RESEARCH GRANTS

Ø      An evaluation of right-turn-in/right-turn-out restrictions in access management

Project Sponsor: Michigan department of transportation (MDOT)

Project duration:            12 Months (starts February. 07)

Co-PIs:                         G. Abu-Lebdeh, R. Lyles

Project Budget:             $67,000

Project Status:               Approved

Ø       Effective experimental design and data analysis in transportation research

Project Sponsor: National cooperative highway research program (NCHRP)

Project duration:            18 Months (starts March 07)

Co-PIs:                         R.Lyle, N.Buch, W.Haider, G. Abu-Lebdeh, D. Gililand, B. Pigozzi

Project Budget:             $249,947

Project Status:               Ongoing

Ø     Reconstructing the Michigan State Police Test Tracks to Enable Evaluation of Advanced Traffic and Pavement Engineering Concepts

Project Sponsor: MDOT.

Project duration:            3 Months

Co-PIs:                         G. Abu-Lebdeh, K. Chatti, F. Dion

Project Budget:             $21,939

Project Status:               Completed

Ø       Mobile Measurement of Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity

Project Sponsor: MDOT.

Project duration:            1.5 Years

Co-PIs:                         G. Abu-Lebdeh, David Long

Project Budget:             $219,815

Project Status:               Approved

Ø       Development and Implementation of Mobility Options Assessment Tools

Project Sponsor: MDOT.

Project duration:            1 Year

Co-PIs:                         Rick Lyles, G. Abu-Lebdeh

Project Budget:             $134,830

Project Status:               Ongoing

Ø      Determination of System Requirements and Evaluation of the I-75 Freeway/Arterial Integration, March 05

Project Sponsor: Iteris, Inc.

Project duration:            1 Year

Co-PIs:                         G. Abu-Lebdeh

Project Budget:             $50,000

Project Status:               Completed

Ø      Development of Guidelines for use of Countdown Pedestrian Signals, August 2005.

Project Sponsor: Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Project duration:            1 Year

Co-PIs:                         Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh &Thomas Maleck

Project Budget:             $171,482.

Project Status:               Ongoing

Ø      Research into Pedestrian Countdown Traffic Signals, $50,000, Jan 05

Project Sponsor: Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Project duration:            2 Years

Co-PIs:                         T. Maleck & G. Abu-Lebdeh

Project Budget:             $50,000

Project Status:               Ongoing

Ø      Identification of Causes and development of Strategies for Relieving Structural Distress in Bridge Abutments, Jan 05

Project Sponsor: Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Project duration:            2 Years

Co-PIs:                         R. Burgueno, PI; N. Buch; R. Harichandran; G. Abu-Lebdeh

Project Budget:             $234,777

Project Status:               Ongoing

Ø      Assessment of Operational & Safety Impacts of New Rumble Strip-Pavement Paint Combinations, May 2003.

Project Sponsor: Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Project duration:            1 Year

Co-PIs:                         William C. Taylor & Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh

Project Budget:             111,452.

Project Status:               Completed

Ø      Effect of Michigan Multi-Axle Trucks on Pavement Distress, August 2002.

Project Sponsor: Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Project duration:            2.5 Years

Co-PIs:                         Karim Chatti, Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh, Neeraj Buch, Rick Lyles

Project Budget:             $482,998.

Project Status:               Completed

Ø      Development of Improved Pavement Distress Index Models, August 2002

Project Sponsor: Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Project duration:            6 months.

Co-PIs                          G. Abu-Lebdeh, R.W. Lyles, G.Y. Baladi

Project Budget:             $34,812

Project Status:               Completed

Ø      Determination of Optimal Access Control Polices For Major Rural Roads & Bypasses, September 2001

Project Sponsor: Kentucky Transportation Center (KTC).

Project duration:            6 months

PI:                                G. Abu-Lebdeh

Project Budget:             $7,500

Project Status:               Completed

Ø      Analysis of Traffic Growth Rates and Development of Neural-based models to Estimate Traffic Growth Rates from Socio-economic Data, August 1999

Project Sponsor: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC).

Project duration:            2 Year

Co-PIs:                         J. Pigman, D. Allen, G. Abu-Lebdeh, L. Aultman-Hall

Project Budget:             $135,00

Project Status:               Completed

Ø      Assessment of Safety, Operation and Economic Impacts of By-passes, and Development of Optimal Access Control Policies, August 1999

Project Sponsor: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC).

Project duration:            2 Year

Co-PIs:                         J. Pigman, G. Abu-Lebdeh, K. Agent, E. Thompson

Project Budget:             $135,00

Project Status:               Completed