| If you cannot view this newsletter, please click here The Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT) presents the Spring 2009 edition of its newsletter. Please click on the headings for more information about any news item.
Executive Committee Approves 13 New Projects The ICT Executive Committee met on April 14, 2009, and approved 13 new research ideas for funding. Currently, ICT has a total of 106 projects, of which 40 have been completed and 66 are active. At least four of the newly approved research projects, with an estimated cost of $760,000, will be outsourced to other universities or private researchers. ICT will post the RFPs for the projects to be outsourced on its website http://ict.illinois.edu in early June.
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ICT Invites Research Ideas by June 30 The ICT is currently collecting submissions of research ideas to be considered for funding. You may propose research ideas on the needs suggested by technical advisory groups or on any topic of your choice by submitting the form available on the ICT website by June 30.
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ICT Presents "Get Involved" Webinar To educate potential researchers on how to get involved in its research programs, the ICT recently presented two webinars in which ICT Associate Director Sam Carpenter explained the research and funding process. Those who were not able to attend the webinar may view a recorded version on the ICT website.
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Lori Carpenter Joins ICT as Communication Coordinator ICT welcomes Lori Carpenter as its new Communication Coordinator. In this position, Lori will serve as a liaison between ICT and IDOT. Lori has over 14 years of experience working at UIUC, most recently for the Institute of Genomic Biology (IGB).
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ICT Research Compares Video Detection Systems A video detection system (VDS) is an application based on video processing technology that detects vehicles within a camera’s field of view. Recently completed ICT research compares the detection performance of three commercial VDS at a signalized intersection under a wide range of illumination and adverse weather conditions. The results will help IDOT procure functionally compliant VDS at competitive prices and mitigate detection errors during adverse weather.
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ICT Director Lectures at Three Universities in China During the first week of May, Professor Al-Qadi and two students visited and lectured at Tongji University, Southeast University, and Harbin Institute of Technology in China. The topics of their lectures included advanced pavement modeling, reflective cracking, advancements in ground penetrating radar (GPR), GPR signal analysis, and measurement of pavement response to loading.
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Paul Fraser Kent Lecture Series Features C. Michael Walton and Chandra Desai The transportation group had the honor of hosting two distinguished speakers as part of the Spring 2009 Paul Fraser Kent Lecture Series. On April 9, C. Michael Walton spoke on "Tomorrow’s Transportation." On February 12, Chandra S. Desai spoke about "Unified Constitutive Model for Engineering (Pavement) Materials and Computer Applications."
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Student and Faculty Honors/ Awards for Spring 2009 The ICT congratulates UIUC students and faculty on several recent honors, awards, and degrees.
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Recent UIUC Alumni Spotlight: Hyunwook Kim, PhD 2007 Hyunwook Kim still remembers his first visit to ATREL, "I was shocked at the huge land area used only for transportation research and the fully covered test facilities." Nowadays, Hyunwook's views consist of the beautiful mountains of Zurich, Switzerland, but his current landscape does have one thing in common with ATREL: the full-scale accelerated pavement equipment at EMPA, where he works as a scientist. Hyunwook is the subject of this quarter’s Alumni Spotlight, where we report on where life has taken former UIUC/ICT researchers.
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ICT Participates in T.H.E. 95th Annual Conference ICT participated in The 95th Annual Transportation and Highway Engineering (T.H.E) Conference that convened at the Illini Union on the UIUC campus on February 24-25, 2009. This year's conference attracted nearly 1,000 attendees.
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UIUC Hosting Upcoming International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields The Eighth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields will convene on the UIUC campus from June 29-July 2. The conference is particularly of interest to academics, researchers, and practitioners involved in transportation geotechnics, pavement and railroad engineering disciplines and concerned with the many issues pertaining to the bearing capacity and mechanistic based design of highway and airfield pavements and railroad track structures. The conference will provide a forum to promote efficient design, construction and maintenance of the transportation infrastructure.
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