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A -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF NCHRP RESEARCH ALLOCATIONS FOR FY 2001 POC Brenda Douple, (202) 334-2176 Announcement of NCHRP Research Allocations for 2000 (FY 2001) The Research Committee for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials met in Washington, D.C., on March 28-30, 2000 and selected the following new projects for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program in fiscal year 2001: 03-60, Operational Analysis of Interchange Ramp Terminals; 03-61, Communicating Changes in Horizontal Alignment; 03-62, Guidelines for Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS); 04-29, Selection of Sign Materials to Optimize Performance; 05-16, National Calibration Standards for Measuring Retroreflectivity; 08-41, Development of Technical Methods for Environmental-Justice Analyses; 09-25, Evaluation of VMA and VFA Requirements for Superpave Mixtures; 09-26, Development of a Precision Statement for the Density of Superpave Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Specimens Compacted According to AASHTO TP4-00, "Standard Method for Preparing and Determining the Density of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Specimens by Means of the SHRP Gyratory Compactor"; 09-27, Evaluation of Relationship Among HMA In-Place Density, Lift Thickness, and Permeability; 09-28, Field Verification of the Advanced Materials Characterization Model and Test; 09-29, Final Development of a Simple Performance Tester Through Private Sector Partnering; 10-59, Construction Process Control Requirements for Bonded Repair of Concrete Structures Using Fiber-Reinforced Composite (FRP) Material; 10-60, Avoiding Delays in Constructing Highway Projects; 12-55, Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Specifications for Bridge Substructures; 12-56, Application of the LRFD Bridge Design Specifications to High-Strength Structural Concrete: Shear Provisions; 12-57, Extending Span Ranges of Prestressed Concrete Girders by Splicing, Post-Tensioning, and the Use of High-Performance Concrete; 12-58, Effective Slab Width for Composite Steel Bridge Members; 12-59, Design and Construction of Segmental Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil (GRS) Bridge Abutments and Piers; 15-22, Safety Consequences of Flexibility in Highway Design; 15-23, Technical Support for Conversion of the AASHTO Model Drainage Manual and Highway Drainage Guidelines to Dual Units; 17-22, Identification of Vehicular Impact Conditions Associated with Serious Ran-Off-Road Accidents; 20-53, How State DOTs and Other Transportation Agencies Need to Respond to Changing Customer Needs; 20-54, Accelerating Opportunities for Innovation in the Highway Industry; 24-18, Large-Scale Abutment Scour Protection; 24-19, Environmentally Sensitive (Non-Structural) Channel and Bank Protection Measures; 25-24, Monitoring, Analyzing, and Reporting on the Status of AASHTO-FHWA-EPA Environmental Streamlining Pilot Projects. Preliminary scopes of work for each project are available on the Internet at http://www4.nas.edu/trb/crp.nsf under "Upcoming Projects." Project Statements inviting proposals will be available at the same Internet site beginning around August 2000. You may register electronically, at the same site, for notification of project statement postings. Inquiries may also be addressed to Manager NCHRP, Cooperative Research Programs, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. If you are not interested in submitting a proposal, but believe you have expertise that would be valuable to an oversight review panel, please fax your resume to Ms. Brenda Douple at 202/334-2006 or e-mail to bdouple@nas.edu by 06/01/00. It is important to identify the project for which you are interested in serving on the panel. Nominations are also appreciated for other people who may be interested in serving on a panel. Posted 04/20/00 (W-SN447220). (0111)

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