Overview -- The NSF SIIUCRC program -- Capsule Pipeline Research Center (CPRC) at the University of Missouri-Columbia -- Most significant technical achievements -- Economic impacts -- Educational achievements -- Plan for commercialization of CLP -- Outside evaluation of CPRC -- Overall assessment -- Future plan -- Conclusion -- Appendices. ASCE task committee ; Coal log pipeline pilot plant ; CPRC publication list ; Article on coal log compaction machine design in ASME journal, Mechanical engineering ; Paper on pipeline education.