MnDOT 2026 Transportation Research Showcase
Tuesday, October 6, 1-3 p.m., MnDOT Library
The MnDOT Office of Research & Innovation is hosting the first ever Transportation Research Showcase, an event that will feature poster sessions of MnDOT and Local Road Research Board research projects completed in 2025-2026. This is an open-house style event at which principal researchers will present posters about their projects. Stop by to join in deep dialogue or swiftly scan the work. Light refreshments will be served.
Join us for 30 + presentations on transportation research projects including:
Bridges and Structures
- Evaluation of Corrugated HDPE Pipes Manufactured with Recycled Content
- Understanding Causes of Concrete Culvert Pipe Joint Separation
Environmental
- Investigating Real Storms and the Impact of Potential Climate Change Adaptations
- Assessing the Deterioration of Pedestrian Assets
- Comparison of Compost and Proprietary Soil Amendments for Vegetation Establishment
- Sustainable Application of TDA in Stormwater Infiltration and Treatment
- Wet Pond Modeling for Contaminant Retention and Maintenance
Maintenance Operations
- Harnessing Solar Energy through Solar Snow Fences
- Sustaining Performance of ASR-Affected Pavements: Effective Practices and Insights
- Haul Road and Detour Maintenance
- Mitigation of Tenting of Transverse Cracks and Joints in Asphalt Pavement
- Using Electric Vehicle Onboard Data for Pavement Quality Assessment and Management
Materials and Construction
- Pavement Design: Performance of Base versus Subbase
- Pavement Marking/Colored Pavement Friction Differential and Product Durability
- Standardization of SIP Calculation for Hamburg Wheel
Tracking Test - Taconite as a lower-cost, alternative high-friction surface treatment to calcined bauxite for low-volume roads in Minnesota
- Improving and Developing Pavement Design Inputs and Performance Functions for Cold Recycled Pavement Layers in Minnesota
- Investigation on Mix Design of Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Materials
Multimodal
Policy and Planning
- Advancing Equity in Capital Investment Decision-Making
- Grand Rapids GoMARTI Self-Driving Shuttle Pilot Program: Data and Research Support
- Mitigating Community Harms of Dense Highway Infrastructure - "Spaghetti Junctions"
- TRS: Culture Building and Behavior Change Strategies for VMT Reduction
- Behavioral Investigation of Temporary and Permanent Pedestrian Infrastructure
Traffic and Safety
- Assessment of Pedestrian Safety and Driver Behavior Near Automated Vehicles
- Assessment of Travel-Time Reliability and Operational Resilience of Metro Freeway Corridors
- Development and Demonstration of a Novel Red Light Running Warning System Using Connected v2i Technology
- Development of a System to Report School Bus Stop-Arm Violations
- School Times Impact on Students Walking or Biking to School: Safe Routes to School
- Understanding Risks and Opportunities for Ramp Metering Control in a Mixed-Autonomy Future
- Multi-Method Investigation of Pedestrian Safety Impacts of Right-Turn Lanes
- User-Centered Smart Traffic Sign Implementation Development Study
The MnDOT Library is in Room 175 in the Transportation Building, 395 John Ireland Blvd., St. Paul. Maps for driving, biking and parking are available here. All are welcome.