Research

MarTREC’s research directly supports its maritime and multimodal transportation theme, addresses statutory research priorities and U.S. DOT strategic goals, and leverages the consortium’s expertise, research facilities and partnerships.

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Research focus areas

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Consortium universities

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USDOT University Transportation Center

Research Focus Areas

Focus Area 1

Maritime & Multimodal Supply Chain Management

Advancing understanding and improving operations to strengthen freight and supply chain reliability, reduce congestion and support economic vitality.

Focus Area 2

Resilient Maritime Infrastructure

Supporting state-of-the-art preservation, repair, design and construction of resilient multimodal transportation infrastructure.

Focus Area 3

Disaster Response & Transportation Planning

Enabling resilient, safe, efficient and effective multimodal transportation for coastal and river valley communities during disruptions and other major events.

Research Resources

Ongoing Projects

Current MarTREC research across all three focus areas.

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Completed Projects

Final reports and results from past MarTREC research.

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Grant Performance Reports

Progress reports submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Faculty Research Expertise

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Featured Project

Data Simulation to Support Interdependence Modeling of a Multimodal Transportation Network

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