Anti-Ice Roads
Trevor Klix
Opportunity
To create a safer roadway during the winter season while
reducing the production of Green House Gases.
• Stakeholders are The Department of Transportation
and any other government agencies that de-ice roads
or help maintain roads
• Customers will be the DOT as a whole and all the
companies that paved and maintain the roads.
• Customer needs include the reduction of green
house gases and the increased safety while driving
during the winter season
Technologies
Enabling Technologies
• Ice-Free Nanostructured Surfaces [2]
• Superhydrophobic Aluminum Surfaces [3]
• Passive Ice Prevention [4]
Technology Development
Milestones
• Ability to imprint on Large areas of metal or plastic
• Ability to change the microscopic surface area
• Flexible and Durable Material
• Place on Large Tiles
Diagrams Societal Impact and Challenges
We help reduce your environmental footprint while also
reducing the number of accidents due to cold weather,
with the implementation of an anti-ice roadway.
Economic Change
• Expensive to implement
• Expensive to replace roads
Political Change
• Removes jobs
• Removes jobs but the road is safer than previously
Environmental Change
• Reduces the production Green House Gases
• Salt is removed making the local environmental
Fig.1. Anti-Ice Roads (Side View) cleaner
Solution
• Designed to prevent ice build up on our roads during
the wintertime. When implemented the need to lay
down salt will be removed. Thus, reducing emissions
and making the roads safe to use.
• Accomplished by developing a new type of road that
will have a rough and jagged surface at the
microscopic level. This allows ice to not form on the
roads because the water will bounce of before it
forms.
• Final Solution will consist of road tiles that have a
certain nano structure imprinted on in then is
installed on the road lasting approximately 20 years.
Fig.2. Anti-Ice Roads (Top View)
 Anti-Ice Roads
Trevor Klix

References

• [1] Climate Action. Transportation.gov https://www.transportation.gov/priorities/climate-and-sustainability/climate-action (Accessed Mar 02,2023)

• [2] ACS Nano. Design of Ice-Free Nanostructured Surface Based on repulsion of Impacting Water Droplets https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/nn102557p (Accessed Mar 02, 2023)
• [3] Science Direct. Ice accretion on superhydrophobic aluminum surface under low-temperature conditions. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165232X10000315 (Accessed
Mar 02, 2023)
• [4] ACS Materials. Structural Anti-icing/ frosting surfaces https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.1c00365 (Accessed Mar 02,2023)