The University of Arkansas’ Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center has received a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
“We are proud of our work here at MarTEC, and we are grateful for the support we’ve been given to help the nation achieve its strategic goal of economic competitiveness through efficient, resilient and sustainable transportation systems on U.S. navigable waterways,” Heather Nachtmann, professor of industrial engineering and the center’s director said in a news release.
The center focuses on maritime and multimodal logistics, construction of multimodal infrastructure and the creation and promotion of livable coastal and river-valley communities with effective emergency management systems.
The center is a league of researchers at four institutions, including Jackson State University, Louisiana State University and the University of New Orleans. The University of Arkansas is the grantee institution.
The U.S. Department of Transportation grant will help a team of researchers currently working to develop a rapid and non-destructive approach to assessing the condition of levees for strength and resistance to liquefaction.
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