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
Drivers of Vegetation Change on Texas Rangelands (open access)

Drivers of Vegetation Change on Texas Rangelands

This document provides information on vegetation changes on the Texas Rangelands.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Ansley, Jim & Hart, Charles R.
Object Type: Book
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
Cultural Resource Survey of the Proposed Liberty Deposit Mine Area: Rusk County, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resource Survey of the Proposed Liberty Deposit Mine Area: Rusk County, Texas

Report by Atkins to conduct a cultural resources survey of the proposed 3,865.94 acres Liberty Deposit Mine Area in Rusk County, Texas. The report covers the NRHP eligibility status for three prehistoric sites (41Rk32, 41RK187, and 41RK629).
Date: January 2012
Creator: Atkins
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archeological Monitoring for the proposed Lake Texana Pipeline Repolacement Jackson County, Texas (open access)

Archeological Monitoring for the proposed Lake Texana Pipeline Repolacement Jackson County, Texas

This report was conducted for archaeological monitoring for the Lake Texana Pipeline Replacement Project in Jackson County, Texas.
Date: 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Survey City of Round Rock Creek Bend Boulevard Extension Williamson County, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey City of Round Rock Creek Bend Boulevard Extension Williamson County, Texas

"This report documents the results of a cultural resources survey conducted within the proposed area of new right of way (ROW) for the Creek Bend Boulevard extension project in southwestern Williamson County, Texas" (p. ii).
Date: 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Oncor Electric Delivery Company Central Bluff to Bluff Creek 345-kV Transmission Line, Taylor and Nolan Counties, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Oncor Electric Delivery Company Central Bluff to Bluff Creek 345-kV Transmission Line, Taylor and Nolan Counties, Texas

Report on the findings of an archaeological survey along the proposed route of the Oncor Electric Deliver Company's new transmission line in Taylor and Nolan Counties, Texas.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Site 41SM404 Within TXDOT's Tyler Distrct, Smith County, Texas (open access)

National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Site 41SM404 Within TXDOT's Tyler Distrct, Smith County, Texas

Report of the findings of an archaeological survey of a site in Smith County, Texas to determine whether it was eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Sites 41LT172 and 41LT354 in Luminant's Kosse Mine, Limestone, Texas (open access)

National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Sites 41LT172 and 41LT354 in Luminant's Kosse Mine, Limestone, Texas

Report on the findings of an archaeological investigation of two sites at Luminant's Kosse Mine in Limestone County, Texas to determine whether they were eligible to be included on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Phase I Cultural Resources Survey For A Portion Of The Proposed Front Range Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Project, Spread 3, Hutchinson County, Texas (open access)

A Phase I Cultural Resources Survey For A Portion Of The Proposed Front Range Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Project, Spread 3, Hutchinson County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the Front Range Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline in Hutchinson County, Texas.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
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
Water conservation savings quantification study (open access)

Water conservation savings quantification study

This report discusses a series of research tasks regarding approaches to quantifying conservation savings.
Date: February 21, 2012
Creator: BBC Research & Consulting
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potential Connected Vehicle Applications to Enhance Mobility, Safety, and Environmental Security (open access)

Potential Connected Vehicle Applications to Enhance Mobility, Safety, and Environmental Security

Report on connected vehicles, reviewing current research and technologies and developing near-term practical applications that use connected vehicle technology.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Balke, Kevin N.; Songchitruksa, Praprut & Zeng, Xiaosi
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biological, Social, and Economic Impacts of Exempting a Largemouth Bass Fishing Tournament from Slot Length Limits at Lake Fork Reservoir, Texas (open access)

Biological, Social, and Economic Impacts of Exempting a Largemouth Bass Fishing Tournament from Slot Length Limits at Lake Fork Reservoir, Texas

This document provides data about the "biological, social, and economic impacts of exempting largemouth bass fishing tournaments at the Lake Fork Reservoir." (p. 1).
Date: 2012
Creator: Barkoh, Aaron
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations (open access)

Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations

This manual provides information on quarry operation under the Edwards Aquifer rules, covers general guidelines that apply to all quarries, recommends measures for implementation in portions of quarries that discharge to surface waters, and addresses the management of process water on-site.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Barrett, Michael E. & Eck, Bradley J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations: Complying with the Edwards Aquifer Rules (open access)

Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations: Complying with the Edwards Aquifer Rules

This document provides information on the best management practices for quarry operations for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Barrett, Michael E. & Eck, Bradley J.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of an Early-Stage Toll Revenue Estimation Model (open access)

Development of an Early-Stage Toll Revenue Estimation Model

This report contains a standalone, spreadsheet-based model that prepares early-stage traffic and toll revenue estimates.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Beaty, Curtis & Lieu, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparing Texas HMOs, 2012 (open access)

Comparing Texas HMOs, 2012

This report "reflects the experience of Texans enrolled in Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) during 2011" It includes information on consumer rights, the types of health plans, results to the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, HMO complaints, appeals and independent review organizations, HMO market share data and financial information, HMO customer service contact information, and additional sources of health care information. (p. 2)
Date: 2012
Creator: Beck, Deeia
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
Teen Driver Cell Phone Blocker (open access)

Teen Driver Cell Phone Blocker

"In this report a study that was a randomized control intervention that measures the effectiveness of a cellular phone control device that communicates whit the vehicles of teen drivers to deny them access to their phone while driving for the purpose of reducing distraction=related negative driving events."
Date: February 2012
Creator: Benden, Mark; Fink, Rainer & Stafford, James
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fracture Properties and Fatigue Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Binders (open access)

Fracture Properties and Fatigue Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Binders

"The main objective of this study was to evaluate the inherent fatigue cracking resistance of asphalt binders in the form of a matrix with rigid particle inclusions. The underlying rational for this approach was to subject the binders to a state of stress that is similar to the one in a full asphalt mixture."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Bhasin, Amit; Izadi, Anoosha & Motamed, Arash
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History