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vehicle operations work includes research into equipment and technologies
for making commercial vehicles safer and more efficient. |
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Composites Laboratory can conduct controlled,
programmable testing of the deformation and failure response of composite
automotive components in relation to impact velocity. |
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| The
Defense Transportation and Logistics (DTL)
Laboratory provides analytical and operational support to the defense transportation
community through development of innovative, practical tools and techniques
for the analysis and management of transportation and logistics systems. |
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DLA Supply Chain Management Advanced Research
Technology (SMART) Laboratory supports the U.S. Department of Defense
through R&D; to establish systems to move hazardous materials through the
DOD supply chain safely and efficiently. |
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Fuels, Engines, and Emissions Research Center
houses ORNL's vehicle and engine dynamometers and unique analytical equipment
used in research, development, and evaluation of advanced fuels, engines,
vehicles, and emission control systems. |
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Geographic Information Systems Laboratory creates
innovative ways to plan, manage, and track traffic by geography-based decision
support systems. |
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The Heavy Vehicle Safety Research Center (HVSRC)
is a major initiative of the National Transportation Research Center (NTRC).
It will contribute to meeting national goals related to the reduction of
truck-related fatalities, while maintaining and enhancing the economic viability
of the U.S. trucking industry. |
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| Infrastructure
materials research
involves testing and evaluation of materials such as concrete and asphalt
and other media used in bridges, culverts, highways, roadbeds and other
parts of the transportation infrastructure. |
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Intelligent
transportation systems (ITS) improve the efficiency, productivity,
and safety of transportation facilities and alleviate the impact of transportation
on the environment. |
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Packaging Research Facility helps clients
develop safe, efficient, economical solutions for the shipment of hazardous
materials. |
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in photonics and remote sensing involves
a wide range of applications, focusing primarily remote sensing and weigh-in-motion,
spectroscopy, full-spectrum solar energy, and sensors. |
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Researchers
in the Power Electronics and Electric
Machinery Research Center develop and prototype the next generation
of cost-effective converters, adjustable-speed drives, electric utility
and distributed-generation applications, motor controls, and efficient,
compact electric machines. |
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