UTC-Funded Research Projects

FY04 UTC-FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

The following projects were initiated in 2003-2004 by NIATT researchers with
the sixth year of funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program. NIATT is lead on the TranLIVE Tier 1 UTC http://www.tranliveutc.org/engr/research/niatt/tranlive and a partner on the PacTrans Region X UTC http://depts.washington.edu/pactrans/. All active projects for UTC can be found on the respective websites.

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Development of Traffic Signal Operations Case Studies	Michael Kyte, PI KLK230
Applying the TRANSIMS Modeling Paradigm to the Simulation and Analysis of Transportation and Traffic Control Systems	Michael Dixon, PI KLK231
Maximizing Data Quality to Optimize Traffic Signal System Performance	Michael Dixon, PI KLK232
Applying Safety-Critical Fault Tolerant Principles to Survivable Transportation Control Networks	Paul Oman, PI KLK233
Assessing Intelligent Transportation System Educational Needs	Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, PI KLK234
Expanded Controller Interface Device In/Out and Software Capabilities	Brian Johnson, PI KLK235
Design and Construction of a Direct-Injection Two-Stroke Snowmobile for Competition in the SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge	Karen Den Braven, PI KLK341
Small Engine Laboratory Support for Ethanol-Water Igniter Performance and Emissions Testing	Steven Beyerlein, PI KLK342
Novel Continuous-Flow Reactor Using Reactive Distillation Technique for Economical Biodiesel Production	Brian He, PI KLK343
Parallel Hybrid-Electric-Hydraulic Sport Utility Vehicle--FutureTruck 2004	Donald Blackketter, PI KLK344
Failure Mode Investigation and Ballistic Performance Characterization of Pyrotechnic Initiators Used in Automotive Supplemental Restraint Inflation Systems	Karl Rink, PI KLK345
Number of UTC-funded projects for FY04: 11	Search Database