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Utility Coordination 101: An Overview and Updates
Get PDFThis presentation will include an overview of the entire utility coordination process, including starting well, partnering with the oversight agent and utilities, tracking progress, keeping the client updated, and completing on time. Information about updates to the work plan template and the 107-R-169 will be discussed
Resilient Modulus of Aggregate and Cement Stabilized Soils
Get PDFThe resilient modulus of aggregate and subgrade have been used in the design of pavement. Join us as we review equipment and testing procedures of resilient moduli in INDOT’s geotechnical laboratory
Move Over Barrels: Automation to Keep Work Zones Safe
Get PDFThis session will explore various cutting-edge technologies that agencies are currently deploying to enhance work zone safety. The discussed innovations will include CV applications that use the Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx), machine vision technology to detect workers and alert drivers, Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuators (ATMAs), and Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement (AWZSE). These advancements aim to significantly reduce crashes and improve overall safety for both workers and drivers
KISS: Keep it Simple for Safety
Get PDFThere are high-tech tools for measuring speed, traffic volume, and other items needed in a safety study. There are also very simple methods that can be used by anyone to get an initial estimate, check the fancy tools, or determining if it is worth spending time and money on a more complicated review. This session will review some of these simple methods to determine traffic volumes, speeds, sight distance, passing zones, clear zones, and where to place road signs
Getting the Most Out of Your Interns
Get PDFThis presentation will discuss how to utilize interns efficiently, from the perspective of two former interns. We will discuss how our internships were balanced between technical development and project delivery and highlight our recent experience as full-time staff that are now training new interns
Comparing Safety Data on a Constructed Hard Shoulder Running (HSR) Project
Get PDFHSR uses road shoulders to improve congestion, butreducing the lateral width to obstructions when the shoulder is a travel lane creates the perception of compromised safety. Few HSR projects have existed long enough to compare safety data to determine if this is a legitimate concern. This presentation will compare the crash trends before and after the implementation of Ohio’s first HSR project and discuss gaps in the current practice
Evaluate a Personal-Sized Seedless Watermelon Grown in High Tunnels
Get PDFGrowing personal-sized seedless watermelons in high tunnels is not a common practice in the U.S. However, as high tunnel adoption increases and farmers gain experience in using them for specialty crop production, there is a need to evaluate nontraditional crops to improve crop rotation within these structures. In this study, we evaluated the performance of a personal-sized seedless watermelon grown in a high tunnel system. This seedless watermelon cultivar was selected because of its thin rind, tender flesh, and high sugar content. The combination of these fruit traits may make it particularly attractive for local food markets. Additionally, we compared two diploid watermelon cultivars as pollen sources in the system: a pollenizer cultivar producing non-edible fruit, and a yellow-rind seeded watermelon cultivar. Results showed that the yield of the seedless watermelon was significantly higher when the non-edible pollenizer was used than the seeded watermelon cultivar. This article presents the preliminary results and discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with growing personal-sized seedless watermelons in high tunnels
Researching the U.S. Senate Presidential Nominee Confirmation Process
No full textThe beginning of 2025 has seen renewed public attention and emphasis on the constitutionally mandated U.S. Senate confirmation process. This stems from the beginning of the second Trump Administration as its nominees navigate this process. The presentation provides historical background on this process, demonstrates what nominees, Senate oversight committees, and the full Senate in administering this process and enables readers to find out how to access information resources documenting this process. The confirmation process continues throughout presidential administrations and may involve little public attention and controversy or acute public attention and controversy. The contrasting 2025 confirmation experiences of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are documented. An example of a unsuccessful nomination by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 is chronicled and how family connections from that event have remained politically significant recently
Conducting Effective Literature Searches and Writing Strong Abstracts
No full textThis invited presentation for students at Poland\u27s War Studies University communicates ideas on how Ph.D. students at this institution can enhance their research quality. Specific content includes formulating your research question, determining research aims and methodology, reviewing a research question checklist, understanding the meaning of search terms you propose to utilize, devising effective search strategies, consulting multiple varieties of information resources from multiple countries, finding gaps in literature, being able to distinguish between nuances in literature and data, writing succinct abstracts, and enhancing the clarity of your prose
