Amarillo College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Amarillo College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Amarillo College to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Amarillo College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Journal of Criminal Law, Volume 44, Number 1, Fall 2016 (open access)

American Journal of Criminal Law, Volume 44, Number 1, Fall 2016

Journal containing articles, notes, book reviews, and other analyses of law and legal cases.
Date: Autumn 2016
Creator: American Journal of Criminal Law
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelina & Neches River Authority Communication to the Board: 2016 (open access)

Angelina & Neches River Authority Communication to the Board: 2016

Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority containing independently-audited financial information for fiscal year 2016, including statements of assets, expenses, revenues, and cash flows, with supplementary notes and information.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Angelina & Neches River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelina & Neches River Authority Financial Statements: 2015 and 2016 (open access)

Angelina & Neches River Authority Financial Statements: 2015 and 2016

Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority containing independently-audited financial information for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, including statements of assets, expenses, revenues, and cash flows, with supplementary notes and information.
Date: August 31, 2016
Creator: Angelina & Neches River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelo State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Angelo State University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Angelo State University to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 5, 2016
Creator: Angelo State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recommendations for New Stream and Rain Gages in Texas (open access)

Recommendations for New Stream and Rain Gages in Texas

Report recommending 42 new full range real-time stream gages across the state of Texas.
Date: December 31, 2016
Creator: Aqua Strategies
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crash Test and Evaluation of Temporary Wood Sign Support System for Large Guide signs (open access)

Crash Test and Evaluation of Temporary Wood Sign Support System for Large Guide signs

"The objective of this research task was to evaluate the impact performance of a temporary wood sign support system for large guide signs."
Date: July 2016
Creator: Arrington, Dusty R.; Bligh, Roger P.; Menges, Wanda L. & Kuhn, Darrell L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Transportation Planning for Future Renewable Energy Products: Final Report (open access)

Texas Transportation Planning for Future Renewable Energy Products: Final Report

Report on Texas transportation planning for future renewable energy products.
Date: August 2016
Creator: Astroza, Sebastian; Patil, Priyadarshan N.; Smith, Katherine I.; Kumar, Vivek; Bhat, Chandra R. & Zhang, Zhanmin
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disruptive technologies and Transportation Final Report (open access)

Disruptive technologies and Transportation Final Report

This is a Final Report on Disruptive technologies and Transportation by Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Date: June 2016
Creator: Baker, Richard; Wagner, Jason; Miller, Matt; Pritchard, Gavin & Manser, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quantification of Infrastructure Consumption Under Different Axle Configurations and Wheel Loads (open access)

Quantification of Infrastructure Consumption Under Different Axle Configurations and Wheel Loads

Report on the deteriorating road conditions in areas of Texas due to massively increased traffic as part of the booming energy sector.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Banarjee, Ambarish; Burton, Maria & Prozzi, Jorge
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extending Use of Steel-Laminated Elastomeric Bearings to Higher Demand Applications (open access)

Extending Use of Steel-Laminated Elastomeric Bearings to Higher Demand Applications

Report on the results of a study on extending the use of steel-laminated elastomeric bearings on higher demand bridges.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Belivanis, Konstantinos Victor; Han, Liwei; Sun, Cong; Helwig, Todd; Engelhardt, Michael; Tassoulas, John et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board of Examination of Professional Counselors,Texas State Board of  Social Worker Examiner (open access)

Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board of Examination of Professional Counselors,Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiner

Report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board of Examination of Professional Counselors, Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiner, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: November 2016
Creator: Beverly, Eric; Long, Tim; Wood, Janet & Jones, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corridor-Based Planning Tool for Transportation of Wind Turbine Components: User Manual (P1) Workshop Presentation (P2) (open access)

Corridor-Based Planning Tool for Transportation of Wind Turbine Components: User Manual (P1) Workshop Presentation (P2)

Report on a corridor-based planning tool for the transportation of wind turbine components.
Date: August 2016
Creator: Bhat, Chandra R.; Astroza, Sebastian; Patil, Priyadarshan & Zhang, Zhanmin
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Facility Plan: 2016 (open access)

Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Facility Plan: 2016

Report on the Lower Rio Grande Facility Plan which details the regional drinking water needs, assesses the availability of water resources, and develops cost-effective solutions to distribute high quality water.
Date: July 1, 2016
Creator: Black & Veatch
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design-Build Highway Projects: A Review of Practices and Experiences (open access)

Design-Build Highway Projects: A Review of Practices and Experiences

This report: • Examines the academic literature about the design-build project delivery method. • Reviews national experiences and practices as reported by state departments of transportation. • Summarizes recent design-build legislative changes in Texas. • Provides a summary of design-build projects in Texas.
Date: November 2016
Creator: Borowiec, Jeff, Ph.D.; Norboge, Nick; Huntsman, Brett; Schrank, Cannon & Beckerman, Wayne
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inspection Guide for Column Splice Regions Affected by Premature Concrete Deterioration (open access)

Inspection Guide for Column Splice Regions Affected by Premature Concrete Deterioration

"This guideline aims to help bridge inspectors and engineers in identifying and assessing the capability of reinforced concrete column splice regions affected by varying degrees of premature concrete deterioration due to alkali-silica reaction and delay ettringite formation" (p. 1).
Date: July 2016
Creator: Bracci, Joseph M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Probate System: Volume 1 (open access)

Texas Probate System: Volume 1

First volume of the fourth edition of the Texas Probate System, a resource for attorneys in Texas covering nearly every aspect of probate and estate law, and including copies of related legal forms and documents.
Date: 2016
Creator: Brill, James E. & Hall, Russell W.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Aquifers Study: Groundwater Quantity, Quality, Flow and Contributions to Surface Water (open access)

Texas Aquifers Study: Groundwater Quantity, Quality, Flow and Contributions to Surface Water

Report documenting information on the geology and hydro-geology of the confined and unconfined aquifers of Texas, including the quantity and quality of the groundwater that they contain. Information about the volume of flows from the aquifers to the surface waters of the state and volume of the flows between the aquifers.
Date: December 31, 2016
Creator: Bruun, Bech; Jackson, Kathleen; Lake, Peter & Walker, Jeff
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travelers' Value of Time and Reliability as Measured on Katy Freeway (open access)

Travelers' Value of Time and Reliability as Measured on Katy Freeway

Report on Traveler's Value of Time and Reliability as Measured on Katy Freeway.
Date: June 2016
Creator: Burris, Mark Whitman, 1970-; Spiegelman, Cliff; Abir, A. K. M. & Le, Sunghoon
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Water Demand Projection Methodologies & Options for Agency Consideration (open access)

Evaluation of Water Demand Projection Methodologies & Options for Agency Consideration

Report outlining proposed demand projection methodologies for each of the three sectors that might be considered as potential options for the TWDB to use in developing projections.
Date: July 2016
Creator: CDM Smith
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2016 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2016

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Wildlife, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2016 (open access)

South Texas Wildlife, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2016

Quarterly newsletter containing information about wildlife research in south Texas and similar environments along with scientific articles on related topics.
Date: Spring 2016
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Wildlife, Volume 20, Number 2, Summer 2016 (open access)

South Texas Wildlife, Volume 20, Number 2, Summer 2016

Quarterly newsletter containing information about wildlife research in south Texas and similar environments along with scientific articles on related topics.
Date: Summer 2016
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Wildlife, Volume 20, Number 3, Fall 2016 (open access)

South Texas Wildlife, Volume 20, Number 3, Fall 2016

Quarterly newsletter containing information about wildlife research in south Texas and similar environments along with scientific articles on related topics.
Date: Autumn 2016
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History