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CTS Research Seminars — Fall 2004
Every year, CTS offers a CTS Research Seminar Series. The seminars are open to anyone interested in learning more about transportation research at the University of Minnesota. Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and practitioners are encouraged to attend. There is no cost to attend, and registration is not required. Each seminar qualifies for one Professional Development Hour (PDH).
Also, the Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute, housed within CTS, presents the Advanced Transportation Technologies Seminar Series during fall semester of each year.
For more information, contact Chad Rathmann at CTS, rathmann@cts.umn.edu.
Fall 2004 Seminars
These seminars were be held in conjunction with meetings of the CTS Transportation Research Councils.
Behavior of Concrete Integral Abutments
Carol Shield, Department of Civil Engineering
November 12, 2004
Soil Erosion and Sediment Control From Highway Construction
Bruce Wilson, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
November 16, 2004
Bruce Wilson, professor in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Minnesota, gave an overview of important issues in erosion and sediment control by using the construction of TH 23 located near Spicer, Minnesota as an example. This construction project will spend roughly $4 million on erosion and sediment control. A summary of research activities support by CTS was then presented, including field work on the effectiveness of erosion control blankets, a laboratory study on shear partitioning of vegetal elements, and computer model development to be used for risk assessment of different management options. Key features of the erosion certification program administered jointly by the University of Minnesota and Mn/DOT were also presented.