Past and present collaborations with Michigan Tech's campus departments.
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contact |
Campus Contact |
Sponsor |
| Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Field Testing |
Experimental design |
Buller |
Naber, Robinette |
ARPA-E |
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Cooperative Driving Algorithms for Fuel Efficiency |
Cooperative driving automation; Energy Efficiency; Mixed Reality Testing |
Buller |
Naber |
US DOE |
| Mixed traffic vehicle path guidance to improve energy efficiency and overall mobility | Cooperative driving automation; Energy Efficiency; Mixed Reality Testing |
Paki |
Naber |
US DOE |
| NHTSA Vehicle Electronic Safety Systems | Transportation, Safety of vehicle electronic systems |
Buller, Paki |
Naber |
USDOT NHTSA |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contact |
Sponsor |
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3DOBS |
Transportation |
Brooks, Dobson |
Ahlborn |
MDOT
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| Addressing Inequitable Flood Risks in Southeast Michigan through Green Infrastructure | Environmental Engineering and Remote Sensing |
Miller, Battaglia
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Watkins |
NASA |
| Aerosol Variability from Prescribed & Wildland Fire Emissions | Environmental Science Remote Sensing |
French, Billmire |
Wu |
NASA |
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Automated, Drone-based Grade Crossing Inspection
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Remote sensing, Transportation, Decision Support |
Brooks, Dobson, Cook |
Lautala |
USDOT Volpe SBIR to MTRI Inc. |
| Bridge Inspection Software Tools |
Transportation
|
Brooks, Sawtell
|
Ahlborn
|
MDOT
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| CITIW: Center for Intelligent Transportation under Inclement Weather UTC | Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Buller, Brooks |
Zhen, Liu |
USDOT |
| Demonstrating advanced UAS-enabled technologies for work zone monitoring to improve traffic flows and safety in Montana |
Automating work zone monitoring with UAS |
Buller, Brooks |
Kuilin, Zhan |
US DOT |
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Geotechnical Asset Management |
Transportation Environmental Science Remote Sensing |
Brooks, Dobson |
Oommen, Lautala, Vitton, Chatterjee |
USDOT/ OST-R |
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Hydrodynamic Modeling for Great Lakes Water Quality |
Hydrodynamic Modeling |
Shuchman, Sayers, Bosse, Sawtell, Schwab |
Xue |
GLOS, CIGLR, NOAA |
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IAGLR 2021 Conference |
Great Lakes Ecology | Shuchman, Brooks |
Urban, Others |
IAGLR |
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Impacts of Rising Lake Levels on Great Lakes Transportation Networks |
Great Lakes, Transportation |
Brooks, Bourgeau-Chavez, Miller |
Meadows, Lenders, Z. You, Kueber-Watkins, Xue |
NOAA |
| MDOT Effective Bridge Deck Weather Warning Technologies | Transportation Planning, Remote Sensing |
Chas |
Liu, Hannon, Sun |
MDOT |
| Railway Artificial Intelligence Intruder Learning System (RAIILS) | Remote Sensing, AI/ML, Transportation |
Vega, Brooks |
Lautala, Nelson |
USDOT FRA |
| Remote Sensing of Railways Applications |
Remote Sensing UAVs |
Brooks, Vega, Dobson |
Lautala, Kueber-Watkins, Oommen |
USDOT FRA |
| UAV Integration into MDOT Operations | Remote Sensing, Transportation, Decision Support |
Brooks, Dobson, Graham |
Oommen, Mukherjee, Zhang |
MDOT |
| Waste treatment and monitoring technologies |
Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Remote Sensing |
Brooks |
Watkins, Becker, Oommen, Minakata, Handler, Datta, Techtmann |
US EPA |
| Winter Roads DSS | Transportation Planning, Remote Sensing |
Billmire |
Liu |
FHWA |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contact |
Campus Contact |
Sponsor |
| Cooperative Driving Algorithms for Fuel Efficiency | Cooperative driving automation; Energy Efficiency; Mixed Reality Testing | Buller | Naber | US DOE |
| Mixed traffic vehicle path guidance to improve energy efficiency and overall mobility | Cooperative driving automation; Energy Efficiency; Mixed Reality Testing | Paki | Naber | US DOE |
| Saxton Transportation Operations Lab Support | Cooperative driving automation; Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation | Buller | Naber Bos |
Leidos/FHWA |
| Validating Connected, Automated, and Electric Vehicle Models and Simulation |
Connected vehicles, controls and propulsion, mixed reality test infrastructure | Buller | Naber | USDOE/ACM |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contacts |
Sponsor |
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Central UP Knotweed Risk Analysis and Treatment Prioritization and Comparison |
Ecology, Remote Sensing |
Vander Bilt, A. Jenkins |
Resh |
MISGP |
| Michigan Cedar | Remote Sensing, Ecology | Bourgeau-Chavez, Vander Bilt | Chimner | MDNR |
| NASA ABoVE Boreal Peatlands | Carbon cycle, Wildfire, Ecology, Remote Sensing | Bourgeau-Chavez, Battaglia, Vander Bilt, Graham | Kane | NASA |
| NASA SMAP Project | Remote Sensing, Soil Moisture | Bourgeau-Chavez | Kane (Veronica Porter student) | NASA |
| National Ecological Observatory Network | Ecology, Remote Sensing, Computer Science | Billmire | Burton | NSF/ORAU |
| Natural Resources Water and Energy NRW&E | Tech Forward Initiative | Shuchman | Burton | MTU |
| Tropical Peatland | Carbon cycle, Ecology, Remote Sensing | Bourgeau-Chavez, Battaglia, Vander Bilt | Chimner, Lilleskov | USAID |
| Vernal Pools | Wetlands Ecology | Bourgeau-Chavez, Battaglia, Vander Bilt | Chimner | NPS |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contact |
Sponsor |
| Aerosol Variability from Prescribed & Wildland Fire Emissions | Environmental Science Remote Sensing | French, Billmire | Wu | NASA |
| Airport Remote Sensing | Remote Sensing, UAVs | Brooks, Dobson, Cook | Oommen | FAA |
| Geotechnical Asset Management | Transportation Environmental Science Remote Sensing |
Brooks, Dobson | Oommen, Lautala, Vitton, Chatterjee |
USDOT/ OST-R |
| Remote Sensing of Railways Applications | Remote Sensing UAVs |
Brooks, Vega, Dobson | Lautala, Kueber-Watkins, Oommen | USDOT FRA |
| UAV Integration into MDOT Operations |
Remote Sensing, Transportation, Decision Support | Brooks, Dobson, Graham | Oommen, Mukherjee, Zhang | MDOT |
| Waste treatment and monitoring technologies |
Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Remote Sensing | Brooks | Watkins, Becker, Oommen, Minakata, Handler, Datta, Techtmann | US EPA |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contact |
Campus Contact |
Sponsor |
| Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics (CAMS) | Mathematics | Kitchen | Sun | MTU |
| Program+ | Discipline | MTRI Contact | Campus Contact | Sponsor |
| Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Field Testing | Experimental design | Buller | Naber, Robinette | ARPA-E |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contacts |
Sponsor |
| MDOT Effective Bridge Deck Weather Warning Technologies | Transportation Planning, Remote Sensing | Chase | Liu, Hannon, Sun | MDOT |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contacts |
Sponsor |
| MDOT MIRE Phase 2 Paved Road Identification | Transportation, Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science | Brooks, Janiszewski, A. Chavez, Barber | Colling, Koszykowski | MDOT |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contact |
Campus Contact |
Sponsor |
| DOE Vehicle Technology Office Truck Platooning |
Connected Vehicles | Buller | Robinette | USDOT |
| Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Field Testing | Experimental design | Buller | Naber, Robinette | USDOT |
| MDOT Effective Bridge Deck Weather Warning Technologies | Transportation Planning, Remote Sensing | Chase | Liu, Hannon, Sun |
MDOT |
| RACER SIM | Off road autonomy simulation | Buller | Bradley, Naber | FAAC / DARPA |
| Saxton Transportation Operations Lab Support | Cooperative driving automation; Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation; | Buller | Naber Bos |
Leidos/FHWA |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contact |
Campus Contact |
Sponsor |
| Eurasian Watermilfoil Spread in Lake Superior | Remote Sensing Modeling Hydrodynamics Biology | Brooks | Huckins, Marcarelli, Hersch-Green | GLRI, MDNR |
| Legacy Mining | Remote Sensing, Geology, Chemistry, and Biology | Brooks, Shuchman, Sayers | Kerfoot, Green, GLRC | USACE / US EPA / MEGLE / USGS |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contact |
Campus Contact |
Sponsor |
| Eurasian Watermilfoil Spread in Lake Superior | Remote Sensing Modeling Hydrodynamics Biology | Brooks | Huckins, Marcarelli, Hersch-Green | GLRI, MDNR |
| IAGLR 2021 Conference | Great Lakes Ecology | Shuchman, Brooks | Urban, Others | IAGLR |
| Impacts of Rising Lake Levels on Great Lakes Transportation Networks | Great Lakes, Transportation | Brooks, Bourgeau-Chavez, Miller | Meadows, Lenders, Z. You, Kueber-Watkins, Xue | NOAA |
| Legacy Mining | Remote Sensing, Geology, Chemistry, and Biology | Brooks, Shuchman, Sayers | Kerfoot, Green, GLRC | USACE / US EPA / MEGLE / USGS |
| OPG algae debris run advanced early warning system (AAWS GUI) | Ecology, Decision Support, Great Lakes | Brooks, Billmire, Graham, Vander Bilt | Anderson, Xue, Auer, Meadows | Ontario Power Generation |
| Updating UGLOS Buoy Website | Remote Sensing, Great Lakes Monitoring | Billmire | Pinnow, Lenters, Meadows | UGLOS |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contact |
Campus Contact |
Sponsor |
| Identify and Evaluate Leading COTS mobile networked Radios | Engineering, Computer Science | Buller, Wilson | Bradley, Black, Gwaltney | National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) |
| Next-Generation NATO Reference Mobility Model Development | Hydrology, Engineering, Remote Sensing, Computer Science | Buller, Dobson, Miller, Wilson | Bradley | US Army |
| RACER | Off road autonomy | Buller | Bradley, Naber | DARPA |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contacts |
Sponsor |
| Infrared Technology, Sensors, and Applications Class | Remote Sensing | (Olson), French | Levin | MTU |
| Using UAS Based LiDAR to Map Archaeology Features | Remote sensing, UAVs, Archaelogy | Dobson | Scarlett | US Forest Service |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contacts |
Sponsor |
| Legacy Mining | Remote Sensing, Geology, Chemistry, and Biology | Brooks, Shuchman, Sayers | Kerfoot, Green, GLRC | USACE / US EPA / MEGLE / USGS |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contacts |
Sponsor |
| MDOT MIRE Phase 2 Paved Road Identification | Transportation, Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science | Brooks, Janiszewski, A. Chavez, Barber | Colling, Koszykowski | MDOT |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contacts |
Sponsor |
| Mini-disc infiltrometer app | Soils/Hydrology | Miller | Pastel | MTU |
Program+ |
Discipline |
MTRI Contacts |
Campus Contacts |
Sponsor |
| Socioeconomic benefits of the Rapid Response Erosion Database (RRED) | Environmental, Engineering, Economics | Miller, Battaglia | Breffle | NASA |