Research Projects
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| MURC # | Title | Project Type | Principal Investigator | Status | Description |
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| 211041 | Morgantown Traffic System Improvement | Research | Dr. Andrew Nichols | New |
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Technology Transfer | |
| 211085 | Potential Economic Benefits of Public Private Partnerships on Reclaimed Mine Sites in the Construction of the King Coal Highway | Research | Dr. Junwook Chi | New |
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| 211160 | Development of Digital Inventory and GIS Web-Based Applications for West Virginia’s Outdoor Advertising Program | Research | Dr. Wael Zatar | New |
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| 211222 | Criteria for Predicting Scour of Erodible Rock in West Virginia | Research | Dr. Wael Zatar | New |
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| 208067 | Manual for assessing the service life of corrosion-deteriorated reinforced concrete members in highway bridges in WV | Research | Dr. Wael Zatar | Ongoing |
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Highway, Bridge | |
| 210233 | Signing for Preventing End of Queue Accidents | Research | Dr. Andrew Nichols | Ongoing |
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Highway, Intelligent Transportation Systems | |
| TRP 08-02 | Intelligent Transportation Systems in WV: Evaluation, Needs Assessment and Professional Capacity Building | Research | Dr. Andrew Nichols | Ongoing |
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Intelligent Transportation Systems, evaluation, performance measurement | |
| 209194 | Enhanced Appalachian Development Highway System GIS Portal: Phase II | Research | Mr. Sang Yoo | Completed |
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Highway, Geographical Information Systems | |
| 210031 | Feasibility Study of Integrating WVDOT Linear Referencing System Center Line with Statewide Addresses and Routing Information | Research | Mr. Sang Yoo | Completed |
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Highway, Geographical Information Systems, Feasibility |
| 210144 | Skills Gap Analysis | Research | Dr. Diana Long | Completed |
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Maritime, Transportation Economics |
| 210171B | 2009 WV State High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Plan | Research | Dr. Junwook Chi | Completed |
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Rail, Highway, Transportation Economics |
| 210193 | WVDOH 511 Feasibility Study | Research | Dr. Andrew Nichols | Completed |
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Highway, Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| TRP 00-04 | Expected Flood Damages to Transportation Infrastructures as a Proportion of Total Event Costs: A Methodological Exploration | Research | Dr. Mark Burton | Completed |
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Damage, Flood, Flooding, Infrastructure, Methodology, Transportation |
| TRP 00-05 | Integrated Track Stability Assessment and Monitoring System (ITSAMS) | Research | Dr. Richard Begley | Completed |
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Railroad safety, Track Stability, Remote Sensing, Track Deflection |
| TRP 00-06 | Transportation and Market Feasibility Analysis for Innovative Coal Combustion By-products to be Manufactured Adjacent to the I-64 High Tech Corridor in Southern W.Va. | Research | Dr. Mark Burton | Completed |
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Technology Corridors, planning, byways |
| TRP 00-08 | Development of a Research Protocol that Relates Culvert Structure to Fish Migration in Southern W.Va. | Research | Dr. Mike Little | Completed |
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fish migration, fishing, fish crossing, culverts |
| TRP 05-09 | Improving the Competitive Position of Appalachia’s Wood Product Producers through Enhanced Transportation Alternatives | Research | Dr. Mark Burton | Completed |
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Transportation Alternatives |
| TRP 08-04 | WVDOT Workforce Study | Research | Dr. Diana Long | Completed |
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Labor force, West Virginia, Demographics, Personnel development, Training, Employee benefits, Research projects |
| TRP 09-02 | West Virginia Parkways Authority: 2009 Traffic and Toll | Research | Dr. Junwook Chi | Completed |
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Tolls, Toll roads, Revenues, Economic impacts, Forecasting, Traffic forecasting, Gross domestic product, West Virginia, Research projects |
| TRP 09-03 | Integrated Track Infrastructure Assessment Tools | Research | Dr. Richard Begley | Completed |
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Rail |
| TRP 99-00 | Commodity Flows and Transportation Inventory for 13 Counties in Southern W.Va. | Research | Dr. Mark Burton | Completed |
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Intermodal, Commodity Flows, Transportation costs, Transportation Services |
| TRP 99-02 | Preserving Branch-Line Railroad Capacity in Southern W.Va. | Research | Dr. Mark Burton | Completed |
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Branch-Line, Rail Road |
| TRP 99-03 | Lincoln County Transportation Study | Research | Dr. Mark Burton | Completed |
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Transportation, Rural health, access barriers, McDowell |
| TRP 99-05 | Use of Electroluminescence Technology for Highway Signage | Research | Dr. Richard Begley | Completed |
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Highway signage, highway safety |
| TRP 99-06 | Potential Uses of Fly Ash and Other Recoverable Materials in New Transportation Infrastructure Components | Research | Dr. Anthony Szwilski | Completed |
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Recycle, Fly Ash, Coal Combustion Products, Concrete |
| TRP 99-07 | Rock Fall Rating, Evaluation and Data Management Systems for Highway and Railway Rock Slopes | Research | Dr. Anthony Szwilski | Completed |
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Appalachian, Highway, Development, Flows, Freight, Intermodal, Transport. |
| TRP 99-08 | Abandoned Tire Health Risk Survey/Analysis | Research | Dr. James Joy | Completed |
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LaCrosse encephalitis, WVDOT, tire dump removal, Aedes triseriatus, mosquito vectors of pathogens, WV Division of Surveillance and |
| TRP 99-09 | Establishment of Pre-Construction Baseline Data as a Control for Evaluation of the Long-Term Success of a Mitigated Constructed Wetland Site (Case Study along the Tolsia Highway) | Research | Dr. Mike Robinson | Completed |
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wetland, water quality, and mitigation |
| TRP 99-10 | Endangered Species Identification Along Roads Planned for W.Va. Using GIS and Remote Sensing Technologies | Research | Dr. Mike Little | Completed |
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Environmental decline, Water ways |
| TRP 99-11 | Maximizing Economic Benefits from a Rails to Trails Project in Southern W.Va.: A Case Study of the Greenbrier River Trail | Research | Dr. Raymond Busbee | Completed |
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Economic Benefits, Rails to trails, Greenbrier River, Trails |
| TRP 99-13 | Commodity Flows in Northern W.Va. | Research | Dr. Mark Burton | Completed |
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Intermodal, Railroad, Tunnel, Transportation Analysis, Regional |
| TRP 99-14 | Drowsy/Fatigued Driving: Prevalence and Under-Reporting in W.Va. | Research | Dr. Robert Walker | Completed |
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Drowsy Crash Run-offs Asleep Sleep |
| TRP 99-15 | Impacts of the Appalachian Corridor on Small Business Development | Research | Dr. Michael Hicks | Completed |
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Economic Impact, Small Business, Economic |
| TRP 99-16 | McDowell County Transportation Project | Research | Ms. Jennifer Plymale | Completed |
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Transportation, rural health access barriers, McDowell, Appalachia, Lincoln |
| TRP 99-19 | Public/Private Port Case Studies | Research | Dr. Mark Burton | Completed |
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Public Ports, Economic Impact |
| TRP 99-23 | Survey of Truck Parking Places (Private) in W.Va. | Research | Ms. Jennifer Plymale | Completed |
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Trucking, Fatigue, Commercial Vehicle, Rest Areas |
| TRP 99-24 | Improving Efficiency of Truck/Rail Intermodal Transportation - The Case of W.Va. | Research | Dr. Mark Burton | Completed |
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Intermodal, Rail, Truck, double-stack container |
| TRP 99-25 | Improving Safety and Operational Conditions at Railroad Crossings: An Analysis of Bolt Installations, Designs and Torque Procedures | Research | Dr. Richard Begley | Completed |
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Railroad safety, Railroad Engineering, Bolt Torque |
| TRP 99-29 | Development of a Plan for a Non-Motorized Transportation Corridor in Southern W.Va.: Case Study for Alternate Sources of Transportation between Huntington and Charleston | Research | Dr. Raymond Busbee | Completed |
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Trails, Greenway, Non-motorized transportation |
| TRP 99-32 | Development of a GIS Implementation Strategy for WVDOT | Research | Dr. Herbert Tesser | Completed |
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GIS, maintenance, corridor analysis, traveler support |
| TRP 99-33 | Innovative Highway Financing Options | Research | Dr. Herbert Tesser | Completed |
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Highway Financing, Financing, DOT |
| TTP 00-11 | Development of a Transportation and Economic Development Information System for the State of West Virginia (TEDIS-WV) Delivered Over the Internet | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographical Information System, Web Based Mapping |
| TTP 00-12 | A Deployment Plan for the W.Va. High Technology Corridor | Research | Dr. Michael Hicks | Completed |
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high technology corridor, deployment plan, West Virginia, technology corridor, economic development |
| TTP 00-18 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for West Virginia Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Appalachian Development Highway System, Geographical Information System, Cost to Complete |
| TTP 00-19 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for Tennessee Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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GIS, Mapping |
| TTP 00-22 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for Alabama’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 00-24 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for Maryland’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 00-27 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for Kentucky’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 00-28 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for North Carolina’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 00-31 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for Mississippi’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 00-32 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for Pennsylvania’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 00-34 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for Ohio’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 00-35 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for New York’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 00-37 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for Georgia’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 00-38 | Proposed GIS Mapping System for South Carolina’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Corridors | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information System, Linear Referencing System |
| TTP 05-01 | Phase II - Enhanced GIS Mapping System for The Appalachian Regional Commission’s Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) | Research | Mr. Sean Litteral | Completed |
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Geographic Information Systems |
| TRP 99-17 | Magnetic Levitation Transportation and Economic Development Opportunities for W.Va. | Research | Dr. Richard Begley | Discontinued |
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maglev transportation, maglev, Transrapid International, high | |
| TRP 99-26 | Beckley Exhibition Mine Expansion: Project Management and Evaluation for a Transportation Enhancement Project to be Built along a National Scenic Byway in W.Va. | Research | Dr. Richard Begley | Discontinued |
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