Richard L. Wood

Point Cloud Data Collection and Processing of Robber's Cave in Lincoln, Nebraska
Lidar scanning to digitally map the interior of Robber's Cave for supporting documentation for a National Park Service (NPS)/National Register of Historic Places (National Register) nomination. Performed in collaboration with History Nebraska. Role: PI. Status: Funding - Ongoing.

Experimental Verification of Fencing Systems under Lateral Loads
Lab verification of fencing system, no further details (proprietary). Role: PI. Status: Funded - Ongoing.

Outdoor Laboratory and Testbed for Bridge Health (Link to project)
Establishment of the Nebraska Outdoor Bridge Laboratory (NOBL) facility consisting of two steel bridge structures near Yutan/Venice and one concrete bridge structure in (north) Omaha. Facility to be used for research, education, and outreach as a joint venture between UNL and Nebraska DOT. For more details, please inquire with the PI. Role: PI. Collaborators: Christine E. Wittich (co-PI), Joshua S. Steelman (co-PI), Jay A. Puckett (co-PI), Daniel G. Linzell (co-PI), Jinying Zhu (co-PI). Status: Funded - Ongoing.

Data-Driven Prioritization and Empirical Predictions for Scour of Rural Bridges in Nebraska
Evaluate, characterize, and predict scour at bridge structures throughout Nebraska. Role: PI. Collaborators: Christine E. Wittich (co-PI), Junke Guo (co-PI), Chung R. Song (co-PI). Status: Funded - Ongoing.

Phased Construction Bridges: Monitoring and Analysis for Traffic-Induced Vibration
Quantify and confirm the sources of reduced serviceability of phased construction bridges using field monitoring and laboratory investigation. Role: co-PI. Collaborators: Christine E. Wittich (PI), George Morcous (co-PI). Status: Funded - Ongoing.

Biopolymerized Slope Stabilization and Advanced Field Monitoring
Field recommendations and implementation of biopolymers on Nebraska slopes. Role: co-PI. Collaborators: Chung R. Song (PI), Yong-Rak Kim (co-PI), Jongwan Eun (co-PI). Status: Funded - Ongoing.

Spokes: Medium: Midwest: Smart Big Data Pipeline for Aging Rural Bridge Transportation Infrastructure
The research team will combine existing and new datasets to address challenges of relevance to bridge owners using scalable and replicable big data pipeline components. Role: SP. Collaborators: Robin Gandhi (PI). Status: Funded - Ongoing.

Repair Practices for Damaged Precast/Prestressed Concrete Girders
Prepare best practices and recommendations for repair and retrofit of concrete girders following incidental loading. Role: co-PI. Collaborators: George Morcous (co-PI). Status: Funded - Project Closing.

Applications of LiDAR for DOT Applications
Prepare specifications for implementation and integration into existing workflows for structural, transportation, and geotechnical applications. Role: PI. Collaborators: Chung R. Song (co-PI) and Yong-Rak Kim (co-PI). Status: Funded - Project Closing.

Improvement of Low Traffic Volume Gravel Roads in Nebraska
Provide recommendations for surface gravel road specifications using native materials through material characterization and field assessment. Role: PI. Collaborator: Yong-Rak Kim (co-PI). Status: Funded - Project Ongoing/Extended.

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Experimental Verification of Agricultural Support System
Proprietary-no details are available. Industry and Nebraska Department of Economic Development Sponsored (NDED). Role: PI. Collaborators: Christine E. Wittich (co-PI). Status: Funded - Project Closed.

Performance Evaluation of Inverted Tee (IT) Bridge System
Assess in-place inverted tee bridge systems for efficiency, durability, and cost-effectiveness. The project includes field assessment and numerical modeling techniques. Role: PI. Collaborator: George Morcous (co-PI). Status: Funded - Project Funded, Supplemented - Project Closed. Funding agency: Nebraska Department of Transportation (includes funds provided by the Federal Highway Administration, FHWA).

Post-Fire Damage Assessment of a Highway Bridge
Quantify and characterize damage current health state following vehicular file using ground-based lidar. Role: PI. Collaborators: Christine E. Wittich (co-PI). Status: Funded - Project Complete. Funding agency: Nebraska Department of Transportation (prime), HDR Inc. (indirect).

Autonomous Structural Health Monitoring of Critical Infrastructure Using Intelligent Multi-UAS
Seed research grant in the application of UAS and UAS swarms for structural health monitoring. Role: PI. Collaborators: Raj Dasgupta (UNO Computer Science, co-PI) and Robin Gandhi (UNO School of Interdisciplinary Informatics, co-PI). Status: Funded - Project Complete. Funding agency: University of Nebraska System Science Initiative.

Protocol to Evaluate and Load Rate Existing Bridges (part 2)
Part two of outlining field test evaluation procedures for older marginal bridges to verify their extended performance and capacity forthcoming. Role: co-PI. Collaborators: Daniel G. Linzell (PI), Joshua S. Steelman (co-PI), Saeed Yashar Eftekhar Azam (co-PI). Status: Funded - Project Complete. Funding agency: Nebraska Department of Transportation (includes funds provided by the Federal Highway Administration, FHWA).

RAPID/Collaborative Research: Multi-Platform 3-D Data Preservation of Tornado Damage to Engineered Structures in Texas during November 16-17, 2015
Digital data collection using ground-based LiDAR and tethered unmanned aerial vehicles for wind structure and wind speed estimations at the Halliburton Oilfield Services facility near Pampa, TX. Role: PI. Collaborative Partners: J. Arn Womble (West Texas A&M) and Douglas A. Smith (Texas Tech). Status: Funded - Project Complete. Funding agency: NSF Award No. CMMI-1623542.

Condition Assessment of Bridge Decks with Asphalt Overlay
Demonstrate example nondestructive testing techniques to quantify concrete bridge decks underneath thin asphalt overlays. Role: co-PI. Collaborators: Jinying Zhu (PI). Status: Funded - Project Complete. Funding agency: Nebraska Department of Transportation (includes funds provided by the Federal Highway Administration, FHWA), formerly Nebraska Department of Roads.

Structural Damage Detection from Three-Dimensional Point Clouds
Detect surface anomalies from large training point cloud sets. Role: PI. Status: Funded - Project Complete. Funding agency: University of Nebraska Foundation via a Layman Seed Grant.

Protocol to Evaluate and Load Rate Existing Bridges (part 1)
Outline field test evaluation procedures for older marginal bridges to verify their extended performance and capacity. Role: co-PI. Collaborators: Maria Szerszen (PI), Joshua Steelman (co-PI). Status: Funded - Project Complete. Funding agency: Nebraska Department of Transportation (includes funds provided by the Federal Highway Administration, FHWA), formerly Nebraska Department of Roads.

Design Procedures of Retrofitted Bridge Rail
Feasibility study to determine the capacity of shallow embedded anchorage for bridge rail within 3R (resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation) projects. Role: PI. Status: Funded - Project Complete. Funding agency: Nebraska Department of Transportation (includes funds provided by the Federal Highway Administration, FHWA), formerly Nebraska Department of Roads.

Lifting Capacity of Hollow Core Planks
Experimental verification, no details (proprietary). Role: PI. Status: Funded - Project Complete. Funding agency: Concrete Industries.