Welcome to the Unpaved Roads Institute
The Road Dust Institute (RDI) has changed its name to the Unpaved Roads Institute (URi) to better reflect the increased interest general unpaved road management issues. We would like to welcome you to our new website. First conceptualized in 2008, we are continually evolving with input and support from our founding partners and the Federal Lands Highway of FHWA. Today, […]
Biaxial Response of Polymeric Structural Membranes
ARRA: Sorbent Modified Fly Ash as Sole Binder for Structural Concrete Mixtures
AASHTO selects Asphalt Pavement Project for National Recognition
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has selected a WTI project as one of its national “Sweet Sixteen” High Value Research Projects. WTI researchers Ning Xie, Natalie Villwock-Witte, and Laura Fay led a project for the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) entitled “Optimization of Elastic Polymer Modification Rates Based on […]
WTI’s Laura Fay Quoted in Wired on-line article about Un-Paving Roads
A recently published WIRED on-line article, “Cash-Strapped Towns are Un-Paving Roads they Can’t afford to Fix,” includes a quote from WTI’s Laura Fay. It also references an NCHRP report Fay contributed to, which highlights the growing trend of unpaving roads due to lack of infrastructure maintenance funds. Visit Wired for the full article.
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering has publishes a recent publication on recycled pavement materials
The Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering has published a recent publication on recycled pavement materials, authored by Ning Xie and colleagues: Xie, N., Shi, X., Dang, Y., and Pace, A. (2015). “Upcycling of Waste Materials: Green Binder Prepared with Pure Coal Fly Ash.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001414, 04015138. Read the full […]
Quantifying Salt Concentration On Pavement, Phase 2
Culvert Asset Management System Best Practices/Pilot Project
WTI Journal Article Highlighted by MSU Research Publications
In October, MSU Research Publications highlighted the following journal article by WTI researchers: Estimation of Seasonal Daily Traffic Flow of Agricultural Products & Implications for Implementation of Automatic Traffic Recorders http://trrjournalonline.trb.org/doi/10.3141/2477-03 Transportation Research Record Shane Forsythe, Jerry Stephens, Yiyi Wang , Civil Engineering