NAME : Kamesh Vedula

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ADDRESS : 2151 Fiedler Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone : 785-532-5862(office)
             785-532-7717(fax)
E-mail : kamesh@ksu.edu

TITLE : Graduate Student/Research Assistant
DEGREE EARNED : Bachelor of Technology from Bapatla Engineering College, 2000
DEGREE PURSUED : MS  in Civil Engineering 

PROJECT TITLE :  Adaptability of AASHTO Provisional Standards for Condition Survey in Kansas
SPONSOR :  Kansas Department of Transportation, (KDOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
OBJECTIVE : 
The objective of this project is to investigate, test and quantify the effect of AASHTO provisional standards for pavement condition survey on KDOT practices. The project would oversee an effort to obtain pavement surface condition data by automated means following the AASHTO provisional standards. If necessary, a separate proposal will be developed for submission to FHWA for testing the provisional standards on the KDOT system. This project would evaluate the data collection processes and the data collected to provide information to help KDOT determine the costs and benefits associated with automated data collection and with incorporation of the provisional standards. The results of this research should allow for a possible follow up study by KDOT to evaluate the impacts of the different data collection methods on NOS input.