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Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations

 
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Publication Number:      Date:  May 4, 2015
Publication Date: May 4, 2015

 

Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research

Passive Wireless Sensor Technology Workshop

Sensors for the Highway Transportation System Today and in the Future

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Outline

 


Highway Transportation

 


FHWA EAR Program

 


Focus Areas

Breakthrough concepts in material science

Technology for assessing performance

Human behavior and travel choices

Connected highway system concepts

New technology and advanced policies for energy and resource conservation

 


Program Status

 


Funded Research

  • Very Low, Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Systems

    • Steel structures

    • Bridge bearings

    • Pavements

    • Water runoff quality
A photo of a square black antenna sensor tracking crack propagation which is shown with a brown screen inset containing a horizontal line across the middle of it.  
Photo of a lab sample (which looks like an asphalt pavement slab in a white wire coming out of it) of a bio-battery for a water quality sensor system.  

 


Future Systems

 


Future Systems

 


Thank You

David Kuehn
Program Manager
202-493-3414
david.kuehn@dot.gov

 

 

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