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Research at CFC

    The CFC has on-going research projects with WVDOT, PennDOT, USDOT-FHWA, FRA, USDA-FS, S&PF, US Army and Army Corps of Engineers, NSF, USDOE and USDOD. Many of the Principle Investigators involved in the research and educational activity have been working with state and federal departments of transportation, wood industry, composites industry, and instrumentation companies for many years. Other CFC partners:

• Composites Industry;
• Fiber Industry;
• Resin Industry;
• Engineered Wood Industry;
• Instrumentation Companies.

Some of the projects/topics undertaken by Constructed Facilities Center are:

• Center of Excellence
• Timber
• Nondestructive Evaluation Activities
• FRP Composites and Hybrid Materials
• Corrosion
• Recycling
• Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Utility Poles
• Modular Track Panels for the Mining Transportation Industry
• National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Research Program
• Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Used to Repair and Rehabilitate Wood Railroad Bridges
• Field Application of Composites
• Technology Transfer

US Army Corp of Engineers Report

Feasibility review of FRP Materials for Structural Applications