Environment

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Active and Completed Projects

• Quantifying the influence of driver behavior on greenhouse gas emissions and air quality
  (09/2025)
• Development of Biochar Specification Criteria as Soil Amendment for Slopes, Conveyances and Stormwater Treatment Systems, Phase 2
  (09/2025)
• Evaluating Site and Conditions at Safety Rest Area for Risk Management
  (08/2025)
• Effective Pre-Treatment Method for Events Beginning as Rain
  (08/2025)
• Estimating Likely Mode Shift and Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Reduction Potential Using Travel Behavior Inventory Data and AI Algorithms
  (08/2025)
• Real-time marginal cost estimation for eco-routing navigation guidance: Phase 2
  (07/2025)
• Real-time marginal cost estimation for eco-routing navigation guidance: Phase 1
  (01/2025)
• Use of Innovative Sustainable and Durable Materials in Concrete Pavements
  (12/2024)
• Analyzing Truck Size and Weight Impacts on Vehicle Miles Traveled
  (06/2024)
• Assessing effectiveness of pond sediment removal for phosphorus management in stormwater ponds
  (06/2024)
• Transitioning to EV Fleets: Best Practices and A Decision Tool
  (05/2024)
• Impacts of shared mobility on infrastructure usage, greenhouse gas emissions, and accessibility
  (08/2023)
• Mitigating community harms of dense highway infrastructure "Spaghetti Junctions"
  (08/2023)
• Development of Biochar Specification Criteria as Soil Amendment for Slopes, Conveyances and Stormwater Treatment Systems, Phase 1.
  (07/2023)
• Managing urban pond vegetation to enhance water quality benefits
  (07/2023)
• Wet Pond Modeling for Contaminant Retention and Maintenance
  (05/2023)
• Beyond the sign: Influencing recreational boaters required behaviors
  (01/2023)
• Re-use of Minnesota waste material in sustainably design soils. Part 2.
  (10/2022)
• Evaluating Treatment and Options for Wastewater Treatment at Rest Areas and Truck Stations
  (07/2022)
• The values of dedicated right of way to transit ridership and carbon emissions
  (06/2022)
• Addressing the research needs for the sustainable application of TDA in stormwater infiltration/treatment.
  (06/2022)
• Feasibility Study: State - Tribal Partnership to Support Solar Energy
  (04/2022)
• Evaluation of Corrugated HDPE Pipes Manufactured with Recycled Content
  (08/2021)
• Enhancing Managed Lane Equity Analysis
  (06/2021)
• Turfgrass Seed Variety Evaluation Process
  (02/2021)
• Cost/Benefit Analysis of Fuel Efficient Speed Control Using Signal Phasing and Timing (SPaT) Data: Evaluation for Future Connected Corridor Deployment
  (08/2020)
• Stormwater Pond Maintenance, and Wetland Management for Phosphorus Retention
  (07/2020)
• Cost-Effective Roadside Vegetation Methods to Support Insect Pollinators
  (07/2020)
• Promoting the adoption of snow fences through landowner engagement
  (03/2020)
• Continued Monitoring of Stormwater Effluents from Filter Media in Two Bioslope Sites
  (08/2019)
• Evaluation of Environmental Impacts of Potassium Acetate Used as a Road Salt Alternative
  (08/2019)
• Groundwater Mounding and Chemicals of Emerging Concern Research and Education
  (07/2019)
• Wet Pond Maintenance for Phosphorus Retention
  (05/2019)
• Re-use of regional waste in sustainably designed soils
  (05/2019)
• Quantifying the Impacts of Complete Streets: The Case of Richfield
  (08/2018)
• Intensive Septic System Research
  (06/2018)
• Reducing Winter Maintenance Equipment Fuel Consumption Using Advanced Vehicle Data Analytics
  (06/2018)
• Design and Construction of Infiltration Facilities
  (06/2018)
• On-Demand Reactivity Enhancement to Enable Advanced Low Temperature Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engines
  (05/2018)
• PAG Rock Implementation Project - Map
  (03/2018)
• Connecting the Smart-City Paradigm with a Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems Framework to Advance Equity in Communities
  (01/2018)
• Characterization of Runoff Quality from Paved Low Volume Roads and Optimization of Treatment Methods
  (10/2017)
• Development and Regionalization of In Situ Bioslopes and Bioswales
  (08/2017)
• Investigating Wastewater Reuse at Safety Rest Areas and Truck Stations
  (06/2017)
• Adaptive Management to Improve Deicing Operations
  (06/2017)
• Cloud connected delivery vehicles: boosting fuel economy using physics-aware spatiotemporal data analytics and real-time powertrain control
  (03/2017)
• Erosion Control and Stormwater Management
  (12/2016)
• 2017 MnDOT Environmental Stewardship Conference
  (10/2016)
• Smartphone-Based Interventions for Sustainable Travel Behavior
  (10/2016)
• Septic System Research at MnDOT Safety Rest Areas
  (09/2016)
• Iron-Enhanced Swale Ditch Checks for Phosphorus Removal
  (06/2016)
• Reducing Emissions from Open Burning through Biomass Gasification
  (07/2015)
• SRN: Integrated Urban Infrastructure Solutions for Environmentally Sustainable, Healthy and Livable Cities
  (07/2015)
• Environmental Workshop, 2015
  (11/2014)
• Development of a Controlled-Trajectory Rapid Compression and Expansion Machine to Enable Fundamental Research on the Internal Combustion Engine
  (09/2014)
• Enhancement and Application of Minnesota Dry Swale Calculator
  (09/2013)
• 2013 Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Workshop
  (01/2013)
• Septic System Evaluation at MnDOT Rest Stops and Truck Garages
  (01/2013)
• Demand Focused Smart Energy Management in End User Environments for Sustainable Cities
  (01/2013)
• Enabling the Next Generation of Super Hybrid Transit Bus
  (01/2013)
• Proposal for Water Permit Streamlining Task Force Report
  (09/2012)
• Use of Biomass Wastes (Hydrochars) to Reduce Cement Content in Concrete
  (07/2012)
• Source Apportionment of Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in Highway Runoff: Are Transportation Activities a Major Source of PFCs?
  (05/2012)
• Measuring particulate air pollution using a mobile, bicycle-based platform: Implications for cyclists' and pedestrians' exposure to urban air pollution
  (05/2012)
• 2012 Focus Groups for the Local Road Research Board
  (03/2012)
• Advanced LED Warning Signs for Rural Intersections Powered by Renewable Energy (ALERT System): Phase II
  (12/2011)
• Validation of Wetland Mitigation in Abandoned Borrow Areas
  (03/2011)
• 2011 Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Workshop
  (03/2011)
• Decarbonising the "Last Mile": Leveraging Social Media and Mobile ICT to Mitigate the Carbon Footprint of Online Shopping
  (03/2011)
• Rethinking How We Manage Traffic to Reduce Emissions While Maintaining Mobility: A New Paradigm for Traffic Management
  (02/2011)
• Assessing and Improving Pollution Prevention by Swales
  (07/2010)
• Performance and Emissions of Second Generation Biofuel DME
  (07/2010)
• Viability and Benefits of Automated Rapid Transit for Minnesota
  (06/2010)
• Aqueous Pollutant Capture by Enhanced Filter Media
  (06/2010)
• 2010 Mn/DOT Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Workshop
  (03/2010)
• CSS Workshop and Advanced Flexibility in Design Curriculum, FY10
  (12/2009)
• Design of a Framework for Measuring Sustainable Regional Development
  (09/2009)
• Optimizing the Supply Chain for Cost and Carbon Footprint
  (08/2009)
• Research and Assess the Farmer and Mn/DOT Economic and Environmental Costs and Benefits of Living Snow Fences Including Carbon Impacts
  (06/2009)
• Addressing Climate Change in State and Local Environmental Review Policies
  (06/2009)
• Development of Hydrogen Based Power Systems for ITS Applications - FY10 NATSRL
  (06/2009)
• Convergence of Agriculture and Energy IV: Infrastructure Considerations for Biomass Harvest, Transportation and Storage
  (06/2009)
• Thermochemical Fuels: Solar at Night
  (04/2009)
• Tilling and Composting Compacted Soils to Decrease Urban Runoff
  (04/2009)
• Low Carbon Logistics through Supply Chain Design and Coordinations
  (03/2009)
• 2009 Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Workshop
  (02/2009)
• Minnesota Low Carbon Fuels Study
  (01/2009)
• Air Pollution Emissions from Conventional and Alternative Transportation Fuels
  (01/2009)
• Implementation of methodology for weed management practices - Phase II
  (10/2008)
• Requirements for Effective Fuel Economy Displays for Improving Fuel Economy and Safety
  (09/2008)
• Assessment and Recommendations for Operation of Standard Sumps as Best Management Practices for Stormwater Treatment
  (07/2008)
• Statistical Analysis of the Soil Chemical Survey Data
  (07/2008)
• Development of Design Methods for In-Stream Flow Control Structures
  (04/2008)
• Strategies for Reducing the Impacts of Surface Transportation on Global Climate Change: A Synthesis of Policy Research and State and Local Mitigation Strategies
  (03/2008)
• State Conservation Plan - Transportation Sub-Section of Land Use Practices Section
  (02/2008)
• Wetlands: Role of Buffers in Upland Infiltration, Nutrient Absorption and Wildlife Habitat
  (12/2007)
• Implementation of a Survey Method for Noxious Weeds
  (11/2007)
• Super Bus Project Phase I: Energy Audit
  (07/2007)
• Transportation Policy and Technology Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Minnesota
  (07/2007)
• Methodology to Incorporate Historic/Prehistoric Surface Hydrology layer in Mn/Model Using Existing GIS Data
  (01/2007)
• Wetland Mitigation in Abandoned Gravel Pits
  (10/2006)
• Subsurface Drainage Manual for Pavements in Minnesota
  (09/2006)
• Scoping in Environmental Review for Transportation Projects
  (05/2006)
• Modeling Traffic Impact on Denali Park Road
  (03/2006)
• Canada Thistle Seed Movement
  (03/2006)
• Development of a Trash Harvester for MNDoT Phase 2
  (01/2006)
• A Predictive Study of Use Impacts on the Denali Park Road
  (08/2005)
• Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit on West Broadway Neighborhoods in North Minneapolis
  (07/2005)
• Pavement Rehabilitation Selection
  (06/2005)
• Urban Development Effects on Runoff and Receiving Stream Temperatures
  (03/2005)
• 2005 Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Workshop
  (02/2005)
• Development of a Trash Harvester for MNDot Phase 1
  (01/2005)
• Wet Meadow Revegetation Following Invasive Plant Control
  (07/2004)
• Delivery of Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining Workshop
  (04/2004)
• Mapping Impervious Surface Area of Minnesota
  (04/2004)
• Chemical Inventory and Database Development for Recycled Material Substitutes
  (10/2003)
• Screening Tool for Using Waste Materials in Paving Projects
  (09/2003)
• Water Quality Performance of Dry Detention Ponds with Underdrains
  (09/2003)
• Minnesota Taconite as a Microwave-Absorbing Road Aggregate Material for Deicing and Pothole Patching Applications - FY04NATSRL
  (07/2003)
• Production and Characterization of Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculum
  (06/2003)
• Scoping Studies for the Development of Design Guidelines for Bioengineering in the Upper Midwest
  (05/2003)
• Adaptability and DNA Fingerprinting of Native Plant Population
  (01/2003)
• Urban Design, Transportation, Environment and Urban Growth: Transit-Supportive Urban Design Impacts on Suburban Land Use and Transportation
  (02/2001)
• Designing Pavement Drainage Systems
  (08/2000)
• Properties and Aggregate Potential of Coarse Taconite Tailings
  (07/2000)
• Management and Control of Reed Canary Grass in Restored Wetlands
  (07/2000)
• Site/Environmental Correlations in Northeastern Minnesota
  (02/2000)
• The Effects of Fire versus Mowing on Prairie Plant Communities
  (01/2000)
• Transportation and Regional Growth - Part V, Urban Design: Transportation & Urban Growth - Urban Design and the Environment
  (01/2000)
• Delineation of the Stiff Layer and Groundwater Conditions From FWD Data
  (09/1999)
• Fine Particle (Nanoparticle) Emissions on Minnesota Highways
  (06/1999)
• Environmental Hazard Assessment for Transportation-Related Chemicals
  (03/1999)
• Field Measurement of Granular Base Drainage Characteristics
  (05/1998)
• Identification of Transportation-Related Barriers Limiting Expansion of Minnesota's Share of International Visitation
  (03/1998)
• Automotive Exhaust Emissions During Cold-Starting
  (01/1998)
• Effect of Seeding Date on Establishment of Native Grasses
  (03/1997)
• Mn/DOT - Restoration Wetlands Success
  (12/1996)
• Identify Potential Sites for Energy Production from Woody Biomass
  (09/1995)
• Reintroduction of Soil Mycorrhizae into Roadside Prairie Planting
  (10/1994)
• Establishment of Native Sedge Vegetation in Created Wetlands
  (07/1994)
• Evaluation of LIDAR System for Area Sensing of Vehicle Emissions- Phase 2
  (07/1994)