4190 Bell Engineering Center
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
479-575-6021
martrec@uark.edu
Abstracts from Completed Projects
Maritime and Multimodal Supply Chain Management
- A Policy and Infrastructure Evaluation Model of Commodity Flows through Inland Waterway Ports
- A supply chain-oriented methodology to analyze performance of port-related multimodal freight infrastructure
- Analysis of Blockchain’s Impacts on and Applicability to Maritime Industry
- Changing Trade and Transportation Patterns: NAFTA, Cuba, and the US Gulf Coast
- Climate Financing for Marine Transport: Analyzing the Impact of Climate Adaptation Investments in Inland Waterways
- Combining Truck and Vessel Tracking Data to Estimate Performance and Impacts of Inland Ports
- Developing and Applying a Methodology to Identify Flow Generation Influences between Vessel and Truck Shipments
- Development of AIS Model of Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Travel Times
- Driving Simulators as Educational Outreach for Freight Transportation
- Dynamic Decision Modeling for Inland Waterway Disruptions
- Economic Impacts of Lock Usage and Unavailability
- Efficient Dredging Strategies for Improving Transportation Infrastructure Resilience
- Exposure to STEM: Diversity in Maritime Transportation
- Inland Waterway Travel Time Prediction
- Interdisciplinary Educational Outreach with Traffic Sensor Build Kits
- Learning from USACE Open Data for Locks
- Marine Transport: Documenting the need for value-chain collaborative approaches to achieve decarbonization
- Measures of Freight Network Resiliency During the Covid-19 Pandemic
- Modal Comparison of Domestic Freight Transportation Effects on The General Public:2001–2019
- Modeling Dynamic Behavior of Navigable Inland Waterways
- Multimodal Transport and TransLoad Facilities in Arkansas
- Regional Economic Impact Study of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
- Shipping Container Chassis in the US: The Legacy of Ocean Carriers
- Supporting Secure and Resilient Inland Waterways
- Supporting Secure and Resilient Inland Waterways - Phase Two
- The Changing Legal Landscape of Intermodalism
Maritime Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
- A Digital Twin for Visualizing, Evaluating and Maintaining Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure
- A Multimodal Network Approach to the Inland and Coastal Waterway System
- Assessing Maritime Infrastructure along the Mississippi: Chokepoints and Implications for Food Security
- Bio-Inspired Stabilization of Levee Slope on Expansive Yazoo Clay at the Maritime and Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure in Mississippi
- Climate Impacts on Lock Use and Performance
- Corrosion-Tolerant Pre-Stressed CFRP Fatigue Retrofits for Improved Waterway Lock Reliability
- Development of a Design Protocol: Sustainable Stabilization of Slope using Recycled Plastic Pin in Mississippi
- Development of Rapid Setting Soil-Cement Mixture Designs and Performance Testing
- Dredging projects selection when the random shoaling effect is considered
- Economic Impact of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway on the States It Serves
- Effect of Permeability Variation of Expansive Yazoo Clay at the Maritime and Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure in Mississippi
- Effect of Swell-Shrink Characteristics on Landslides in Yazoo Clay
- Engaging the Business and Tourism Industry in Visualizing Sea Level Rise Impacts to Transportation Infrastructure in Waikiki, Hawaii
- Evaluating the Performance of Intermodal Connectors
- Evaluation of Hydrogel–stabilized Expansive Soils in Mississippi for Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure Design
- Exploration of Novel Multifunctional Open Graded Friction Courses for In-situ Highway Runoff Treatment
- Fatigue Crack Control in Waterway Lock Gate Pintle Locations Subjected to Multi-Modal Fracture
- Green technology approach for capturing pollution washed from transportation infrastructures
- Identifying Critical Waterway Infrastructure and Managing Risk Associated with Natural Disasters
- Identifying High-Risk Roadways for Infrastructure Investment Using Naturalistic Driving Data
- In-Situ Monitoring and Assessment of Post Barge-Bridge Collision Damage for Minimizing Traffic Delay and Detour
- Innovative Bio-Mediated Particulate Materials for Sustainable Maritime Transportation Infrastructure
- K8 MEMES: K-8 Maritime Education Modules to Engage Students
- Large Scale Evaluation of Erosion Resistance of Biocementation against Bridge Scour and Roadway Shoulder Erosion
- LNG Bunkering for Marine Vessels at the Port of New Orleans: Siting and Facility Components
- Liquefied Natural Gas Phase II: The Future of LNG for the US and Gulf Coast Economies
- Liquefied Natural Gas Phase III: Export Competition in a Well Supplied, Flow-Shifting Global Economy
- Mississippi Multimodal Freight Analysis Model
- Modifying Ramp Management Strategies to Enhance Resiliency of Freeway Facilities
- Network Science-based Analysis of the US Marine Highway Network and a Random Graph Model for the Intermodal Port Network
- Optimal Dredge Fleet Scheduling within Environmental Work Windows
- Optimal Dredge Fleet Scheduling - Phase 2
- Port Infrastructure Resilience through Combined Wind-Surge Demand Characterization
- Quantifying Resiliency of Maritime Transportation Systems
- Rapid Assessment of Internal Erosion Damage and Erodibility in Levees
- Rapid and Non-Destructive Assessment of Levees for Strength and Liquefaction Resistance
- Trade-Off Analytics for Infrastructure Preservation
- Using CSA Cement for Novel Waterway Repair Materials
Disaster Response and Transportation Planning for Coastal and River Valley Communities
- Analysis of the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Vessel and Cargo Movements in the United States
- Assessment of Evacuation Network Performance under Different Evacuation Scenarios
- Development of Freeway Corridor Capacity Measure to Improve Transportation Resilience
- Development and Implementation of Sustainable Transportation Resilience Indicators
- Development of a Large-Scale Traffic Simulation Model or Hurricane Evacuation of Mississippi Coastal Region
- Evacuation Behavior and its Mobility Impacts in Coastal Communities from Across the Nation
- Evaluating Coastal and River Valley Communities Evacuation Network Performance Using Macroscopic Productivity
- Evaluating the Resilience of Port Operations to Local and Regional Transportation Infrastructure
- Impacts of COVID Restrictions on Freight Transportation in Coastal and Intermodal Port Regions
- Informing post-disaster restoration through modeling interdependent agriculture and transportation network
- Informing Post-Disaster Restoration through Modeling Interdependent Agriculture and Transportation Networks Phase 2
- Interdependency of Port Clusters during Regional Disasters
- International Port Dependencies and Resilience to Supply Chain Disruptions
- Measurement of Traffic Network Vulnerability for Mississippi Coastal Region
- National Inventory and Analysis of Transit Oriented Development in Proximity to Coasts and Port Facilities
- Novel Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Analytics Methods for Tracking and Monitoring Maritime Traffic
- Prediction of Port Recovery Time after a Severe Storm Project
- Quantification of Multimodal Transportation Network Vulnerability: A Pilot Study in Mississippi
- Road Sign Recognition during Computer Testing versus Diving Simulator Performance for Stroke+Aphasia Groups
- Statistical Analysis of Vehicle Crashes in Mississippi based on Crash Data
- Towards Integrating Resilience into Everyday Transportation Practices of Coastal and River Valley Communities
- The Unintended Consequences of Flood Mitigation along Inland Waterways
- Utilizing Graceful Failure As An Opportunity for Flood Mitigation Downstream to Protect Communities and Infrastructure
- Visualizing Sea Level Rise Impacts in Transportation Planning
- Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) and Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Passenger and Freight Vehicle Applications to Enhance Safety and Efficiency in Coastal Evacuations
- Vulnerability of Fuel Distribution Systems to Hazards in Coastal Communities