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Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology
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| SUMMARY REPORT |
| This summary report is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information |
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| Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-15-067 Date: August 2015 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-15-067 Date: August 2015 |
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, McLean, VA
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
| 1 p.m. | Welcome, Introduction, EAR Program Overview Monique Evans, Federal Highway Administration Michelle Arnold, Federal Highway Administration David Kuehn, Federal Highway Administration |
| 1:15 p.m. | Lighting the Infrastructure and the Environment: Progress and Issues in Roadway Lighting Dr. Ron Gibbons, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute |
| 1:45 p.m. | Interaction of Vehicle Lighting with Traffic Control Devices (Retroreflectivity) Dr. Paul Carlson, Texas A&M Transportation Institute |
| 2:15 p.m. | Vehicles of the Future and Visibility Dr. Michel Ferreira, University of Porto |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3 p.m. | A Unified Contrast Sensitivity Function-Based Framework for Edge Detection and Edge Visibility Dr. Nicolas Hautière, IFSTTAR |
| 3:30 p.m. | Human Visual System-Eye-Movement Analysis Dr. Eileen Kowler, Rutgers University |
| 4 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
| 4:45 p.m. | Adjourn |
Thursday, August 14, 2014
| 8 a.m. | Day 1 Recap and Breakout Topic Introduction Cathy Satterfield, Federal Highway Administration |
| 8:15 a.m. | Navigating the Transition Effectively-Breakout Groups Facilitated by Cathy Satterfield and Abdul Zineddin |
| 9:15 a.m. | Present Findings to the Large Group |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10 a.m. | Navigating the Transition Effectively-Breakout Groups Facilitated by Michelle Arnold and Joseph Cheung |
| 11 a.m. | Present Findings to the Large Group |
| 11:30 a.m. | Arens Photometric and Visibility Laboratory Visit |
| 12 p.m. | Adjourn |
