NJIT Presentation

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NJDOT Research Day 1999
A Presentation of NJIT/NCTIP Transportation
Programs Dr. Lazar N. Spasovic, Director
NCTIP November 5, 1999
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About NJIT

• New Jerseys public technological research
  university
• Located in University Heights in downtown Newark
• Founded in 1881 Newark Technical School
• Newark College of Engineering (until 19)
• 8,200 students
• 38 graduate students

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Ideal Location
Newark Airport
Port of Newark/ Elizabeth
Transportation
NJITs Newark University Heights Campus with New
York City in the background
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Colleges and Schools

• Newark College of Engineering
• College of Science and Liberal Arts
• School of Management
• School of Architecture
• Albert Dorman Honors College

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Increase in Research Expenditures
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Computer-Intensive Campus
Computer technology permeates all aspects of
university operations.

• In 1998, Yahoo! Internet Life ranked NJIT as the
  nations second most wired university
• Yahoo! also ranked NJIT second among
  universities notable for their leisurely use
  of the net.

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External Rankings
Money Magazines Best College Buys rated NJIT

• Sixth best value among Scientific and Technical
  Schools in the United States (1998), marking the
  6th year in a row that NJIT has ranked in the
  top ten.
• Fifth in the nation in enrolling minority
  students, excluding historically black colleges
  and universities
• Only university in the nation listed among the
  top ten in both Black Issues and Hispanic
  Outlook.

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NJIT Centers
At NJIT, research and public service centers are
an essential part of advanced study in such
fields as

• Transportation
• Architecture and Building Science
• Environmental Science and Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Electronics and Communications
• Information Technology
• Materials Science and Engineering

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University Enrollment Composition
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
categories
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Ph.D. Enrollment by Discipline
Electrical Engineering
Applied Physics
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Environmental Science
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Mathematical Sciences
Materials Science Engineering
Transportation
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TRANSPORTATION _at_ NJIT

• Institute for Transportation
• Interdisciplinary Program in Transportation
• National Center for Transportation and
  Industrial Productivity (NCTIP)
• Transportation Information Decision Engineering
  (TIDE)
• Transportation Economic and Land Use System
  (TELUS)

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The Institute for Transportation
The Institute for Transportation is the core
organization within NJIT for

• Transportation Education
• Transportation Research
• Transportation Technology Transfer

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Core Transportation Faculty
Lazar N. Spasovic, Ph.D. University of
Pennsylvania School of Management and
Transportation
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Associated Faculty
Their academic homes include

• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Computer and Information Science
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Humanities and Social Science
• Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
• Management
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering

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Associated Faculty
Patrick W. Beaton David Bernstein Michael
Bieber Athanassios K. Bladikas Robert W.
Burchell Timothy N. Chang Xiuli Chao Steven
Chien Janet Daniel Sanchoy Das Edward
Dauenheimer
Kyriacos C. Mouskos Edip Niver Dorairaja
Raghu Naomi Rotter M.A. Saadeghvaziri Hindy L.
Schachter Lazar N. Spasovic John Tavantzis Methi
Wecharatana Joseph Wen Charles E. Wilson
Harold Deutschman Robert Dresnack Eugene
Golub Haim Grebel Joshua Greenfeld Raj P.
Khera Garry Kleinman Walter Konon Alain
Kornhauser Kenneth Lawrence Namunu Meegoda
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TELUS

• Six-year, 1,000,000 per year FHWA project
  mandated under TEA-21.
• Objective -- develop and deploy a computer-based
  information system designed to help MPOs
  nationwide meet their legislative mandates under
  TEA-21.
• An MIS system that tracks projects, showing the
  interrelationship with other projects, estimating
  economic and land use effects, and providing a
  user-friendly display of the information.

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TIDE

• Five year, 700,000 per year grant from the New
  Jersey Commission on Science and Technology
  (NJCST)
• Partners Princeton and Rutgers University.
• Objective -- develop technologies that will help
  individuals and commercial enterprises make
  better transportation-related decisions.
• Commercialization of research products and the
  establishment of a viable traveler information
  industry in New Jersey.

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The National Center for Transportation and
Industrial Productivity (NCTIP)
One of four National Centers designated under the
landmark Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act (ISTEA) legislation in 1991 by the
United States Congress, NCTIP was re-authorized
by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (TEA-21) in 1998. Current funding
655,000 per year
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NCTIP Mission . . .

• . . . . to contribute to the increase in the
  transportation and
• industrial productivity of the nations
  transportation systems,
• facilities, and public and private organizations
  by conducting
• high quality multi-disciplinary education,
  rigorous research,
• and technology transfer activities in the areas
  of passenger and
• freight movement efficiency, and regulatory and
  institutional
• efficiency.

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NCTIP Strategic Plan

• Supports USDOT Strategic Goals Mobility and
  Economic Growth
• National Transportation Science and Technology
  Strategy
• Enhancing goods and freight movement at domestic
  and international gateways
• Increasing global competitiveness
• Optimizing intermodal passenger and freight
  transportation systems, and
• Modeling tools for transportation planning,
  design and operations.

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Graduate Programs

• The Center supports
• Interdisciplinary Program in Transportation M.S.
  and Ph.D.
• Civil and Environmental Engineering M.S. and
  Ph.D.
• Management M.S., MBA
• Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering M.S.
  and Ph.D.

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Interdisciplinary Programs in Transportation
Degrees Ph.D. M.S.
Enrollment 15 37 Graduated
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Interdisciplinary Program
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Transportation Courses
Airport Design and Planning Behavioral Issues in
Transportation Studies Design and
Construction of Asphalt Pavements Discrete
Choice Modeling for Travel Demand Forecasting
Distribution Logistics Flexible and Rigid
Pavements Geographic Information
Systems Geometric Design of Transportation
Facilities Intelligent Transportation
Systems Introduction to Urban Transportation
Planning Land Use Planning Management of
Transportation Carriers
Mass Transportation Systems Multi-Modal Freight
Transportation Systems Analysis Port Design and
Planning Public and Private Financing of Urban
Areas Public Transportation Operations and
Technology Selected Topics in Transportation Traff
ic Control Traffic Safety Traffic Studies and
Capacity Transportation Design Transportation
Economics Transportation Finance Urban Systems
Engineering Urban Transportation Networks
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Lab Resources
Hardware Sun workstations, Intel Pentium
Windows NT and Pentium 586 servers, Pentium Pro
and Pentium workstations. Software
Optimization AMPL, GAMS, MINOS, ZOOM Traffic
Operations CORSIM, Transit 7F, and
Passer Transportation Planning TRANSCAD, MINUTP,
Tranplan, and QRS2 GIS TIGER and the U.S.
Bureau of Census files, ARC INFO VIEW
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Transportation Education

• Courses taught by interdisciplinary faculty
• Recruitment aimed at attracting students to
  transportation field
• Competitive research and teaching assistantships
  available
• Other financial aid packages available
• visit us _at_ http//transportation.njit.edu/nctip

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Undergraduate Programs

• Civil and Environmental Engineering B.S.
• Management B.S.
• Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering B.S.
• Engineering Technology B.S.
• Joint B.S. / M.S.

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Pre-College Programs

• Summer Transportation Institute
• Science/engineering courses
• Basic transportation planning tools
• Group projects

Dr. Hal Deutschman, Professor of Civil
Engineering 1999 Presidential Award for
Excellence in Science, Mathematics and
Engineering Mentoring
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Research Scope

• Freight movement efficiency
• Passenger movement efficiency
• Facility, institutional and regulatory efficiency

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NJDOT Projects

• Air Quality Monitoring Computer Systems
• Communication and Productivity Analysis of State
  DOT Research Manuals
• Analysis of Accident Reports of Trucks in Work
  Zones
• Defense Technology Transfer Study
• Digital Map Requirements for Automated Vehicle
  Location (NJTransit)
• Establishing Safety Driveway Grades for New
  Jersey State Highways
• Estimation of Freight Flows Data Analysis and
  Gravity Modeling

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NJDOT Projects (continued)

• Evaluation of the Potential for Using Ramp
  Metering in the ATMS of the I-80 Showcase
  Corridor External Validity Test for Discrete
  Choice
• Transportation Forecasting Models based on the
  Stated Choice Approach
• Impact of Access Driveways on Accident Rates on
  Multi-Lane Highways
• Integrated Signals - A Cost Benefits Analysis for
  the New Jersey Department of Transportation
• Moving Telecommuting Forward

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NJDOT Projects (continued)

• Multi-Modal Freight Transportation Regional Data
  Development and Analysis, Parts I II
• Project Management Enhancement/CPM Tracking
  System (CAPAS)
• Research Project Maintenance and Tracking System
  (ProMPTS)
• Seismic Retrofitting and Design of Highway
  Bridges in New Jersey
• The Uses of State DOT Research Customer Use of
  Completed Project from the NJDOTs Bureau of
  Research
• To Advance the Concept of Aesthetic Design of
  Noise Wall Barriers
• Water Level Prediction for Transportation Projects

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NCTIP Research Project
Container Port Operations
The project increases service quality and
productivity of the straddle operation for a
major port terminal which handles 50of all
containers in the Port of New York and New
Jersey. It is expected that as a direct impact
of the research being carried out for Maher
Terminals, Inc., the competitiveness of the
Port of Newark/Elizabeth with respect to other
ports on the eastern U.S. seaboard and Canada
will be improved.
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NCTIP Research Project
Transportation Economic and Land Use System
(TELUS)
The TELUS project methodology provides detailed
and easily accessible information on
transportation capital projects, their
interrelationships, and their economic impacts
in a region. Originally developed for
northeastern New Jersey, TELUS is adaptable to
any region in the U.S. Basic economic and
demographic information must be input. An
intensive effort to make TELUS available
nationwide has begun.
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NCTIP Research Project
Multimodal Freight Operations
Information on freight movements is critical for
comprehensive transportation planning.
Commodityflow data and related analytical and
modeling tools are needed to assess impacts of
capital program improvements. The NJDOT freight
database and related truck and rail traffic
assignmentmodel is available to
plannersthroughout the metropolitan area. The
model identifies freight corridors and evaluates
the impact of flows on transportation network
performance.
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Technology Transfer Activities
Reports
Conferences
WEB site
Symposia
Seminars

• NJIT combines the advantages of a major research
  university with those of being small and
  functioning as a close-knit community.

Newsletter
National Publication
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ProMPTS
The Research Project Management and Progress
Tracking System (ProMPTS) is a computer software
program designed to help Division of Research and
Technology staff manage and track research
projects from beginning to end, from problem
statement to final products and closeout. It was
developed by NCTIP and NJDOTs Bureau of
Research. With graphical interfaces and database
developed in Microsoft Access97, ProMPTS has both
project and program features.
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ProMPTS
Project Management
Personnel Information
Project Program Reports
Progress Tracking
Program Management
User Friendly Interface
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Information Flow Chart - ProMPTS
PROJECT PROGRAM REVIEW
REPORTS
DATA INPUT
Objectives
Work Program
In-House
Start Date
Project
Cost Download
Schedule
Contract
End Date
Quarterly
Staffing
Total Budgets
Budgets
Financial
RIPs
Funding
Costs
Administrators
Status
Resources
Close-Out
Products
Personnel
Budgets
Summary
Financial
Problem Statements
Costs
Other Staff
Program
Proposals
Problem Statements
On-Time
Contract Documents
Description
Managers
Delayed
Schedule
Project Managers
PIs
Personnel
Yearly Budgets
Over Budget
Customers
Reports
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Administrative Tasks Switch Board
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Project General Information Review Form
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Project General Information Entry Form
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Budget and Cost Tracking Details (Totals)
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Contract Details Review Form (By Contract ID)
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Staffing (In House) Assignment Review Form
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SPR Planning Budgets
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Problem Statement Data Entry Form (A)
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Problem Statement Data Entry Form (B)
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Contract Documents Entry Form
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Program Finance Details Review Form (Totals)
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People Contact Information
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Report Preview/Print Selection Board
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Report Example 1 Work Program Report Sample
Printout
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Report Example 2 On-Time Program Report Sample
Printout
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Contract Documents Entry Form
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Subjob Information Entry Form (Administration)
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