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Tracking the rEG: September, 2009
In September, ITI's REG made their second trip to Hurley, Wisconsin to complete the installation of a continuous remote monitoring system. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is installing a weigh-in-motion system near the USH-2 bridge over the Montreal River. The ITI REG will use that system along with its custom-built continuous remote monitoring system to quantify the effects of both normal and overweight truck traffic on the bridge. During this trip, REG engineers installed the data logging and communication equipment that will automatically record data from the bridge and display it on a secure web site in near-real-time. This project is the first of its kind in the nation. Launch Photos.
Tracking the rEG: August, 2009
The REG spent August preparing for a second trip to Hurley, Wisconsin which will take place in September. Check back then for more photos and information.
Tracking the REG: July, 2009
In July, ITI's REG travelled to Hurley, Wisconsin to begin the installation of a continuous remote monitoring system. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is installing a weigh-in-motion system on the USH-2 bridge over the Montreal River. The REG will use that system along with its custom-built continuous remote monitoring system to quantify the effects of both normal and overweight truck traffic on the bridge. REG engineers began the installation of twenty-six-sensor monitoring system that will automatically record data from the bridge and display it on a secure web site in near-real-time. This project is the first of its kind in the nation. Launch Photos.
roberto sarmiento is recognized by the special libraries association
Roberto Sarmiento of the Northwestern University Transportation Library is the 2009 winner of the Professional Achievement Award from the Transportation Section of the Special Libraries Association. This award has been given since 1982 and acknowledges not only service to the association itself but to transportation libraries and librarianship worldwide. The award was publicly conferred during the recent 100th Annual meeting of SLA in Washington, D.C.
Tracking the REG: June, 2009
This month, ITI sponsored The Midwest Bridge Working Group Spring 2009 session. ITI Research Engineers were present to provide video documentation of the event as well as attend the session. The meeting was held on Tuesday June 2 at the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) District One Division Office in Schaumburg, IL. The meeting ended with a tour of the IDOT traffic control center. The following day, Working Group attendees went on a field trip to a forthcoming IDOT lift bridge rehabilitation project. For more information visit the Midwest Bridge Working Group Website.
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2009 UTC Spotlight Conference on Infrastructure Preservation Nov. 12 - 13
November 10, 2009
ITI Director Joseph Schofer is the chair of the 2009 UTC spotlight conference, "Developing a Research Agenda for Transportation Infrastructure Preservation and Renewal." The conference, organized by the Transportation Research Board, will be held November 12 - 13 at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C.
High-Speed Rail Spending to be a Boon to Freight Rail Companies
October 24, 2009
Hani Mahmassani, director of the Northwestern University Transportation Center, comments on the use of federal funds to upgrade existing passenger rail lines.
State's Rail Plan Relies on Riders
October 11, 2009
ITI Director Joseph Schofer comments on the proposed high-speed rail project in Florida.
Survey: Texting while Driving Not Top Distraction
October 8, 2009
Joseph Schofer, professor of civil and environmental engineering, comments on distracted driving in Chicago.
Registration Now Open for Annual Lipinski Symposium on Transportation Policy
September 17, 2009
The Annual William O. Lipinski Symposium on Transportation Policy will be held November 2, 2009 at Northwestern University's Allen Center. Registration is now open.
2009 Acoustic Emission Working Group
Conference Registration Now Open
August 8, 2009
Registration is now open for the 2009 Acoustic Emission Working Group Conference in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. October 19 - 21, 2009.
Recent ITI Research Highlighted in
Local News
July 30, 2009
The Ironwood Daily Globe has published an article highlighting work done this past month by the ITI Research Engineering Group.
May 2009 Field Notes Now Available
May 28, 2009
The latest edition of Field Notes, ITI's newsletter, is now available.
Read all about the Symposium here
December 1, 2008
The Second Annual Lipinski Symposium on Transportation Policy was held at
Northwestern University's Allen Center on November 13, 2008.
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