Research & Development

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Research and Development at the University of Saskatchewan Transportation Centre includes five main components:

1. Advanced Road Materials and Road Design
2. Transportation Economics and Productivity
3. Transportation Safety
4. Intelligent Transportation Systems
5. Road Infrastructure Asset Management

 

Advanced Road Materials and Road Design

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The advanced Road Materials and Road Design section deals with:

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  • Road Distress Analysis
  • Advanced/Engineered Road Materials
  • Innovative Road Reclamation/Recycling
  • Thermomechanistic Materials Characterization
  • Modified Mechanistic Road Modeling
  • Polymerized Asphalt Cement
  • Soil Stabilization/Modification
  • Recycled/Reclaimed Roads

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Transportation Economics and Productivity

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The Transportation Economics and Productivity section includes:

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  • Safety Regulation
  • Weights and Dimension Regulation
  • Driver Qualifications
  • Vehicle Stability
  • Transportation Economics
  • Fuel Efficiency

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Transportation Safety

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The Transportation Safety section includes:

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  • Field Performance of Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
  • Collision Investigation
  • Vehicle Safety Defect Investigation
  • Crash Performance of Occupant Protection Devices
  • Child Restraint Systems
  • School Bus Safety
  • Commercial Vehicle Safety

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Intelligent Transportation Systems

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The Intelligent Transportation System includes:

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  • Weigh-in-Motion
  • Central Tire Inflation
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Commercial Vehicle Operations
  • Automated Ports of Entry
  • Toll Road Systems
  • Vehicle Tracking System
  • Weight Enforcement
  • Road Friendly Vehicle Technologies

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Road Infrastructure Asset Management

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The Road Infrastructure Asset Management section includes:

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  • Pavement Management Systems
  • Maintenance Management Systems
  • Risk Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis

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