NETC 04-1
Recycling Asphalt Pavements Containing Modified Binders

NETC 04-2
Driver-Eye-Movement-Based Investigation for Improving Work Zone Safety

NETC 04-3
Estimating the Magnitude of Peak Flows for Steep Gradient Streams in New England

NETC 04-4
Determining the Effective PG Grade of Binder in RAP Mixes

NETC 04-5
Network-Based Crash Prediction Using Geographic Information Systems

NETC PROJECT 04-1

PROJECT TITLE: Recycling Asphalt Pavements Containing Modified Binders

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): James Mahoney, University of Connecticut

PI E mail: james.mahoney@uconn.edu

PROJECT STATUS: Agreement being developed

INITIAL AGREEMENT DATE: To be determined

END DATE: To be determined

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

Phase I:

•  Provide a working definition of what constitutes a “Modified Binder”.

1. Identify all “Modified Binders” used in New England .

Phase II:

•  Identify possible problems or incompatibilities that could be encountered when combining the “Modified Binders     identified in Phase I.
•  Determine whether the current guidelines for recommended percentage of RAP in Superpave HMA mixtures are     applicable to RAP containing the “Modified Binders” identified in Phase I.
•  Select several of the “Modified Binders” identified in Phase I for further evaluation.
•  Provide recommendations or guidelines for recycling mixtures that contain the “Modified Binders” identified in Phase I.

REPORTS, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS: None

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NETC PROJECT 04-2

PROJECT TITLE: Driver-Eye-Movement-Based Investigation for Improving Work Zone Safety

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): Donald Fisher, Mike Knodler, and Elizabeth Niswande, University of Massachusetts Amherst

PI Email: fisher@ecs.umass.edu

PROJECT STATUS: Agreement being developed

INITIAL AGREEMENT DATE: To be determined

END DATE: To be determined

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

1. To determine how driver eye movements vary with different work zone designs.
2. To develop recommendations for more effective use of existing work zone traffic control devices.

REPORTS, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS: None

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NETC PROJECT 04-3

Project Title: Estimating the Magnitude of Peak Flows for Steep Gradient Streams in New England

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): Jennifer Jacobs, Thomas Ballestero, University of New Hampshire, and Richard Vogel, Tufts University

PI Email: jennifer.jacobs@unh.edu

PROJECT STATUS: Active

INITIAL AGREEMENT DATE: October 1, 2004

END DATE: March 31, 2007

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
This project will create a set of regression equations for estimating the magnitude of floods for steep gradient, ungaged, unregulated streams in New England . The analysis will be consistent with current U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) practice.

REPORTS, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS: None

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NETC PROJECT 04-4

PROJECT TITLE: Determining the Effective PG Grade of Binder in RAP Mixes

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): Jo Sias Daniel, University of New Hampshire and Walaa Mogawer, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

PI Email: jo.daniel@unh.edu

PROJECT STATUS: Active

INITIAL AGREEMENT DATE: October 1, 2004

END DATE: March 31, 2007

PROJECT OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this research is to develop a method to determine or estimate the binder grade of RAP mixtures from the properties of the mixture itself.

REPORTS, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS: None

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NETC PROJECT 04-5

PROJECT TITLE: Network-Based Highway Crash Prediction Using Geographic Information Systems

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): John Ivan, University of Connecticut and Per Garder, University of Maine Orono

PI Email: johnivan@engr.uconn.edu

PROJECT STATUS: Active

INITIAL AGREEMENT DATE: August 23, 2004

END DATE: August 23, 2006

PROJECT Objective(S): T he objective of this project is to estimate network-based crash prediction models that will predict the expected crash experience in various geographic areas as a function of the highway link, intersection, and land use features contained in the area.

REPORTS, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS: None

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