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The U.S. DOT’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program seeks suggestions from small businesses and individuals for potential topic areas for future U.S. DOT SBIR solicitations.
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Analyzing and Assessing Innovations in Aviation
Volpe is providing assessments and analyses for proposed NextGen air traffic innovations and researching integrated safety processes for NextGen applications.
Volpe's 30 Years Supporting the DOT SBIR Program Have Fostered Transportation Innovations and Economic Growth
Volpe's 30 years of support to the DOT SBIR program have fostered successful transportation innovations and economic growth.
Tank Car Structural Integrity: Publications and Papers
View a list of Volpe's Structures and Dynamics Division's publications and papers on the topic of rail tank car structural integrity.Track Buckling: Publications and Papers
View a list of Volpe's Structures and Dynamics Division's publications and papers on the topic of track buckling.Rail and Component Structural Integrity: Publications and Papers
View a list of Volpe's Structures and Dynamics Division's publications and papers on the topic of rail and component structural integrity.
Maritime Situational Awareness Infographic
U.S. DOT Volpe Center has been in the vanguard of developing and deploying state-of-the-art, easy-to-use, cost-effective vessel tracking networks that enhance maritime situational awareness in waterways around the world. Renowned for its major technological advances in communications, traffic...
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Infographic
Nearly every 180 minutes, someone in America is hit by a train. In the early 1970s, it was every 40 minutes. Check out our infographic on Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention. This easy-to-read data visualization shows how U.S. DOT Volpe Center, in support of the Federal...
Volpe's Annual Innovation Challenge Now Underway
Volpe's second annual Innovation Challenge kicked off in late August. Next, up to eight teams will move onto the next phase of the competition: fully developing their ideas into project proposals.