Presentation Lineup

Presenter Name: Wei Zhang 
Title: Using Drones for Various Types of Traffic and Driver Behavior Studies 
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Presenter Name: Janak Kalaria 
Title: Damage Assessment of Transportation Infrastructure (e.g. Bridges, Roads, etc.) Post Disaster such as a Hurricane via Drone Enabled Field Data Collection and Visualization 
More Information: The frequency and severity of natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires have been increasing in recent years. Every such event causes damage to the transportation structures such as bridges, roads, pavements, etc. This damage needs to be assessed to get a handle on the extent and impact of the damage. Physical and logistical roadblocks may get in the way of reaching these structures to do a physical damage assessment. This is where the Drone technology can enable field data collection to capture high resolution images of the damaged structures. Analyzing and visualizing these images can help determine the extent and impact of the damage. Additional data on the damaged structures can be obtained from Department of Transportation (DOT) systems such as Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS), National Bridge Inventory (NBI), etc. to support further analysis. Third party datasets such as Census data and historical traffic volume data can be blended in to determine the impact of the damage to determine which structures need to be prioritized for fixing/repair. An interactive data visualization platform can greatly expedite this decision making process. Drone enabled data collection can also be used to track/monitor the construction/repair process.  View

Presenter Name: Garrett Dowd 
Title: UAVs for Real Time Traffic Visualization using Cameras and V2X Communication 
More Information: UAVs are being rapidly deployed by private and public organizations. Cameras and communication are now common on UAVs and technology trends are expected to reinforce their use. This work presents a simulation environment that provides capabilities to simulate and visualize ground traffic, air vehicles, and generalized communication in a single application. This environment is built alongside PTV Vissim and has the goal of being the default tools used by transportation professionals to simulate air vehicles and communication for ground traffic use cases.  View

Presenter Name: Mark Day 
Title: Using Drone Imagery in Project Planning 
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Presenter Name: Hoda Azari 
Title: Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation of Data Obtained from Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Bridges 
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