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Studies and Projects Completed
July 1997 - December 1998

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Defense and Space

Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space

Aging of U.S. Air Force Aircraft -- Final Report

Assessment of Technology Development in NASA's [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Office of Space Science

Assessment of the U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command: Technical Assessment of the Man-In-Simulant Test (MIST) Program

Assessment of the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center

Development and Application of Small Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radars

Energy-Efficient Technologies for the Dismounted Soldier

Evaluating the Biological Potential in Samples Returned from Planetary Satellites and Small Solar System Bodies: Framework for Decision Making

The Exploration of Near-Earth Objects

Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System

Failed Stars and Super Planets -- A Report Based on the January 1998 Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects

Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station

An Initial Review of Microgravity Research in Support of Human Exploration and Development of Space

Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense

Modeling Human and Organizational Behavior: Application to Military Simulations

Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver From the Sea

A New Science Strategy for Space Astronomy and Astrophysics

Oceanography and Naval Special Warfare: Opportunities and Challenges

Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris

Readiness for the Upcoming Solar Maximum

Recapitalizing the Navy: A Strategy for Managing the Infrastructure

Report of the Workshop on Biology-Based Technology to Enhance Human Well-Being and Function in Extended Space Exploration

Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring

Review and Evaluation of the Air Force Hypersonic Technology Program

Review of the Mass Spectrometry and Bioremediation Programs of the Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center

Risk Assessment and Management at Deseret Chemical Depot and the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility

Science Management in the Human Exploration of Space

Scientific Assessment of NASA's SMEX - MIDEX Space Physics Mission Selections

Seismic Signals From Mining Operations and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Comments on a Draft Report by a Department of Energy Working Group

Space Technology for the New Century

Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition: New Approaches and Methodological Improvements

A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine in the New Century *

Supporting Research and Data Analysis in NASA's Science Programs: Engines for Innovation and Synthesis

Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force

    Vol. 1 -- Overview
    Vol. 2 -- Technology
    Vol. 3 -- Information in Warfare
    Vol. 4 -- Human Resources
    Vol. 5 -- Weapons
    Vol. 6 -- Platforms
    Vol. 7 -- Undersea Warfare
    Vol. 8 -- Logistics
    Vol. 9 -- Modeling and Simulation

Twenty-First Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics

U.S.-European Collaboration in Space Science

Using Supercritical Water Oxidation to Treat Hydrolysate from VX Neutralization


Education

Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering

Agriculture's Role in K-12 Education: Proceedings of a Forum on the National Science Education Standards

Developing a Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education -- Report of a Workshop

Educating Language-Minority Children

Equivalency and Linkage of Educational Tests -- Interim Report

Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests: Phase 1 *

Every Child a Scientist: Achieving Scientific Literacy for All -- How to Use the National Science Education Standards to Improve Your Child's School Science Program

Grading the Nation's Report Card: Evaluating NAEP [National Assessment of Educational Progress] and Transforming the Assessment of Educational Progress

High School Mathematics at Work: Essays and Examples for the Education of All Students

High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation *

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

Improving Student Learning in Mathematics and Science: The Role of National Standards in State Policy

Learning About Assessment, Learning Through Assessment

Learning from TIMSS: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study -- Summary of a Symposium

Longitudinal Surveys of Children

The Nature and Role of Algebra in the K-14 Curriculum -- Proceedings of a National Symposium

Next Steps for TIMSS: Directions for Secondary Analysis

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children *

Resources for Teaching Middle School Science

Science and Technology for Children [elementary science curriculum units]:

    Sound
    The Technology of Paper

Science and Technology for Children Discovery Deck [activity cards]:

    Experiments With Plants
    Floating and Sinking
    Food Chemistry
    Magnets and Motors
    Measuring Time

Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty: Interim Report 2, Evaluation of Revised 1993 County Estimates for Title I Allocations

Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success *

Taking Stock: What Have We Learned About Making Education Standards Internationally Competitive? -- Summary of a Workshop

Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science *

Uncommon Measures: Equivalence and Linkage Among Educational Tests *


Health, Safety, and Social Issues

Adequacy of the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program: A Focused Assessment

Adequacy of the VA [Department of Veterans Affairs] Persian Gulf Registry and Uniform Case Assessment Protocol

Advancing the Principles of the Prevention Through People Program

America's Children: Health Insurance and Access to Care *

Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Options -- Workshop Report

Assessing Readiness in Military Women: The Relationship of Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health

Assessment of Exposure-Response Functions for Rocket-Emission Toxicants

Between Zeus and the Salmon: The Biodemography of Longevity

Bridging the Gap Between Practice and Research: Forging Partnerships with Community-Based Drug and Alcohol Treatment

The Case for Human Factors in Industry and Government -- Report of a Workshop

Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response

Contraceptive Research, Introduction, and Use: Lessons from Norplant

Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Developing Countries: Research, Development, and Institutional Strengthening

Dietary Reference Intakes: Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride *

Dietary Reference Intakes: Definition and Plan for Review of Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds

Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline *

Disability Evaluation Study Design -- Interim Report I

Dispelling the Myths About Addiction: Strategies to Increase Understanding and Strengthen Research

Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research: Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability

Ensuring Safe Food: From Production to Consumption *

Evaluating Human Genetic Diversity

Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials

An Evaluation of Radiation Exposure Guidance for Military Operations -- Interim Report

Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests: Review of the National Cancer Institute Report and Public Health Implications

Food Chemicals Codex: First Supplement to the Fourth Edition

From Death to Birth: Mortality Decline and Reproductive Change

From Generation to Generation: The Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families *

Gender Differences in Susceptibility to Environmental Factors: A Priority Assessment -- Workshop Report

Halcion: An Independent Assessment of Safety and Efficacy Data

Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations: Time for Reassessment?

Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI) *

The Immigration Debate: Studies on the Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration

The Impact of Biology on Risk Assessment -- Workshop of the National Research Council's Board on Radiation Effects Research

Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical or Biological Terrorist Incidents: Interim Report on Current Capabilities

Internet Access to the National Library of Medicine's Toxicology and Environmental Health Databases

Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010 -- First Interim Report

Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010 -- Second Interim Report

Measuring the Health of Persian Gulf Veterans -- Workshop Summary

New Findings on Poverty and Child Health and Nutrition: Summary of a Research Briefing

Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation: Medical and Ethical Issues in Procurement

Orphans and Incentives: Developing Technologies to Address Emerging Infections -- Workshop Report

Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions in the Elderly and Special Issues in Elderly African-American Populations -- Workshop Summary

Prevention of Micronutrient Deficiencies: Tools for Policymakers and Public Health Workers

Privacy Issues in Biomedical and Clinical Research

Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States *

Providing National Statistics on Health and Social Welfare Programs in an Era of Change -- Summary of a Workshop

Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans

Reducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Military Women

Reducing the Burden of Injury: Advancing Prevention and Treatment

Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States *

Review of Acute Human-Toxicity Estimates for Selected Chemical-Warfare Agents

A Review of the Department of Defense's Program for Breast Cancer Research

Risk Communication and Vaccination -- Workshop Summary

Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water *

Scientific Opportunities and Public Needs: Improving Priority Setting and Public Input at the National Institutes of Health *

Setting Priorities for Drinking Water Contaminants

The Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process: A Framework for Research -- Second Interim Report

Summarizing Population Health: Directions for the Development and Application of Population Metrics

Systems of Accountability: Implementing Children's Health Insurance Programs *

Taking Action to Reduce Tobacco Use

To Improve Human Health: A History of the Institute of Medicine

The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks *

Vaccine Safety Forum -- Summaries of Two Workshops

Violence in Families: Assessing Prevention and Treatment Programs

Vitamin C Fortification of Food Aid Commodities -- Final Report

Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior -- Report of a Meeting

Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Research Perspectives

Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Review of the Evidence


Industry, Commerce, and Technology

Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety -- A Proceedings

Black and Smokeless Powders: Technologies for Finding Bombs and the Bomb Makers *

Ceramic Fibers and Coatings: Advanced Materials for the Twenty-First Century

Committee on Commercial Aviation Security Second Interim Report to the Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center

Computer-Based Patient Record: An Essential Technology for Health Care -- Revised Edition

Configuration Management and Performance Verification of Explosives-Detection Systems

Containing the Threat from Illegal Bombings: An Integrated National Strategy for Marking, Tagging, Rendering Inert, and Licensing Explosives and Their Precursors *

Double-Hull Tanker Legislation: An Assessment of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 *

The Ecology of Industry: Sectors and Linkages

Effectiveness of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium as a Government-Industry Partnership

Electronic Commerce for the Procurement of Construction and Architect-Engineer Services: Implementing the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act -- Conference Summary

The Evolution of Untethered Communications

The Future of Air Traffic Control: Human Operators and Automation

Improving the Continued Airworthiness of Civil Aircraft: A Strategy for the FAA's [Federal Aviation Administration] Aircraft Certification Service

The Industrial Green Game: Implications for Environmental Design and Management

Information Trading: How Information Influences the Health Policy Process

Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals

Manufacturing Process Controls for the Industries of the Future

The Meteorological Buoy and Coastal Marine Automated Network for the United States

Microelectromechanical Systems: Advanced Materials and Fabrication Methods

More Than Screen Deep: Toward Every-Citizen Interfaces to the Nation's Information Infrastructure

Nutrient Requirements of Swine -- 10th Revised Edition, 1998

People and Pixels: Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science

Policy Issues in Aerospace Offsets: Report of a Workshop

Precision Agriculture in the 21st Century: Geospatial and Information Technologies in Crop Management

Research Reactor Aluminum Spent Fuel: Treatment Options for Disposal

A Review of Decontamination and Decommissioning Technology Development Programs at the Department of Energy

Review of the Research and Development Plan for the Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies

Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles: Fourth Report

The Role of Chromium in Animal Nutrition

Stewardship of Federal Facilities: A Proactive Strategy for Managing the Nation's Public Assets

Tensions Between Science and Law in a High-Tech Society

Toward a New National Weather Service: An Assessment of the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System -- Operational Test and Evaluation of the First System Build

Toward a New National Weather Service: Future of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Network

Trust in Cyberspace *

The Unpredictable Certainty: Information Infrastructure Through 2000 -- White Papers

Use of Underground Facilities to Protect Critical Infrastructures

U.S. Industry: Restructuring and Renewal -- Borderline Case: International Tax Policy, Corporate Research and Development, and Investment

U.S. Industry: Restructuring and Renewal -- Industrial Research and Innovation Indicators

U.S. Supersonic Commercial Aircraft: Assessing NASA's High-Speed Research Program

Visionary Manufacturing Challenges for 2020


International Affairs

Controlling Dangerous Pathogens: A Blueprint for U.S.-Russian Cooperation

Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

Demography of Forced Migration -- Summary of a Workshop

Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations

Improving the Use of Science, Technology, and Health Expertise in U.S. Foreign Policy -- A Preliminary Report

International Friction and Cooperation in High-Technology Development and Trade -- Papers and Proceedings

Internet Counts: Measuring the Impacts of the Internet

Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan -- Committee on Japan Framework Statement and Report of the Competitiveness Task Force

The Myrna Mack Case: An Update

National Science and Technology Strategies in a Global Context -- Report of an International Symposium

Pacific Partnership for Health: Charting a Course for the 21st Century

Partners on the Frontier: The Future of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Science and Technology

Review of a Screening Level Risk Assessment for the Navy Air Facility at Atsugi, Japan

Technology Commercialization: Russian Challenges, American Lessons

Technology Transfer Systems in the United States and Germany: Lessons and Perspectives

Transforming Post-Communist Political Economies


Natural Resources and the Environment

Atmospheric Change and the North American Transportation Sector -- Summary of a Trilateral Workshop

The Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project -- An Interim Review of Science and Progress

Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area

The Community Development Quota Program in Alaska and Lessons for the Western Pacific

Decade-to-Century-Scale Climate Variability and Change: A Science Strategy

Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities: Risk-Based Methods

Forested Landscapes in Perspective: Prospects and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of America's Nonfederal Forests

GCIP -- Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Continental-Scale International Project: A Review of Progress and Opportunities

GEWEX-CLIVAR [Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment - Climate Variability and Predictability]: Coordination of U.S. Activities

Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade

Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade -- Overview

The Global Positioning System for the Geosciences: Summary and Proceedings of a Workshop on Improving the GPS Reference Station Infrastructure for Earth, Oceanic, and Atmospheric Science Applications

Improving Fish Stock Assessments

An Interim Assessment of AEAP's [Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Project] Emissions Characterization and Near-Field Interactions Elements

Interim Review of the Subsonic Assessment Project: Management, Science, and Goals

Issues in Potable Reuse: The Viability of Augmenting Drinking Water Supplies With Reclaimed Water *

New Strategies for America's Watersheds

Oil Spill Risks From Tank Vessel Lightering

Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information

Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: 1. Immediate Priorities and a Long-Range Research Portfolio *

Review of Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments

Review of the Prince William Sound, Alaska, Risk Assessment Study

A Scientific Strategy for U.S. Participation in the GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) Component of the CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Programme

Sharing the Fish: Toward a National Policy on Individual Fishing Quotas

Striking a Balance: Improving Stewardship of Marine Areas

Sustaining Marine Fisheries *

Systems Analysis and Systems Engineering in Environmental Remediation Programs at the Department of Energy Hanford Site

Toward a Sustainable Future: Addressing the Long-Term Effects of Motor Vehicle Transportation on Climate and Ecology

Wolves, Bears and Their Prey in Alaska: Biological and Social Challenges in Wildlife Management


The Scientific Enterprise

1997 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory

1998 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory

Approaches to Cost Recovery for Animal Research: Implications for Science, Animals, Research Competitiveness, and Regulatory Compliance -- Interim Report

Aspects of Weather and Space Weather in the Earth's Upper Atmosphere: The Role of Internal Atmospheric Waves (Sixth Lecture, International Science Lecture Series)

Assessing the Need for Independent Project Reviews in the Department of Energy

Assessing the Value of Research in the Chemical Sciences -- Report of a Workshop

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 1998

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Programs: Fiscal Year 1997

The Atmospheric Sciences Entering the Twenty-First Century

Beyond Discovery series:

    Curing Childhood Leukemia
    Designer Seeds
    Preserving the Miracle of Sight: Lasers and Eye Surgery
    Sound from Silence: The Development of Cochlear Implants

Biomedical Models and Resources: Current Needs and Future Opportunities

Building a Diverse Work Force: Scientists and Engineers in the Office of Naval Research

Chimpanzees in Research: Strategies for Their Ethical Care, Management, and Use

Defining a Decade: Envisioning CSTB's [Computer Science and Telecommunications Board] Second 10 Years

Designing an Agricultural Genome Program

Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States: 1995 Profile

Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment: Spring 1998 Status Report on Argonne National Laboratory's R&D Activity

Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment: Status Report on Argonne National Laboratory's R&D Activity Through Spring 1997

Elementary-Particle Physics: Revealing the Secrets of Energy and Matter

Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology -- Report of a Workshop

Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading Edge Engineering from the 1997 NAE [National Academy of Engineering] Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering

Funding a Revolution: Government Support for Computing Research

Future Directions for the National Science Foundation's Arctic Natural Sciences Program

Global Ocean Science: Toward an Integrated Approach

Ground-Based Solar Research: An Assessment and Strategy for the Future

Harnessing Light: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century *

Harnessing Light: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century -- Overview

Humanities Doctorates in the United States: 1995 Profile

Hydrologic Sciences: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Implementation Challenges for High-Temperature Composites (Fifth Lecture, International Science Lecture Series)

Improving Theory and Research on Quality Enhancement in Organizations -- Report of a Workshop

Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Biotechnology

International Benchmarking of U.S. Materials Science and Engineering Research

International Benchmarking of U.S. Mathematics Research

Investing in Research Infrastructure in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Measuring the Government Sector of the U.S. Economic Accounts

NOAA's [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] Arctic Research Initiative -- Proceedings of a Workshop

NRL [Naval Research Laboratory] Strategic Series: Nonlinear Science

Observations on the President's Fiscal Year 1999 Federal Science and Technology Budget

Openness and Secrecy in Research: Preserving Openness in a Competitive World

Peer Review in Environmental Technology Development Programs: The Department of Energy's Office of Science and Technology

Peer Review in the Department of Energy Office of Science and Technology -- Interim Report

The Physics of Materials: How Science Improves Our Lives

Preserving Strength While Meeting Challenges -- Summary Report of a Workshop on Actions for the Mathematical Sciences

The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates

Report of the Committee to Evaluate Proposals to the New York State Science and Technology Foundation for Designation as Centers for Advanced Technology

Serving Science and Society in the New Millennium

Stresses on Research and Education at Colleges and Universities: Phase II of a Grass Roots Inquiry

Summary Report 1996: Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities

Toward an Earth Science Enterprise Federation: Results from a Workshop

Transitions in Work and Learning: Implications for Assessment -- Papers and Proceedings

Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists

The United States in Antarctica: Comments from the Polar Research Board


Transportation

11th Equipment Management Workshop

1997 TRB [Transportation Research Board] Distinguished Lecture (Part 1); Structures (Part 2)

1998 TRB Distinguished Lecture (Part 1); Maintenance Challenges and Safety Issues (Part 2)

2nd National Symposium on Integrated Transportation Management

Accessibility of Automated Fare Vending and Collection for Customers With Disabilities

Advanced Transportation Management Systems and Transportation System Management

Advances in Concrete and Concrete Pavement Construction

Advances in Transportation Data: 1997

Aggregate, Filler, and Reutilized Materials in Asphalt Mixtures

Aggregate Tests for Hot-Mix Asphalt: State of the Practice

Aggregate Tests Related to Asphalt Concrete Performance in Pavements

Air Transportation

Airport System Capital Requirements

Airports: Ground Access and Economic Issues

Alternative Approaches to the Taxation of Heavy Vehicles

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Paratransit Eligibility Certification Practices

Applications of Emerging Technologies in Transportation

Applications of GPS [Global Positioning System] for Surveying and Other Positioning Needs in Departments of Transportation

Asphalt Binders and Binder Specifications

Asphalt Mixture Components

Asphalt Mixture Quality, Characteristics, and Performance

Asphalt Mixtures Stiffness Characterization, Variables, and Performance

Asphalt Pavement Construction and Surface Mixtures

Assessing the Economic Impact of Transportation Projects: How to Choose the Appropriate Technique for Your Project

Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Rural Public Transportation

Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) Systems for Bus Transit

Bicycle and Pedestrian Research 1998

Building Transit Ridership: An Exploration of Transit's Market Share and the Public Policies That Influence It

Bus Operator Workstation Evaluation and Design Guidelines -- Summary

Bus Transit Fare Collection Practices

Capacity and Operation Effects of Midblock Left-Turn Lanes

Centrifuge Modeling, Intelligent Geotechnical Systems, and Reliability-Based Design

Closing the Knowledge Gap for Transit Maintenance Employees: A Systems Approach

Concrete in Construction

Consequences of the Development of the Interstate Highway System for Transit

Consequences of the Interstate Highway System for Transit -- Summary of Findings

Construction: Flexible Pavements, Bridges, Quality, and Management

Construction Quality and Management

Continuing Examination of Successful Transit Ridership Initiatives

Continuing Project to Synthesize Information on Highway Problems

Coordinated Intermodal Transportation Pricing and Funding Strategies

Coordinating Public Transportation with Other Federal Programs

Corrosion of Steel Piling in Nonmarine Applications

Creating a New Future for Public Transportation: TCRP's [Transit Cooperative Research Program] Strategic Road Map

Criteria for Highway Routing of Hazardous Materials

Design and Analysis of Foundations and Sand Liquefaction

Design and Construction Guidelines for Downdrag on Uncoated and Bitument-Coated Piles

Design and Rehabilitation of Pavements

A Desk Guide for Inventory Managers in the Transit Industry

Determination of Stopping Sight Distances

Developing Long-Lasting Lower-Maintenance Highway Pavement: Research Needs

Developing Measures of Effectiveness for Truck Weight Enforcement Activities

Development of a High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Systems Manual

Development of an Improved Framework for the Analysis of Air Quality and Other Benefits and Costs of Transportation Control Measures

Development of Comprehensive Bridge Specifications and Commentary

Development of System and Application Architectures for Geographic Information Systems in Transportation

Development of Training Material for Highway Construction Personnel

Driver and Vehicle Modeling

Dynamic Effects of Pile Installations on Adjacent Structures

Dynamic Impact Factors for Bridges

Economic Effects of Restricting Left Turns

Economic Impact Analysis of Transit Investments: Guidebook for Practitioners

Effects of Transportation on Energy and Air Quality

Emergency Preparedness for Transit Terrorism

Energy, Air Quality, and Fuels 1998

Environmental and Social Effects of Transportation

Environmental Issues in Transportation

Evaluating and Measuring the Effectiveness of Training

Fatigue Design of Modular Bridge Expansion Joints

Fatigue-Resistant Design of Cantilevered Signal, Sign, and Light Supports

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Cost-Benefit Analysis

Ferry Transportation: Planning and Operations

Financial, Economic, and Social Topics in Transportation

Forecasting, Travel Behavior, and Network Modeling

Freight Transportation Planning Motor Carrier Size and Weight Issues, International Trade and Hazardous Materials Transport

Funding Strategies for Public Transportation (2 Volumes)

Future Aviation Activities 10th International Conference

The Future Highway Transportation System and Society

General Design and Roadside Safety Features

A Generic Data Model for Linear Referencing Systems

Geometric Design and Its Effects on Operations

Guardrail and Median Barrier Crashworthiness

Guidance for Estimating the Indirect Effects of Proposed Transportation Projects

Guidance Manual for Managing Transportation Planning Data

Guidebook for Attracting Paratransit Patrons to Fixed-Route Services

Guidebook for Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing Fuel Choices for Transit Bus Operations

A Handbook: Integrating Market Research into Transit Management

A Handbook: Using Market Segmentation to Increase Transit Ridership

High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Systems Manual

Highway Capacity Expansion and Induced Travel

Highway Capacity Issues 1998

Highway Capacity Issues and Analysis

Highway Geometric Design Issues

Highway Infrastructure Damage Caused by the 1993 Upper Mississippi River Basin Flooding

Highway Safety Modeling, Analysis, and Design

Highway Safety: Traffic Law Compliance, Speed Management, and Heavy Trucks

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Surfaces

Human Performance in Intelligent Transportation Systems, Information Systems, and Highway Design and Older Drivers

Human Performance, User Information, and Highway Design

The Impact of Civil Rights Litigation Under Title VI and Related Laws on Transit Decision Making

Improving Transit Security

Improving Transportation Data for Mobile Source Emission Estimates

In Situ Testing Devices and Strain Measurements

Information Needs to Support State and Local Transportation Decision Making Into the 21st Century

Innovative Practices for Multimodal Transportation Planning for Freight and Passengers

Instrumentation for Measuring Scour at Bridge Piers and Abutments

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Intelligent Transportation Systems and Artificial Intelligence

Intelligent Transportation Systems, Automated Highway Systems

Intermodal Transportation Education and Training

International Transit Studies Program Report on the Spring 1997 Mission: Public-Private Partnerships and Innovative Transit Technologies in Scandinavia

International Transit Studies Program Report on the Fall 1997 Mission: Applications of Intelligent Transportation Systems to Public Transit in Europe

International Transit Studies Program: Report on the First Three Missions

International Transit Turnkey and Joint Development

Land Use and Transportation Planning and Programming Applications

Lead-Based Paint Removal for Steel Highway Bridges

Liability of Contractors to State Transportation Departments for Latent Defects in Construction After Project Acceptance

Liability of Highway Departments for Damages Caused by Stormwater Runoff

Light Rail Vehicle Compression Requirements

Liquefaction, Differential Settlement, and Foundation Engineering

Macroeconomic Analysis of the Linkages Between Transportation Investments and Economic Performance

Magnetic Sliding Collar Scour Monitor: Installation, Operation, and Fabrication Manual

Maintenance and Management of Bridge Structures

Maintenance Issues and Alternate Corrosion Protection Methods for Exposed Bridge Steel

Maintenance of Highway Pavements and Structures

Management of Surface Transportation Systems

Managing Product Liability to Achieve Highway Innovations

Managing Speed: Review of Current Practice for Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits

Managing Transit Construction Contract Claims

Managing Urban Traffic Systems: Freeway Operations, High-Occupancy Vehicle Systems, and Traffic Signal Systems

Manual for Bridge Rating Through Load Testing

Methods for Capital Programming and Projection Selection

Methods for Increasing Live Load Capacity of Existing Highway Bridges

Metric Analysis Reference Guide

Modern Roundabout Practice in the United States

Multimodal Corridor and Capacity Analysis Manual

Multimodal Transportation: Development of a Performance-Based Planning Process

Multipurpose Transit Payment Media

National Automated Highway System Research Program: A Review

National Conference of Critical Issues for the Future of Intercity Passenger Rail

New Designs and Operating Experiences with Low-Floor Buses

Operational Analysis of Bus Lanes on Arterials

Outsourcing of State Highway Facilities and Services

Paratransit Contracting and Service Delivery Methods

Partnerships for Effective Technology Transfer

Passenger Counting Technologies and Procedures

Pavement and Winter Maintenance

Pavement Management and Monitoring of Traffic and Pavements

Pavement Management and Performance

Pavement Marking Assessment System (PAMAS)

Pavement Marking Materials: Assessing Environment-Friendly Performance

Pavement Rehabilitation and Design

Pavement Research Issues

Pavements and Structures Monitoring, Pavement Instrumentation, and Drainage Systems Evaluation

Pedestrian and Bicycle Research

Policy Options for Intermodal Freight Transportation

Ports/Waterways Marine Transportation

Potential Tort Liability for Transit Agencies Arising Out of the Americans With Disabilities Act

Progress in Transportation Data

Progress Report on Maintenance and Operations Personnel

Public Transit 1997: Bus, Paratransit, Intermodal, and Rail

Public Transit 1997: Planning, Management, Marketing, and New Technology

Putting Research Into Practice: A Synopsis of Successful Strategies and Case Histories

Quality Control and Acceptance of Superpave-Designed Hot Mix Asphalt

Quantifying Congestion, Volume 1: Final Report

Quantifying Congestion, Volume 2: User's Guide

Rail Corrugation Mitigation in Transit

Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Issues

Railroad Research Topics: Cost of High-Speed Rail, Communications-Based Control, and Track Research

Rapid Replacement of Bridge Decks

Recent Pavement Research Issues

Redundancy in Highway Bridge Superstructures

Relationship Between Implemented Transportation Control Measures and Measured Pollutant Levels

Relationship Between Pavement Surface Texture and Highway Traffic Noise

Report on the 1997 Scanning Review of Asian Bridge Structures

Research on the Relationship Between Economic Development and Transportation Investment

Research on Traffic Control Devices

Research Problem Statements for Pedestrians

Response of Small Urbanized Area Metropolitan Planning Organizations to ISTEA [Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991]

Restrictions on Speech and Expressive Activities in Transit Terminals and Facilities

Review of Travel Assumptions Employed in Emission Factor Models

Risk Management for Transportation Programs Employing Written Guidelines as Design and Performance Standards

Roadside Safety Features and Other General Design Issues

Safety and Management in Maintenance and Construction Operations

Service Live of Drainage Pipe

Silica Fume Concrete for Bridge Decks

Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology

Sonar Scour Monitor: Installation, Operation, and Fabrication Manual

Stabilization and Geosynthetics

Stabilization of Existing Subgrades to Improve Constructibility During Interstate Pavement Reconstruction

State DOT [Department of Transportation] Management Techniques for Materials and Construction Acceptance

Strategies for Improving Roadside Safety

Strategies to Assist Local Transportation Agencies in Becoming Mobility Managers

Strategies to Attract Auto Users to Public Transportation

Strategies to Minimize Liability Under Federal and State Environmental Laws

Structural Analysis and Design: Bridges, Culverts, and Pipes

Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals

Submittal of Bid Proposals in Electronic Format

Superpave Binder Specifications, Mixture Design, and Construction

Systems for Design of Highway Pavements

Technology Assessment of Refueling-Connection Devices for CNG [Compressed Natural Gas], LNG [Liquid Natural Gas], and Propane

Technology Transfer and Training

Testing of Conventional and Unconventional Aggregate Soils

Thin-Surfaced Pavements

Toll Plaza Design

Tolling Practices for Highway Facilities

Toward an Intelligent Air Transportation System: The Role of the Technology Transfer

Traffic Flow Issues and Analysis

Traffic Records, Accident Prediction and Analysis, and Statistical Methods

Traffic Safety, Management, Enforcement, Older Drivers, Heavy Vehicles, and Motorcycles

Transit Advertising Revenue: Traditional and New Sources and Structures

Transit Bus, Paratransit, Rural Intermodal, Rail Commuter, and Intercity Rail, Light Rail

Transit-Friendly Streets: Design and Traffic Management Strategies to Support Livable Communities

Transit Markets of the Future: The Challenge of Change

Transit Planning, Management, Marketing, New Technology, Capacity, and Quality of Service

Transit Scheduling: Basic and Advanced Manuals

Transportation Demand Management and Ridesharing

Transportation Finance, Economics, and Strategic Management

Transportation Finance for the 21st Century

Transportation Forecasting and Travel Behavior

Transportation Management Center Functions

Transportation Planning, Programming, and Land Use

Transportation Service Agreements: A Preparation and Reference Guide for Transit Attorneys

Transportation Technology Transfer: A Primer on the State of the Practice

Travel Estimation Techniques for Urban Planning

Trends in Single-Occupant Vehicle and Vehicle Miles of Travel Growth in the United States

Trenchless Installation of Conduits Beneath Roadways

Truck, Marine, and Intermodal Freight and Hazardous Materials Transportation

Truck Operating Characteristics

Variable Tire Pressure, Flowable Fill, Dust Control, and Base and Slope Stabilization

Workshop on a Conceptual Framework for Simultaneous Vehicle and Infrastructure Design (SVID) in Roadside Safety


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