North Carolina Department of Transportation
Research & Innovation Summit – 2021
2021 Agenda with Session Recordings
See below for an agenda summary and links to available recorded sessions.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
10:15 – 10:35 a.m.
Introductory Remarks (no recording available)
10:35 – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Technology – View session here
Facilitator
Katie Harmon – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
SafeWorkZone: Al-enabled Wearable-based IoT Infrastructure for Increasing the Safety of Highway Work Zones
Sepehr Sabeti – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Understanding the Influence of Precipitation Intensity on Car Crash Risk in North Carolina
Montana Eck – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
A Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence Model to Extract Roadside Hazard Features from Video Log Data
Randa Radwan – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Unmanned Aerial Systems – View session here
Facilitator
Richard Greene – NCDOT
Applying Small UAS to Produce Survey Grade Geospatial Products for DOT Preconstruction & Construction Activities
Yajie Liu – North Carolina State University
Panel discussion: NCDOT Unmanned Aerial System Tools and Usage
Panelists:
R. Hayes – NCDOT
Rodney Hough – NCDOT
Matthew Macon – NCDOT
Jaimie Nevins – NCDOT
Nicholas Short – NCDOT
Stephen Robinson – NCDOT
Mark Ward – NCDOT
NCDOT CLEAR (Communicate Lessons, Exchange Advice, Record) Implemented Innovation Winner – View session here
Facilitator
Clare Fullerton – NCDOT
Enabling Intelligent Semantic Information Retrieval on NCDOT Projects for Knowledge Management
Siddharth Banerjee – North Carolina State University
Innovative solution from Division 14 to go paperless by using QR codes for e-ticketing
Bryan Edwards – NCDOT
Innovation Solution from Division 3 to use Geographic Information Services (GIS) for a Right-of-Way and Utility Dashboard
Michael Madsen – NCDOT
Freight Application Workshop – View session here
Facilitator
Dana Magliola – NCDOT
Safety of the Urban Freight System: Key Performance Indicators
Charles Edwards – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Rural Freight Transport Needs
Steven Bert – Planning Communities
12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Break for Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 p.m.
Plenary Address: NCDOT Update – View session here
Facilitator
Neil Mastin, PE: NCDOT – Research & Development Unit
Featured presenter: J. Eric Boyette: NCDOT – Secretary of Transportation
1:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Break
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Environmental & Hydraulics – View session here
Facilitator
Natasha Earle-Young– NCDOT
Managing Stormwater Quantity and Quality with Compost Incorporation
Christina Kranz – North Carolina State University
A Web-based Approach for the Application of Deep Learning to the Automated Point Cloud Classification of Hydraulic Structures
Zachery Slocum – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Multimodal – View session here
Facilitator
Julie White – NCDOT
Investigation of Wait Time Technology for the Ferry System
Daniel Coble – North Carolina State University
Wireless Power Transfer for Locomotive Trains
Tiefu Zhao – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Transportation Barriers to Health Care Access During COVID-19 Pandemic Among NC Residents
Abigail Cochran – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Pavement & Materials – View session here
Facilitator
Matt Hilderbran– NCDOT
Performance Engineered Concrete Mixtures – Pilot Project Implementation for Pavements and Structures
Tara Cavalline – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Durability of Pipe Materials in Soils
Moe Pour-Ghaz – North Carolina State University
Autonomous Robotic Systems of Pipes Inspection through Mapping and Nondestructive Testing
Sun Yi – North Carolina A&T State University
Lightning Talks – Unmanned Aircraft Systems / Aviation –
View session here
Facilitator
Richard Greene – NCDOT
Construction-specific UAV Safety Training
Mohammad Khalid – East Carolina University
Constructing a Coastal Plains Wetland Delineation Model Using Hyperspatial LiDAR Data
Narcisa Pricope – University of North Carolina Wilmington
Persistent UAV Operations
Andy Ham – North Carolina A&T State University
Counting Aircraft Operations
Daniel Findley – North Carolina State University
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Traffic & Roadway Design – View session here
Facilitator
Joseph Hummer – NCDOT
Identifying Critical Weight-Restricted Bridges with a Two-Step Network Analysis Model
Chase Nicholas – North Carolina State University
Equity in EV Charging Access: A Case Study of Guilford County, North Carolina
Gregory Carlton – University of North Carolina Greensboro
Multi-Sensor Data Fusion for Signalized Arterial Travel Time Estimation
Shoaib Samandar – North Carolina State University
Bicycle / Pedestrian – View session here
Facilitator
John Vine-Hodge – NCDOT
State-of-the-Art Approaches to Bicycle and Pedestrian Counters
Sarah Searcy – North Carolina State University
A Novel Arrangement and Mathematical Model of Spring and Damper in Bike Seat Mounting to Improve Ride Counter
Chandra Asthana – Elizabeth City State University
An Innovative Approach for Characterizing Child Pedestrian Injury: An Underestimated and Understudied Problem in NC
Katie Harmon – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Structures, Construction & Geotechnical – View session here
Facilitator
Gichuru Muchane – NCDOT
Evaluation of the Bonner Bridge Girders: Assessing Residual Capacity, Prestressing Losses and Degradation of the 56-year-Old Members
Giorgio Proestos – North Carolina State University
Automated Semantic Segmentation of Point Cloud Data Driven by Deep Learning in 3D
Tianyang Chen – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Issues that Affect the Constructability of Complex Transportation Infrastructure
Minerva Bonilla – North Carolina State University
NC Transportation Center of Excellence in Advanced Technology Safety and Policy Update – View session here
Facilitator
Neil Mastin – NCDOT
Center Overview
Randa Radwan – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Impacts of CAV-ready Infrastructure on Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs): Guidance for North Carolina’s Local and State Transportation Agencies
Elizabeth Shay – Appalachian State University
IOT Solutions for Near Horizon Challenges in Smart City Pedestrian Travel
Sean Tikkun – North Carolina Central University
Operational and Economic Impacts of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Srinivas Pulugurtha – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Intelligent Data Exploration & Analysis for New & Existing Transportation Technology (IDEANETT)
Hyoshin (John) Park – North Carolina A&T State University
Plan for Advanced Technology Data Readiness
Michael Clamann – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
NCDOT Technology / Innovation – View session here
Facilitator
Alyson Tamer – NCDOT
NCDOT’s Low Speed Automated Shuttle Deployment
Stephanie Sudano – NCDOT
ARTVAL: Arterial Evaluation Software
Mike Reese – NCDOT
Railroad Incidents & Trespass – View session here
Facilitator
Roger Smock – NCDOT
Innovative Data Collection and Analysis of Pedestrian Trespassing along Railroad ROW in North Carolina
Sarah Searcy – North Carolina State University
Using Machine Learning to Detect Rail Trespassing Events in North Carolina
Yuhan Chen – North Carolina State University
Making Safety Count: Estimating the comprehensive Cost of Rail Incidents with the new NCDOT Cost Tool
Steven Bert – Planning Communities
Hydraulics & Structures – View session here
Facilitator
Brian Radakovic – NCDOT
Scour Monitoring of Hydraulic Structures using Unmanned Aerial System and Sonar
Tarini Shukla – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Estimating Live-bed Local Scour Around Bridge Piers: Assessment of Select Models
Azmayeen Shahriar – North Carolina State University
Mechanically Fastened CFRP to Retrofit Existing Prestressed Concrete and Steel Bridge Beams
Rudolf Seracino – North Carolina State University
Research Grant Writing Session – View session here
Facilitator
Neil Mastin – NCDOT
Research and Development Grant Writing
Presenters:
Curtis T. Bradley – NCDOT
John Kirby – NCDOT
Stephanie Bolyard – NCDOT
Mustan Kadibhai – NCDOT
J. Neil Mastin – NCDOT
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Break for Lunch
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Plenary Address: Unpacking Safe Systems concepts to inform our research and practice – View session here
Facilitator
Curtis Bradley, NCDOT, will open the session.
The Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety, a USDOT-funded University Transportation Center headquartered at UNC, recently featured the Safe Systems Summer Learning Series to unpack what’s still needed for Safe Systems approaches to be successful in meeting community safety, health, and equity needs. Researchers from CSCRS will explore these key themes of the series during this interactive panel discussion:
- How we define road safety
- Framing Safe Systems
- Authentic community engagement
- How we can do better
Panelists:
Elyse Keefe – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Seth LaJeunesse – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Noreen McDonald – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Becky Naumann – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
1:15 – 1:35 p.m.
Break
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Traffic Safety – View session here
Facilitator
Brian Murphy – NCDOT
North Carolina Crash Data Modernization
Nancy Lefler – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Detecting and Classifying Congestion Onset on Freeways using Probe Data
Ishtiak Ahmed – North Carolina State University
As Seen on TV: Media Coverage of Traffic Crashes and Opportunities to Reshape the Dialogue Around Road User Injury
Stephen Heiny – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Transportation Resiliency – View session here
Facilitator
Colin Mellor – NCDOT
Introduction
Colin Mellor – NCDOT
Long Range Transportation Plans/NCMOVES 2050/Strategic Transportation Corridors Vulnerabilities
Natasha Earle-Young – NCDOT
Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network for Transportation/BRIDGEWATCH
Matthew Lauffer – NCDOT
Improving resilience to riverine flooding using integrated approaches
Barbara Doll – North Carolina State University
Equity / Social Impacts on Transportation – View session here
Facilitator
Majed Al-Ghandour – NCDOT
Enhancing Equity Considerations in NCDOT Project Funding with Socioeconomic Geospatial Analysis
Joy Davis – North Carolina State University
Evaluating the Framing of Safety, Equity, and Policing in Active Transportation: Responses to the Murder of George Floyd, BLM, and Calls to Defund the Police
Sarah Brown – Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Examining the Disparities in Activity-Travel Behavior Adaptation among Socio-Economic Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Olivia (Jueyu) Wang – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology Update – View session here
Facilitator
Neil Mastin – NCDOT
Center Overview
Ali Karimoddini – North Carolina A&T State University
Overview of Thrust 1: CAV Impacts on Traffic Intersection Capacity and Transportation Revenue
Wei Fan – University of North Carolina Charlotte
CAV Revenue Impact Analysis
Daniel Findley – North Carolina State University
Overview of Thrust 2: Assessing North Carolina Readiness for CAVs in Traditional and Emerging Infrastructure Needs
Thomas Chase – North Carolina State University
Next-Generation Wireless Networking Architecture for CAVs
Chia-Hung Lin – North Carolina State University
Overview of Thrust 3: Developing and Implementing CAV Applications for Advancing the Transportation Systems
Abdollah Homaifar – North Carolina A&T State University
Micro-simulation based model for traffic condition analysis and predictions for an on-demand-mobility CAV application
Benjamin Lartey – North Carolina A&T State University
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
Interactive Poster Session (no recording available)
Facilitator
Sarah O’Brien – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Visit this online interactive poster hall discussion to learn about exciting new transportation research. Poster authors will host their own virtual breakout discussions to answer questions about their posters. Visit the poster gallery in advance of this session.
Poster presenters:
Ishtiak Ahmed – North Carolina State University
Abdullah Alsharef – North Carolina State University
Matthew Carroll – East Carolina University
Sarvani Duvvuri – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Hardik Gajera – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Benjamin Lartey – North Carolina A&T State University
Jinkun Lee – East Carolina University
Chia-Hung Lin – North Carolina State University
Shaojie Liu – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Raunak Mishra – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Kai Monast – North Carolina State University
Xiuli Qu – North Carolina A&T State University
Li Song – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Trung Tran – Fayetteville State University
Micheal Uduebor – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Morgan Westbrook – North Carolina State University
Rachael Yuan – University of North Carolina Charlotte
Lei Zhu – University of North Carolina Charlotte
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) – View session here
Facilitator
Joseph Hummer – NCDOT
Impact and Outcomes of NCHRP Research in North Carolina
Overviews of six NCHRP projects
R.J. Porter – VHB
Bastian Schroeder – Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Update of Crash Modification Factors for the Highway Safety Manual
Raghavan Srinivasan – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Transportation Equity – View session here
Facilitator
Curtis Bradley – NCDOT
NCDOT’s Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Policies
Aldea Coleman – NCDOT
Jamille Robbins – NCDOT
Tunya Smith – NCDOT
NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Mobility and Reducing Congestion Update – View session here
Facilitator
Neil Mastin – NCDOT
Center Overview
Billy Williams – North Carolina State University
Smart Connected and Automated Vehicle Fleet Management: Developing Regional Dispatch Decision Support for Congestion Mitigation
Missy Cummings – Duke University
Deep Learning Software for Traffic State Prediction
Sambit Bhattacharya – Fayetteville State University
Transit and MaaS Role in Improving Economic and Healthcare Access for Underserved Populations
Kai Monast – North Carolina State University