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UTA researchers part of three federal transportation grants that access CAPPA, College of Engineering expertise

Enabling a sustainable megacityThe University of Texas at Arlington has won three national U.S. Department of Transportation grants that could be worth about $12 million in funding to UTA during the next five years and speaks to the University’s growing expertise across several academic and research disciplines that intersect the nation’s current and future transportation infrastructure. Researchers in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA) and the Department of Civil Engineering are the principal investigators or co-principal investigators on the grants. UTA

UTA researchers earn TxDOT contract to use unmanned aerial systems to inspect highways, railroads

Aerial inspectionResearchers at The University of Texas at Arlington will lead a collaborative effort to use unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect highways and railroads remotely and develop guidelines for how to safely complete the task. Civil Engineering Professor Anand Puppala is the primary investigator on the two-year, $770,909 Texas Department of Transportation agreement. Teams from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Texas A&M’s Texas Transportation Institute also will contribute. Puppala and post-doctoral researchers Tejo Bheemasetti and Ujwal Patil, as well as Mike McNair

UTA researchers earn phase II TxDOT funding to model geothermal de-icing of bridges

Heating upA team of researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington will test concepts it developed during the last year to use geothermal energy to make Texas bridges and overpasses safer during winter weather.  Xinbao Yu, an assistant professor of civil engineering, is the lead investigator on a two-year, $743,000 award from the Texas Department of Transportation. The funding is phase II of a TxDOT Innovation Project that began with a $193,000 phase I award in 2015 and will use lab-scale models to test the findings from the first phase. Anand Puppala, a professor in the Civil

UTA researcher shows affordable housing not so affordable when transportation costs soar

Transportation impactsThe availability of public transportation and the cost of individual transportation play major factors in just how affordable subsidized housing is in North Texas and across the country. Shima Hamidi, a University of Texas at Arlington assistant professor in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, published a study in Housing Policy Debate  journal that assesses the affordability of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rental assistance properties from the perspective of

UTA research blends public health measures in regional transportation plan

Livable communitiesA UTA interdisciplinary team is formulating recommendations for the North Texas Council of Governments that take into account public health measures in a regional transportation plan. Colleen Casey, an associate professor of public affairs in College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs , and Stephen Mattingly, an associate professor of civil engineering in the College of Engineering , are teaming up on the $40,000 North Central Texas Council of Governments grant that will yield: · An inventory of

Free transportation education and training now at UT Arlington

Transportation assistanceTexas cities and counties may now access free expertise in transportation training, safety instruction, heavy equipment courses and other services through a the Texas Local Technical Assistance Program operated by The University of Texas at Arlington. UTA’s Division of Enterprise Development has won a highly competitive, two-year $1.8 million grant to operate the program, which officials have named TxLTAP. The Texas Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration jointly fund the program, which provides technical assistance and workforce training

Study finds climate change and extreme weather will significantly impact transportation, infrastructure across North Texas by 2100

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington finds a high likelihood that extreme storms and higher precipitation will lead to transportation disruption and widespread damage to roads, railways and airport runways in the Dallas-Fort Worth region by the end of the 21st century. The assessment found the risks to transportation infrastructure from storms are more likely to happen during the spring season. Researchers found a higher likelihood of heat-related risks for infrastructure, particularly during the summer season. Arne Winguth, associate

UT Arlington launches Institute for Sustainability and Global Impact

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The University of Texas at Arlington today announced a strengthened commitment to creating sustainable urban communities through its new Institute for Sustainability and Global Impact at UT Arlington. The introduction follows a successful period within the Office of Sustainability, which has received national recognition from the Environmental Protection Agency for UT Arlington’s efforts to reduce food waste, implemented a new car-sharing program, launched the first Global Reporting Initiative  report as a

UT Arlington civil engineering project aims to reduce heaving on TxDOT roads

Sustainable roadwaysA University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering team recently installed a new mix of lime and fly ash on a section of U.S. 82 as a base to reduce soil sulfate heaving and extend the life of the highway as part of a new Texas Department of Transportation field implementation project. Anand Puppala, distinguished teaching professor in the Civil Engineering Department  and associate dean for research in the College of Engineering , is leading the project, which was installed on part of U.S. 82 near

Transportation research aimed at designing more livable communities

Project could employ social media, smartphones for answersA UT Arlington civil engineer will investigate how advanced technologies can improve public transportation and alternative transportation modes as part of a national initiative aimed at developing more “livable communities.” The Department of Transportation has awarded Stephen Mattingly, associate professor of civil engineering, a $210,000 grant to support the research. Mattingly will study how technology can improve pedestrian and bicycle safety, how social media may be used to shape more sustainable commuting practices and the

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