Student and Faculty Honors/ Awards for Spring 2009

The ICT congratulates UIUC students and faculty on the following recent honors and awards:

American Concrete Institute BASF Construction Chemicals Student Fellowship
Amanda Bordelon

FHWA Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Graduate Fellowship
Amanda Bordelon, Zhen Leng, Debakanta Mishra, Brian Hill

FHWA Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Eisenhower Travel Fellowship
Dong Wang

UIUC CEE Chester P. Seiss Award
Xiaopeng Li

The following students have completed the requirements to earn a PhD:

Cristian Gaedicke (Advisor Jeff Roesler), Thesis Title: Fracture-Based Method to Determine the Flexural Load Capacity of Concrete Slabs

Minkyum Kim (Advisor Bill Buttlar), Thesis Title: Development of Differential Scheme Micromechanics Modeling Framework for Predictions of Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) Complex Modulus And Experimental Validations

Shih-Hsien Yang (Advisor Imad Al-Qadi), Thesis Title: Test Development and Material Characterization of Hot Poured Crack Sealant At Low Temperature

The following student has completed the requirements to earn an M.S.:

Geoff Roberts (Advisor Imad Al-Qadi)

Kent Scholar, Three-Year Appointment
Assistant Professor Yanfeng Ouyang

Fulbright Scholar
Associate Professor Jeff Roesler

2009 Bryant Mather Best Paper Award for "Numerical Simulations of Fracture Resistance of Functionally Graded Concrete Materials" from the Transportation Research Board Concrete Materials Section (AFN00)
Francisco Evangelista Jr., Jeff Roesler, and Glaucio Paulino

Runner up for The 2008 Emmons Best Paper Award for "The Truth and Myth of Fatigue Cracking Potential in Hot-Mix Asphalt: Numerical Analysis and Validation" from the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
Pyeong Jun Yoo and Imad L. Al-Qadi