TRB conducted a webinar on Thursday, March 31, 2016 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM ET that presented an overview of the results of two U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) studies on pursuing energy harvesting and application in the public right-of-way. This webinar featured project researchers who will provide their approach, results and recommendations* for advancing their technologies. The webinar discussed the EAR program technology readiness level.
This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Resource Conservation and Recovery. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. A certificate for 2.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) was provided to attendees who registered and attended the webinar as an individual. This webinar was approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 2.0 Certification Maintenance Credits.
Here are the slides.
Webinar Presenters
- Wei Qiao, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
- Anuj Sharma, Iowa State University
- Linbing Wang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Moderated by: Eric Weaver,
Federal Highway Administration
Webinar Outline
- Introduction of Exploratory Advanced Research Program and motivation for the research
- A Roadway Wind/Solar Hybrid Power Generation and Distribution System
- Technology overview and purpose
- Technology evaluation at signalized intersection
- Other potential applications and recommendations for moving forward
- Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from Pavement Deformation and Vibration
- Technology overview and purpose
- Technology application potential
- Relevance and comparison to competing technologies
- Recommendations for moving forward
- Question and answer session
The first 90 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to health, safety, and welfare including core technical.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Understand the FHWA EAR program
- Understand the energy harvesting applications presented and their potential applications
- Provide feedback to the researchers and FHWA on future efforts
Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of
TRB Sponsors or
TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:
- TRB and National Academies employees;
- Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
- CRP panel members who were involved with developing the report or project that is the subject of the webinar;
- Members of the media;
- Employees of tribal governments; and
- Members of Congress or their staff.
Other sites must pay $89 per site. View our
pricing page for details.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for 2.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups,
only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.
Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.
Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.
This webinar was developed in November 2015. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website:
www.RCEP.net.
American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar is pending approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 2.0 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.
To report your CM credits, visit
www.planning.org/cm
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- Select My CM log
- Select Add Credits
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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at
RGillum@nas.edu.
*The opinions and conclusions expressed or implied in this webinar are those of the researchers who performed the research. They are not necessarily those of the Transportation Research Board or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
