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Research & Development
Research and Development at the University of Saskatchewan Transportation Centre includes five main components:
- Advanced Mechanistic Road Materials and Road Design
- Transportation Economics and Productivity
- Transportation Safety
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Road Infrastructure Asset Management
Project Idea Submission
The Saskatchewan Centre of Excellence for Transportation and Infrastructure provides funding for research projects that will support industry and the development of innovative technologies to address infrastructure concerns that are being faced in Saskatchewan.
Click here to retrieve a copy of the Project Proposal Submission Form.
Each submitted Project Proposal will be reviewed according to the criteria indicated on the Project Proposal Review Form which is available here.
Advanced Mechanistic Road Materials and Road Design
The advanced Road Materials and Road Design section deals with:
- 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
Transporation Economics and Productivity
The Transportation Economics and Productivity section includes:
- Safety Regulation
- Weights and Dimension Regulation
- Driver Qualifications
- Vehicle Stability
- Transportation Economics
- Fuel Efficiency
Transportation Safety
The Transportation Safety section includes:
- 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
Intelligent Transportation Systems
The Intelligent Transportation System includes:
- 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
Road infrastructure Asset Management
The Road Infrastructure Asset Management section includes:
- Pavement Management Systems
- Maintenance Management Systems
- Risk Analysis
- Statistical Analysis