Current Research Funding in Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Evaluation and Development of Pavement Scores, Performance Models and Needs Assessment, (TXDOT 0-6386) $203,745, Dr. Weissmann & Dr. Papagiannakis.
- Longer Combination Vehicles & Road Trains for Texas, TXDOT, (0-6095) $138,039, Dr. Weissmann & Dr. Papagiannakis.
- Bacteria Levels in Discharges from Road Right-of-Ways (0-6147) $142,235, Dr. Bin-Shafique and Dr. Sharif.
- Mitigation Methods for Concrete Traffic Barrier Effects on Flood Water Flows (0-6094) $118,563, Dr. Bin-Shafique and Dr. Sharif.
- Design of Cut-Type Retaining Walls in High Plasticity Soils (0-6375) $159,905, Dr. Bin-Shafique, Dr. Papagiannakis, & Dr. Diaz.
- Development and Field Evaluation of the next generation of HMA mix design procedures (0-6132) $60,000, Dr. Dessouky.
- Enhance Fast Knowledge Dissemination and Effective Education Using Mobile HP Technology, Hewlett-Packard, (2008359), $80,000, Dr. Papagiannakis, Dr. Yang & Dr. Dessouky.
- TXDOT Needs Assessment Sub-Contract to UTSA, Bridges, Texas Department of Transportation/UT Austin, (2008572), $50,000, Dr. Weissmann.
- Sorption Behavior of Contaminants to Manufactured Nanomaterials for Potential Use as Remediation and Water Treatment Technologies, National Science Foundation, (2008335), $174,005, Dr. Shipley.
- Framework for Comprehensive Bridge Management and Information Systems (BMIS), Texas Department of Transportation, (0-6389), $365,521, Dr. Weissmann.
- Review of Best Practices for the Selection of Rehab and Preventive Maintenance Projects, (TxDOT 0-6586), $65,000, Dr. Dessouky & Dr. Papagiannakis
- Pavement Repair Strategies for 2R and Routine Maintenance (RMC) Projects, (TxDOT 0-6589), $55,000, Dr. Dessouky & Dr. Yang
- Develop Practical Field Guidelines for the Compaction of HMA or WMA, (TxDOT 0-6992), $56,659, Dr. Dessouky
- Plant Root Templated Geotextiles, National Science Foundation, CMMI, 2009-2012, $354,478 PI: Johnson, CO-PIs, Bin Shafique, Appleford, Jurena
- Integrating High Performance Computing in Research and Education for Simulation, Visualization and Real-Time Prediction (SiViRT). NSF HRD-0932339, $5 million between 2009 and 2014, CEE part approx. $150k, PI: Shipley
- Curriculum Improvement for Enhancing Engineering Education, $409,001 PI: Hatim Sharif
- Research Funding Total: $2,582,151