Prioritization Database for Future CMF Research

Development of Crash Modification Factors (DCMF) prioritization database.

Research Collaboration Opportunities

The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) collaborates with partners to meet a broad spectrum of needs that encourage the transfer of technology and the use of TFHRC’s research developments and technologies by the private sector. A key principle of the process is that both the Federal...

Collaboration Opportunities for Visiting Researchers

The laboratories and programs at Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, VA, help solve transportation challenges across the Nation. The following programs offer visiting researchers the opportunity to collaborate with researchers,...

Hydraulics Laboratory Publications

Thank you for your interest in the J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Research Laboratory. For a comprehensive list of research publications, see below.

Laboratory Numerical Modeling

Hydraulics Laboratory Advanced Computing Center

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Research Laboratory’s numerical modeling is performed at the Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center (TRACC) cluster at the Argonne...

Grant Programs

Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) Program

The ATCMTD Program under the FAST Act is now the Advanced Transportation Technologies and Innovative Mobility Development (ATTIMD)/Advanced Transportation...

Laboratory Personnel

Laboratory Manager

Kornel Kerenyi

Kornel Kerenyi is a hydraulics research engineer in the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA’s) Office of Infrastructure Research and Development (R&D). He coordinates hydraulic and hydrological research...

Hydraulics Laboratory Zones

Zone 1 – Multifunctional Flume System (MFS)
Zone 2 – Force Balance Fume System (FBF)
Zone 3 – In situ Scour Testing Device (ISTD) – Lab Drill Rig
Zone 4 – Lab Soil Erosion Testing...

J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Research Laboratory Overview

National Hydraulics Research Program

Laboratory Purpose

The J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Laboratory at the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is part of the Office of Infrastructure Research and...

Laboratory Equipment

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Advanced Sensing Technology (FAST) NDE Laboratory houses state-of-the-art NDE equipment to support FHWA’s strategic vision and to provide training to stakeholders who maintain and manage transportation infrastructure such as bridges, pavements,...