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Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements (open access)

Nanotechnology-Based System for Damage-Resistant Concrete Pavements

This report's focus was to explore the use of nanotechnology-based nanofilaments, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers (CNFs), as reinforcement for improving the mechanical properties of Portland cement paste and creating multifunctional and sensing concrete. (p. 1).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Binder Rheology and Performance in Warm Mix Asphalt : Interim Report (open access)

Binder Rheology and Performance in Warm Mix Asphalt : Interim Report

This report presents the preliminary findings from a study conducted to investigate the influence of chemical warm mix asphalt (WMA) additives and reduced aging on the viscosity, stiffness, susceptibility to permanent deformation, fracture resistance, and thermal cracking resistance of asphalt binders.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Arega, Zelalem & Bhasin, Amit
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Final Report: Binder Rheology and Performance in Warm Mix Asphalt (open access)

Final Report: Binder Rheology and Performance in Warm Mix Asphalt

This report presents the findings from a study conducted to investigate the influence of chemical WMA additives and reduced short-term aging on the properties of asphalt binders, mortars, and mixtures.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Arega, Zelalem & Bhasin, Amit
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report: Binder Rheology and Performance in Warm Mix Asphalt (open access)

Interim Report: Binder Rheology and Performance in Warm Mix Asphalt

Report describing binder rhealogy and performance in warm mix asphalt.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Arega, Zelalem & Bhasin, Amit
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin Community College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Austin Community College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by the Austin Community College District containing summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 20, 2012
Creator: Austin Community College (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automating the Process for Locating No-Passing Zones Using Georeferencing Data (open access)

Automating the Process for Locating No-Passing Zones Using Georeferencing Data

This research created a method of using global positioning system (GPS) coordinates to identify the location of no-passing zones in two-lane highways.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Azimi, Mehdi & Hawkings, H. Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Use of Aluminum Sulfate to Reduce High pH Fingerling Striped Bass Production Ponds Fertilized with Nitrogen and Phosphorus to Control Prymnesium Parvum (open access)

Use of Aluminum Sulfate to Reduce High pH Fingerling Striped Bass Production Ponds Fertilized with Nitrogen and Phosphorus to Control Prymnesium Parvum

This document provides data about controlling "Prymnesium parvum cell density and ichthyotoxicity." It also provides information about stabilizing pH levels in "striped bass Morone saxatilis culture ponds." (p. 2).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Begley, Drew C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blinn College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Blinn College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by Blinn College containing background information on the commission, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Blinn College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collin County Community College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Collin County Community College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by the Collin County Community College District containing summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Collin County Community College District
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (open access)

Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Report from the Sunset Advisory Commission regarding the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Daly, Leah; Beverly, Eric; Kennedy, Kelly; Roberson, Dawn & McKay, Ginny
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Final: Groundwater Availability Model Report for the Rustler Aquifer (open access)

Final: Groundwater Availability Model Report for the Rustler Aquifer

This report documents the development of a three-dimensional groundwater model for the Rustler Aquifer.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Ewing, John E.; Kelley, Van A.; Jones, Toya L.; Yan, Tingting; Singh, Abhishek; Powers, Dennis W. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals (open access)

2012 Transportation Security Institute: Recruiting Next Generation Professionals

This report focuses on the mission and objectives of transportation security professionals and introduces a pre-selected group of high school students to the various career opportunities within the profession.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Godazi, Khosro; Goodwin, Ronald E. & Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Howard County Junior College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Howard County Junior College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by the Howard County Junior College District containing background information on the commission, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 17, 2012
Creator: Howard County Junior College District
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Using Smartphones to Collect Bicycle Travel Data in Texas (open access)

Using Smartphones to Collect Bicycle Travel Data in Texas

This report provides information on the belief that smartphones could prove to be an effective tool for collecting bicycle travel data and that the information could be used for aiding decision making as to what types of facilities users prefer and guiding decisions about future facilities.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Hudson, Joan G.; Duthie, Jennifer; Rathod, Yatinkumar; Larsen, Katie & Meyer, Joel
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Synthesis of Hydrologic and Hydraulic Impacts : Technical Report (open access)

Synthesis of Hydrologic and Hydraulic Impacts : Technical Report

This report provides guidance towards defining adverse drainage structures for mitigation of hydrologic and hydraulic impacts.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Joseph, John F. & Sharif, Hatim Osman
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground Water Recharge Model : Calibration and Validation for Remotely-Sensed Dual Coefficient (RDC) GMA8 ET Estimation (open access)

Ground Water Recharge Model : Calibration and Validation for Remotely-Sensed Dual Coefficient (RDC) GMA8 ET Estimation

This report provides information on a groundwater recharge (GWr) model for a 50-year period, 1960 to 1009, that was developed for Texas Groundwater Management Area 8 (GMA8) through solving a simple water balance that yielded GWr as a residual from calibrated inputs.
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Kirk, Alexandra; Groeneveld, David; Barz, Dave; Herring, Koanna & Murray, Scott
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Free-Floating Carsharing Systems: Innovations in Membership Prediction, Mode Share, and Vehicle Allocation Optimization Methodologies (open access)

Free-Floating Carsharing Systems: Innovations in Membership Prediction, Mode Share, and Vehicle Allocation Optimization Methodologies

This report provides methodologies for some of the challenges facing both free-floating and traditional carsharing programs.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Kortum, Katherine & Machemehl, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Free-Floating Carsharing Systems: Innovations in Membersip Predication, Mode Share, and Vehicle Allocation Optimication Methodologies (open access)

Free-Floating Carsharing Systems: Innovations in Membersip Predication, Mode Share, and Vehicle Allocation Optimication Methodologies

This report provides methodologies for some of the challenges facing both free-floating and traditional carsharing programs.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Kortum, Katherine & Machemehl, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing a Testing Device for Total Pavements Acceptance : Third Year Report (open access)

Developing a Testing Device for Total Pavements Acceptance : Third Year Report

This report provides information on the third year of the Project 0-6005 test progress towards building the Total Pavement Acceptance Device (TPAD).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Lee, Jung-Su; Nam, Boo H.; Lewis, Mike; Hayes, Richard; Scullion, Thomas & Liu, Wenting
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving the Concept of Megaregions into Transportation Planning: Workshop Proceedings (open access)

Moving the Concept of Megaregions into Transportation Planning: Workshop Proceedings

Report on the possibility of adding a study of megaregions to the transportation considerations made in Texas.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Lewis, Carol Abel; Land, Sara & Afefayane, Bethelhem
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transit Agency Strategies that Encourage Mixed Use around Stations (open access)

Transit Agency Strategies that Encourage Mixed Use around Stations

This report focuses specifically on the role of the transit agency in encouraging development proximate to transit and investigates selected transit authorities within the United States to determine what strategies and steps they are taking to facilitate proximate desirable development around their stations. (p. 1).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Lewis, Carol Abel; Onyejekwe, Sandra; Collins, Darlene & McGaughay, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices (open access)

Feasibility of Solar Powered Traffic Signs in Houston: A Step Toward Sustainable Control Devices

This report provides information on retrofitting the signalized traffic intersections and retrofitting the signals to solar energy and switching to light emitting diodes (LED) the city will see major energy and cost savings, as well as a significant decrease in maintenance cost and time due to longer lifespan of the LEDs and solar panels.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Miller, Alexandra (Writer on transportation); Goodwin, Ronald E. & Godazi, Khosro
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Best Practices for TxDOT on Handling Wildfires (open access)

Best Practices for TxDOT on Handling Wildfires

This is a report on the record setting wildfires in 2011 in the State of Texas. The research in the report follows lessons learned in responding to wildfires and the application of those lessons toward establishing best practices.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Nash, Phillip T.; Senadheera, Sanjaya; Beierle, Micah; Kurnfer, Wesley & Wilson, Dannia
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An eCertificate Program in Transportation Planning: Final Report (open access)

An eCertificate Program in Transportation Planning: Final Report

This report researches developed proposals to extend the delivery of the recently developed Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning at Texas A & M University (TAMU) to a wider audience via distance education (online or eCertificate).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Ndubisi, Foster & Joh, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History