The RIME Group presented the poster awarded for 2013 AASHTO High Value Research "Sweet Sixteen” Award

Dr. Hani Nassif and the RIME Group received an award for the 2013 Research Showcase Implementation Award at the AASHTO Research Advisory Committee (RAC) Meeting in Baton Rouge, LA, on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. His project titled: "Elimination of Weight Restriction on Amtrak, NJ Transit, and Conrail Line", funded by the New Jersey Department of Transportation was one of the sixteen projects out of more than 100 that were selected for the 2013 High Value Research Award by the AASHTO RAC. Professor Nassif and NJDOT Research Bureau Project Manager, Ed Kondrath, were formally invited to present this "Sweet Sixteen" project at the 2014 Annual TRB meeting, in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Hani Nassif,RIME Group, Rutgers (left); Dr. Imad L. Al-Qadi, UIUC (left) and Dr. Kaan Ozbay, NYU-poly (right)

Ed Kondrath, NJDOT Research Bureau Project Manager (left); Dr. Dan Su, RIME Group, Rutgers (right)

Dr. Kaan Ozbay,NYU-poly (left); Dr. Hani Nassif,RIME Group, Rutgers (middle); Dr. Satish Ukkusuri , Purdue (right)