The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently awarded Rutgers University Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) a $5 million research grant.
The center is a partnership between USDOT and Rutgers University. The goal is to develop innovative approaches to promote sustainability, decarbonize, and strengthen the resilience of transportation infrastructure in the United States.
“This research initiative will develop and advance innovative materials and technologies that support the nation’s goals to decarbonize the transportation sector by 2050, strengthen resilience of the nation’s transportation infrastructure, and address adverse environmental impacts created by the transportation system,” Dr. Robert C. Hampshire, principal deputy assistant secretary for research and technology and DOT chief science officer, said .
CAIT includes partner institutions from academia and the steel and cement industries. They include Edward C. Levy & Co., Lafarge Holcim U.S., the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Nucor Steel Berkeley, Oregon State University, Seattle TMS International, the Slag Cement Association, and the University of Florida.
“Under the leadership of the Biden-Harris Administration, we’re developing the next generation of construction materials that can reduce carbon emissions and make transportation part of the solution to address climate change,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. “With this funding and our partnership with Rutgers University, we will make sure our transportation infrastructure is more resilient, more sustainable, and made in America.”