Peer exchange
The Iowa Department of Transportation held a Research Peer Exchange on Aug. 18-20, 2009, in Ames, Iowa. RAC members from Region 3, along with Alaska, Washington and FHWA representatives were invited. Alaska and Illinois participated by videoconference. The topic of the peer exchange was "Most Promising Research."On Wednesday, Aug. 18, the first day of the exchange, participants were asked to provide examples and a short presentation on their state’s most promising research projects. In addition to providing examples, participants addressed four questions.
- What are your most promising projects?
- How did you develop the project?
- How will you evaluate its effectiveness?
- What are your implementation and tech transfer plans?
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Attendance
| Names | |
|---|---|
| Ahmad Abu Hawash, Iowa DOT | Kathy Lindquist, Washington DOT |
Clint Adler, Alaska DOT |
Jim McMinimee, Utah DOT |
Bryan Bradley, Iowa DOT |
Dave Meggers, Kansas DOT |
Patty Broers, Illinois DOT |
Shashi Nambisan, InTrans |
Rick Collins, Texas DOT |
Chris Poole, Iowa DOT |
Carol Culver, Iowa DOT |
Scott Schram, Iowa DOT |
Mark Dunn, Iowa DOT |
Amy Schutzbach, Illinois DOT |
Debra Elston, FHWA |
Bill Stone, Missouri DOT |
Ed Engle, Iowa DOT |
Linda Taylor, Minnesota DOT |
Max Grogg, FHWA Iowa Division |
Daniel Yeh, Wisconsin DOT |
Sandra Larson, Iowa DOT |
Bob Younie, Iowa DOT |

