UTA researcher earns TxDOT contract to use geocells to improve pavement infrastructure

Imporving infrastructureA researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to determine the benefits of using recycled materials and geocells to improve Texas highways. Anand Puppala, a professor in the Civil Engineering Department, is using a two-year, $360,000 Texas Department of Transportation interagency contract to test the performance of recycled materials and geocells in a highway-widening project in Johnson County, Texas. This project will help TxDOT’s Fort Worth District determine if the geocell concept can be used as an additional tool to provide an effective