Identification of Unprecedented Coastal Flooding Hotspots for Highway Network Durability and Social Justice

The proposed work outlines an innovative approach aimed at constructing a comprehensive framework and toolsets for evaluating unprecedented coastal flood risks while considering the highway network's durability. This approach involves integrating detailed highway network information with an artificial intelligence (AI) based flood model. The intellectual merit of this project resides in leveraging AI algorithms, hydrodynamic numerical simulations, road risk scoring, and remote sensing techniques to (1) develop a super-resolution, physically informed AI algorithm to improve flood hazard mapping on a road network scale, (2) implement a data fusion approach to uncover social vulnerability in transportation systems, and (3) transfer research outputs to operations for public benefits.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $99965
• Contract Numbers:

  CREATE UTC Contract Number 69A3552348330

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity

  Texas State University
  San Marcos, TX  United States  77666

  Texas State University, San Marcos

  JCK Building, Suite 489
  San Marcos, TX  United States 
• Managing Organizations:

  Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity

  Texas State University
  San Marcos, TX  United States  77666
• Project Managers:

  Bruner, Britain

  Kulesza, Stacey

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas State University, San Marcos

  JCK Building, Suite 489
  San Marcos, TX  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Cho, Eunsang

• Start Date: 20240901
• Expected Completion Date: 20251231
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Coasts; Data fusion; Disaster preparedness; Floods; Risk assessment; Transportation equity
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01929223
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity
• Contract Numbers: CREATE UTC Contract Number 69A3552348330
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 29 2024 2:08PM