Sponsored Projects
Accelerated Testing for Studying Pavement Design and Performance - FY 98 
Sponsor: Midwest States Pooled Fund and FHWA
($127,500) 12/97-8/98 (P)
Accelerated Testing for Studying Pavement Design and Performance - FY 97 
 Sponsor: Midwest States Pooled Fund and FHWA 
($112,500) 5/97-4/88 (P)
Guidelines for Removal of Handrails on Narrow Culverts and Bridges 
 Sponsor: Kansas and US Depart. of Transportation (KDOT and US DOT) 
($50,500) 1996-97 (P)
Bridge Construction Expert System 
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
($22,000) 1995-96 (P)
Development of Accelerated Testing Facility - Phase II (pre-approved) 
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
($97,050) 1995-96 (P)
Use of FWD Data to Determine Pavement Structural Evaluation (PSE) Values 
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
($56,000) 1995-97 (C)
Bridge Rating Using the KDOT-FWD and Other Methodologies 
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
($42,000) 1995-96 (P)
Targeting Expert Systems for Bridge Engineering 
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
($5,200) 1994-95 (P)
Concrete Dead Load Deflections of Continuous Steel Girder Composite Bridges
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
($27,000) 1994-95 (P)
Development of an Accelerated Pavement Testing Facility for the Development of an Innovative Load Transfer System for Concrete Pavement: X-FLEX 
Sponsors: Cardwell International, Ltd. & 
                Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp. (KTEC)
($158,000) 
($100,000)
1994-95 (P)
Development of an Accelerated Testing Laboratory for Experimental Studies to Mitigate Deterioration of Highway Pavement in Kansas 
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
($127,593) 1994-95 (C)
Computerized Sign Inventory Feasibility Study 
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
($28,000) 1993-94 (C)
Expert System for Fabrication Errors Solutions 
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
($20,000) 1992-93 (P)
Crane/Building Interaction 
Sponsor: Association of Iron & Steel Engineers (AISE)
($240,000) 1989-91 (R)
FASTBRID Expert System 
Sponsor: U.S. Federal Highway Administration
($40,000) 1990-91 (P)
Variable Amplitude Load Fatigue 
Sponsor: U.S. Federal Highway Administration
($1 million) 1986-91 (R)
  (P) designates Principal Investigator, (C) designates Co-Principal Investigator, (R) designates Co-researcher/investigator