New Techniques in Binder Property Measurement

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1 Pie in the Sky New Techniques in Binder Property Measurement

2 Outline Let s Dream a Little Perspective - The Original Moon Shot Looking Back at WRI s Own Moon Shot Déjà Vu and Lasers Two

3 Galileo changed the way we look at the world

4 Source: Sidereus Nuncius (1610) The Starry Messenger by Galileo Galilei

5 Leaving for the Moon, illustration from 'Around the Moon' by Jules Verne ( ) Paris, Hetzel (engraving) (b/w photo), Hildibrand, Henri Theophile ( ) / Private Collection / Archives Charmet / The Bridgeman Art Library

6 Earth over lunar landscape, 19th century C014/6980 Rights Managed 1880 Credit: DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/S CIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

7 Courtesy: NASA

8 Looking Back a Decade

9 Transportation Business is Where Oil and Gas Was 20 Years Ago Example: Shell Manages $178B/yr Of Operations Using Virtual Reality

10 U.S. DOT Collaborative Program with NASA New Area Pavement Construction and Maintenance Quality Control / Quality Assurance Western Research Institute, Lead Dr. Michael Hauck, Consortium Manager

11 Joint Program Oversight Committee 9-10 October 2003 Washington, DC TRACK 3 Construction and Maintenance Quality Control / Quality Assurance Western Research Institute, Lead

12 TRACK 3 Construction and Maintenance Quality Control / Quality Assurance Western Research Institute, Lead O U

13 Background on the New Program Area Construction and Maintenance Represent the Lion s Share of an Annual $117B Spent on Surface Transportation Congress Wondered if Remote Sensing Offers Opportunities to Help the Nation Spend its Construction and Maintenance Dollars More Effectively Concept White Paper Was Floated to Stakeholders AASHTO, AGC, ARTBA, FHWA, NASA, RSPA, TRB Addressing this High-Impact Area Is a Logical Extension of the Existing DOT-NASA Joint Program New Team Will Rely on the Current RS Consortia for Expertise and Experience as Appropriate First Team Meeting Was 17 Sept 2003 ( Isabel Huddle ) to Organize the Team and Plan a Deployment Program Deployment Plans Are at an Early Stage, Pending Funding Team Focus is on End Use, Rather than Technology

14 Why Construction & Maintenance?

15 Today: Destructive QC/QA Procedures

16 and Laboratory Torture Tests

17 Tomorrow: Remote Sensing Technologies

18 Prospective Sensor Technologies

19 Why Remote Sensing Makes Sense Users Science Safety Pay-Factor Savings Leverage Annual Highway Infrastructure Annual FHWA R&T Annual Savings Due to Superpave

20 It Makes Intuitive Sense A B D C

21 Hyperspectral Image, UCSB Asphaltenes -- Snowflakes of Oil Atomic Force Microscope Image, WRI?

22 Highway Users Perspective * * FHWA User Survey

23 Safety Perspective

24 Financial Perspective Follow the money

25 Leverage Perspective Benefit Savings Cost Cost Spending $117B/yr $0.4B/yr $2.4B/yr Annual Highway Infrastructure Annual FHWA R&T Annual Savings Due to Superpave Return on Investment: SuperPave vs. FHWA R&T

26 R&D Needs Identified by F-SHRP Study * Performance-related specifications for new technologies Efficient construction equipment and methods Non-destructive, real-time sensing to determine readiness for traffic Use of modular or prefabricated construction to speed renewal and minimize disruption Use of advanced computing technologies, such as webbased management, that could speed up renewal projects by providing for better coordination across disciplines and project stages * Performed by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies

27 Profitability is Linked to Quality Performance

28 Why Remote Sensing Makes Sense Users Science Safety Pay-Factor Leverage Savings Annual Highway Infrastructure Annual FHWA R&T Annual Savings Due to Superpave

29 Western Research Institute Non-Profit Research & Development Organization Formerly Federal Laboratory ( ) Now University of Wyoming Research Corporation A Primary Asphalt Research Arm for FHWA One of the Original SuperPave Contractors Just Held 40 th Annual Asphalt Research Conference A Primary Asphalt Research Arm for FHWA Extensive Relationships with Most State DOTs Field Validations Strips with AZ, KS, NV, WY Experienced Consortium Leader Highway Research Consortium (WRI, TTI, UNR, UW-M, AAT)

30 A Premier Supplier of Pavement Materials Over 40 Years of Asphalt Experience Emphasis on Quality and Performance State of the Art Research and Laboratory Facilities A Leader in Delivering Paving Solutions Owned by Koch Industries 2 nd Largest Privately Held US Company (AA+ Credit) Koch Performance Roads, Inc. Major Projects with Federal Funding NM Route 44 / US-550 VA Route 288, Richmond MoDOT US-63

31 Planning, Engineering, and Construction Management Firm, Founded in 1884 One of the Largest Employee-Owned Companies in US Global Provider of Infrastructure Services Emphasis on Service to Client and Community PB views Sensor Technologies as Key to Sustainability and Cost Effectiveness A Leader in Creating the Design-Build and Warranty Construction Business Models

32 International Full-Service CAD Support, Customization, and Training Company Specialists in Engineering Information Systems for Transportation Projects Contracts with 20 US State DOTs Partnerships with Bentley Systems (MicroStation ) and AutoCAD Track Record of Commercializing New Ideas by Using Familiar Wrappers Raster Utilization in Roadway Projects and WYSIWYG Editing Video Log Libraries on the Web Design Visualization Electronic Bid Sets on the Web

33 O U University of Oklahoma Institute For Exploration & Development Geosciences Expertise in Geophysical, Petrophysical, and Visualization Technologies Used in Energy Exploration Constructed Pavements Are Man-Made Rocks Desires Technology Transfer to Transportation Applications Partnering with Walden 3D, Inc. and Dynamic Resources Corp. Track Record of Modernizing an Industry CAD for Oil and Gas Exploration (Landmark Graphics Corp.) 3D Virtual Reality for Prospecting and Engineering Design MWD Petrophysical Tools Leveraged NASA Expertise to Create Real-Time Down-Hole Remote Sensing Parallel Processing Algorithms for Data Processing

34 Commercial Provider of High-Quality Earth Imagery and Geospatial Information Products, Leveraging DoD Technology In-House Facilities at NASA Stennis Space Center Relationships with Sensor Manufacturers Cross-Agreements with Airborne Imagery Providers QuickBird Is the Highest-Resolution Civilian Satellite 61 cm Panchromatic and 2.8 m Multi-spectral Highest Collection Capacity and Highest Accuracy Other Products Include: Pan-Sharpened Imagery, Mosaics w/ Geometric & Ortho Corrections Color Infrared High Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery Stereo Imagery and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) Imagery-Derived Information Extraction and Data Fusion News Flash: NIMA Award to Develop Next Generation Super-High Resolution Commercial Imagery System

35 Possible Research Tasks Catalog RS Solutions for Pavements Investigate High-Impact Applications Surveying Construction Obstacles Compaction Quality Control / Assurance Surface Levelness Quality Control / Assurance Composition Quality Control / Assurance Detecting Premature Surface Aging Predicting Moisture Damage Detecting Early Signs of Base Layer Failure Demonstrate RS Solutions in the Field In Partnership with State DOTs In Partnership with Commercial Interests

36 Surveying Construction Obstacles EPRI Having to tunnel through Granite when you thought you were going to be tunneling through sand has a significant impact on project delivery.

37 Compaction QC / QA TX A&M

38 Surface Levelness QC / QA Ohio State

39 Composition QC / QA DARPA

40 Detecting Premature Surface Aging UCSB

41 NASA Predicting Moisture Damage

42 Detecting Early Signs of Base Layer Failure JPL

43 Deployment Projects Construction QC/QA Deployment (1/3) Borrow Pit Optimization w/ CDOT Buried Infrastructure w/ WyDOT Maintenance Deployment (1/3) Condition Assessment w/ VDOT Washington Bridge Project w/ Maryland SHA & VDOT Research (1/3) Inventory of Available Technologies w/ TRB Sensor tests w/ NASA Lab and Field Sites Warranty Construction Project (Future)

44 Where are we 10+ Years Later?

45 Transportation Business is Where Oil and Gas Was Years Ago W H Y?

46 This is the stage of the innovation process -- between the generation of knowledge and the application in the marketplace -- that poses the greatest challenges to the United States. Science and Technology: A Report to Congress President s Office of Science and Technology Policy Bush Administration, 1991

47 Times Have Changed, Let s Try Again

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52 The World Through A Laser s Lens

53 Commercial Lidar Resolution ¼ Wavelength Rayleigh Criterion Laser Used Resolution 1064 nm LIDAR 266 nm 532 nm LIDAR 133 nm CUSTOM WAVELENGTHS POSSIBLE!

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56 LAYOUT FOR NEVADA I-15 SITE All Monitoring Sections 500 Feet in Length Sinclair Sinclair Nevada Nevada Venezuelan Venezuelan Canadian Canadian S1. S2. N1. N2. V1. V2. C1. C2. Direction of Traffic (southbound). Core Locations

57 Is This Really What We Want?

58 It s up to smart minds and perceptive businesses to create a new industry.

59 Pie in the Sky? You Decide.