precutting for Maintaining Asphalt Concrete Pavements with Thermal Cracking
- Development of Guidelines for Synthetic Fluid Dust Control Palliative Application
- Impact of Cold Climates on Vehicle Emissions: Cold Start Air Toxics Pulse
- Modeling Impacts of Cold Climates on Vehicle Emissions
- Recent Advances in Sustainable Winter Road Operations
- Software Development for Soil Volume Measurements during Triaxle Testing
- Evaluation of Deicer Impacts on Pervious Concrete Specimens
- Long-term Stabilization of Disturbed Slopes Resulting from Construction Operations
- Prestress Loss due to Creep in Precast Concrete Decked Bulb-Tee Girders in Cold Climates
- Monitoring winter flow conditions on the Ivishak River, Alaska
- Aerospace Industrial Waste-Incorporated Concrete for Sustainability and Extended Durability
- Determination of Soil Organic Carbon and Soil Chloride Concentrations: An initial effort to determine if chloride-based road deicers impact carbon sequestration rates in roadside right-of-ways
- Use of Cellular Concrete for Air Conduct Embankment to Protect Permafrost Foundations in Cold Regions: Feasibility Study
On-going
Conservation & Ecosystem Management
Improving the sustainability and conservation of ecosystems adversely affected by surface transportation infrastructure in cold climates
Completed
- Evaluation of Effectiveness and Cost-Benefits of Woolen Roadside Reclamation Products
- Evaluating Management Options to Increase Roadside Carbon Sequestration
- Reliability and Meta-analyses of the Effectiveness of Animal Detection Systems in Reducing Vehicle Speed and Collisions with Large Mammals
- Sizing Hydraulic Structures in Cold Regions to Balance Fish Passage, Stream Function, and Operation and Maintenance Cost
- Developing guidelines for 2-Dimensional Hydraulic Model Review and Acceptance Phase I: Research
- Development of Landslide Warning Systems
- Numerical Simulation of Snow Deposition around Living Snow Fences
- Locally sourced renewable additives for infrastructure-friendly snow/ice control operations
- A new sustainable additive for self-deicing asphalt mixture
- Investigation of Alternative Deicers for Snow and Ice Control
- Estimating the Application Rate for Liquid Chloride Products based on Residual Salt Concentration on the Pavement
- Mapping the Wolverine Way: Identifying conservation corridors and transboundary linkages in the Canadian Crown of the Continent region
On-going
Environmental Impact Assessment
Completed
- An Empirical Model for Optimal Highway Durability in Cold Regions
- Transportation Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Synthesis
- Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Highway Winter Maintenance
- Near-roadway Air Pollution: Evaluation of Fine Particulate Matter(PM2.5) and Ultrafine Particulate Matter (PM0.1) in Interior Alaska
- Transportation Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Synthesis Phase II
