5/25/07 - Released today - MBTC 2082: Ancillary Benefits of the Ouachita River Navigation System by Heather Nachtmann, Ph.D., Selin Celikkol, MSIE

5/25/07 - Released today - MBTC 2085: Homeland Security for Rural Transportation Networks by Heather Nachtmann, Ph.D., Edward A. Pohl, Ph.D., C. Richard Cassady, Ph.D., Oksan Kaya, MSIE, Seth Borin, BSIE

4/19/07 - Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center will host a Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, April 19th in Combs Auditorium, Room 282. The speaker for the evening will be Mr. James A. Rispoli, P.E., Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management. He is responsible for the cleanup of legacy waste and environmental contamination from the nation’s Cold War nuclear weapon production and nuclear-related research activities. The Department’s cleanup program has a current annual budget of more than $6.5 billion with operations occurring in over a dozen states. Mr. Rispoli's topic for the evening will be Environmental Management. Students and other interested parties are invited to attend. Pizza and soda will be served at 5:30pm.

2/15/07 - Released today - MBTC 2053: Development of an In Situ Permeability Device for Concrete Structures by W. Micah Hale, Ph.D., P.E.

2/7/07 - Released today - MBTC 2065: Automated Inventory and Analsyis of Highway Assets by Kelvin C.P. Wang, Ph.D., P.E.

2/2/07 - Released today - MBTC 2076: Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Superpave Binders Containing Air-Blown Asphalt from Two Different Feedstocks by John R. Hardee, Ph.D.

1/30/07 - Released today - MBTC 2034: Community Impact of Regional Transportation Infrastructure: Revisited After Completion of Airport and Major Highway by Will Miller, Ph.D., and Brinck Kerr, Ph.D.

1/16/07 - Released today - MBTC 2008: Automation of Pavement Surface Distress Survey through Parallel Processing by Kelvin C. P. Wang, Ph.D., P.E.

1/16/07 - Released today - MBTC 2042: Automated Survey and Visual Database Development for Airport and Local Highway Pavement by Kelvin C. P. Wang, Ph.D., P.E.

12/14/06 - Released today - MBTC 9204: Development of a Construction Surveying Certification Course - available in Powerpoint - by Rod Williams, Ph.D., P.E.

11/9/06 - Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center will host a Distinguished Lecture Series – the final one for the fall semester – on Thursday, November 9th in Combs Auditorium. The speaker for the evening will be Mr. Jimmy Slaughter, Past President of the National Academy of Construction. Mr. Slaughter runs a very large construction company and has had only one lost time accident in the last five years. He is fanatical about safety and pays about 20% of the insurance other contractors have to pay. He is going to share how he does it with us. Students and other interested parties are invited to attend. Pizza and soda will be served at 5:30pm.

11/1/06 - Released today - MBTC 2058: Biodiesel Production from Varying Grades of Beef Tallow and Chicken Fat by R.E. Babcock, Ph.D.

10/24/06 - Released today - MBTC 2040: Supplemental Signing for Stop Signs - Phase 2 by J.L. Gattis, Ph.D., P.E.

10/19/06 - On Thursday, 19 October at 5:30pm in the College of Engineering Combs Auditorium, Room 282, there will be a MBTC Distinguished Lecture featuring Retired Lieutenant General Vald Heiberg, U.S. Army who was Chief of the Corps of Engineers from 1984 until 1988. General Heiberg will discuss the New Orleans levee situation. General Heiberg was the District Engineer for New Orleans back in the 1970's timeframe. This should be a most interesting presentation. General Heiberg has been a consultant since he retired, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Construction and many other organizations. He is a highly respected civil engineer throughout the United States.

10/1/06 - Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center releases Annual Report for 2005 - 2006.

9/28/06 - Released today - MBTC 1802: Developing a Viable Poultry Litter Transport Option for the Ozarks Region by Harold Goodwin, Jr.

9/23/06 - Jack Buffington, Interim Director, will meet with the Senate Committee on Public Transportation of the Arkansas Legislature. The senate members will hold a session
at the Dan Flowers Conference Room at Engineering Research Center's Center for Training Transportation Professionals with briefings from Mike Malone of the Northwest
Arkansas Council and Director Buffington.

9/14/06 - Evening with the Pro's. Speakers Bert Parker of Garver Engineers in Little Rock, Kent Shreeve of Shreeve Engineering of Little Rock, Steven Beam of Crafton, Tull and
Associates in Rogers, Mike Marlar of Marlar Engineering in North Little Rock. The Emcee for the evening will be Bob Walters of Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department.

8/24/06 - Released today - MBTC 2027: Investigation of the Effect of Fines on Base Course Performance by Norman D. Dennis, Ph.D., P.E., Richard M. Welcher,
and John H. Lawrence

8/22/06 - Released today - MBTC 2030: Development of 4.75 mm Superpave Mixes by Stacy G. Williams, Ph.D., P.E.

8/22/06 - Released today - MBTC 2054: A Comprehensive Study of Field Permeability Using the Vacuum Permeameter by Stacy G. Williams, Ph.D., P.E.

6/01/06 - Released today - MBTC 2032: Development of Testing Protocol and Correlations for Resilient Modulus of Subgrade Soils by Norman D. Dennis, Ph.D., P.E., and
Kyle A. Bennett, MSCE, E.I.

5/01/06 - Released today - MBTC 2044: Cost Efficient Tools for Assessing Cultural Resources by George Sabo III, Lela Donat, Crystal Materson and John Samuelson.

4/20/06 - Delon Hampton speaks at the Mack-Blackwell Distinguished Lecture series.