Programs
The NTC is comprised of a variety of programs, projects, and groups, all working on common goals and initiatives related to transportation innovation. To find out more about any of these concentration areas, click the respective title and a brief summary will appear.
Transportation Systems Engineering
The Transportation Systems Engineering Program incorporates the Mid-America Transportation Center and its affiliated programs. The program conducts research on transportation systems. This includes all surface modes with an emphasis on roadway and railroad related operations. The group involves five faculty members from the College of Engineering.
Technology Transfer
This program includes activities of faculty and staff associated with the Nebraska Technology Transfer Center. The existing programs include the Local Transportation Assistance Program (LTAP) for Nebraska. The current outreach programs will be expanded by collaboration with educational and outreach programs from other program areas.
- Nebraska Technology Transfer Center
- Local Transportation Assistance Program (LTAP) for Nebraska
Health
The Health Program includes faculty from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and will conduct research in the areas of transportation health. This broad program examines such topics as health education, rural health, health effects of transportation occupations, traffic injury prevention, and acute treatment programs.
University of Nebraska Medical Center programs for- Health Education
- Rural Health
- Health Effects of Transportation Occupations
- Traffic Injury Prevention
- Acute Treatment Programs
Public Administration & Finance
This program includes faculty from the UNO College of Public Administration and Community Service and the UNL college of Business Administration. Research focuses on developing innovative financing and transportation management techniques for transportation systems. This program aids transportation agencies rapidly implement research findings from other programs in a cost effective manner.
Structural & Safety Engineering
This program incorporates the National Bridge Research Organization, Midwest Roadside Safety Program, and the Center for Infrastructure Research to conduct structural research related to transportation. The program currently incorporates three very active research laboratories - structural research labs at UNL and the Peter Kiewit Institute on the Omaha campus and the Outdoor Proving Grounds Laboratory at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility in Lincoln. The Structural and Safety Engineering Program focuses on bridge and roadside safety research and includes multiple faculty from the College of Engineering.
- Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF)
- Risk Mitigation for Civil Infrastructure Systems (RMCIS)
- National Bridge Research Organization
- - SHRP2-R19 Research Project
Safety Education
This program includes the driving range and operator training programs from the UNK Nebraska Safety Center. The Safety Education Program is able to work closely with the Technology Transfer and Transportation Systems Engineering programs to expand its educational and research opportunities.
- Transportation Systems Engineering
- UNK Nebraska Safety Center
- Nebraska Technology Transfer Center
Railroad Crossing Videos
The Nebraska Transportation Center maintains an active highway safety research program. These videos were captured in a study of unsafe motor vehicle driver behavior at railroad crossings by Dr. Aemal Khattak. Unsafe behaviors by drivers at railroad crossings with approaching trains is one of the leading contributing factors to railroad-motor vehicle crashes.
Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Engineering
This is a relatively new area and information will be posted to this site as it becomes available.
Geotechnical Engineering
This is a relatively new area and information will be posted to this site as it becomes available.
