(L-R) Neil Pedersen, Maryland State Highway Administration and Chair of the TRB Technical Activities Council; TTI Research Engineer Roger Bligh; TTI Assistant Agency Director Dean Alberson; TRB Executive Director Robert Skinner. (Photo courtesy of Cable Risdon, TRB)
Four TTI coauthors were recipients of the K.B. Woods Award for their paper entitled “Low-Deflection Portable Concrete Barrier.” The award was presented January 22.
Roger Bligh, Nauman Mansoor Sheikh, Dean Alberson and Akram Abu-Odeh were recognized for best paper in the area of design and construction of transportation facilities. The paper describes a new barrier system developed for use in a highway work zone.
Bligh was also the recipient of last year’s K.B. Woods Award.
See the full story in the March 2007 issue of the Texas Transportation Researcher. (PDF)