Research Projects and Expenditures

 

 

Name of Project

PIs

Sponsor

$ Funded

$ Cost Shared

End Date

 

Laboratory Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt

Z. You,

Q. Dai,

T. Van Dam

Federal Highway Administration Passes through Michigan Department of Transportation

190,000

32,546

05/2011

 

A Microstructure-Based Modeling Approach to Characterize Asphalt Materials

Z. You,

Q. Dai,

T. Van Dam

National Science Foundation

149,698

67,121

08/31/2010

 

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Z. You

National Science Foundation (NSF)

12,000

 

8/31/2010

1

Development of New Test Procedures for Measuring Fine and Coarse Aggregate Specific Gravities

Z. You,

Q. Dai

Federal Highway Administration Passes through Michigan Department of Transportation

181,000

19,700

04/09/2009

 

Continuation of the Transportation Materials Research Center

Z. You,

T. Van Dam,

L. Sutter,

S. Vitton

 

Federal Highway Administration Passes through Michigan Department of Transportation

317,666

152,947

10/2010

2

Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship for Goh

S.W. Goh

Z. You

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-USDOT

1,500

 

08/2009

 

Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship for Colbert

B. Colbert, Z. You

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-USDOT

6,500

10,666

08/2008

3

Experimental investigation of Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Asphalt Material

Z. You,

Z. Xu

State of Michigan - Research Excellence Fund

39,620

 

07/2008

4

Development of Specifications for the Superpave Simple Performance Tests

Z. You,

T.Van Dam,

J. Dong,

R.C. Williams

Federal Highway Administration Passes through Michigan Department of Transportation

180,000

98,003

05/31/2008

5

Using Imaging Technology to Improve the Laboratory and Field Compaction of HMA

E. Masad,

Z. You,

Q. Dai

Federal Highway Administration Passes through Department of Transportation (Texas Transportation Institute)

296,701

 

10/2007

 

Collaboration with Texas A&M University on Three-Dimensional Modeling of the Microstructure of Asphalt Concrete for New Pavement Design

Z. You

 

State of Michigan - Research Excellence Fund

15,000

 

07/2007

7

Rutting Control Strategy and Performance Evaluation for Asphalt Pavement,

Z. You,

Q. Dai

University Research Council, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

10,000

 

09/2005

8

Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship for You

Z. You

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-USDOT

2,000

 

08/2005

9

Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship for You

Z. You

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-USDOT

1,775

 

08/2005

10

Proposal for TxDOT Training Courses (DES111 Roadway Design)

Z. You

Texas Department of Transportation

14,748

 

05/2005

11

Discrete Element Modeling of Microstructure of Paving Asphalt Concrete by X-Ray Computed Tomography

Z. You,

 

University Research Council, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

9,000

 

09/2004

12

Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship for You

Z. You

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-USDOT

2,450

 

08/2004

13

Micromechanical Model for Asphalt Concrete through Discrete Element Analysis and X-Ray Computed Tomography

X. Hu,

Z. You, and others

National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

60,000

85,000 (cash)

2007

14

Waste Tire Reuse Technologies for Civil Engineering Applications

K. Jones,

Z. You, 

M. Bremer

U.S. EPA Region 6

45,000

20,000 (in kind)

2005