North Central Pavement Research and
Implementation Coordination Partnership
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION
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About the Partnership
Objectives | Partners | Bylaws
& Procedures
Progress Reports
The North Central Pavement Research and Implementation Coordination Partnership is a new pooled fund project (#TPF-5(119)) dedicated to improving the roads in the region by delivering thoughtful and timely research findings for implementation. This will be done by integrating and coordinating the research efforts of the member agencies in order to reduce research duplication, to engage the best research teams, to optimize the use of research dollars, to expedite research solutions, and to effectively communicate research results and issues.
Objectives
1. Share research
problem statements from individual partner agencies.
2. Establish common short and long term research objectives in specific
areas
3. Assess and prioritize common research objectives.
4. Identify means (including pooled funds) to initiate and monitor priority
research projects of common interest.
5. Share and review the results from research projects of common interest.
6. Collaborate on the implementation of research results of common interest.
7. Transfer technology to improve highways
8. Share issues, research needs, data, and solutions on an on-going basis.
9. Fund and execute short-term research and technology transfer activities
as needed and as able.
Partners
Imad Al-Qadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael
Eacker, Michigan Department
of Transportation
Ben
Worel, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Laura Fenley, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Hussain Bahia, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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contact list with e-mails and phone numbers. 
Bylaws and Procedures
Progress Reports
Quarterly Progress Report – December 31, 2007
Quarterly Progress Report – September 30, 2007
Quarterly
Progress Report - June 30, 2006
Quarterly
Progress Report - March 31, 2006