FHWA Awards $1 Million To Minority Universities For Transportation Research |
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Federal Highway Administration
November 20, 2001
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Contact: Karen Whitney
Telephone: 202-366-0660
FHWA 38-01
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced that it has established $1 million in cost-sharing cooperative agreements with Minority Institutions of Higher Education (MIHEs) to conduct transportation research and technology activities.
"Research
is key to improving highway safety, reducing environmental impacts and
alleviating traffic congestion,” FHWA Administrator Mary E. Peters said.
"The cooperative agreements announced today reflect our ongoing commitment
to more fully utilize the tremendous resources at our nation’s renowned
minority institutions to help us fulfill our research goals.”
FHWA's
competitive assistance program allows MIHEs to compete solely with one another
for cooperative, cost-sharing agreements. The
program's goal is to foster MIHE research and technology activities that will
contribute substantially to the FHWA's mission and help prepare the faculty and
students at these institutions to successfully participate in the competitive
research arena.
The agreements matched the expertise and capabilities of 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) with FHWA's specific research needs. The list of 2001 recipients follows:
| Project Title | Recipient | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Construction of Pavement Subsurface Drainage Systems--Workshops| Alabama A&M University |
$80,662 |
Emerging Transportation Issues Facing Central Cities and the Contributions of MIHE to Resolving Those Issues | Clark Atlanta University |
$93,936 |
Transportation Options for Brownfield Redevelopment | Clark Atlanta University |
$62,219 |
Effectiveness, Criteria, and Guidelines of Triple Left Turn Lanes | Florida A & M University |
$62,500 |
Safety First: A campaign to Protect Students from Premature Death Caused by Environmental and Behavior Factors; Safety Challenges on a Rural
Road | Langston University |
$62,500 |
Effect of Proximity to a Highway on Real Property Value | Morgan State University |
$75,129 |
Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Shear Distribution for Bridges | New Mexico State University |
$68,752 |
Enhancing Rutting Performance of Flexible Pavements | Southern University |
$46,827 |
Pavement Smoothness Strategies | Texas Southern University |
$56,250 |
Synthesis Report on Changeable Message Signs That Depict Symbols and Words | Texas Southern University |
$62,500 |
Identify Pedestrian Crash Types and Associated Safety Engineering Countermeasures in American Indian Tribal Areas | University of New Mexico |
$62,543 |
Identify Pedestrian Crash Types and Associated Safety Engineering Countermeasures in Rural States | University of New Mexico |
$62,500 |
Safety Consequences of Paving Gravel Roads | University of New Mexico |
$100,000 |
Professional Development and Training in a Complex Cultural Milieu | University of New Mexico |
$9,375 |
Synthesis Report on Locations of Driving Simulators used to Test the Perception of Traffic Control Devices | University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez |
$23,997 |
Application of Damage Mechanics to Assessment of Concrete Deterioration | University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez |
$51,616 |
Evaluation of State Highway Agency Adoption of Practices for Utilizing SUPERPAVE Asphalt
Materials and Mix Design | University of Texas El Paso |
$68,396 |
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