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Student Success And Retention From The Perspectives Of Engineering Students And Faculty, Amy Chan-Hilton

ASEE IL-IN Section Conference

Student retention and success is a complex issue, with many factors that impact an individual student’s retention and these factors varying across all of our students. At the University of Southern Indiana (USI), efforts within engineering, as well as across the college and university, have included intentional academic support services (such as expanded advising and tutoring services) and student development programs and extracurricular activities to foster student communities and a student’s sense of belonging. In addition, evidence indicates that implementing curricular changes across an engineering program and within specific courses, such as implementing active learning, instructional innovations, and high-impact practices, …

Purdue Libraries: Resources And Engagement In Data Science, Michael Witt

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

An overview of data science-related resources and engagement at the Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies given as an informal presentation and discussion at the monthly "coffee klatch" hosted by the Integrative Data Science Initiative at Purdue University.

When "Fake News" Fox Comes A-Trollin', Now What?: Lessons From An Owl's Point Of View, Harry Denny

Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Presentations

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Lemon: A Framework For Rapidly Mining Structural Information From The Protein Data Bank, Jonathan Fine, Gaurav Chopra

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

Motivation

The Protein Data Bank (PDB) currently holds over 140 000 biomolecular structures and continues to release new structures on a weekly basis. The PDB is an essential resource to the structural bioinformatics community to develop software that mine, use, categorize and analyze such data. New computational biology methods are evaluated using custom benchmarking sets derived as subsets of 3D experimentally determined structures and structural features from the PDB. Currently, such benchmarking features are manually curated with custom scripts in a non-standardized manner that results in slow distribution and updates with new experimental structures. Finally, there is a scarcity of …

Identifying And Using Driver Nodes In Temporal Networks, Babak Ravandi, Fatma Mili, John Springer

Faculty Publications

In many approaches developed for defining complex networks, the main assumption is that the network is in a relatively stable state that can be approximated with a fixed topology. However, in several applications, this approximation is not adequate because a) the system modeled is dynamic by nature, and b) the changes are an essential characteristic that cannot be approximated. Temporal networks capture changes in the topology of networks by including the temporal information associated with their structural connections, i.e., links or edges. We focus here on controllability of temporal networks, that is, the study of steering the state of a …

High Friction Surface Treatment Hfst National Perspective, Rick O. Drumm

Purdue Road School

Project Development, Expected Benefit, and Field Experience—High-friction surface treatment (HFST) has been proactively utilized as a cost-effective solution to reducing vehicle crashes at curves across the country. As an initiative, INDOT is currently installing HFST at 26 locations statewide, mainly horizontal curves with high crash rates. This session consists of two presentations to share the information on the development, expected benefits, project design, and initial test results based on the HFST at these locations.

High Friction Surface Treatment, Todd Richardson

Purdue Road School

Project Development, Expected Benefit, and Field Experience—High-friction surface treatment (HFST) has been proactively utilized as a cost-effective solution to reducing vehicle crashes at curves across the country. As an initiative, INDOT is currently installing HFST at 26 locations statewide, mainly horizontal curves with high crash rates. This session consists of two presentations to share the information on the development, expected benefits, project design, and initial test results based on the HFST at these locations.

High Friction Surface Treatment Initiatives By Indot: Spec Development, Joseph Bruno

Purdue Road School

In-House Project Design, Special Provision Specification, and Initial Test Results—Highfriction surface treatment (HFST) has been proactively utilized as a cost-effective solution to reducing vehicle crashes at curves across the country. As an initiative, INDOT is currently installing HFST at 26 locations statewide, mainly horizontal curves with high crash rates. This session consists of two presentations to share the information on the development, expected benefits, project design, and initial test results based on the HFST at these locations.

Bridge Inspection: Discussion Of Critical Findings, Andrew Fitzgerald, Bill Dittrich, Jose Ortiz

Purdue Road School

In this session we discuss critical findings definitions and expectations based on NBIS, FHWA, and INDOT standards. Examples of critical findings and the procedures to follow when a critical finding is discovered will be presented. The session is led by the bridge inspection program manager with the assistance of an FHWA Indiana division representative.

The Future Of Transportation Design With Av/Cv Technology, Chris Pauly

Purdue Road School

Autonomous and connected vehicles (AV / CV) are poised to change the way transportation operates around the world. Whether AVs are deployed as a first / last mile solution on private campuses and universities or used within cities as a major transportation option, the adoption of AV / CV technology will change the way planners look at future transportation needs. The outlook for AV / CVs, their impact on city planning, and current technological capabilities will all be discussed in this session.

City Of Carmel Redevelopment: Green Infrastructure, Urban Design And Walkability, Jeremy Kashman

Purdue Road School

Monon Boulevard Construction: A Case Study in Trail-Oriented Economic Development—At over 20 years old, the Monon Trail in Carmel has become our beach front property. The trail through downtown Carmel has now reached over 2,000 users per day and is driving redevelopment. This presentation shows how the City is investing $25 million into widening the Monon Trail and new green infrastructure to support the $200 million in private investment for new office space, restaurants, and housing.

Range Line Road Streetscape: Who Needs Four Lanes When You Have a Bike?—The City of Carmel has focused its growth around redevelopment of older …

Coordinating Your Lpa Federal Aid Project With A State Project, Rachel Christenson, Kim Bowdell

Purdue Road School

Join us to learn how to coordinate your LPA transportation project with a state transportation project to help your LPA have greater project impact, improve safety and traffic flow, and provide a cost savings to your community.

Indot/Local Partnerships, Dave Hayward, Greg Prince, Nick Batta

Purdue Road School

This session presents opportunities for INDOT/local government partnership on capital programs projects. Examples of best practices, success stories, and lessons learned will be shared. One highlight is the SR 46/SR 11 interchange project in Columbus, Indiana, where the locals and private business contributed 50% of the project funding ($15 million) to make the project a reality.

Converting A Former Highway Into A Walkable Urban Environment, Jeff Schaffer, Ken Jones

Purdue Road School

The City of Elkhart is investing in the redevelopment of a former commercial and industrial area to create the River District. A key part of this investment is the redevelopment of Jackson Blvd. from a fourlane highway (US 20) to a two-lane walkable urban street, with parking, landscaping, and other urban amenities. Join us for a discussion.

The Surveyor's Toolbox: What's Available For You, Dan Kovert, Rod Kelly, Ryan Swingley

Purdue Road School

With the rapid advancement of technology in professional surveying and mapping, the surveyor now has many more tools available to complete projects. In this session we discuss the pros and cons of conventional surveying, static scanning, mobile LiDAR, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and other methods of collecting and processing data valuable to the project designer.

Indiana's First Local Road Safety Plan, Kevin Russel, Laura Slusher

Purdue Road School

As part of a federal safety initiative, Harrison County, Indiana, LTAP and FHWA worked together to create the first Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) for an Indiana county. Come hear how this plan was created and how LRSPs can help your local agency save lives on your roads.

Thinking Outside The Box With Portable Traffic Signals: A City Of Lafayette Case Study, Jeromy Grenard

Purdue Road School

Portable traffic signals have been proven to dramatically increase work zone safety as well as improve overall traffic efficiency. But sometimes an application has unique circumstances that require special consideration. Heavy pedestrian traffic, driveways within a work zone, roundabouts, and more can complicate the design process. This presentation examines specific case studies and discusses how portable traffic signals have been used in unique ways. Special components and system capabilities will also be covered.

Thinking Outside The Box: Unique Pts Applications, Chris Blair

Purdue Road School

Portable traffic signals have been proven to dramatically increase work zone safety as well as improve overall traffic efficiency. But sometimes an application has unique circumstances that require special consideration. Heavy pedestrian traffic, driveways within a work zone, roundabouts, and more can complicate the design process. This presentation examines specific case studies and discusses how portable traffic signals have been used in unique ways. Special components and system capabilities will also be covered.

Indiana Ltap Road Scholar Core Course #10 Culvert Drainage, Thomas T. Burke, Luke J. Sherry

Purdue Road School

This session presents how to size culverts properly as well as installation and material considerations and use of the HY-8 program. Join us for a discussion.

Best Practices For Airport Obstruction Management, Susan Zellers

Purdue Road School

This presentation highlights the results and resources from ACRP Best Practices for Airport Obstruction Management. Key topics include understanding objects, obstructions, obstacles, and hazards as defined by key regulations and standards; identifying the critical surface for airspace protection and special considerations; sources and uses of airport obstruction data, obstruction management tools available to airports; composite map development; airport sponsor responsibilities in obstruction management; and community outreach and conflict resolution tools.

Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Implementation Elkhart County Test Deployment, Charlie Mckenzie, Jay Grossman

Purdue Road School

This session presents a detailed look at the steps and equipment needed to deploy a signal to a vehicle-connected system and follows the experience of Elkhart County in installing a cellbased connected vehicle system at an isolated intersection. The equipment required, service provider, and user experience will be discussed.

Indot Intelligent Design And Construction (Idc), Derek Fuller, Chris Martin, Andrew Pangallo

Purdue Road School

This presentation provides an update on INDOT’s e-construction initiatives. Advancements in roadway design include efforts to move toward 3D CAD models for roadway design and 3D subsurface utility design and analysis (SUDA); advancements in digital/electronic construction include the development of inspection checklists, piloting a mobile inspection application, and investigating e-ticketing for materials delivery.

Consultant Contract Negotiations, Lora Phillippe

Purdue Road School

Join us to learn tools and tips on negotiating contracts to guarantee you are receiving and/or providing the proper amount of technical support and utilizing the taxpayer dollars to the best of your ability throughout the project development process.

Gis Data / Asset Management, Craig Hardy

Purdue Road School

This session discusses the use of GIS mapping to identify enhanced maintenance operations. ArcGIS online and ESRI application tools are used for data collection, then Excel and Access tabular data are integrated to create layers of data for analysis. Maps and tools for use in budgeting, workload, and capital planning efforts will be presented.

Leveraging Bicycle Network Performance Measures, Kevin S. Lee

Purdue Road School

This session provides an overview of how agencies have leveraged bicycle facility and network performance measures to improve planning and management strategies. Examples of agencies identifying and assessing roadway networks for bicycle facilities by scalable and adaptable methodologies will be presented. In addition, project examples from Ohio regions and Washington, DC, will highlight how agencies have integrated bicycle network data and performance measures to plan for future improvements.

Safe Routes To Parks: Terre Haute And Indianapolis, Alison Redenz, Pete Fritz

Purdue Road School

This session presents lessons learned from Safe Routes to Parks action planning in both Terre Haute and Indianapolis, and how pedestrian safety data and site assessments were used to create safe and equitable access to parks.

Superpave5: Superpave Design At Five Percent Air Voids, Matthew Beeson, Gerry Huber

Purdue Road School

This session presents Superpave5 research, including the impact on asphalt content and cost. We will discuss a trial section constructed between 2013 and 2016, the performance evaluation of a 2013 trial section, INDOT plans for Superpave5, and opportunities for local agencies.

Working In Transportation, Mayela Sosa

Purdue Road School

The transportation industry is actively pursuing programs that attract and develop the workforce of tomorrow. This session will discuss FHWA’s efforts to market opportunities for careers in transportation sectors.

"If It Ain't Broke..." And Other Safety Lessons, Kendra Schenk

Purdue Road School

A key consideration when implementing practical design solutions is the impact on safety. Safety is also an important metric when selecting a preferred alternative or prioritizing projects. This presentation uses real project examples to illustrate how safety analyses, specifically the quantitative methods in the Highway Safety Manual (HSM), have been used to justify and implement practical design solutions, evaluate multiple alternatives, and prioritize projects.

Funding Opportunities For Local Public Agencies, Kathy Eaton-Mckalip, Patricia Yount

Purdue Road School

This session provides information to local government agencies on funding opportunities and resources for local roads and bridges.