Dust Storm Detection

The goal of this project is to help the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) understand how it can detect and notify drivers of potential dust storms. Researchers will assess dust-detection systems currently used by transportation agencies and calculate their safety benefits. They will provide IDOT with how the systems’ capabilities, requirements and costs may meet IDOT’s needs as well as recommendations and a framework for potential implementation. IDOT will use the findings to identify potential systems to obtain. Effective use of dust-detection systems will improve IDOT’s response time and awareness of developing dust storms.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $75,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  R27-SP87

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Research
  2420 South Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Center for Transportation
  1611 Titan Drive
  Rantoul, IL  United States  61866
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801-2352
• Principal Investigators:

  Zhao, Lei

• Start Date: 20260916
• Expected Completion Date: 20270615
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Research and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detection and identification systems; Dust; Storms
• Identifier Terms: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 02002257
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: R27-SP87
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 2026 11:15AM