Automated Image Interpretation of Hazardous Material Transport Incidents

During the past ten years, on average there were nearly 16.5 thousands of hazardous material (hazmat) transport incidents per year resulting in $82 millions of damages. Prompt, accurate, objective assessment on hazmat incidents is important for the first-responders to take appropriate actions timely, which will reduce the damage of hazmat incidents and protect the safety of people and the environment. This multi-phase project aims to develop a method of processing and analyzing images captured by the crowdsourcing at incident scenes, which can aid the first-responders for hazmat incident assessment, decision-making, and reporting. The outcome of the project will be a component of a smart safety enhancement system that improves the responsiveness and effectiveness of emergency responders and hospitals in dealing with hazardous material transportation incidents.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $120000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747107

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68583-0851

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68583-0851
• Performing Organizations:

  Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla

  Department of Engineering
  202 University Center
  Rolla, MO    65409
• Principal Investigators:

  Yin, Zhaozheng

• Start Date: 20170801
• Expected Completion Date: 20181204
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
• Source Data: 91994-14

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crowdsourcing; Hazardous materials; Image analysis; Image processing; Traffic incidents
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01660010
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Mid-America Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747107
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Feb 13 2018 2:54PM