Abstract: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has funded the establishment of a Center for Excellence in Construction Safety at West Virginia University. The overall objectives of the Center include: ...

Abstract: Transportation and public works engineering are used as a model in developing the framework for an undergraduate civil engineering curriculum for the future. Likely technological and educational differences between the ...

Abstract: A simple technique for identifying downgrades prone to runaway truck accidents has been developed and applied to several downgrades in West Virginia. Using geometric, environmental and accident data from 15 downgrades, an ...

Abstract: A study was conducted: (1) To collect accident, environment, geometric and traffic flow data at rural three-leg wye intersections in West Virginia; (2) to identify any patterns linking accident data and intersection ...

Abstract: In the planning of a system of new regional jails in West Virginia, a general lack of trip generation data for correctional facilities was noted. Consequently, five regional jails and one federal correctional facility in ...