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LTRC2009-2010 Annual Report
Merging Government,Industry, and Academia
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ance, raining, coninuing educaion,
echnology ranser, and problem-solv-
ing services o DOD and he ranspor
aion communiy a large. Te cener
is largely suppored hrough undingauhorized by DOD and he Federal
Highway Adminisraion (FHWA).
LC merges he resources o he sae
and local governmen, universiies, and
privae indusry o ideniy, develop,
and implemen new echnology o im-
prove he saes ransporaion sysem.
By harnessing hese valuable resources,
LC is empowered o fnd innovaivesoluions o Louisianas ransporaion
problems.
o enhance he cener as he ocus or
ransporaion-relaed research, echnol
ogy ranser, and educaion in Louisi-
ana, he LC oundaion, a non-prof
organizaion, has been esablished. Te
oundaion provides an excellen par-
nership opporuniy or DOD, saeuniversiies, and he privae secor.
In hese and oher ways, LC is paving
he way or more e cien and benefcial
research and raining, hanks o a com-
binaion o modern echniques, locally
available resources, and a wide pool o
suppor.
For addiional inormaion, conac
LRC
4101 Gourrier Avenue
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
www.ltrc.lsu.edu
Te Louisiana ransporaion esearch
Cener (LC) is a research, echnology
ranser, and raining cener adminisered
joinly by he Louisiana Deparmen
o ransporaion and Developmen(DOD) and Louisiana Sae Univer-
siy (LSU). LC provides a seting in
which he hresholds o echnology can
be explored and applied in pracical ways.
By merging he resources o DOD and
LSU, a versaile core o aciliies and
experise addresses he rapidly evolving
challenges in he ransporaion feld.
In addiion o is a liaion wih LSU,LC paricipaes ully wih oher
universiies in Louisiana ha house
engineering programs (Louisiana ech
Universiy, McNeese Sae Universiy,
Souhern Universiy, ulane Universiy
Universiy o Louisiana a Laayete, and
Universiy o New Orleans). By combin-
ing heir resources wih hose o DOD,
he cener eliminaes duplicaion o eor
and provides a richer base o suppor. Tecener also provides an avenue or muli-
disciplinary suppor rom universiies o
mee he pracical and academic needs o
he ransporaion indusry in such areas
as engineering, law, business and man-
agemen, basic sciences, planning, and
environmenal sudies.
Since is creaion by he Louisiana legis-
laure in 1986, LC has gained naional
recogniion hrough is eors o improve
ransporaion sysems in Louisiana. Te
cener conducs shor-erm and long-erm
research and provides echnical assis-
Sherri H. LeBas, P.E.
Secretary
Michael V. Martin, Ph.D.Chancellor
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ontent
Tis publicaion is a repor o he ransporaion
research, echnology ranser, educaion, and raining
aciviies o he Louisiana ransporaion esearch
Cener or July 1, 2009June 30, 2010. Te cener is
sponsored joinly by he Louisiana Deparmen o
ransporaion and Developmen and Louisiana Sae
Universiy.
Directors Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Completed Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Active Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Featured Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Education & Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
TTEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tech Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Local Technical Assistance Program . . . . . . . 19
LTRC Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Professional Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
StaffListing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Directors Message
o: Sherri H. LeBas, P.E., Secreary, DOD
Michael V. Marin, Ph.D., Chancellor, LSU
ichard Savoie, P.E., Chie Engineer, DODichard Koubek, Ph.D., Dean, College o Engineering, LSU
Change, sreamlining, and e ciency seem o be he acionable
words his year. Leadership changes a DOD and LSU and
wihin he LC policy commitee were many his year. We
welcome ichard Savoie, DOD chie engineer, as our new
Policy Commitee chair. He replaces Bill emple upon his
reiremen. Bill was a long ime employee and laer riend o
research and, on a personal noe, was my frs supervisor a
DOD many years ago as he assisan pavemen research en-gineer. Likewise, Seve Cumbaa has reired. Sherri Lebas was
named as Secreary o DOD. Sherri presaged her engineering
career as a suden worker a LC working in he geoech
lab and upon graduaion began her DOD career a LC
as an engineer inern. We look orward o serving her needs
and bringing coninued innovaion o DOD. Dean ichard
Koubek also began his enure a LSU a he beginning o his
year. Finally, we welcome Dr. Bob Bruce and Dr. Norma Jean
Matei as new Policy Commitee members rom heir respec-
ive universiies, ulane and he Universiy o New Orleans.
I would like o bring your atenion o several sreamlining and
e ciency eors ha have come o ruiion his year. Firs,
he LC esearch Projec Managemen Sysem is up and
running. Tis web based managemen sysem auomaes every
process used in he adminisraion o he research program,
including modules or our research projec soliciaion process,
work program developmen, biannual reporing, and imple-
menaion reporing along wih access o projec fles and
oher managemen repors. Te fnancial side will be included
when DOD iniiaes he saes Enerprise esource Program.
Addiional modules will be added as necessary. Hundreds o
man-hours are saved hrough his managemen sysem.
Meanwhile, he ransporaion raining and Educaion Cen-
er (EC) is reaching is poenial as a echnology-enhanced
cener o learning or our work orce developmen. Our Media
Sie soware capures almos every course or raining ses-
sion in a digial orma ha is posed o he LC web sie.
Sudens can access hese courses o review porions or all o
course oerings, and new sudens can access hese courses as
a disance learning experience. Almos 1,100 his were made
on his sie his year. In addiion, we have ripled he numbero hours o raining hrough video conerencing. Mos impor
an is some research on immersive virual learning experience
as a new mehod o course delivery. You will fnd a eaure
aricle on page 17 describing his IVLE mehodology.
Inside his repor you will fnd eaured aricles on he research
program, educaion and raining and echnology ranser
aciviies. Compleed and acive research projecs, raining
accomplishmens, echnology ranser aciviies, suppor o
higher educaion, and publicaions and presenaions are alsoincluded.
LC hosed he Souheas ransporaion Consorium
(SC) meeing his year. Te SC is a pooled und eor
o 10 souheasern saes o collaborae on research eors
hrough he leveraging o unds and he reducion o research
duplicaion. Te eors o he SC are described in anoher
eaured aricle on page 9.
own hall meeings were held a six o our seven Policy Com-
mitee universiies his year in order o inroduce new proes-
sors o LC and our suppor or higher educaion. In par-
icular, we ouline how hey can paricipae in our programs.
LC coninued is success in atracing exernal research
unding wih hree addiional FHWA Innovaive Bridge e-
search and Deploymen sudies, anoher NCHP sudy and a
projec or USACE.
Finally, I would bring your atenion o he las page o his
repor where we are very proud o repor he selecion o ia
inka McFarland as a Charles E. Dunbar, Jr. Award Honoree
or her service o he ciizens o Louisiana.
especully submited,
Harold Skip Paul, P.E., Direcor
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Facilities
Locaed on he LSU campus in Baon ouge, LC provides
researchers and sudens access o excellen laboraories and
sae-o-he-ar research equipmen. Te ull resources o LSU
as a Carnegie Designaed Docoral/esearch Exensive Insiu-
ion are also available. Te unique posiion o LC provides
access o virually all o LSU and DODs resources o pursue
is mission.
LC houses more han 90 employees and up o 30 sudensin wo adjacen aciliies. Te LC building is a 25,300-square
oo aciliy ha includes fve research laboraories, a conerence
room, and o ces. Te laboraories are used o conduc ad-
vanced research ino asphal, concree, soils, and pavemens. Te
14,000 square oo ransportation raining and Education
Center (TEC) houses a lecure hall, a compuer-based raining
classroom, and wo general classrooms ha are all equipped
wih advanced educaion and raining equipmen and disance
learning/video-conerencing capabiliies. A comprehensive
ransporaion library and o ces are also included.
LC has idenifed research areas o sraegic imporance and
has developed expanded capabiliies or concenraion in several
areas: he Engineering Maerials Characerizaion and esearch
Faciliy (EMCF), a laboraory aciliy specializing in unda-
menal maerials characerizaion; he Geoechnical Engineering
esearch Laboraory (GEL), a laboraory ocusing on rans-
poraion earh-works, srucural oundaions, and geosynhe-
ics; and Pavemen on he Move (POM), a muli-use mobile
laboraory or collecing daa rom feld consrucion projecs as
well as research and raining.
Alhough remoe rom he cener, he Louisiana Pavement
Research Facilityis an imporan aciliy ha sreamlines pave-
men loading research by compressing years o road wear ino
monhs o esing. Te six-acre aciliy is locaed on he wes side
o he Mississippi iver and incorporaes an Acceleraed Load-
ing Faciliy (ALFM
).
Te addiion o EC grealy enhances LCs mission by
aciliaing he delivery o raining, proessional developmen
opporuniies, and echnology ranser o engineers, echnicians
undergraduae and graduae sudens, and proessionals rom
boh he public and privae domains.
LC is a budge eniy o he Louisiana Deparmen o
ransporaion and Developmen. Funding is a combinaion o
Sae, Sae Planning and esearch (Par II, Federal), InnovaiveBridge esearch and Deploymen (100 percen ederal), Surace
ransporaion Program (SP-ederal), and exernal conracs
and grans, such as he Naional Cooperaive Highway esearch
Program, he U.S. Army Corps o Engineers, and he Naional
Science Foundaion.
(l o r): TEC, LRC, ALF
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Completed Research
LTRCProject
AgencyPrincipalInvestigator
Project Title
09-1SS LSU Dr. DouglasCarlson
Monioring Salwaer in Spara Aquier in Norh Cenral Louisiana
08-2P LSU Dr. Mosaa ElseifAnalysis o Seasonal Srain Measuremens and Asphal Maerials under
Acceleraed Load
08-1SS LSUDr. Douglas
CarlsonExen o Disease isk rom Lignie Wihin Aquiers o Norhwesern LA
07-3G LSU Dr. oy DokkaDevelopmen o Operaional eal-ime Kinemaic Global Posiioning
Service or Souheasern Louisiana
07-2G LCDr. Murad Abu-
FarsakhCalibraion o esisance Facors needed in he LFD Design o Driven Pil
06-6G LSU Dr. Khalid Alshibli Updae o Correlaions Beween Cone Peneraion and Boring Log Daa
04-2S ulane Dr. ober N. Bruce Srucural Monioring o igoles Pass Bridge
03-1G LC Gavin GaureauDevelopmen o Geoechnical Inormaion Daabase- Compuer Program
o Expedie Soil Subgrade Survey Daa o Designers
01-3ENV LU Dr. Dixie Gri nranspor, reaabiliy, and oxiciy o Highway Sorm Waer Discharged
o eceiving Waers Across Louisiana
09-1IE ULL Dr. William ChirdonEec o Termal Oscillaion Frequency on he Eecive Termal Properie
o Concree and Asphal
09-3IE LSU Dr. Marwa HassanUse o ianium Dioxide o Improve Perormance and Air Puriying
Capabiliies o Concree Pavemens
09-4IE LUNazimuddin M.
Wasiuddin
Teoreical and Experimenal Deerminiaion o Adhesion Beween
Asphal Binders and Aggregaes in Dry and We Condiions
09-2IE LSU Dr. S.A. Hsu Applicaion o Saellie Imagery or Surace ain ae Esimaion
09-2G LSU Dr. oy Dokka Qualiy Conrol eview or Managemen Sysem oadway Elevaions
07-3SS LSU Dr. Sheri Ishak Esablishing and Inelligen ransporaion Sysem (IS) a LC
05-5G LCDr. Murad
Abu-Farsakh
Evaluaing he Benefs o Geogrid einorced Bases in Flexible Pavemen
(Inerim epor)
05-3S LSU Dr. Guoqiang LiDevelopmen and Advanced Grid Siened (AGS) FP ube-Encased
Concree Columns
03-1SS LSU Dr. Cheser
WilmoEvaluaion o Freeway Conraow Evacuaion Iniiaion and erminaion
Poin Confguraions
LSU: Louisiana Sae Universiy; LU: Louisiana ech Universiy; ULL: Universiy o Louisiana a Laayete
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LSU: Louisiana Sae Universiy; LU: Louisiana ech Universiy; ULL: Universiy o Louisiana a Laayete
Completed Research (Pending Publication)
LTRC
ProjectAgency
Principal
InvestigatorProject Title
03-2G LC Dr. Zhong Wu Acceleraed Loading Evaluaion o a Subbase Layer on Pavemen Perormance
04-1G LUDr. Xingran
(Jay) WangEsimaing Seup o Piles Driven ino Louisiana Clayey Soils
08-6G LSUDr. Michele
BarbaoPerormance Evaluaion o Buried Pipe Insallaion
95-3G LCMr. Kevin
GaspardIn-Place Cemen Sabilized Base econsrucion echniques
00-2P LCMr. Mark
Marinez
Developmen o Warrany equiremens in Sae Conracs or
Highway Consrucion
07-1P LC Dr. Zhong WuFinie Elemen Simulaion o Srucural Perormance on Flexible Pavemens
wih Sabilized Base/reaed Subbase Maerials under Acceleraed Loading
03-3B LCDr. Louay
MohammadOpimizaion o Asphal Mixure Design or he Louisiana ALF es Secions
04-3B LSUMr. William
H. Daly
A Comparaive Analysis o Modifed Binders: Original Asphals and Maerials
Exraced rom Exising Pavemens
04-7B LCDr. Ioan
NegulescuTe Use o DMA o Characerize he Aging o Asphal Binders
09-1B LC
Dr. Louay
Mohammad
Characerizaion o HMA Mixures Conaining
High ecycled Asphal Pavemen Conen wih Crumb ubber Addiives
05-1S LSU Dr. Guoqiang Li Daa Validaion o FP Maerials Used in Srenghening Bridge Beams in Louisiana
02-3SS LSU Dr. Xiaoduan SunDeveloping a Comprehensive Highway Acciden Daa Analysis Sysem
wih GIS (III)
05-1SS LSU Dr. Sheri Ishak Evaluaion O Te ra c Saey Benefs O A Lower Speed Limi And esricion
o rucks o Use O igh Lane Only On I-10 Over Te Achaalaya Basin
06-1SS LSUDr. Cheser
WilmoSaewide ra c Saey Sudy - Phase II
06-3SS ULLDr. amesh
Kolluru Gul Coas Opporuniy Zone (GOZone) edevelopmen Using 3D Modeling
07-2SS LSUDr. Brian
WolshonTe Design o Lane Merges a ural Freeway Consrucion Work Zones
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Active Research
LTRC
Project
AgencyPrincipal
Investigator
Project Title Sar Dae End Dae
09-1G WPI Dr. Minjiang aoUpdae LADOD Policy on Pile Driving
Vibraion Managemen6/1/2009 5/31/2011
08-1P LSU Dr. Mosaa ElseifCos Eecive Prevenion o eecive Cracking
o Composie Pavemen6/15/2008 2/14/2011
09-2P LC Dr. Mosaa ElseifImplemenaion o he olling Wheel Deecomeer
(WD) in PMS and Pavemen Preservaion7/1/2009 6/30/2011
08-1S LSU Dr. Ayman OkeilEvaluaion o Coninuiy Deails or Precas
Presressed Girders12/1/2007 8/31/2010
08-3S LSU Dr. GoupingZhang
Evaluaion o Design Mehods o DeermineScour Dephs or Bridge Srucures
4/1/2009 4/1/2011
09-5S LC Dr. Guoqiang LiSuppor Sudy or A Shape Memory Polymer
Based Sel-healing Sealan or Expansion Join5/1/2009 11/1/2010
07-4SS SUDr. Sharon
Parsons
LADOD Cusomer Service Process and
Oucome Evaluaion5/1/2007 12/31/2010
08-3SS ULL Dr. Xiaoduan Sun Developing Louisiana Crash educion Facors 11/1/2009 10/31/2011
09-6C LSUMr. Hak-Shul
Shin
Suppor Sudy on he Characerizaion o
ernary Mixes wih Various SCMs7/1/2009 12/31/2010
10-1SS LCDr. Glynn Cavin,
MaryLeah Coco
Evaluaion o Knowledge ranser in an ImmersiveVirual Learning Environmen or he ransporaion
Communiy
1/1/2010 12/31/2010
05-1G LCDr. Murad
Abu-Farsakh
Field Demonsraion o New Bridge Approach
Slab Designs and Perormance8/1/2008 8/1/2011
08-3G LCDr. Murad
Abu-Farsakh
Suppor Sudy o Srucure Healh Monioring o
he I-10 win Span Bridge Over Lake Poncharrain11/1/2007 7/31/2012
07-6P LC Dr. Zhong Wu
Evaluaion o Curren DOD Flexible Pavemen
Srucures Using PMS Daa and New M-E Pavemen
Design Guide
7/1/2009 6/30/2011
09-7P LC Dr. Zhong WuConsrucion and Acceleraed Pavemen esing
o I Pavemen es Secions10/1/2009 10/1/2011
04-6B LCDr. Louay
Mohammad
Characerizaion o Louisiana Asphal Mixures
Using Simple Perormance ess and MEPDG1/1/2008 12/31/2010
07-1B LC Mr. Bill KingEvaluaion o Warm Mix Asphal echnology in
Flexible Pavemens3/15/2009 3/15/2011
09-2B LC Dr. Zhong WuDevelopmen o New Surace Fricion Guidelines
or LADOD7/1/2009 6/30/2011
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LTRC
Project
AgencyPrincipal
Investigator
Project Title Sar Dae End Dae
09-2S LCMr. Walid
Alaywan
Perormance and Analysis o Concree Bridge ailing
Using Convenional and Composie einorcemen
Maerials
4/1/2009 3/31/2011
06-2SS LCDr. Cheser
Wilmo
Developmen o a ime-Dependen Hurricane Evac-
uaion Model or he New Orleans Area - Phase 27/1/2008 6/30/2012
09-2C LCDr. yson
upnow
Evaluaion o Cemen and Fly Ash reaed RP
and Marginal Aggregaes or Base Consrucion3/1/2009 3/1/2011
09-4C LCDr. yson
upnowEvaluaion o ernary Cemeniious Combinaions 3/1/2009 6/30/2011
09-5C LCMr. Parick
Icenogle
Evaluaion o Non-Desrucive echnologies or
Consrucion Qualiy Conrol o HMA and PCC
Pavemens in Louisiana
7/1/2009 6/30/2011
10-1C LCDr. yson
upnow
Evaluaion o he Surace esisiviy Measuremens
as an Alernaive o he apid Chloride Permeabiliy
es or Qualiy Assurance and Accepance
2/1/2010 5/1/2011
05-5S LSU Dr. Seve C.S. Cai Bridge Deck eplacemen using FP Maerials 11/15/2005 11/14/2010
07-1S LCDr. Murad
Abu-Farsakh
Srucure Healh Monioring o he I-10 win Span
Bridge Over Lake Poncharrain11/1/2007 7/31/2012
07-3S LSU Dr. Seve C.S. Caiepairing/Srenghening o Bridges wih Pos-
ensioned FP Srands and Perormance Evaluaion10/1/2007 3/31/2011
07-4S LSUDr. George Z.
Voyiadjis
Inegral Abumen Bridge or Louisianas So
and Si Soils10/1/2007 8/31/2011
08-2S LSU Dr. Seve C.S. Cai Monioring Bridge Scour Using Fiber Opic Sensors 1/1/2009 7/1/2011
08-2SS LC Mr. Dan Srecker
LOOP Environmenal Monioring: 2008-2010
Beach Elevaion, Beach Vegeaion, and Land Loss
and Habia Change Surveys
1/1/2008 12/31/2010
10-1G LU Mr. WesleyPalmer
Measuring Levee Elevaion Heighs inNorh Louisiana
12/1/2009 11/30/2010
07-7P ULL Dr. Xiaoduan SunSaey Improvemen rom Edge Lines o ural wo-
Lane Highway9/1/2007 8/31/2011
06-4B LCDr. Louay
MohammadOpimizaion o ack Coa or HMA Placemen 7/1/2005 12/31/2010
10-1B LCDr. Louay
Mohammad
Field versus Laboraory Volumerics and Mechanical
Properies8/1/2009 2/29/2012
LSU: Louisiana Sae Universiy; LU: Louisiana ech Universiy; ULL: Universiy o Louisiana a Laayete; SU: Souhern Universiy
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Active Research
LSU: Louisiana Sae Universiy; LU: Louisiana ech Universiy; ULL: Universiy o Louisiana a Laayete
Ground Tire Rubber: Implementing Sustainability
In 1991, he
Inermodal Sur-
ace ranspora-
ion E ciency
Ac (ISEA)
specifed ha all
asphal pavemen
projecs undedby ederal agen-
cies mus use a
cerain percenage o scrap ires in consrucion projecs. By
1994, he mandae was suspended rom he ISEA legislaion,
ye i sill encouraged he research and applicaion o crumb
rubber modifed (CM) asphal in ho mix asphal (HMA)
pavemens.
Louisiana had begun feld evaluaions o using ground ire rub-
ber (G) in our HMA mixures by 1994. LC publishedFinal epor 393 aer a seven-year evaluaion o fve feld proj-
ecs ha included eigh es secions and six G producs. Te
ollowing fndings are repored:
Te G we process is an excellen mehod or reducing
crack propagaion.
esearchers recommended ha asphal cemen binder
specifcaions be developed and implemened o allow he
use o he G in a we process in HMA.
Te use o G modifed HMA mixures should increase
he lie-cycle o HMA pavemens.
In 1998, LC began evaluaing he use o G modifed HMA
mixures under acceleraed pavemen esing. Findings rom hi
projec included:
Te wearing course mixure using G showed similar
laboraory properies when compared o he convenionalpolymer modifed mixure.
Similar ruting resuls also occurred in his comparison.
Te base course mixure using G showed improved
laboraory properies when compared o convenional base
course mixures.
Lower ruting was also repored in he base course G
mixures.
Sorage sabiliy, required mix emperaures a he refnery er-
minal, and he abiliy or he conracor o compac he rubbermodifed mixure a normal compacion emperaures were jus
a ew o he challenges he Deparmen needed o overcome. In
April 2008, DOD adoped he PG82-22rm binder specifca-
ion, which uses wase G o modiy he nea binder. Te
specifcaion allows he use o he PG82-22rm binder in lieu o
any binders specifed. A shorage o syrene-buadiene-syrene
(SBS) polymers laer in 2008 caused conracors o look a
alernaives o modiy he asphal binder, which included he use
o G.
LTRCProject
AgencyPrincipalInvestigator
Project Title Sar Dae End Dae
10-5B LC Dr. LouayMohammad
Laboraory Evaluaion o he Perormance oSulur-Enhanced Asphal reaed Base Mixures
7/1/2009 6/30/2010
09-4S LSU Dr. Guoqiang LiA Shape Memory Polymer based Sel-healing Sealan
or Expansion Join5/1/2009 11/1/2010
09-2SS LCDr. Cheser
Wilmo
Enhancing Calibraed Peer eview or Improved
Engineering Communicaion Educaion9/1/2008 9/1/2011
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Featured Research
In Ocober 2010, LC hosed he inaugural meeing o heSouheasern ransporaion Consorium (SC). Te SC
was esablished o oser beter growh in knowledge, skills, and
abiliies amongs ransporaion proessionals and academic
parners.
Te collaboraive research program consorium was inii-
aed hrough he FHWA ransporaion Pooled Fund (PF)
Program wih Louisiana as he lead sae. Te purpose behind
SC is o pool fnancial, proessional, and academic resources o
coordinae research and develop improved mehods o address-ing common problems in he ransporaion sysems in par-
icipaing saes. en o he 13 SASHO saes have joined he
SC (Norh Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, ennessee, Georgia,
Kenucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi, and Wes Virginia.)
LC Associae Direcor o esearch Mark Morvan, P.E.,
began he meeing by opening he able or members o ideniy
ways in which hey envision spending allocaed unds and o
discuss wha hey would like o see accomplished hrough he
consorium. Mwrinmay Bismas rom Norh Carolina explained,I see his as being an incubaor or research ha may be o iner-
es o many o he saes, so i we fnd a projec ha is suiable
or all saes i should defniely be done by his organizaion.Michael Peraer rom Virginia added, I hope o go back wih
a beter undersanding o where he pockes o experise are in
individual saes and universiies.
Because he consorium is inended o encourage coordinaion
among member saes and provide resources and managemen
o collaboraive sudies, members had he opporuniy o pres-
en heir research programs. Tese presenaions included acive
and uure research, a liaions wih sae universiies, and pos-
sible uure collaboraions wih oher saes. By learning moreabou each saes program, high-prioriy ransporaion research
opics o common ineres o he souheasern and adjoining
saes can be addressed easier han beore, reducing duplicaion
o research beween member saes.
o encourage his and promoe beter communicaion o ongo-
ing research aciviies in sae research programs, he frs projec
iniiaed by he consorium will be a synhesis o member saes
recenly compleed and ongoing projecs. By launching his
sudy, he consorium objecives o developing synergy andproviding a more e cien use o resources are now underway.
Southeastern Transportation Consortium Convenes at LTRC
Compared o oher modifers, G uses less energy and
produces lower emissions. Tis is due o lower blend-
ing emperaures and reduced mixing ime. In addiion,
approximaely 12% o he base asphal is displaced when
modiying he mixure wih G, creaing a reducion in
asphal rom he refnery as well as less refning o crude oil.Te combined resul is a subsanial reducion in creaed
carbon emissions. Te use o G is a promising echnol-
ogy or Louisiana wih signifcan poenial o enhance
pavemen perormance and saisy curren marke needs
wih respec o supporing he recycling o scrap ires.
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By he end o 2010, Louisiana will haverecycled over 300,000 scrap ires in con-srucion projecs, wih more planned on
uure projecs.
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Featured Research
Development and Performance Assessment of an FRPStrengthened Balsa-Wood Bridge Deck
ypically, highway bridge decks in he US are made o seel-
reinorced concree, bu repair and mainenance coss o hese
bridges incurred a he ederal and sae levels can be over-
whelming. As a resul, ransporaion agencies have searched or
new cos-eecive and reliable consrucion maerials. One very
promising alernaive is he Fiber einorced Polymer (FP)
bridge deck sysem, as FP composies have ound increasing
applicaions in bridge design and consrucion.
In his projec, researchers aimed o develop an innovaive FP-
wrapped balsa wood bridge deck sysem suiable or replacing
a damaged bridge seel grid deck, assess he opions or long-
erm monioring, and develop long-erm monioring guidelines.
Te ulimae objecive is o ake advanage o he promising
characerisics o FP maerials o develop a more durable, less
mainenance-inensive bridge sysem o save limied unds or
more urgen needs in he ransporaion inrasrucure sysem.
Te bridge seleced or his sudy, which is on roue LA 70 in
Assumpion Parish, eaures a concree deck and bens, seel
I-beam, and a removable span. Buil in 1988, he bridge has
a design load o HS20-44 and an average daily ra c (AD)
o approximaely 6000. Te supersrucure heigh, he span
lengh, and he eaure o movabiliy make his seel span a good
candidae o be replaced wih a FP slab sysem. Te span o be
replaced has eigh 25 . x 6 . deck panels. Te FP-wrapped
balsa wood deck panels ha are bonded on he I-girders have he
same dimensions as he seel grid deck panels. In his projec,
he primary issues o ineres or he bridges long-erm peror-
mance monioring are: (1) he inegriy o he FP-wrapped
Balsa wood bridge deck sysem; (2) srains in he ransverse di-
recion o he deck and he longiudinal direcion o he individ-
ual girders and (3) bridge deckgirder inerace bond inegriy.
Te insrumenaion plan was designed o measure he live
load response behavior o he supersrucure. Te cenral our
composie panels and supporing girders were insrumened
wih sensors. Boh inernally and exernally atached fberopic FBG and OD sensors were used in his projec. Tese
sensors enable boh shor-erm and long-erm monioring o
srains, slips, and emperaure in boh deck and girder members
Sixeen radiional srain ransducers, six acceleromeers, and
eigh Acousic Emission (AE) sensors were also mouned during
he live load esing conduced immediaely aer consrucion,
working as a reerence or cross checking he fber opic sensor
(FOS) insrumenaion sysem.
Te new bridge deck consiss o pre-abricaed FP-wrapped
balsa wood unis. Balsa wood beams were wrapped wih GFP
shees. Te deck was adhesively bonded o he seel girder
using cusomized epoxy. Live load esing was perormed on
he bridge, and colleced daa are currenly being analyzed or
publicaion in a fnal repor.
Te next application for this deck may be as a
replacement for existing moveable bridge decks.
Gil Gaureau, DOD Srucures and Facili-ies Mainenance Engineer
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Featured Research
Mechanistic Flexible Pavement Overlay Design Program
DOD currenly ollows he 1993 AASHO pavemen designguides componen analysis mehod in is exible pavemen
overlay hickness design. Such an overlay design mehod,
however, does no require perorming any feld or laboraory
ess o assess exising pavemen srucural condiions. Insead,
pavemen engineers have o use a pre-assigned, parish-based
subgrade resilien modulus value and a se o srucural layer
coe ciens in an overlay hickness design. Obviously, such a
procedure could poenially lead o an over- or under-designed
overlay hickness since none o he design parameers represen
acual feld condiions.
Te objecive o his projec was o develop an overlay design
mehod/procedure ha is used or a srucural overlay hickness
design o exible pavemen in Louisiana based upon (1) in-siu
pavemen condiions and (2) non-desrucive es (ND)
mehods, specifcally he alling weigh deecomeer (FWD)
and/or Dynaec.
Fieen exible pavemen overlay rehabiliaion projecs were
seleced or his sudy. Field esing consised o conducing
ND deecion ess (FWD and Dynaec) along boh ra c
direcions on each seleced projec. Among hem, our projecs
were seleced or he Phase I sudy and he res were used in
Phase II. For Phase I projecs only, in-siu layer hicknesses o
exising pavemens were measured hrough auguring, and he
mid-deph emperaures o asphal concree layers were con-
inuously moniored during ND esing. Te overlay hickness
design analysis was perormed based on six seleced ND-based
overlay design procedures as well as he Mechanisic-Empirical
Pavemen Design Guide (MEPDG) soware and he curren
DOD componen analysis mehod. Consrucion cos andlie-cycle cos analyses were also included in his sudy.
A FWD deecion-based overlay hickness design procedure
was developed in his sudy or srucurally rehabiliaing ex-
ible pavemens in Louisiana. Based on he resuls o his sudy,
he ollowing specifc observaions and conclusions may be
drawn:
Te 1993 AASHO ND procedure generally over-esima-ed he eecive srucural number or he exising exible
pavemens in Louisiana, which would resul in an under-
designed overlay hickness.
Wihou urher modifcaion or calibraion, none o he
six-seleced ND procedures or soware could be direcly
applied in an overlay hickness design in Louisiana since
none represen a Louisiana pavemen condiion.
Te Louisiana Pavemen Evaluaion Char, originally de-
veloped by Kinchen and emple, has been proved no only
applicable o he Louisiana exible pavemen condiions, bu
is also based on he elasic muli-layered pavemen heory.
Tereore, i can be urher used in he evaluaion o exising
pavemen srenghs o Louisiana exible pavemens.
A srong correlaion beween FWD and Dynaec deer-
mined srucural numbers were obained. Such a correlaion
is deemed useul since i builds a link beween he layered
elasic heory applied in a exible pavemen srucure and
Louisiana in-siu pavemen condiions.
Te cos-benef analysis indicaed ha, in lieu o he curren
LADOD componen analysis overlay design mehod, a
signifcan amoun o cos savings ($74,419 per mile) would
resul in applying he proposed FWD-based overlay design
mehod developed rom his sudy.
Te developed FWD-based overlay design procedure is recom-
mended o be used or Louisiana exible pavemens srucural
overlay hickness design unil such ime as LADOD can imple
men he new MEPDG mehod. For low-volume roads where a
higher probabiliy o uncional insead o srucural overlay is
required, his proposed overlay design process would be o litle
use excep o validae ha a srucural overlay is no required.
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Education & Training
Because raining is a neces-
sary componen o careeradvancemen, DOD suppors
and promoes an environmen
o coninual learning. Tis
amosphere allows employees
o maximize heir poenial and
provide qualifed personnel
crucial o he eecive manage-
men o he ransporaion sys-
em. Trough specialized and
inensive job-specifc rainingand educaion programs, LC
reaches ou o he individual
working in he ransporaion
indusry.
LC manages DODs
Srucured raining Programs;
develops mainenance and con-
srucion raining maerials and
programs; coordinaes semi-
nars, workshops, and coner-
ences or coninuing educaion
and proessional developmen;
and conracs wih he privae
and public secors or unique
raining needs.
Te DOD Srucured raining Program is a deparmen-sancioned, progressiveraining curriculum ha requires specifc work-relaed raining be compleed a each
level o an employees career pah. DOD suppors and promoes an environmen
o coninual learning and eels ha raining is a necessary componen and an inegral
par o career advancemen. Srucured raining can involve proessional developmen
echnical skills raining, coninuing educaion, and hands-on and on-he-job raining.
Te program manages he work orce developmen or he personnel in consrucion,
mainenance, and supervisory/leadership posiions. Te program also provides liaison
assisance o headquarers personnel and disric raining personnel or policy inerpre
aion and compliance decisions.
Te Consrucion and Maerials raining Program manages he Inspecor/echnician
Cerifcaion Program or DOD and he Louisiana ransporaion indusry. Tis
program develops consrucion and maerials raining maerials and coordinaes he
raining, esing, auhorizaion, cerifcaion, and re-cerifcaion o inspecors and
echnicians saewide in each area o consrucion.
Te Mainenance raining Program ocuses on he developmen o new job-specifc
courses relaed o job uncions, work processes and sae operaion o equipmen used
by mainenance feld personnel. Tese courses promoe an awareness o sae pracices
and atiudes needed or maximum job perormance.
DOTD Structured Training ProgramDOTD Structured Training Program
LRC coninues o manage he
Inspecor/echnician cerifcaion
program or he LouisianaDeparmen o ransporaion and
Developmen and he Louisiana
ransporaion indusry. e char
a righ shows all cerifcaion
acions or fscal year 2009-2010
(91 new consrucion cerifcaions
awarded; 73 re-cerifcaions
processed).
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Education & Training
Construction and Maintenance Course Development
Presentations/Classes
Tere were 16 courses/projecs developed or revised dur-ing his ime period, 10 in consrucion and 6 in maine-
nance.
Construction Training Course/Projects Completed
Sampling and esing o Plasic Concree Manual -
Implemened
Inroducion o Highway Plan eading - Complee
Base Course Inspecion Manual - Implemened
Surveying wih ransis, Teodolies, and oal
Saions Manual - Implemened Lab Saey Procedures or Secion 19 - Implemened
Insrucion Video or DOD 304 - Deermina-
ion o Specifc Graviy and Densiy Characerisics o
Compressed Asphalic Mixures - Compleed
Consrucion Leveling - evision Implemened
evision o Applicaion o Qualiy Assurance Specifca-
ions or Asphalic Concree Mixures - Compleed
Governmenal Ehics/Ehics or Consrucion
Personnel - evision
Inroducion o ransporaion Permis (sel sudy
course or Secion 43 )- Implemened
Maintenance Courses/Projects Completed
Prevenive Mainenance o DOD Vehicles -
Compleed
Sewer Je Par 1 and Par II SOCL - Implemened
Aspen Bridge Access Uni Model A40 Par I and Par II
SOCL - Compleed
Mainenance Mah Volume II - Compleed
Basic Flagging Procedures evision or use in
Immersive Virual Learning Environmen
Herbicide Spray ig SOCL - Compleed
Tere are 10 projecs currenly on-going, 8 in consrucionand 2 in mainenance.
Construction Current/On-Going Projects
evision oPCC Paving Inspection Manual
evision oPCC Plant Inspection Manual
evision oStructural Concrete Inspection Volumes I
and IIManuals
Video or Sampling and esing o Plasic Concree
Qualiy Assurance Manuals or Asphalic Concree
and Embankmen and Base Course Conex Sensiive Soluions raining Maerials
Managemen o he Inspecor/echnician Cerifcaion
Program or DOD and he Louisiana ransporaion
Indusry
Maintenance Current/On-Going Projects
Basic Business Mah
SOCL Mobile Crash Atenuaor
Basic Flagging in Immersive Virual Learning Environmen -
13 classes, 305 sudens
Lockou/agou or Secion- 45 - 25 sudens
How o Use Adobe eader or IQ-Box egisraion
How o Use he Basic Funcions o EN
How o Use he PC raining Worksaion
ra c Conrol hrough Mainenance Work Areas -
104 sudens
Dump ruck Saey and Operaions and Operaor Daily
Mainenance o Dump rucks Superpave Mix Design and Analysis in Disric 62 -
9 sudens
Asphalic Concree Mix Design Class or McNeese
Universiy - 16 sudens
rain-he-rainer disance learning or revised Subsance
Abuse, Harassmen, and Violence in he Workplace classes
or Disric rainers
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Management
DevelopmentTrainingTis program oversees several mandaory
supervisor y, managemen developmen,
and career developmen raining pro-
grams: he Leadership raining Program,
a srucured raining program or DOD
employees in a proessional job series;
he Engineering echnician Supervisory
raining Program, a supervisory rainingprogram or DOD engineering echni-
cians; he DOD Supervisory Maine-
nance raining Program or rades, cras,
and mainenance supervisors; and he
Civil Service Supervisory raining pro-
gram or supervisors no covered by oher
DOD raining programs.
Courses or hese raining programs are
delivered hrough several sources: he
Governor s O ce Comprehensive Public
raining Program (CPP), he DOD
Human esources Secion, he LC/
DOD Conrac wih he LSU Division
o Workorce Developmen, and in-house
raining courses developed by LC.
Tere are currenly 2,471 employees
acively paricipaing in he manage-
men developmen raining programs.
Te number o insrucor-led individual
course compleions or his period o ime
was 1,911.
Education & Training
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Workforce Development
Tis is a new program creaed a LC o accomplish heollowing: develop and creae an annual Workorce Develop-
men Plan (WDP); serve as liaison o LC ransporaion
Curriculum Council (CC) as oulined in PPM 47; collabo-
rae specifcally wih Disric Adminisraors o suppor sa
developmen, raining and planning; and coordinae Execuive
Leadership raining.
Te frs DOD WDP was compiled or he DOD Secreary
during 2009-2010. Te plan provides execuives and managers
wih a ramework o make sa ng decisions based on DODssraegic goals and objecives and a se o desired workorce
compeencies ha would help sa perorm heir jobs more e-
fcienly and eecively. Te Plan addresses he need o atrac
and reain sa ha can mee a changing work environmen
and expecaions such as an increase in reiremens due o he
rapidly aging workorce, he challenge o compeiion or jobs
wih he privae secor, an increasingly mobile workorce, and
he necessiy o pursuing a ater organizaional srucure. Tis
Plan analyses he Deparmens work, workorce, and sraegic
direcion o creae a beter plan or developing he workorceneeded or he uure.
Headquarters Training
Tis program assiss secion heads and designaed secionraining coordinaors in providing heir employees he raining
prescribed by he raining programs governing heir employ-
ees posiions. Tis program provided he ollowing or he
Headquarers secions:
Orienaion Monhly presenaion a new employee ori-
enaion. Tis year provided 112 new employees inormaion
abou respecive raining programs and how o ulfll individual
raining requiremens.
Excepion repors I an employees raining is incomplee
a he ime o a proposed personnel acion, such as a meriincrease or promoion, an excepion may be allowed i i is he
resul o circumsances over which he employee has no con-
rol, such as scheduling or unavailabiliy. Over 100 employee
raining records were reviewed and excepions graned his
year.
esing esing sessions are held 3 imes a monh or sel-
sudy courses. Employees were given 105 ess or dieren
courses his year.
raining Tis year classes were conduced o rain 111
employees in opics o include: Basic Flagging, ra c Conrol
hrough Mainenance Work Areas, Lockou/agou, Dump
ruck Saey and Operaions, and Operaor Daily Mainenance
o Dump rucks
Support for Higher Education
Education & Training
LC coordinaes he saewide DOD Engineer esource
Developmen Program (EDP), which provides srucured
roaional raining or enry-level engineers. LC also manages
he Cooperaive Educaion Program or engineering sudens, a
cooperaive endeavor beween DOD and universiies wihin
Louisiana o employ ull-ime universiy sudens o perorm
engineering work and receive pracical experience in he feld
o civil and ransporaion engineering. During 2009-2010, 8
people paricipaed in he EDP and 34 paricipaed in he Co-
operaive Educaion Program. In addiion, 48 graduae sudens
were suppored hrough LC research projecs during 2009-
2010.
LC also aciliaes he DOD Suppor Program or Civil En-
gineering Sudies, a cooperaive endeavor beween DOD and
Louisiana sae universiies wih civil engineering programs. I
provides pracical experience o civil engineering sudens who
selec ransporaion-relaed opics among heir engineering
design courses. DOD suppors his program fnancially, and
universiies gran academic credi o is paricipans. Te senior
design projecs are ransporaion-relaed and are included
in courses or which junior- or senior-level sudens receive a
grade. A he end o he senior design projec, paricipans pro-
vide copies o he fnal repor o LC and give a 15-20 minue
presenaion. LSU, Universiy o Louisiana a Laayete, and
McNeese Sae Universiy paricipaed in he program during
2009-2010.
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TTEC
he ransporaion rain-
ing and Educaion Cener(EC) is dedicaed o he
delivery o ransporaion rain-
ing, proessional developmen
opporuniies, coninuing edu-
caion, and echnology ranser
o engineers, echnicians, and
oher proessionals rom Louisi-
anas public and privae secors.
Trough his new aciliy, LC
is expanding he scope andavailabiliy o raining, hereby
serving a larger populaion.
ECs sraegy is o assis and
enable workorce developmen
using principles o sraegic hu-
man capial improvemen. Te
goals o his sraegy are o:
Creae and provide sound
raining.
ransiion curren classes/
raining ino he disance
learning environmen where
appropriae.
Incorporae insrucional
design conceps, uiliz-
ing he alens o ormally
rained designers o updae
and modernize courses.
External Training Activities
LCs exernal raining program, which includes even managemen o workshopsand conerences, coninues o supply he proessional developmen and echnical skills
raining necessary or sraegic human capial improvemen, workorce developmen,
and he career growh o all DOD employees and he greaer ransporaion com-
muniy o he region. Tis raining program is vial or DOD, local governmens, and
privae indusry. Exernal raining saisfes specifc needs by providing job relaed rain
ing opics hrough parnerships wih universiies and privae raining providers.
EC was he hos or he majoriy o hese evens which included Naional Highway
Insiue (NHI), Federal Highway Adminisraion (FHWA), Louisiana Sae Univer-
siy, Universiy o New Orleans, and Norhwesern Universiy courses. Te number osudens atending EC courses increased by 35% his year as 4842 sudens atended
over 300 courses oered by EC rom July 2009 hrough June 2010, an 8% increase
over he pas year. EC also achieved a 9% decrease in he raining cos per suden
by careully monioring and managing raining conracs and agreemens. Te breakou
o courses is shown below along wih he number o sudens per class ype:
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TTEC
Individual Registrations
TTEC Researches New Learning Technology in Classrooms
In addiion o managing courses in-house, he cener provides
he opporuniy o atend courses, conerences, seminars, and
oher educaional and raining opporuniies oered by ouside
paries. During 2009-2010, LC managed regisraions or
502 employees o atend conerences, courses, seminars, and
oher educaional and raining opporuniies. EC was also
responsible all he logisical, sie managemen, auomaion, and
audio/visual suppor or 11 conerences atended by 1125 par-
icipans a various meropolian areas around he sae.
EC is progressing
wih he Evaluaion o
Knowledge ranser in
an Immersive Virual
Learning Environmen
or he ransporaion
Communiy projec
(10-1SS). Tere are
approximaely 800
deahs in highwaywork zones each year
(Naional Work Zone
Saey Inormaion
Clearinghouse, 2009).
Tis research projec explores he use o vir ual learning
echnology or work zone raining, wih he goal o increase
work zone saey. Te use o virual echnologies promises
o be an exciing new raining mehod ha increases suden
engagemen and subsequen knowledge ranser, and in he
conex o his sudy, increase saey awareness as well.
Tis research esed he use o an Immersive Virual Learn-
ing Environmen (IVLE) simulaing real-world highway
work zones. IVLEs go beyond radiional visual learning
by presening images ha combine a new orm o visual
learning and virual experienial learning in a way ha is
more congruen wih an
individuals visual images
sored in memory, hus
improving learning ranser
and reenion. Such engage-
men in he learning aciviy
allows learners o move
beyond he memorizaion
o he presened conceps
and ino he applicaion andsynhesis o he maerial.
Tis is he frs experimen
ha LC is aware o ha
used a sample o he rade
workorce rom governmen and privae sources, who were
diverse in educaion, socioeconomic background, and pro-
pensiy o use echnology. Tis research expanded he sci-
enifc knowledge o adul educaion, specifcally ha which
deals wih knowledge ranser in an IVLE as i enhances and
supplemens radiional learning.
Te purpose o his research sudy was o deermine i an
IVLE increased engagemen in he learning aciviy such ha
learners moved beyond memorizaion o presened conceps
and ino he applicaion and synhesis o he maerial.
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Tech Transfer
As LCs ormal research
program coninues o
invesigae soluions o Louisi-
anas ransporaion problems,
he echnology ranser pro-
gram serves he wider ranspor-
aion communiy by imple-
mening hese research fndings
and echnological innovaions.
Wheher hrough echnical
assisance on DOD projecs,publicaions, videos, seminars,
or workshops, echnology
ransers ulimae goal is o dis-
seminae pracical knowledge o
municipaliies, parishes, and he
ransporaion indusry a large.
In Ocober 2009, over 100 ransporaion proessionals, engineers, and consulans
gahered or a day o concree opics and discussion in he EC audiorium. Mike
Ayers wih he American Concree Pavemen Associaion (ACPA) kicked o he semi-
nar by presening Concree Basics. Ayers discussed he essenials or building qualiy
pavemens such as design, maerials, consrucion pracices, and qualiy conrol and
qualiy assurance (QC/QA) programs.
Te seminar hen held a brie roundable discussion on curren issues and problems in
he concree feld. Aernoon opics ocused on uure echnologies including calorimery, mauriy, and non-desrucive esing (ND) devices. Following hese discussions,
yson upnow, LC, spoke on air conen in Louisiana where he explained air ypes,
benefs o using air in concree, mix designs, and oher saes specifcaions. He also
presened a summary o he y ash research ha is currenly being explored a LC,
explaining es mehods, chosen maerials, recen progress, and preliminary resuls.
Te seminar concluded wih a fnal roundable discussion. In his discussion, panel
members answered quesions on Inernaional oughness Index (II) specifcaion
updaes, he microwave moisure es, cross siching, and ho weaher concree speci-
fcaions.
. . . .
esearchers and engineers wih LC, LADOD, and Louisiana universiies repre-
sened Louisiana a he ransporaion esearch Board (B) 89h Annual Meeing
ha was held in Washingon, D.C., January 10-14, 2010. Speakers rom across Loui-
siana presened resuls rom numerous LC sponsored research projecs hrough
presenaions as well as poser sessions. More han 10,000 ransporaion proessionals
rom around he world atended he even.
In March, LC coninued is seminar series o he year by inviing local B speakers
o share heir B presenaions, allowing ransporaion proessionals who were un-
able o atend he Washingon meeing useul inormaion regarding Louisianas laes
ransporaion research. Wih nine sessions in opics ranging rom geoechnical, pave-
men, policy, maerials, and ra c research, 25 presenaions were made hroughou
he wo-day seminar a he EC aciliy. Te seminar atraced over 75 ransporaion
proessionals rom across he sae. Te session ha gained he mos atenion was he
second session, which consised o our pavemen paper presenaions. Pavemen op-
ics included he use o sabilized blended calcium sulae, new approaches o indexing
roughness, feld ruting under dieren ypes o loading, and alleviaing ransverse join
auling in joined concree.
Seminar Series Focuses on Concrete,
Transportation Research Board Papers
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Te Louisiana echnical Assisance Program (LAP) conin-
ued is raining and proessional developmen eors provid-
ing over 150 learning opporuniies o over 3,000 local and
sae ransporaion proessionals across he sae. Tese
oerings included radiional workshops, on-sie classes,
and webinars or e-learning sessions. LAP parnered wih
DODs ra c Engineering O ce and he Louisiana Mu-
nicipal Associaion o develop and broadcas a series o ra c
engineering 101 webinars. Tese webinars provided DOD
an e cien way o convey DOD policy updaes o he localcommuniy and o encourage eedback rom local parici-
pans. LAP also coordinaed a series o saewide lisening
sessions wih he local ransporaion communiy on he new
DOD driveway rule and oher meeings on he righ o way
program.
LAP parnered wih he Louisiana Parish Engineers and
Supervisors Associaion o presen wo saewide coner-
ences, which included echnical opics as well as ehics, public
bid law requiremens, and oher imporan opics. In conjunc-
ion wih he Louisiana American Public Works Associaion,
LAP sponsored a frs ime susainabiliy or local com-
muniies workshop a EC, which eaured naional and
local speakers. LAP coninued o expand is local road saey
eors oering relaed raining, muliple echnical assiss and
managemen o over 100 low-cos saey improvemens.
Te Louisiana Sraegic Highway Saey Plan includes LAP
and he Local oad Saey as a member o he Implemena-
ion eam and Marie Walsh, LAP direcor, as he co-chair
o he Occupan Proecion Focus Area eam. LAP also
assised he Louisiana Highway Saey Commission and he
Deparmen o Public Saey by planning and conducing nine
impaired driving workshops or local and sae law enorce-
men o cers as well as a rain he rainer workshop or speed
managemen aciliaors.
Marie Walsh, LAP direcor, paricipaes in naional road
saey eors and was appoined as an associae member o
AASHOs Sanding Commitee on Highway ra c Saey
Local Technical Assistance Program
he Louisiana Local echnical Assisance Program(LAP) is one o 52 ceners in a naional nework ha
provides services o he local ransporaion communiy
in each sae, Puero ico, and he Naive American ribal
areas. Each cener operaes independenly o develop and
implemen programs ha bes mee he needs o he local
ransporaion agencies while sharing a common naional
mission o oser a sae, e cien, and environmenally
sound surace ransporaion sysem by improving skills
and increasing knowledge o he ransporaion workorce.
LAP also shares our naional ocus areas ha include
inrasrucure mainenance, saey, workorce developmen,
and value delivery.
Te LAP provides an array o services geared specifcally o
he local agencies and personnel ha manage and mainain
Louisianas local roads and ransporaion sysem. raining
classes and workshops have been primary services oered
since he program began in 1986. Classes are rouinely o-
ered a eigh locaions around he sae as par o he ongo-
ing oads Scholar program. Special opic classes are also
oered, and on-sie on-demand workshops are also avail-
able. LAP also provides echnical assisance on reques,
publishes a quarerly newsleter, and mainains a publicaion
and video library.
2009-2010 Highlights
and o he AASHO Subcommitee on Saey Managemen.
She is a member o he Naional LAP Associaions Execuive
Commitee and serves as he co-chair o he NLAPA Saey
Workgroup. She was honored wih he 2010 NLAPA Naiona
Achievemen Award a he annual meeing in July.
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Tech Transfer
Project Capsules
09-5C
Evaluaion o Non-Desrucive echnologies or
Consrucion Qualiy Conrol o HMA and PCC
Pavemens in Louisiana
09-2PImplemenaion o olling Weigh Deecom-
eer (WD) in PMS and Pavemen Preservaion
07-1BEvaluaion o Warm Mix Asphal echnology in
Flexible Pavemens08-3SS Developing Louisiana Crash educion Facors
09-1S
Monioring Load Disribuion and Faigue Cos
Esimaes o Heavy ruck Loads on Louisiana
Sae Bridges
10-1GMeasuring Levee Elevaion Heighs in Norh
Louisiana
10-1SS
Evaluaion o Knowledge ranser in an Im-
mersive Virual Learning Environmen or he
ransporaion Communiy
09-2S
Perormance and Analysis o Concree Bridge
ailing Using Convenional and Composie
einorcemen
08-3SEvaluaion o Design Mehods o Deermine
Scour Dephs or Bridge Srucures
10-1C
Evaluaion o Surace esisiviy Measuremens
as an Alernaive o he apid Chloride Permea-
biliy es or Qualiy Assurance and Accepance
Technical Assistance ProjectsDissemination of Information
LCs echnical assisance program provides labora-
ory esing, feld esing, and orensic invesigaion in
direc response o Deparmenal inquiries or exper
analysis on DOD projecs. LC also provides assis-
ance o sae universiies or laboraory or feld esing
on research projecs no unded by LC. During he
2009-2010 fscal year, LC responded o 112 echni-
cal assisance requess.
0
20
40
60
80
100
01 02 03 04 05 06 07-08*
08-09
09-10
echnology ransers ulimae goal is o disseminae pracicalknowledge o municipaliies, parishes, and he ranspora-
ion indusry a large. LCs Publicaions and Digial Media
Developmen Program mees DODs inormaional and
raining needs hrough newsleters, brochures, annual repors,
capsules, Web developmen, and video producion/pho-
ography. During 2009-2010, LC published 12 echnical
summaries, 10 projec capsules, 4 echnology oday newsle-
ers, 13 fnal repors, and 2 echnical assisance repors. For
a complee lising o publicaions and presenaions by all
LC personnel, please visi our Web sie a www.ltrc.lsu.edu/09_10publications.html.
*January 1, 2007-June 30, 2008
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Technical Assistance Reports
09-1A
Mini adhakrishnan
and Cheser G. Wilmo
Impac o Le Lane ruck esricion Sraegies on Mulilane Highways
in LouisianaA Lieraure eview
06-1A Samuel B. Cooper, Jr. Evaluaion o HMA Mixures Conaining Sasobi
Final Reports & Technical Summaries
423/
424
Murad Y. Abu-Farsakh, Qiming
Chen, and Sungmin YoonUse o einorced Soil Foundaion (SF) oSuppor Shallow Foundaion
437*ober N. Bruce, Jr., John J.
oller, and Henry G. ussellSrucural Monioring o igoles Pass Bridge
438John Eggers and yson
D. upnow
Flexural Srengh and Faigue o Seel Fiber einorced Concree
(2004 Hale Boggs Deck)
439Khalid Alshibli, Ayman M. Okeil,
and Bashar Alramahi, Ph.D.Updae o Correlaions beween Cone Peneraion and Boring Log Daa
440 Aziz SaberField Verifcaion or he Eeciveness o Coninuiy Diaphragms or
Skewed Coninuous P/C P/S Concree Girder Bridges
441Ayman M. Okeil, Yilmaz Bingol,
and Md. ubia FerdousA Novel echnique For Siening Seel Srucures
443 Guoqiang Li, Aziz Saber Eliminaion o Deck Joins Using a Corrosion esisan FP Approach
444 Mosaa A. Elseif
Analysis o Seasonal Srain Measuremens in Asphal Maerials under
Acceleraed Pavemen esing and Comparing Field Perormance and
Laboraory Measured Binder ension Properies
446Gavin P. Gaureau and Pallavi
BhandariDevelopmen o a Geoechnical Inormaion Daabase
447 D. M. Gri n, Jr.Volume Balance and oxiciy Analysis o Highway Sormwaer Discharge rom
Cross Lake Bridge
449
Murad Y. Abu-Farsakh, Sungmin
Yoon, and Ching sai Calibraion o esisance Facors Needed in he LFD Design o Driven Piles
457 Mark Marinez Te ideabiliy o a Deeced Bridge Approach Slab
466 Zhi-Qiang DengFirs Flush eacor or Sormwaer reamen or Elevaed
Linear ransporaion Projecs
LTRC Publications
* echnical Summary no ye published
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Professional Organizations
Transportation Research Board (TRB)Committees/Panels AHB20 Freeway Operaions Commitee
ABJ70 Arifcial Inelligence and Advanced Compuing Ap-
plicaions
ANB10 (3) Subcommitee on Emergency Evacuaion
Highway Saey Manual ask Force
AFS70 Geosynheics
AFP20 Exploraion and Classifcaion o Earh Maerials
AFP40 Physicochemical and Biological Processes in Soils
AFP10 Pavemen Managemen Sysems
AFS10 ransporaion Earhworks
AFD60 Flexible Pavemen Design
AFP60 Engineering Behavior o Unsauraed Soil
AFF80 Srucural Fiber einorced Plasics
AFF30 Commitee on einorced Concree Bridges
A2C02(1) mehods o analyzing seel bridges
AFF40 Non-desrucive Evaluaion o Srucures Subcom-
mitee
AFN30 Durabiliy o Concree (Chair)
AFN10 Basic esearch and Emerging echnologies elaed
o Concree
AFN40 Concree Maerials and Placemen echniques AFN20 Properies o Concree (Communicaions Coordi-
naor) AFK 20 Characerisics o Biuminous Maerials
AHD 20 Pavemen Mainenance Commitee
AFK 40 Characerisics o Biuminous-Aggregae Combina-
ions o Mee Surace equiremens (Chair)
AFK 50 Characerisics o Biuminous Paving Mixures o
Mee Srucural equiremens
AHD 20 Pavemen Mainenance Commitee
AFD 20 Pavemen Monioring , Evaluaion and Daa Sorage
AFP 30 Soil and ock Properies, Friend o he Commitee AFK 00 Biuminous Maerials Secion
AFK 10 General Issues in Asphal echnology
AHD18 Pavemen Preservaion
ABG40 Library and Inormaion Science or
ransporaion (LIS)
NCHP 20-68A Domesic Scan Program
NCHP 26-83(5) Climae Change and he Highway
Sysem: Impacs and Adapaion Approaches
NCHP 20-89 Inellecual Propery Sewardship Guide or
ransporaion Deparmens
NCHP 20-91 European oad Associaions ER-NEoad esearch Program
NCHP Projec 10-05, Modulus Based Consrucion
Specifcaion and Issues or Highway Earhwork and
Unbound Base Maerials
Training Memberships Souheas ask Force on echnician raining and Qualifca-
ion
Consrucion Cerifcaion Commitee DOD esing Procedures Commitee
LA Comprehensive Public raining Program (CPP)
Curriculum Commitee
EN o LSO Planning Commitee
CPP Saewide raining Coordinaors represenaive
or DOD
Civil Service Mandaory raining Coordinaors
represenaive or DOD
DOD Loss Prevenion Commitee
American Sociey or raining and Developmen LAOD - Louisiana rainers Group
Sociey o Governmen Meeing Planners
Special Library Associaion
American Associaion o Sae Highway and ransporaion
O cials esearch Advisory Commitee
ransporaion Knowledge Nework ask Force
(AASHO/RC/KN/F)
Naional ransporaion raining Direcors Organizaion
(Presiden)
Miscellaneous Inernaional Seering Commitee or ravel Survey Coner-
ences
US Universiies Council on Geoechnical Engineering
esearch (USUCGE)
Engineering Geology and Sie Characerizaion Commitee
Geo-Insiue.
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Louisiana Engineering Sociey (LES)
LSU Communicaion across he Curriculum (CxC)
American Associaion or Wind Engineering Louisiana DOD Commitee onImplemenaion o AASH-
O-LFD
American Academy o Mechanics (AAM)
American Sociey or Engineering Educaion (ASEE)
American Sociey o Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Geo-Insiue Geoechnics o Soil Erosion and
Scour Commitee
Sociey o Plasic Engineers
Inernaional Commitee or Composie Engineering
FHWA Binder Exper ask group member FHWA Emulsion esper ask orce member
Associaion o Asphal Paving echnologis (AAP)
Managemen Commitee o he Asphal Pavemen Analyzer
Users Group
Souheasern Asphal User Producer Group, Board Member
esearch Advisory Group o he Naional Sone, Sand, and
Gravel Associaion, Board Member
Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Deparmen Level Honor
Sociey
au Bea Pi, College o Engineering Level Honor Sociey Phi Kappa Phi, Universiy Level Honor Sociey
American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) ransporaion and Developmen Insiue, Planning and
Economics Commitee
Highway Saey Commitee
ASCE-ACI Join Commitee 343 Concree Bridge Design
Associae Edior, Journal o Bridge Engineering
Commitee Member, Dynamics Commitee Member, Compuaional Mechanics
Commitee Chair, Experimenal Analysis & Insrumenaion
Commitee Member, Srucural Wind Eecs
Journal o Maerials in Civil Engineering, Associae Edior
Maerials Engineering Division, Biuminous Maerials Com-
mitee
Louisiana Chaper o &DI Execuive Commitee
American Concrete Institute (ACI) Commitee 440 Fiber einorced Polymer einorcemen
Associae Member, ACI Commitee 335, Composie and
Hybrid Srucures
Consuling Member, ACI Commitee 423, Presressed
Concree
American Society for Testing andMaterials (ASTM) Subcommitee D04.20 on Empirical ess o Biuminous
Mixures
Subcommitee D04.22 on Eec o Waer & Oher Elemens
on Biuminous Coaed Aggregaes
Subcommitee D04.24 on Biuminous Surace reamens
Subcommitee D04.25 on Analysis o Biuminous Mixures,
Chair
Subcommitee D04.26 on Fundamenal / Mechanisic ess,
Subcommitee D04.44 on heological ess
Subcommitee D04.45 on Specifcaions or Modifed
Asphal
Subcommitee D04.46 on Durabiliy & Disillaion ess
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StaffListing
Of ce o the DirectorHarold Skip Paul, P.E., Direcoroni Daigle, Execuive Services AssisanTeresa ankin, Adminisraive Managerina Blanchard, Accounan
External ProgramsVijaya (V.J.) Gopu, Ph.D., P.E., Associae Direcor
Research and DevelopmentMark Morvan, P.E., Associae Direcor, esearchBridge LeBlanc, Execuive Services Assisan
Pavement and Geotechnical ResearchZhongjie Doc Zhang, Ph.D., P.E.Pavemen & Geoechnical esearch AdminisraorPavement ResearchKevin Gaspard, P.E., Pavemen esearch Engineer ManagerMark Marinez, P.E., Pavemen esearch EngineerMichell errell, Pavemen echnician 5Shawn Elisar, Pavemen echnician 4Glen Gore, Pavemen esearch Specialis 2Pavement Research Facility - ALFZhong Wu, Ph.D., P.E., Assisan Proessor - esearch
Acceleraed Pavemen esearch Program ManagerGeorge Crosby, C.P.C., Pavemen esearch Specialis 3Keih Gillespie, Pavemen esearch Specialis 3Leicia Courville, Ph.D., E.I., esearch Associae 4
Xiaoming Yang, esearch Associae 4Geotechnical ResearchGavin Gaureau, P.E., Senior Geoechnical esearch EngineerKhalil Hania, E.I., Geoechnical esearch Engineer
Alvin Mix, III, Senior Geoechnical echnician
Douglas Hinon, Geoechnical echnician 3Paden Schilling, Geoechnical echnician 3Geotechnical Engineering Research LaboratoryMurad Abu-Farsakh, Ph.D., P.E., Associae Proessor, esearch
GEL ManagerQiming Chen, Ph.D., esearch Associae 4Pallavi Bhandari, Compuer Analys III
Xinbao Yu, Ph.D., esearch Associae 3Benjamin Comeaux, esearch Specialis
Materials ResearchChris Abadie, P.E., Maerials esearch AdminisraorAsphalt ResearchWilliam Bill King, Jr., P.E., Asphal esearch ManagerMd. Sharear Kabir, E.I., Asphal esearch EngineerGregory ullier, Senior Asphal echnician
William Gueho, Asphal echnician 5Parick Frazier, Asphal echnician 4Concrete Researchyson upnow, Ph.D., P.E., Concree esearch EngineerParick Icenogle, E.I., Concree esearch Engineer
andy Young, Senior Concree echnicianMat ircui, Concree echnician 5Shane Laws, Engineering echnician 3Engineering Materials Characterization Research Facility(EMCRF)Louay Mohammad, Ph.D., Proessor, EMCF Manager
Abraham Bae, Ph.D., P.E., esearch Associae 4Amar aghavendra, P.E., Applicaions Engineering ManagerMinkyum Kim, Ph.D., esearch AssociaeStructures Research
Walid Alaywan, MSCE, P.E., Senior Srucuresesearch Engineer
Planning/IntermodalCheser Wilmo, Ph.D., Associae Proessorechnology ranser & rainingSam Cooper, MSCE, P.E., Associae Direcor,
echnology ranser & rainingDavid Jumper, I echnical SupporMary Mumphrey, Audio Visual Consulan
Angela Benn, Adminisraive Program SpecialisPublications & Digital Media Development
Jenny Speighs, Public Inormaion DirecorNick Champion, Audio and Video Producion
Jenny Gilber, echnical WrierEmily Wole, Muli Media Specialisechnology ranserMichael Boudreaux, P.E., echnology ranser Engineer
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StaffListing
Structured raining Programsea inka McFarland, DOD Srucured raining DirecorCindy winer, Consrucion and Maerials Program ManagerC. Gordon Smih, Managemen Developmen
Program ManagerKaren Cordell, Headquarers raining Program ManagerCandy Cardwell, raining & Developmen Program Manager,
Workorce Developmen PlanningMike Elliot, Engineering echnician DCLKeih Beard, Engineering echnician DCLKelvin Sone, raining and Developmen Specialisex ansome, raining and Developmen Specialis
John Whiworh, esearch Associae
External Educational ResourcesGlynn Cavin, Ph.D., ransporaion raining and
Educaion Cener (EC) AdminisraorMary Leah Coco, LC raining Evens Program Manager
Allison Landry, raining and Developmen SpecialisMelissa Lee, raining and Developmen SpecialisSandy Brady, LibrarianBrenda Wole, EC Adminisraive AssisanLocal echnical Assistance ProgramMarie Walsh, Ph.D., Direcor, LAPBob Breaux, LAP O ce ManagerDavid McFarland, LAP eaching Associae
LTRC Head of Structured TrainingHonored with Dunbar Award
ea inka McFarland, DOD Srucured raining Direcor, has been named a 2009
recipien o he highly eseemed Charles E. Dunbar, Jr. Award, he highes honor classi-
fed sae employees can receive or heir service o he ciizens o Louisiana. Te Civil
Service League besows he award on local, sae, and municipal civic serv ice employees
who disinguish hemselves hrough unselfsh service, conribuions oward workplace improvemen, personal iniiaive, andvoluneer communiy service.
inka holds a Cerifcaion in Supervisory echniques (CS, 1992) and is a Cerifed Public Manager (CPM, 1994.) She was
a member o he commitee ha worked in cooperaion wih Louisiana Sae Universiys Division o Workorce Develop-
men o implemen a cerifcaion program or raining and developmen o mee naional sandards. In 2000, she compleed
he series o pilo classes leading o a Louisiana Sae rainer Cerifcaion and a Cerifcae in Human esource Develop-
men wih an emphasis on adul educaion. She also acively served in he Louisiana Sociey o Cerifed Public Managers
organizaion, acing as he Nominaion Chair or hree years and a Direcor-a-Large or Membership or six .
Over he years, McFarland has also paricipaed in many major DOD eors. She oversees DODs Workorce Devel-
opmen Policy, PPM 59, which esablished he Deparmens workorce philosophy. Te policy ormally recognizes ha
developing a workorce hrough srucured raining, proessional developmen, coninuing educaion, and on-he-job rain-
ing is essenial o maximize employee poenial and provide qualifed personnel crucial o he eecive managemen o he
ransporaion sysem. McFarland also served as a lead member o a commitee ha won DODs eam o he Year award in
2002 or revising he Srucured raining Program or DODs Engineering echnician series. Ou-daed raining require-
mens were revised, and 45 new job-specifc raining programs were pu in place. However, he accomplishmen o which
she is mos proud was he concepion, implemenaion, and managemen o he ebuilding Opporuniies and Developmen
(OAD) Program, a lieracy skills upgrade program allowing work release ime or employees o learn o read or work oward
a GED. DOD had more han 90 employees who received heir GED during he eigh years he program was in place.
DOD was he frs sae agency wih such a program.
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ichard Savoie, P.E., Chairman
Chie Engineer
LADOD
Norma Jean Matei, Ph.D., P.E.
Chair, Civil and Environmenal Engineering
Universiy o New Orleans
Ernes Walker, Ph.D., P.E.Dean, College o Engineering
Souhern Universiy
J.O. Uppo, Ph.D., P.E.
Coordinaor, Deparmen o Civil Engineering
McNeese Sae Universiy
George Voyiadjis, Ph.D.
Chairman, Deparmen o Civil & Environmenal Engineering
Louisiana Sae Universiy
Eric Kalivoda, Ph.D., P.E.
Assisan Secreary
LADOD
Ken McManis, Ph.D., P.E.
Proessor and Head o Deparmen o Civil Engineering
Universiy o Louisiana a Laayete
Aziz Saber, Ph.D., P.E.
Proessor o Civil Engineering & ScienceLouisiana ech Universiy
Bob Bruce, Ph.D., P.E.
School o Science and Engineering
ulane Universiy
Harold . Paul, P.E., ex o cio
LC Direcor
Genevieve Smih, observerFederal Highway AdminisraionLT
RCPolicyC
ommittee