Active and Completed Research
Flexible Team
Ongoing Research
- Validation of Loose Mix Aging Procedures for Cracking Resistance Evaluation in Balanced Mix Design (Phase IIA) (2024)
- Continued Monitoring of Original I-94 Westbound Asphalt Overlay Sections and Use of Cracking and Performance Data MRCC Project (2023), co-sponsored with Rigid Team
- Mix Rejuvenator Test Sections (Phase 3) (2023)
- Field Validation of Using Warm Mix Asphalt at Reduced Production Temperatures for Balanced Mix Design (2023)
- MnROAD Reflective Cracking Challenge (2021)
- Recycled Binder Availability (2021)
- Perpetual Pavements in Wet-Freeze Climates (2021)
Completed Research
- Cold Reclamation and Recycling Techniques to Achieve Perpetual Pavements (2021) co-sponsored with Geotech, ICT, and PM teams
- Materials-Based Methods to Improve Rumble Strip Durability (2023), co-sponsored with PM Team
- Standardization of SIP Calculation for Hamburg Wheel Tracking Test (2023)
- An Innovative Practical Approach to Assessing Bitumen Compatibility as an End Means of Material Specification (2019)
- Mix Rejuvenator Test Sections (Phase 2) (2019)
- Understanding and Improving Pavement Milling Operations (2020), co-sponsored with Intelligent Construction Technologies Team
- Validation of Loose Mix Aging Procedures for Cracking Resistance Evaluation in Balanced Mix Design (Phase I) (2021)
- Impact of Polymer Modification on IDEAL-CT and I-FIT for Balanced Mix Design (2020)
- Developing Best Practices for Rehabilitation of Concrete with Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Overlays related to Density and Reflective Cracking (2017)
- Cold Asphalt Recycling Technologies using Rejuvenating Asphalt Emulsion: Impact, Implementation, Specification (2019)
- Asphalt Real Time Smoothness (ARTS) for Asphalt Paving (2020), co-sponsored with Intelligent Construction Technologies Team
- Cold Central Plant Recycling (CCPR) (2017)
- Longitudinal Joint Construction Performance (2017)
- Mix Rejuvenator Synthesis (Phase 1) (2019)
- Novel Methods for Adding Rejuvenators in Asphalt Mixtures with High Recycled Binder Ratios (2020)
- Tack Coats (2017)
Geotechnical Team
Ongoing Research
- Improving Moisture Resistance/Control of Pavement Foundation Systems via Engineered Water Repellency (2023)
- Instrumentation and Data Management/Analyses for Measurement While Drilling (MWD) Technology (2023)
- Performance Evaluation of Wicking Geotextiles for Improving Drainage and Stiffness of Road Foundation (2021), co-sponsored with Flexible and Rigid teams
- Flooded Pavements App (Phase II) (2021), co-sponsored with Preventive Maintenance team
- Cold Reclamation and Recycling Techniques to Achieve Perpetual Pavements (2021) co-sponsored with Flexible, ICT, and PM teams
- Continuous Moisture Measurement during Pavement Foundation Construction (2020), co-sponsored with Intelligent Construction Technologies Team
Completed Research
- Determining Pavement Design Criteria for Recycled Aggregate Base and Large Stone Subbase (2017)
- Environmental Impacts on the Performance of Pavement Foundation Layers (2019)
- Improve Material Inputs into Mechanistic Design Properties for Reclaimed HMA Roadways (2019)
- Larger Subbase Materials Synthesis (2017)
- Mechanistic Load Restriction Decision Platform for Pavement Systems Prone to Moisture Variations (2019)
- Permeability of Base Aggregate and Sand (2019)
Intelligent Construction Technologies Team
Ongoing Research
- Automated 3DGPR Analysis for Concrete Pavement Evaluation (2023) co-sponsored with Rigid Team
- Effective Use of Traffic Speed Deflectometer for Network-based and Project-based Applications (2023)
- Establishing Applicability of NDT Methods for Project-Level Evaluation (2023)
- Veta Enhancements for Material Delivery Management System (MDMS) Standardized Platform (2021)
- Cold Reclamation and Recycling Techniques to Achieve Perpetual Pavements (2021) co-sponsored with Geotech, Flexible, and PM teams
- Support Importing, Viewing and Analysis of Dielectric Constant Data in Veta (2019)
- Continuous Moisture Measurement during Pavement Foundation Construction (2020) co-sponsored with Geotechnical Team
Completed Research
- Understanding and Improving Pavement Milling Operations (2020) co-sponsored with Flexible Team
- Asphalt Real Time Smoothness (ARTS) for Asphalt Paving (2020) co-sponsored with Flexible Team
- Evaluation of Levels 3-4 Intelligent Compaction Measurement Values (ICMV) for Soils Subgrade and Aggregate Subbase Compaction (2019)
- Seismic Approach to Quality Management of Asphalt Pavement (2019)
- Validation of Electronic Truck Delivery Ticketing of HMA Material synthesis (2019)
Preventive Maintenance Team
Ongoing Research
- Hot Rubber Seal Coating to Survive Wet and Frozen Environments (2023)
- Use of Recycled Materials in Pavement Preservation (2023)
- Thinlay as a PM Treatment (2021)
- Flooded Pavement Toolkit Phase II (2021) co-sponsored with Geotech team
- Cold Reclamation and Recycling Techniques to Achieve Perpetual Pavements (2021) co-sponsored with Geotech, ICT, and Flexible teams
- Spray on Rejuvenator Test Sections (2020)
- Effective Long Lasting Partial Depth Joint Repairs for Challenging Conditions (2017)
- Pavement Preservation Approaches for Lightly Surfaced Roadways (2019)
Completed Research
- Materials-Based Methods to Improve Rumble Strip Durability (2023), co-sponsored with Flexible Team
- Bio-materials Maintenance Treatments (2020)
- Spray on Rejuvenator Synthesis (2019)
- Surface Characteristics of Diamond Ground PCC Surfaces (2017)
- Service Life Enhancement of Substrates Overlaid with Thin Overlays (UTWBC, Chip Seals & Microsurfacing) for each state (2019)
- Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR) for Bonded Concrete Overlays of Asphalt (2019)
- Maintaining Poor Pavements (project closed)
Rigid Team
Ongoing Research
- Automated 3DGPR Analysis for Concrete Pavements (2023), co-sponsored with ICT Team
- Continued Monitoring of Original I-94 Westbound Asphalt Overlay Sections and Use of Cracking and Performance Data MRCC Project (2023) (co-sponsored with Flexible Team)
- Reducing Embodied Carbon with Mineral-Blended Polymeric Microspheres (2023)
- Evaluation of the Use of Early Loading to Increase Joint Deployment in COA (2023)
- Concrete Overlay Test Section Repairs Utilizing PEM and Diamond Grinding (2022)
- Use of Alternative Pozzolanic Materials Towards Reducing Cement Content in Concrete Pavements (2022)
- Use of Carbon Dioxide for Sustainable and Resilient Concrete Pavements
- Use of Innovative Sustainable and Durable Materials in Concrete Pavements (2024)
- The Use of Alternative Cementitious Materials in Concrete Pavements (2022)
Completed Research
- Compacted Concrete Pavement (RCC with Surface Texture)
- Development of Concrete Mix Designs/Matrix of Materials, Performance Properties, and Construction Field Sampling and Testing Expectations During Construction (2022)
- Construction Report for Jointless FRC Roundabout in Minnesota
- Effect of Low and Moderate Recycled Concrete Aggregate Replacement Levels on Concrete Properties (2020)
- Evaluation of Long-term Impacts of Early Opening Strength to Traffic (2017)
- Enhanced Entrained Air Void System Characterization for Durable Highway Concrete (2021)
- Incorporate Joint Faulting Model Into BCOA-ME (2019)
- Design and Performance of Concrete Unbonded Overlays (2017)
- Performance Benefits of Fiber-Reinforced Thin Concrete Pavement and Overlays (2017)
- Performance of Concrete Overlays over Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) (2020)
- Repair of Joint Associated Distress in Concrete Pavements (2017)
- Reduced Cementitious Material in Optimized Concrete Mixture (2017)
- Solutions to Mitigate Dowel/Tie-bar Propagated Cracking - Phase 1 (2021)
- Toward the Development of Pavement-specific Synthetic Fibers (2022)