UTARI’s Automation and Intelligent Systems Division, led by Dr. Nick Gans, has been awarded the subcontract for an Army Phase 2 STTR grant by Novateur Research Solutions. The project is to develop a real-time pavement imaging system that measures deflection depth, trailing and leading, due to a moving wheel load on pavement surfaces.
It will produce a novel system to gather data of the effects of vehicle/pavement interaction. This will aid in adapting and validating complex finite element models in the development of next generation combat vehicles and assessment of aging and contingency infrastructure. Gans and his team was subcontracted on the Phase 1 by Novateur in September 2020.