Research into Steel Bridges Funded by Three New Federal Highway Administration Grants Will Fortify American Infrastructure
Several awards from the Federal Highway Administration to the KU School of Engineering will enable research to improve and lengthen the life of bridges, a critical part of American infrastructure.
“Bridges connect our communities, they provide safe passage of people and goods — and when bridges don’t function, communities and the transfer of those goods don’t function, so they’re absolutely critical to our society,” said Caroline Bennett, professor of civil, environmental & architectural engineering and Dean R. and Florence W. Frisbie Associate Chair of Graduate Studies, who is acting as principal investigator on two of the new grants.