Peer Exchange - August 15-17, 2007

The Iowa Department of Transportation held a Research Peer Exchange on August 15-17, 2007 in Ames, Iowa. RAC members from Region 3, along with California, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and FHWA representatives were invited. Three states (Ohio, Texas and Washington) participated by videoconference. The topic of the peer exchange was best practices in technology transfer.

On Wednesday, August 15, the first day of the exchange, participants were asked to provide examples and a short presentation on their state’s technology transfer practices, including print and electronic media from simple to complex and sophisticated. Location for the meeting was Iowa State University's Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE).

All day Thursday and on Friday morning, August 16 and 17, participants attended the Mid-Continent Transportation Symposium at Iowa State University. The symposium is co-sponsored by Iowa DOT. Featured speakers for the symposium were Steven Chase, FHWA Office of Research Development and Technology, and Tony Kane, AASHTO Director of Engineering and Technical Service, whose presentations are linked below.

On Friday, Dan McGehee, University of Iowa, gave a brief presentation on In the afternoon was a peer exchange wrap-up meeting to summarize the discussions, the final report, and next steps.

View or download Peer Exchange material

Click here to view the Peer Exchange Agenda.

Final report of the Peer Exchange.

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Attendance

Click here for participant contact information.

Names
Ahmad Abu Hawash, Iowa DOT	Monique Evans, Ohio DOT
Timothy Barkley, FHWA	Mike Heitzman, Iowa DOT
Rebekah Bovenmyer, CTRE	Becky Hiatt, FHWA Iowa Division
Marcia Brink, CTRE	Dave Huft, South Dakota DOT
Patty Broers, Illinois DOT	Sandra Larson, Iowa DOT
Nick Burmas, California DOT	Kathy Lindquist, Washington DOT
Pat Casey, Wisconsin DOT	Dick McReynolds, Kansas DOT
Rick Collins, Texas DOT	Shashi Nambisan  CTRE
Carol Culver, Iowa DOT	Leni Oman, Washington DOT
Mark Dunn, Iowa DOT	Alan Rindels, Minnesota DOT
Ed Engle, Iowa DOT	Bob Younie, Iowa DOT

Links to Reports and Presentations

Peer Exchange Presentations and Technology Transfer Examples
TRB Synthesis 280 - Seven Keys to Building a Robust Research Program
Illinois DOT Project Status Reports
Ohio DOT Research Implementation Assessment
Kansas DOT Research Procedures and Research Implementation System
Kansas DOT Research Reports Catalog
Wisconsin DOT Research brochure
Wisconsin DOT Library brochure
Wisconsin DOT TRB Guide 
Wisconsin DOT links
Texas Research Digest
Texas Research video clips California Department of Research and Innovation
California Pavement Roadmap California DRI Goods Marketplace
South Dakota Research Implementation Report
CTRE Tech Transfer Summaries
Washington DOT Technology Transfer
Washington DOT Tech Transfer presentation
Minnesota Technology Transfer
Iowa DOT

Special Presentation:

Rural Teen Driver Project - Dan McGehee, University of Iowa

Mid Continent Transportation Research Symposium

Symposium Program
Future Directions for Surface Transportation Research - Steve Chase (ppt)
A New Vision for the 21st Century Transportation: Invest in Our Future - Tony Kane (ppt)
Symposium Proceedings