Compendium of Student Papers: 2012 Undergraduate Transportation Scholars Program

This report is a compilation of research papers written by students participating in the 2012 Undergraduate Transportation Scholars Program. The 10-week summer program, now in its 22nd year, provides undergraduate students in Civil Engineering the opportunity to learn about transportation engineering through participating in sponsored transportation research projects. The program design allows students to interact directly with a Texas A&M University faculty member or Texas A&M Transportation Institute researcher in developing a research proposal, conducting valid research, and documenting the research results through oral presentations and research papers. The papers in this compendium report on the following topics: 1) Analysis of Factors Influencing Run-off Road Crashes on Horizontal Curves; and 2) Impact of Nighttime Work Zone Lighting on Motorists’ Detection of Objects.

• Record URL:
  http://swutc.tamu.edu/publications/technicalreports/compendiums/600451-00003-1.pdf
• Summary URL:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Southwest Region University Transportation Center

  Texas A&M University
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Celoza, Amelia
  • Weimert, Kayla
• Publication Date: 2013-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 56p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geometric design; Highway curves; Highway safety; Lighting; Night; Ran off road crashes; Work zones
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01482286
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SWUTC/13/600451-00003-1, Report 600451-00003-1
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-G-UTC06
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: May 24 2013 9:00AM