Archive | May, 2012

Anniversary Post: Geospatial Students’ Projects on Sustainability Practices

By on May 29, 2012 in Biodiversity and Environmental Sustainability, Green House Gas (GHG), Infrastructure Asset Management, Natural Disaster, Remote Sensing/Geospatial

Anniversary Post: Geospatial Students’ Projects on Sustainability Practices, Infrastructure Asset Management, and Disasters Impacts.

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Transportation Safety Research: Crashworthiness Analysis of Road Guardrail-Vehicle Using Computer Modeling and Simulation

By on May 29, 2012 in Lifeline Infrastructure Protection, Safety

Transportation Safety Research: Crashworthiness Analysis of Road Guardrail Using Computer Modeling and Simulation of Vehicle Impacts.

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Sustainable Infrastructure Project Evaluation Using Life Cycle Economic Analysis: Guest Post 21

By on May 25, 2012 in Biodiversity and Environmental Sustainability, Energy, Green House Gas (GHG)

Evaluating Sustainability Practices, Products, Materials : video report by a journalism student at the University of Mississippi.

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Infrastructure Management: PEDD Pavement Evaluation Technology for Roads and Airports

By on May 21, 2012 in Infrastructure Asset Management

PEDD Pavement Evaluation Software for Roads and Airports: Timely infrastructure maintenance management requires nondestructive evaluation (NDE) for structural integrity assessment. This is explained in the following video interview of Dr. Waheed Uddin for road pavement assets (video credit: Omar Uddin, UVision).

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Sumatra faces yet another risk: Major volcanic eruptions

By on May 17, 2012 in Earthquake/Tsunami, Natural Disaster

The early April earthquake of magnitude 8.6 that shook Sumatra was a grim reminder of the devastating earthquakes and tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in 2004 and 2005. Now a new study shows that the residents of that region are at risk …

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Sustainable Mass Transit in Cities: Reducing Congestion and Car Emissions in the World by Deploying Metros and Clean Buses

By on May 17, 2012 in Biodiversity and Environmental Sustainability, Green House Gas (GHG), Infrastructure Asset Management

Sustainable Mass Transit in Cities: Reducing Congestion and Car Emissions in the World by Deploying Metros and Clean Buses and Improving Safety.

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Scientists Debate Extreme Weather Events & GHG Emissions….Urban Planners and Transportation Engineers Must Implement Innovative Sustainable Transportation & Landuse Policies

By on May 15, 2012 in Climate Change, Global Warming, Green House Gas (GHG), Technology & Business

Scientists Debate Extreme Weather Events and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions. However, Urban Planners and Transportation Engineers Must Implement Innovative Sustainable Transportation and Landuse Policies Solutions to Address the Mobility Needs in Cities: Cities provide good opportunity for jobs and better life for growing population. Cities are also major contributors to GHG and other harmful emissions [...]

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