Events
Upcoming
World Conference on Transportation Research Society is a forum for the interchange of ideas among transportation researchers, managers, policy makers, and educators from all over the world, from a perspective which is multi-modal, multi-disciplinary, and multi-sectoral. The next World Conference on Transport Research will be held in Lisbon, Portugal hosted by Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in 2010.
Past
Smart Sensors for Hydraulic Research
The FHWA Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) program and Office of Infrastructure R&D hosted a market research meeting on June 18, 2009, titled "Smart sensors for hydraulic research." The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the applicability and feasibility of using smart particle sensors to perform in-situ hydraulic research, with the focus being on measuring evolving scour conditions at bridges in real time, and during extreme storm events. Representatives from industry and academia presented their ideas to the other meeting attendees and government review panel composed of experts from the US Army Corps of Engineers, National Institute of Standards and Technology, US Geological Survey, US Naval Academy, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The presentations were followed with productive discussion and brainstorming sessions, and a follow-up meeting is being planned for this fall. For more information, please see:
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5829f8f336c4d4ce108d583400b0a52e&tab=core&_cview=0
The Impact of Scientific Partnerships on the Future of Transportation, Federal support of innovative research. [Read more]
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, 12-16 February, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. Each year at the AAAS Annual Meeting, science and technology professionals-from across disciplines and around the world-gather to discuss new research, emerging trends, and exciting new possibilities. [Read more]
In April 2008, Popular Mechanics and the National Science Foundation presented "Bridges to the Future: A vision for infrastructure in the 21st century," a webcast discussion exploring the best ideas for improving American infrastructure and building a better, safer future. An archive of the webcast is available.
Winter Simulation Conference 2007
Learn about the latest autonomous vehicle technologies and how they might be integrated into vehicle-highway operations. [Read more]
Hydraulic Forum, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, August 2007
A collaborative effort to develop an Advanced Research Hydrologic/Hydrology Roadmap. [Read more]
World Conference on Transport Research (June 2007)
The 11th World Conference on Transport Research was held in Berkeley, California, on the campus of the University of California. This was the first WCTR held in the United States. [Read More]
Advanced Research Think Tank Forums (2005)
Between July and October 2005, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) held a series of think tank forums bringing together a cross-section of stakeholders and partners to make recommendations for a corporate, strategic FHWA advanced research agenda. Three think tanks were organized to explore future advanced research possibilities within a set of domains relevant to the mission of FHWA.
Boston, MA
Berkeley, CA
Minneapolis, MN
