MnDOT’s Office of Research & Innovation and Office of Maintenance hosted, “Winter Research Lightning Talks” on Wednesday, February 25.
Minnesota winters create unique challenges for our roadways. Our researchers are testing new technologies and finding solutions to preserve infrastructure, improve safety, and increase efficiency.
Featured Projects
The event included five, five-minute presentations from researchers about the following projects:
- Implementation of Lane Boundary Guidance System for Snowplow Operations
- Reducing Winter Maintenance Equipment Fuel Consumption Using Advanced Vehicle Data Analytics
- Have Minnesota’s Warmer Winters Increased the Number of Freeze Thaw Cycles?
- Can Automated Vehicles “See” in Minnesota? Ambient Particle Effects on LiDAR Systems
- Promoting the Adoption of Snow Fences through Landowner Engagement
Crossroads 
Good day!
Jeffrey Meek presented the slide about frost heaving in the report “Have Minnesota’s Warmer Winters Increased the Number of Freeze-Thaw Cycles”. Processes occurring during freeze-thaw cycles limited to the small are depth. Heat flow is done not get in subgrade whit freeze-thaw cycles. However, this does not suggest that warmer winters have no impact on frost heaving. In the report two of the topics, there have to be separated. Why in the presentations is not of number slide?
Hi Vlad, thanks for your interest in this project! I am struggling to understand your question; perhaps it is a Russian-English translation issue. Feel free to email us at research.dot@state.mn.us and we can try to get you an answer. Thanks!