Malcolm H. Ray, P.E., Ph.D.

Sponsored Research Projects

Ralph H. White Family Distinguished Professor
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609-2280

508-831-5340 (voice)
508-831-5808 (fax)
mhray@wpi.edu
http://www.wpi.edu/~mhray

Dr. Ray has nearly 20 years of experience in attracting and performing sponsored research work. During his career he has served as the principal investigator on nearly $6.5 million in sponsored research, over $1.75 million of this in the last five years while at WPI. He has worked for the most prestigious sponsors in the field of roadside and highway safety including the Federal Highway Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Cooperative Highway Research Program as well as many State Departments of Transportation, commercial organizations and the National Science Foundation.

2004

• "Center for Collision Trauma Protection," Research and Special Projects Administration (RSPA), U.S. Department of Transportation , $347,000.

2003

• "Evaluation and Testing of Alberta's Weak-Post W-beam Guardrail System," Providence of Alberta, Canada, $40,467.
• "ATSSA Guardrail Installation Level II Training Course," American Traffic Safety Services Association, $4,000.
• "ATSSA Guardrail Installation Level II Training Course," American Traffic Safety Services Association, $29,075.
• "Design and Analysis of an Aluminum Bridge Parapet and Median Barrier," Valentine Inc., $9,000.

2002

• "Simulation and Analysis of Guardrail System Impacted by a 3/4 ton Pickup Truck", Battelle Memorial Labs, $9,900.
• "Simulation and Analysis of Guardrail System Impacted by a 3/4 ton Pickup Truck", Battelle Memorial Labs, $5,000.
• "Impact Testing of Reinforced Concrete Beams," APTEK, Inc., $24,419.

2001

• "Simulation and Analysis of Guardrail System Impacted by a 3/4 ton Pickup Truck", Battelle Memorial Labs, $5,000.
• "Simulation and Analysis of Guardrail System Impacted by a 3/4 ton Pickup Truck", Battelle Memorial Labs, $23,000.
• "Side Impact: Finalizing the Test Procedures and Preliminary Countermeasures," Subcontract from the University of Iowa for the Federal Highway Administration, $60,000.
• "ATSSA Guardrail Installation Training Course," American Traffic Safety Services Association, $17,867.
• "Center of Excellence in DYNA3D Analysis," Federal Highway Administration, $49,850.
• "Development of an Improved Roadside Barrier System," Subcontract from the University of West Virginia for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Project 22-16, $60,792.

2000

• "Acquisition of Structural Mechanics Tester," National Science Foundation, Major Research Instrumentation Program NSF 99-168, $143,093.
• "Design Alternatives for the Weak-Post W-beam Guardrail System," Subcontract from Bucknell University for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, $8,023.
• "Center of Excellence in DYNA3D Analysis," Federal Highway Administration, $50,000.
• "Recommended Guidelines for Curbs and Curb-Barrier Combinations," National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 22-17, $300,000.
• "Design Alternatives for the Weak-Post W-beam Guardrail System," Subcontract from Bucknell University for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, $35,906.

1999

• "In-Service Evaluation of Traffic Barriers," National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 22-13(2), $280,000.
• "In-Service Evaluation of Traffic Barriers in Iowa," Iowa Department of Transportation, Project 19.2, $94,255

1998

• "Side Impact: Finalizing the Procedures," Federal Highway Administration, $168,291.

1997

• "Acquisition of a High Performance Computing Environment," National Science Foundation, $503,000.
• "In-Service Evaluation of Traffic Barriers in Iowa," Iowa Department of Transportation Project 19.2, Iowa Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., $100,000.

1996

• "In-Service Evaluation of Traffic Barriers," National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 22-13, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., $500,000.
• "Development of Finite Element Models for Roadside Safety Applications," Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., $106,000.
• "Side Impact Test and Evaluation Procedures," Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., $430,000.
• "Simulation of Roadside Safety Structures," Federal Highwa Administration, Washington, D.C., $158,000.

1995

• "Roadside Safety Issues Conference," National Cooperative Highway Research Program, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., $20,000.
• "Guardrail and Median Barrier Crashworthiness: A Synthesis of Highway Practice," National Cooperative Highway Research Program, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., $25,000.

1994

• "Roadside Safety Issues Conference, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., $20,000.
• "Research Associate, Nonlinear Finite Element Simulation Studies with DYNA3d, Momentum Engineering. Assigned to FHWA's Design Concepts Research Division, $26,000.
• "Conceptual Requirements for an Interactive Highway Design Model, Momentum Engineering for Federal Highway Administration, $35,200.
• "Updated Materials for a Traffic Barrier Hardware Guide, Project 22-10, Momentum Engineering for National Cooperative Highway Research Program, $350,000.
• "Technical Sharing Materials on Selected Bridge Rails and Guardrails, Momentum Engineering for Federal Highway Administration, $138,000.

1988

• "Side Impact Crash Testing, Vanderbilt University, Federal Highway Administration, $350,000.
• "An Expert System for Warranting Roadside Safety Hardware, Vanderbilt University, University Transportation Research Center Program, U.S. Department of Transportation, $40,000.

1986

• "Revision of the CRASH3 User's Manual, Southwest Research Institute, National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, $19,000.
• "Vehicle Crash Tests of EZE-ERECT Small Sign Support, Southwest Research Institute, Franklin Steel, Inc.

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  Updated 08-03-04 by mhr.