NCSU Libraries is now providing access to The National Academies Transportation Research Board Webinars. Members of the NC State community can sign up to attend upcoming TRB Webinars by using an email that ends in @ncsu.edu.

To take advantage of NC State being a TRB sponsor when registering for an upcoming TRB Webinar you must use an email that ends in @ncsu.edu in the registration form.

Upcoming TRB Webinar for February 15, 2012:

February 15, 2012

TRB Webinar: New SHRP 2 Tools for Underground Utility Location Data Collection and Analysis

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), will conduct a webinar on February 15, 2012 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST that will explore new tools for underground utility location data collection and analysis. There is no fee to register for this webinar, and professional development hours will not be provided to attendees that join this webinar. Participants must register at least 24 hours prior to the start of the webinar, space is limited.

NC State users can obtain past TRB Webinars from links in the NCSU Libraries Catalog to the series: Transportation Research Board Conference Recordings or by looking up individual TRB Webinar titles in the online catalog.

Authorized users of NC State’s webinar subscription are current, full- and part-time students, employees (including faculty, staff and, affiliated researchers), and other individuals who have legal access to the subscriber’s facilities and computer network. Authentication will be determined by the @ncsu.edu suffix of e-mail addresses.

The following patent in 2011 was assigned to NC State University Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

United States Patent 8,044,766
DATE October 25, 2011
Tongue operated magnetic sensor based wireless assistive technology
Inventors: Ghovanloo, Maysam & Krishnamurthy, Gautham