Preparing the Next Generation of Undergraduate and Graduate Engineers in Autonomous Robotic System for Damage Detection
Given the growing importance of science and engineering research in meeting national goals, US research needs to remain at world frontiers if the United States is to boost economic productivity and competitiveness. Morgan State University (MSU) recognizes the value of continued diversification and growth of Maryland’s and U.S. economy, and it continues to develop its research capabilities to ensure the next generation of STEM graduates is multidisciplinary, collaborative, and working in an environment that fosters their most creative ideas. As part of CIAMTIS outreach activities, we will engage in educational and research outreach to undergraduate and graduate students in the transportation engineering field. Our particular interest is to train the next generation of transportation engineers in supporting the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDDOT) Sustainable Mobility Initiative of automation technologies in electric vehicle (EV) operations and meeting transportation energy demands. Maryland is currently home to just over 12,000 EVs and aiming to put 300,000 EVs on the road by 2025 to boost EV adoption. With the evolutionary wireless EV technologies for sustainable transport network, their implementation in densely populated cities in MD can provide continuous vehicle charging, thus, eliminating the EV range issues and need for large battery capacities. However, one of the teething problems to be envisaged in wireless electric vehicle charging implementation in MD is maintaining the road infrastructure to support this innovative technology for economic viability. Current approaches for damage detection of roads such as visual inspection are time consuming, as difficulty in scanning larger surfaces of square miles, need for a spatially referenced grid, and skilled operators are required
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Supplemental Notes:
- Project funded from competitive funds Morgan State Fed: $66,667 Morgan State Match: $66,666
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $133,333
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551847103
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA United States 16802 -
Project Managers:
Donnell, Eric
Rajabipour, Farshad
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Performing Organizations:
Morgan State University
School of Engineering
Cold Spring Lane and Hillen Road
Baltimore, MD United States 21239 -
Principal Investigators:
Efe, Steve
- Start Date: 20200120
- Expected Completion Date: 20230120
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Education; Electric automobiles; Transportation careers
- Subject Areas: Education and Training; Research;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01731465
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS)
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551847103
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Feb 20 2020 4:25PM