: Analysis

The Data Analysis Contest is a joint effort between the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Task Committee on the Long-Term Pavement Performance Contest, a subcommittee of the Highway Pavement Committee of the Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Initiated in August 1998, the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program has sponsored an annual data analysis contest to encourage students to use the LTPP data collected over the past three decades. The student contest is a joint effort between the LTPP program and the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI).

The contest offers a unique opportunity for contestants to work individually or in a team to perform research that will benefit the highway transportation community. Contestants must document their findings in a written paper. Authors of winning papers will receive a cash prize and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, DC, to be nationally recognized at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. Winners will also present their research topic at one or more TRB meeting sessions and will be given the option to have FHWA publish their winning paper, which will be available to researchers worldwide. All contestants will receive a letter of recognition for their participation. For more information on this contest and how to participate, please see the LTPP Data Analysis Student Contest Guidelines.