Kansas State University Transportation Center: Reflecting Safety and Sustainability
Keeping drivers of all ages safe on the roads and highways is no easy task, and engineers at the Kansas State University Transportation Center (K-State UTC) spend their time making the nation’s highways safer and more sustainable. Robert Stokes, professor of civil engineering at Kansas State University and Director of the UTC, explains that highway safety is an extremely important [...]
Missouri University of Science and Technology: The building blocks of safer transportation
Imagine buildings and bridges that “talk” to engineers and tell them when the structures are starting to age or break down. Imagine a gel so strong that it can stop bullets, yet, so light that a small child can pick it up, because it is 95% air. The Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES) at Missouri University of Science and [...]
Nebraska Transportation Center: Educating the next generation
If you have ever seen a NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) crash into a solid concrete wall at 150 miles per hour, you know that the scene is filled with smoke, emergency vehicles, and people rushing in to pull the driver from his mangled car. However, what you don’t see are the individuals who spend endless hours [...]
University of Kansas Transportation Research Institute: Fueling the future
Imagine going to a station and filling your car with fuel made from algae. Or, after you finish cooking, taking the waste oil out to your garage and dumping it into your car. These ideas may seem far-fetched, but scientists from various fields are coming together at the University of Kansas Transportation Research Institute (KU TRI) to find new alternatives to fossil [...]
Student Clubs: Toying with transportation
Do you love anything on wheels like Stefon Gonzalez, or have the railroad in your DNA like Stewart Buck, or believe in the Flying Effect like Linda Castner? At Go!, we get the opportunity to talk to people who love transportation. An overwhelming number of the people we interview can tell us the first moment they knew they loved planes, [...]
InTrans: The intersection of research, education, and outreach
Every time you ride your bike, hop in the car or even walk your dog along the street, you become part of the complex web of transportation. In Iowa, the creators and facilitators of that web have many responsibilities, including keeping the transportation system safe and continually making improvements to it . To accomplish these goals, the Institute for Transportation [...]
School Spotlight: Tech training for railroad engineers
Tech training for railroad engineers
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Study biorenewable fuels in Iowa community colleges
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