Hitch systems, towing packages, tongue weight, and driving permits- there’s a lot more to towing a trailer than
just hitching up and taking off down the road. Towing a trailer is no small responsibility and should be
undertaken with great care and an eye toward safety first.
by Alivia Plankis and Paul Heyliger The motivation for this report is a proposed new microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor with applications in civil infrastructure sensing. This report analyzed the influence of three assumptions employed in the Euler-Bernoulli, Rayleigh, and Timoshenko beam theories by comparing their results to...
EunSu Lee, an associate research fellow with the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute recently presented research papers at two national meetings.
by Andrew Kubas Driver's education is a fundamental tool necessary for inexperienced drivers to learn how to operate a motor vehicle safely. In North Dakota, a new Graduated Driver's License process - one which...
by EunSu Lee, Kimberly Vachal, and Poyraz Kayabas In this study, we estimated the travel response time between the ambulance locations and the demand points and between the demand points and the hospitals. The estimation was conducted in...
A campus building dedicated to transportation at NDSU would symbolically show that transportation is equal in importance to other disciplines and indicate that transportation is an accepted interdisciplinary academic field. The building would house NDSU's academic programs in transportation and logistics and provide a home for the UGPTI's research and outreach programs. The building would be a critical step forward in developing the intellectual capital necessary to plan, construct and operate the transportation systems of the 21st century.
