Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center

Annual Conference Keynotes Announced! https://buff.ly/3LeTv9q Join us during the Tuesday Evening Welcome Reception to learn about Nate Benoit of MaineDOT's Update on the Searsport Wind Port Project, then on Wednesday Morning For Luisa Paiewonsky of the USDOT Volpe Center's presentation on Building Volpe for the Next Century of Transportation Infrastructure Durability Following the Wednesday Morning Keynote, There will be a Q&A Session Featuring Director Paiewonsky & a Panel of Transportation Professionals including MaineDOT's Jeff Pulver, P.E. and Joyce Taylor, and UMaine's Bill Davids. #tidc #umaine #mainedot #usdot #volpecenter #transportation #infrastructure #durability #keynote Maine Department of Transportation U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center University of Maine

Annual Conference Session Announced! https://buff.ly/3LeTv9q Join the TIDC’s Amanda Collamore, Associated General Contractors of Maine's Kelly Flagg, & the Maine Department of Transportation's Shawn Smith for the Engaging our future workforce: real-life practice and implementation Session. How can we educate the future transportation workforce and how can we retain and uplift the current transportation workforce? What programs have been successful? #tidc #umaine #agcmaine #mainedot #education #workforce #development #transportation #infrastructure #durability

UMaine’s Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center advances research on newer, more sustainable materials that lower carbon emissions including lightweight, corrosion-resistant alternatives to concrete and steel girders; 3D-printed diffusers for the rehabilitation of highway culverts; reusable 3D printed formwork for the placement of concrete ballast retainers; and analysis of rail and highway structures using unmanned aerial vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The center is a U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center based within the UMaine Advanced Structures & Composites Center and includes a consortium of six New England universities including the University of Connecticut, the University of Vermont, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Western New England University, and the University of Rhode Island in collaboration with the Departments of Transportation (DOTs) in six New England states. Funding was secured through a six-year grant awarded by the U.S. DOT following a New England-wide competition among university consortiums. Image description: Installation of TIDC codeveloped FRP Composite Girders on U.S. Route 1A in Hampden, Maine. The girders are designed to be lighter, lower maintenance and longer lasting than traditional highway bridge construction and replacement girders. They also have a smaller carbon footprint.

Congratulations to MassDOT Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineer Carrie Lavallee for being selected for Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS Boston Chapter) “Woman of the Year,” and the Rail and Transit Division, which is led by Administrator Meredith Slesinger, for being selected for the “Innovative Transportation Solutions” award.   “It is such an honor to have Carrie and Meredith doing such great work and providing expert leadership,” said Transportation Secretary and CEO Monica Tibbits-Nutt. “I want to congratulate them and their teams for their respective, well-deserved recognitions by WTS-Boston, and I thank them for their ongoing service to deliver reliable connectivity to the people of Massachusetts.”    Ms. Lavallee was honored as “Woman of the Year” for 2024. In her current role as Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineer at the Highway Division, Ms. Lavallee has been responsible for MassDOT’s expanded $2.1 billion a year capital program from last year, which included new federal infrastructure funding and one of the largest investments in bridges in the Commonwealth’s history.   MassDOT’s Rail and Transit Division, which has coordinated the MassDOT Compass Rail Program/Inland Route: Right of Way Modeling Partnership with Amtrak and CSX, was honored with the “Innovative Transportation Solutions Award” for 2024. In September 2023, MassDOT was awarded a $108 million Federal Railroad Administration CRISI grant to fund trackwork that would enable two daily round trips on the Inland Route between Boston, Springfield, and New Haven, Connecticut. MassDOT’s first step towards advancing this important passenger rail initiative was establishing a partnership with Amtrak and CSX to develop a simulation model of the Boston & Albany rail corridor.   Congratulations to all! ℹ https://lnkd.in/eMAwkP98

Annual Conference Session Announced! https://buff.ly/3LeTv9q Join the University of Maine’s Dr. @Kimberly Huguenard, Woods Hole Group, Inc.'s Kirk Bosma, Maine Department of Transportation's Eric Ham, and the Island Institute's Jeff Frank for the Transportation Resiliency and Impacts to our Infrastructure Session. Preparing our aging transportation infrastructures to be more resilient in the face of climate impacts #tidc #umaine #woodsholegroup #mainedot #islandinstitute #resiliency #coastal #transportation #infrastructure #durability

At the European Conference on Composite Materials ECCM21 in Nantes, France, to give a presentation https://lnkd.in/gAPjsvzH #ECCM21 #composites #compositematerials #sustainability #durability #additivemanufacturing #3Dprinting #tidc #umaine #transportation #infrastructure

The Maine Summer Transportation Institute is underway! Students from around the state are at the University of Maine for a week full of transportation activities and learning. Today they visited the Cole Land Transportation Museum, the Bangor International Airport, and the Maineiacs (Maine Air National Guard) Base! #umaine #tidc #transportation #infrastructure #durability #education #institute

Annual Conference Session Announced! https://buff.ly/3xLebTv Join the University of Maine’s Dr. Jonathan Rubin, VEMI Lab's Dr. Richard Corey, and May Mobility's Sarah Yager for the future of AVs across Northern New England Session. Learn about the future of Autonomous Vehicle Research in rural New England and successful AV deployments by May Mobility around the United States #tidc #umaine #uconn #uvm #uml #wneu #uri #ascc #transportation #infrastructure #durability #dot #research #R1 #av #newengland #autonomousvehicle #maymobility

THANK YOU to all who were able to attend our TIDC June Webinar on Dynamic Remote Sensing and Optical Distributed Sensing Applications for bridge Health Monitoring! We appreciate your support & Excellent Questions! Certificate of Attendance is available here: https://buff.ly/3V2hcqg If you were not able to join the event live, the recording is available here: https://buff.ly/4eK4ju6 #tidc #uml #umaine #sensing #monitoring #assessment #lazer #textiles

Annual Conference Session Announced! https://buff.ly/4ejMdi2 Join the University of Maine’s Dr. Roberto Lopez-Anido and Dr. Reed Miller, and Joe Fox of FX Consulting LLC, for the Composites - The Greener Alternative session. Learn about the latest in composite materials, applications, and life cycle analysis #tidc #umaine #uconn #uvm #uml #wneu #uri #ascc #transportation #infrastructure #durability #dot #research #R1 #composites