Research Highlights

The Purdue Road School unites federal, state and local agencies, elected officials, and industry professionals, and academia to collaborate and share innovations on diverse transportation topics. The 106th event once again broke records with over 3,150 registrants participating in 176 technical sessions involving 357 speakers and moderators. The program provided 182 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) to choose from, including 4 hours of Indiana Statutes and Ethics for Professional Engineers. The Purdue Road School collaborated for the second year with The Work Truck Show held at the Indianapolis Convention Center, where several technical sessions were offered to attendees.

Through training, teaching, or research, the Steel Bridge Research, Inspection, Training, and Engineering Center (S-BRITE) offers extended life to decommissioned steel bridge component.

A diverse committee of eighty transportation professionals representing industry, public agencies, and academia met on October 3 to begin planning the 2020 Purdue Road School Transportation Conference and Expo.

JTRP hosted over 30 law enforcement officers and fire fighters for a UAS crash scene mapping workshop at Purdue’s Indiana Corn and Soybean Innovation Center on September 26, 2019. Clearing a crash scene as quickly as possible is a common goal for law enforcement, fire and rescue, and

On August 23, 2019, the JTRP Executive Committee met at the Indiana Corn and Soybean Innovation Center in West Lafayette. Following the meeting, 90 attendees from public agencies, industry, and Purdue participated in networking and demonstrations related to emerging technology.