Pile-driving, blasting, and other WisDOT construction activities create air- and ground-transmitted vibration forces that can damage existing and in-construction facilities. Wisconsin limits construction-based vibration ...

The aim of this research project was to improve current practice by investigating different test methods to quantify moisture damage in an effort to serve the short and long term needs of the agency and industry. In the ...

This study examines two highway bridges constructed using novel fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite stay-in-place formwork and an FRP grillage reinforcement system. Both bridge superstructures rely on the FRP components ...

The objective of this research project was to provide a comparative cost analysis of pavements constructed using stone matrix asphalt (SMA) mixtures versus those built with Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (WisDOT?s) ...

As Wisconsin is looking at increasing its usage of the perpetual pavement concept, Open Graded Friction Courses (OGFC) may provide another option for use as the renewable surface layer. OGFC has historically not been used ...

Students engage and discuss the practice of the "pregame" or "pregaming": the social activities that precede a night on the town.

This study looks at the locations of orchards in Wisconsin and examines the reasons behind the initial choice for those locations as well as recent changes in popular locations and orchard methods. The most significant ...

The objective of this research is to examine the validity of the gerrymandering claims being levied against the current Wisconsin State Assembly map in the Gill v Whitford Supreme Court case. To test these claims we examined ...

Our research deals with the recursive relationship between the presentation and experience of nature at four sites in Madison, Wisconsin. We attempt to understand how common conceptions of nature influence the unfolding ...

Wisconsin is rooted in the agrarian rural landscape. We can make this identification while driving anywhere in the state and seeing the numerous farms adjacent to the highway or on license plates of passing cars. Barns are ...