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Page Title: Staff Contact




Michael.Fitch@VDOT.Virginia.gov



Research Advisory Committee:
  • Environmental Research Advisory Committee  -  Executive Secretary   

  • Team Memberships:
  • Environmental & Business Practices

  • Projects:
  • 92134 - Evaluation of Pipe Repair Options Available for Use by the Virginia Department of Transportation, Phase II  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 89717 - Effects of Sedimentation on Native Freshwater Mussels  -  Project Monitor   
  • 81142 - Recycling of Salt-Contaminated Storm-Water Runoff for Brine Production at VDOT Road-Salt Storage Facilities  -  Principal Investigator   
  • 83142 - Assessment of Soil and Wash-Water Quality Beneath Salt-Spreader Storage Racks: Lubricant and Salt Quantification  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 79350 - Understanding Cattail (Typha sp.) Invasion and Persistence in VDOT Mitigation Wetlands  -  Project Manager   
  • 79420 - Optimal Selection & Design of Stormwater BMP Facilities in a Highway Setting  -  Project Manager   
  • 72990 - Pilot Scale Evaluation of Treatment Technologies for Salt-Contaminated Runoff at Road-Salt Storage Facilities  -  Co-Principal Investigator   
  • 72987 - Effects of Soil Amendments and Other Practices on the Success of VDOT Non-tidal Wetland Mitigation E  -  Principal Investigator   

  • Publications:
  • 99-R5 - Investigation and development of a residency-level geographic information system to support priority applications
  • 99-R14 - Constructed wetlands for nonpoint source pollution control
  • 98-R35 - Constructed wetlands for stormwater management
  • 96-R6 - Nonanadromous fish passage in highway culverts
  • 95-TAR6 - Control of invasive plant species in created wetlands
  • 95-R18 - Use of Global Positioning System for the capture of environmental data
  • 09-R3 - Assessment of soil and wash water quality beneath salt-spreader racks
  • 09-CR10 - Understanding cattail (typha spp.) invasion and persistence in forested wetlands created by the Virginia Department of Transportation
  • 08-R17 - Recycling of salt-contaminated stormwater runoff for brine production at Virginia Department of Transportation road-salt storage facilities
  • 06-R26 - Potential use of reverse osmosis in managing saltwater waste collected at road-salt storage facilites [sic]
  • 05-R15 - Characterization and environmental management of stormwater runoff from road-salt storage facilities
  • 05-CR25 - Effects of soil amendments and other practices on the success of the Virginia Department of Transportation's non-tidal wetland mitigation efforts
  • 04-R19 - Field validation of speed estimation techniques for air quality conformity analysis
  • 03-TAR8 - Ways to estimate speeds for the purposes of air quality conformity analyses
  • 03-R16 - Minimizing the impact on water quality of placing grout underwater to repair bridge scour damage
  • 03-CR19 - Integration of multiband imagery as a means of monitoring wetland resources for the Virginia Department of Transportation
  • 01-R5 - Digital multispectral videography for the capture of environmental data sets
  • 01-CR1 - Evaluation of methods to calculate a wetlands water balance
  • 00-R22 - Development of a method to evaluate the technical and environmental feasibility of particular pollution prevention opportunities
  • 00-R12 - Evaluation of an Ice Ban product as a prewetting agent for snow removal and ice control operations
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