Research Labs
Advanced Traffic Safety and Operations Laboratory
The Traffic Safety and Operations Lab is jointly sponsored by the University and Maryland State Highway Administration. The primary focus of this lab is to develop and apply advanced technologies in contending with day-to-day congestion and in improving traffic safety in highway networks. Research projects performed by the lab range from basic human behavior study to deployment of real-time control systems for monitoring and guiding traffic during emergency evacuations. The research products and lab capabilities are used for research, teaching and training of students.
Traffic Monitoring System for the Ocean City Region
This project is to design and implement a real-time network traffic monitoring system in the Eastern shore region that includes a set of algorithms for traffic monitoring, travel time prediction, and emergency evacuation.
The Structural Engineering Laboratory has a large scale structural testing facility with a 1000 sq. ft. strong floor, and a 3-DOF servo-hydraulic controlled test system (three MTS actuators with servo-control (two 55-kips double-rod actuators with 30-GPM servovalve, one 110-kips single-rod actuator with a 15-GPM servovalve), a 60-GPM hydraulic power supply, three 50-GPM Hydraulic service manifolds, a 4-channel servo-control system with FlexTest 60 controller and MTS test software). A 104-channel data acquisition system from Pacific Instruments (model 6005) is available for instrumentation data collection in lab and field test.
