University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Illinois Center for Transportation

2020 Kent Seminars

Spring 2020

Date Speaker Seminar
01/18/2024 Angeli Jayme Deep dive into pavement behavior analysis using numerical modeling
01/25/2024 Katerina Varveri How to design sustainable paving materials
02/01/2024 Yong-Rak Kim Advancing materials and transportation infrastructure: A multiscale-multidisciplinary approach
02/08/2024 Masoud Darabi Mechanistic-based modeling of rutting response of flexible airfield pavements
02/15/2024 Lily Poulikakos Advancing toward zero waste: Alternative materials for quieter pavements
02/22/2024 Daniel Vignon Safety, liability, and insurance markets in the age of automated driving
02/29/2024 Cédric Sauzéat Advances in thermomechanical analysis of bituminous materials and structures
03/07/2024 Linbing Wang Data-driven approaches for asphalt concrete mix design and performance modeling
03/21/2024 Armelle Chabot Mechanical analysis of debonding phenomena in pavements
03/28/2019 Professor, Dan Zollinger Implications of the Effects of Interfaces on Concrete Pavement Performance
03/28/2024 Songsu Son Repurposing plastic waste as fibers in asphalt pavements
04/04/2024 Aravind Ramakrishnan Validated FE model for predicting asphalt concrete overlay reflective cracking potential
04/11/2024 Luis A. H. do Nascimento Performance-engineered asphalt mix design and sustainability: The Brazilian experience
04/18/2024 Joshua Auld Modeling integrated transportation systems: Decarbonization and future mobility challenges
04/25/2024 Bernhard Hofko Shedding some light onto “dark matter”
08/24/2023 Jeffery Roesler Development of pavement-assisted vehicle lane keeping
08/31/2023 Corey Harper Transitioning towards a smarter and more sustainable transportation system
09/05/2019 Antoine Petit Multiline bus bunching control via vehicle substitution
09/14/2023 Hao Wang Towards sustainable and resilient roadways
09/21/2023 Jane Lin Long-haul electric truck routing with coordinated driver schedule and charging activities: When and where to charge
09/7/2023 Tom Van Dam Lowering the carbon footprint of concrete: Opportunities for significant improvement
1/19/23 Ramez Hajj Understanding the relationship between oxidative aging, rheology and strength of asphalt
1/20/2022 Qingqing Cao and Xiuyu Liu Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Qingqing Cao, Xiuyu Liu
1/23/2014 Jaime Hernandez The Impact of Wide-Base Tires on Pavement Damage- A National Study: Experimental Tirepavement Contact Stresses
1/24/2013 Adam Beach Low Temperature Binder Characterization of Recycled Asphalt
1/26/23 Yanfeng Ouyang Planning last-mile unmanned aerial vehicle delivery under aerial traffic congestion
1/27/2022 Omar Jadallah Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Omar Jadallah
1/29/2014 Eric Ferrebee Fractured Properties of Roller-compacted Concrete with Virgin and Recycled Aggregates
1/31/2013 Pengcheng Shangguan An Innovative Approach for Asphalt Pavement Compaction Monitoring Using Ground-Penetrating Radar
10/05/2023 Chait Bhat Environmentally sustainable pavements: Tactical/strategic needs and opportunities
10/1/2015 Negin Alemazkoor Data-driven Identification of Inherent Deterioration Models of Infrastructures
10/10/2019 Qingwen Zhou Life cycle assessment on pavement preservation and maintenance schedules
10/11/2012 Jim Meister Atrel Lab Safety and Security
10/11/2018 Justan Mann IDOT Construction Overview and Highlights
10/12/2017 Priyanka Sarker Analyses And Prediction of Granular Layer Rutting Trends In FAA NAPTF Construction Cycle 5 Pavement Test Sections
10/12/2020 Lev Khazanovich Mechanistic-empirical design unbonded concrete overlays
10/12/2023 Migdalia Carrion-Alers FHWA sustainable pavements program overview
10/13/2016 Zhanping You, Professor, Michigan Tech Multiscale Modeling Toward Sustainable Pavement Systems
10/13/22 Andrew Dawson The fourth power fiction
10/14/2021 Dr. Alireza Talebpour Impacts of human-automated vehicle interactions on traffic flow dynamics
10/15/2015 Lev Khazanovich Mechanistic-Empirical Design of Concrete Pavements: Past, Present, and Future
10/16/2014 Priyanka Sarker Overlay Thickness Designs for Low Volume Roads: A Mechanistic-Empirical Approach with Non-Destructive Testing and Pavement Damage Models
10/17/2019 Richard Sowers Big data and mobility: A mathematician looks at traffic
10/18/2012 Songsu Son Development of a Thin, Quiet, Long-Lasting, High Friction Surface Layer for Economical Use in Illinois
10/18/2018 Randy Weingart Turning Pavement Design Upside Down
10/19/2017 Silvia Caro Spinel Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Mixtures in Partial Saturation Conditions
10/19/2020 Cassie Castorena Advancing asphalt binder performance-graded specification
10/19/2023 João Santos Life-cycle assessment applied to road pavement systems
10/2/2014 Armen Amirkhanian Don't Get Bent Out of Shape!
10/20/2016 Seunggu Kang, grad student, CEE Development of Mechanistic Vehicle Models to Evaluate Additional Vehicle Fuel Consumption Due to Pavement Roughness
10/20/2022 Pierre Hornych Adaptation of road infrastructure to future mobility
10/21/2021 Konstantina (Nadia) Gkritza Electrifying times in transportation
10/22/2015 Kurt Keifer A Novel Approach to Accelerated Pavement Testing Using a FASTFWD
10/23/2014 Sushobhan Sen A Bottom-Up Approach to Urban Heat Islands: Background and Challenges
10/24/2019 Bin Feng Discrete element modeling of ballasts' dynamic behavior
10/25/2012 Maziar Moaveni Aggreagate Size and Shape Evalutaion Using Enhangced Aggreagate Image Analyzer and Segmentation Techniques in the Field
10/25/2018 Wenting Hou Evaluation of Ballast Behavior Under Different Tie Support Conditions Using Discrete Element Modeling
10/26/2017 Mohammad Nabian Deep Learning for Accelerated Reliability Analysis of Infrastructure Networks
10/26/2020 Michael Greenfield Insights into asphalt composition from molecular simulations and experiments
10/26/2023 Jamilla Teixeira Exploring slag's role in pavement performance from soil stabilization to asphalt concrete
10/27/2016 Daniel Castillo, Visiting Scholar, UIUC Computational Modeling of the Heterogeneity of Asphalt Mixtures: Applications at the Macro and Micro Scales
10/27/2022 Jorge Pais Pavement design: The past, present and emerging future
10/28/2021 Kara Kockelman Self-driving and all electric: Anticipating the travel and energy impacts of autonomous vehicles in U.S. markets
10/29/2015 Halil Ceylan Implementation and Local Calibration of Mechanistic-Based Pavement Design in Iowa
10/3/2019 Amit Bhasin Reversing paradigms: Performance prediction to material design for our roadway infrastructure
10/30/2014 Yu Qian Multi-scale Integrated Computational and Experimental Framework for the Assessment of Railroad Ballast Life-cycle Behavior
10/31/2019 Abbas Kachwalla A machine-learning-based quality-control approach for automated-pavement condition data
10/4/2012 Allan Cockerell New Method for In-situ Cracking of Concrete Joints
10/4/2018 Erol Tutumluer Engineered Use of Aggregate Base Inverted Pavement Design
10/5/2017 Laura Ghosh Construction and Rehabilitation Decision-Making Considering Traffic-Related Energy Consumption
10/5/2020 Hussain Bahia High-strain/stress characterization on asphalt binders and mixtures
10/6/2016 Sushobhan Sen Challenges in Measuring Pavement Albedo
10/6/2022 Mohammad Miralinaghi Scheduling of road construction projects considering stakeholder concerns
10/7/2021 Amir Golalipour and David Mensching Federal Highway Administration resilience efforts
10/8/2015 Ryan Fries Real-Time Traveler Information Research: Is IDOT Freeway Information Accurate
10/9/2014 Xin Wang Coping with Uncertainties in Biofuel Supply Chain Design: A Continuum Approximation Approach
11/02/2020 Ilgin Guler Signal timing in a connected vehicle environment
11/02/2023 Cheng Ling Asphalt carbon footprint reduction: Key drivers, opportunities and needs
11/09/2023 Amlan Mukherjee Challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the construction materials industry
11/1/2012 Deb Mishra Investigation of Differential Movement at Railroad Bridge Approaches Geotechnical Instrumentation
11/1/2018 Dr. M. Emin Kutay Backcalculation of Dynamic Modulus Master Curve and Nonlinear Properties of Unbound Base Using Falling Weight Deflectometer Data
11/10/2016 Soheil Nazarian, Professor, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Pavement Construction Quality Acceptance: Migrating from Traditional Methods to Performance Management
11/10/2022 Yi-Chang Tsai Innovative crack-detection algorithms for optimized pavement asset management
11/11/2021 Samer Dessouky Innovative energy-harvesting techniques for smart pavements
11/12/2015 Siyang Xie Reliable Facility Location Design under Correlated Facility Disruptions
11/13/2014 Maryam Shakiba Pore Water Pressure Effect on the response of Asphalt Concrete under Coupled Moisture-Mechanical Loading
11/14/2019 Yuguang Fu Smart Internet of Things (IoT) system for rapid condition assessment of bridges under sudden events
11/15/2012 Brian Hill Evaluation of the Fracture and Bulk Low Temperature Properties of Asphalt Binders and Mixtures Using Digital Image Correlation
11/15/2018 Chao Lei Optimal Operations and Resource Allocation for Improving Shared-Mobility Systems
11/15/2021 Jose Holguin-Veras Kent Seminar Fall 2021 Distinguished Speaker
11/16/2017 Angeli Gamez, Seunggu Kang and Dr. Hasan Ozer Realities of Rehabilitation for Pavements: Case Studies in Illinois
11/16/2020 Yafeng Yin On the empty miles in ride sourcing systems
11/16/2023 Francesco Canestrari Examining warm recycled asphalt quality: A paradigmatic seven-year case study
11/17/2016 Sachindra Dahal, PhD Candidate, UIUC Crack Development and Strain Response of Continuously Reinforced Concrete
11/17/2022 Stephen Ritchie Data, modeling and emerging technologies on the road to sustainable freight transportation
11/19/2015 Youssef Hashash Railroad Ballast Modeling Using Polyhedral Discrete Elements
11/2/2017 Shan Zhao Development of GPR Data Analysis Algorithms for Predicting Thin Asphalt Overlay Thickness
11/20/2014 Jeff LaHucik Effect of Aggregate Packing Structure on Roller-Compacted Concrete (RCC)
11/21/2019 Lewis Lehe Buses and shared rides in downtown traffic
11/29/2012 Peggy Currid ICT's New Report Guidelines and Review Process; Ten Things Principal Investigators Need To Know
11/29/2018 Jamie Nelson The Power of Presentation: Making an Impact on your Audience through Intentional Design and Engagement
11/3/2016 Scott Murrell, Director of Commercial Airport Services, Applied Research Associates (ARA) Real World Runway Engineering
11/3/2022 Lily Elefteriadou Leveraging connected and autonomous vehicles' capabilities to improve traffic operations
11/30/2017 Kurt Smith - Applied Pavement Technology, Inc. Two-Lift Concrete Pavements
11/4/2019 Chandra Bhat Autonomous vehicle use and potential changes in commute patterns
11/4/2021 Julie Vandenbossche Evolution of the development of a design procedure for bonded concrete overlays of asphalt
11/5/2015 Issam Qamhia Framework for Developing an Improved Unbound Aggregate Base Rutting Model for Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design
11/6/2014 Jorge Zornberg Properties Governing the Performance of Geosynthetic-reinforced Pavements
11/8/2012 Peggy Currid Tips for Improving Scientific Writing
11/9/2017 Joon Han Kim Bender Elements to Measure Local Stiffness Enhancement Provided by Geogrid-Aggregate Interlock
11/9/2020 David Forsyth What computer vision can do
12/1/2016 Issam Qamhia, PhD Student, UIUC Field Performance Evaluation of Sustainable Aggregate By-Product Applications
12/1/2022 Rebekah Yang Emerging technologies in the National Airspace System
12/10/2012 Mats Wendel Performace of the Flow Mixing Technology in Asphalt Concrete and the Asphalt Rubber Project in Sweden
12/2/2021 Ramez Hajj and Jason Merret Fall 2021 Kent Seminar Series presents Ramez Hajj, Jason Merret
12/3/2015 Sushobhan Sen Albedo for Pavement Engineers
12/3/2019 Emily Jankauski and McCall Macomber Writing Workshop
12/4/2014 Rebekah Yang Life Cycle Analysis
12/6/2012 Huseyin Boler Analyses of Shear Strength Behavior of Chemically Bonded Ballast Aggregates with Using Direct Shear Testing and Discrete Element Modeling
12/6/2018 Erman Gungor Leveraging Autonomy in Truck Platooning to Improve Freight Transportation Sustainability
12/9/2021 Naira Hovakimyan and Shenlong Wang Fall 2021 Kent Seminar Series presents Naira Hovakimyan, Shenlong Wang
2/1/2018 David Lippert Predicting Asphalt Concrete Overlay Performance
2/10/2022 Radhika Mittal and Erol Tutumluer Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Radhika Mittal, Erol Tutumluer
2/11/2016 Linbing Wang Computer-Aided Mix Design: Current Status and Future Perspective
2/11/2021 Mark Snyder Modern precast concrete pavement systems
2/12/2015 Hadi Maidani Uncertainty Quantification using Polynomial Chaos
2/13/2014 Behzad Behnia Advanced Approaches in Charaterization of Cracking in Asphalt Materials
2/13/2020 Eleftheria Kontou Data-driven modeling of electric vehicle charging pricing and worth
2/14/2019 Richa Bhardwaj, Ph.D. Student A Novel Joint Inspection Methodology Based On Image Analysis Approach For Concrete Pavement Construction
2/15/2018 Erman Gungor Development of a Proposed Overweight Vehicle Permit Fee Structure in Illinois
2/16/2012 Yuanjie Xiao Mechanistic Emperical Evaluation of Aggregate Base/Granular Subbase Quality Affectng Flexible Pavement Performance
2/16/2017 Issam Qamhia, PhD Candidate, UIUC Adequacy of In-place QC/QA Techniques for Evaluating Constructed Aggregate Layers of Working Platforms and Flexible Pavements
2/16/2023 Chen-Yu Lin Probabilistic modeling of optimal placement strategies of hazardous materials railcars in freight trains
2/17/2022 Michael Elwardany Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Michael Elwardany
2/18/2016 Hasan Ozer and Wenting Hou Sustainable Aggregates Production -- Green Applications for Aggregate By-Products & Testing Protocols to Ensure Performance of High Asphalt Binder Replacement Mixes Using Rap & Ras
2/18/2021 Richard Kim Index-volumetrics and performance-volumetrics relationships
2/19/2015 Carmine Dwyer ICT R27-077: Evaluating Pavement Markings on Concrete and Asphalt Surfaces
2/2/2012 Professor Jeff Roesler Effect of Non-Uniform Support On Concrete Slab Performance
2/2/2017 Shenghua Wu Impact of High Asphalt Binder Replacement on Performance for Overlay and Level Binder Mixes
2/2/23 Deb Mishra Data reduction, analysis and sensor survivability studies on a "smart" runway
2/20/2014 Pengcheng Shangguan Implementation of Ground Penetrating Radar on Asphalt Pavement and Railroad Ballast
2/20/2020 Amir Bahador Parsa and Homa Taghipour Real-time accident detection to improve travel-time prediction
2/20/2020 Punit Singhvi Quantification of the effect of binder source on flexibility of long-term aged asphalt concrete
2/21/2013 Yuanjie Xiao Gradation Effects Influencing Mechanical Properites of Aggregate Base/Granular Subbase Materials in Minnesota
2/21/2019 Jose Rivera, Ph.D. Student Effect of Specimen Geometry and Test Configuration on the Fracture Process Zone for Asphalt Materials
2/21/2019 Punit Singhvi, Ph.D. Student Total Recycled Asphalt Mixes' Characteristics and Field Performance
2/23/2012 Qazi Aurangzeb Impact of High RAP Content On Volumetrics and Performance Properties of Asphalt Mixtures
2/23/2017 Wouter Brink, Staff Civil Engineer, Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) Evaluating Software Simulation of a Road Weather Information System
2/23/2023 Shihui Shen Workability and compactibility of asphalt mixtures: A new perspective
2/24/2022 Shane Underwood Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Shane Underwood
2/25/2016 Rebekah Yang Using a Life-cycle Assessment Tool to Evaluate Sustainable Strategies for Pavement Construction
2/25/2021 Jonathan Hall Can behavioral interventions be too salient? Evidence from traffic safety messages
2/27/2014 Yun Bai Optimal Pavement Design and Rehabilitation Planning Using a Mechanistic-Emperical Approach
2/3/2022 Angeli Jayme and Xin Chen Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Angeli Jayme, Xin Chen
2/4/2016 Reza Osouli and Hasan Kazmee Plasticity Requirements of the Aggregates as Subbase, Base, Surface, and Shoulder Courses & Evaluation of Aggregate Subgrade Materials Used as Pavement Subgrade/ Granular Subbase (PAV)
2/4/2021 Marwa Hassan Innovative Infrastructure Materials
2/5/2015 Hasan Kazmee Performance Investigation of Non-traditional Aggregates Used as Remdial Measures to Weak Subgrade
2/6/2014 John Anderson Runaway Keel Reconstruction, Shindand, Afghanistan
2/6/2020 Ramez Hajj Fundamental investigation of microstructural damage mechanism in asphalt materials
2/7/2013 Hasan Kazmee Characterization of Railroad Ballast Behavior Under Repeated Loading Using a New Large Triaxial Test Setup
2/7/2019 Jordan Ouellet, Ph.D. Student Pre-cracking Cement-Treated Bases to Mitigate Shrinkage Stresses
2/8/2018 Issam Qamhia Field Performance Evaluation of Quarry By-products Used in Unbound Aggregate Layers Constructed over Soft Subgrade
2/9/2012 Dr. Zhen Leng Short Term Performance of Plant Mixed Warm Mix Asphalt
2/9/2017 Roozbeh Dargazany, PhD, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University Multi-Scale Modeling of the Tire Pavement Interaction to Describe the Role of Pavement Micro-Texture on Sliding Rubber Friction
2/9/2023 Lucas Babadopulos Pavement design and infrastructure materials research at UFC-Fortaleza, Brazil
3/09/2023 Alexander Brand Physicochemical interactions between Portland cement and asphalt
3/1/2012 Dr. Aaron Coenen Image Analysis of Aggregate Structure Parameters as Performance Indicators of Rutting Resistance
3/1/2018 Peter Taylor Performance Based Concrete Mixtures
3/10/2016 Jake Hiller Understanding Permanent and Reversible Moisture Warping in Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements
3/10/2022 Jorge Laval Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Jorge Laval
3/11/2021 Elise Miller-Hooks Transportation systems resilience: Models and algorithms
3/12/2015 Ahmad El Khatib Testing Protocol to Ensure Performance of Asphalt Mixes with High Amounts of Recycled Content
3/12/2020 Abbas Butt Leveraging pavement condition index data to build a comprehensive pavement management system
3/14/2019 Issam Qamhia, Ph.D. Student Evaluation of Chemically Stabilized Quarry By-product Applications in Base and Subbase Layers Through Accelerated Pavement Testing
3/14/2019 Haohang Huang, Ph.D. Student Field Imaging and Volumetric Reconstruction of Riprap Rock and Large-sized Aggregates: Algorithms and Application
3/15/2012 Hasan Kazmee Effects of Material Blending On Strength, Modulus and Deformation Characteristics of Recycled Concrete Aggregates
3/15/2018 Pradip Adhikari and Sina Nassiri The Effects of Sediments on Bioswale and Infiltration Trench BMP Performance and Soaked and Unsoaked Performance of Crushed Gravel and Limestone Aggregates
3/17/2016 Marshall Thompson M-E Flexible Pavement Design: Issues and Challenges
3/18/2021 Jo Sias Incorporating climate change into flexible pavement analysis, design and management
3/19/2015 Amit Bhasin Understanding the Asphalt Genome to Engineer Better Asphalt Binders
3/2/2017 Azadeh Akahavan and Goran Othmanawny TRB Presentations
3/2/2023 Hasan Ozer Reflective cracking design models for airfield asphalt concrete pavements
3/20/2014 Tom Scarpas Rejuvenation of Asphalt Mixes: Turning Back the Clock
3/23/2023 Jaime Hernandez Frequency-dependent tire properties and their effect on energy consumption and dynamic loading
3/24/2022 Colleen Murphy Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Colleen Murphy
3/25/2021 Ann Schlenker Innovations reshaping mobility
3/28/2013 Rebekah Yang, Seunggu Kang A Life-Cycle Assessment Framework for Pavement Materials
3/29/2012 Dr. Hasan Ozer Validation of Hot-Poured Crack Sealant Performance-Based Guidelines
3/29/2018 Elie Hajj Analysis Procedures for Evaluating Superheavy Load Movement on Flexible Pavements: SuperPACK
3/3/2015 Michael Darter Mechanistic-Empirical Design of Pavements: The Long and Winding Road
3/3/2016 Jeff LaHucik and Hajin Choi Mechanistic-Empirical (M-E) Design Implementation & Monitoring for Rigid Pavements & Ultrasonic Tomography for Concrete Infrastructure Condition Assessment and Quality Assurance
3/3/2022 Nizar Lajnef Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Nizar Lajnef
3/30/2017 Thomas Papagiannakis, Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio Micromechanical Modelling of Asphalt Concrete
3/30/2020 Eric Goldwyn Brooklyn bus network redesign: Getting passengers back on the bus
3/30/2023 W. Charles Greer, Jr. From nuclear reactor pressure vessels to a lighthouse - Part 1
3/31/2016 Huseyin Boler Field Investigation of Railroad Bridge Approach Track Substructure Behavior
3/31/2022 Egemen Okte Using autonomous and connected trucks to extend flexible pavement life
3/4/2021 Costa Samaras A robust decision-making approach to assess pathways for U.S. passenger vehicles and last-mile delivery decarbonization
3/5/2020 Iwona Jasiuk Bone and bone-inspired materials
3/6/2014 Maziar Moaveni, Songsu Son Evaluation of Aggregate Resistance to Breakage, Abrasion, and Polishing Using Advanced Aggregate Imaging Systems – Engineering Cost-Benefit Analysis of Thin Durable Asphalt Overlays (14-0956)
3/7/2013 Michael Wnek Investigation of Aggregate Properties Influencing Railroad Ballast Performance
3/7/2019 Zehui Zhu, Ph.D. Student Influence of Mix Design Parameters on Asphalt Concrete Aging Rate Using I-FIT Specimens
3/8/2012 Dr. Jiankun Liu Freeze Thaw Behavior of Soils and Qinhai-Tibet Railway Practices
3/8/2018 Brian Pfeifer Partnering with IDOT: Providing Innovative Transportation Research
3/9/2017 BK Sharma, Senior Research Scientist, UIUC Modeling the Performance Properties of RAS and RAP Blended Asphalt Mixes Through Chemical Compositional Information
4/01/2021 Mary Joyce ACES: The transformation of the mobility industry
4/08/2021 John Haddock Dynamic wireless charging for heavy trucks: A pavement perspective
4/09/2020 Thomas Harman The future of highways
4/10/2014 Brian Hill Performance Evaluation of RAP/RAS Asphalt Mixtures using Traditional and Advanced Methods
4/11/2013 Long Wang Road Base Materials Vibration Compaction Standard and Fabricating Equipment Development
4/11/2017 Navneet Garg, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center Accelerated Pavement Testing for Airport Pavements and its Impact on Pavement Design for New Generation Aircraft
4/11/2019 Professor, Luis Guillermo Loría-Salazar Summary of 5 Years of Experiments at the PaveLab, the University of Costa Rica Full-Scale Accelerated Pavement Facility
4/12/2012 Ibrahim Abuawad Effects of Anti-Stripping Additives/Modifiers On Illinois Moisture Susceptible Mixes
4/12/2018 Dr. Kumares C. Sinha Kent Distinguished Lecture - Charging Mechanisms for Road Use: An Interface between Engineering and Public Policy
4/13/2023 Salman Bhutta Charting your course: Navigating success through career choices and strategies
4/14/2016 Scott Schmidt Railway Ballast Permeability Preliminary Laboratory Test Results
4/14/2022 Seth Guikema Access, equity and resilience
4/15/2021 Hua Cai Planning charging infrastructure for shared mobility and autonomous vehicle adoption
4/16/2014 Charles Schwartz Distinguished Lecture - Structural Characteristics and Environmental Benefits of Cold-Recycled Asphalt Paving Materials
4/16/2020 Issam Qamhia Durability aspects of chemically stabilized quarry by-product applications in pavement base and subbase
4/16/2020 Timothy Stark and Heather Shoup Modified standard penetration tests for drilled shaft design in weak rocks
4/17/2014 Nadarajah Sivaneswaran Life Cycle Cost Analysis
4/18/2019 Sachindra Dahal, Ph.D. Student Re-engineering Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements
4/19/2018 Egemen Okte and Zehui Zhu Evaluation of I-FIT Results and Machine Variability Using MnRoad Test Track Mixtures and Development of Machine Compliance Factor for I-FIT
4/2/2020 Lindsay Braun Active transportation and health equity: Can infrastructure move us in the right direction?
4/20/2017 Jamie Nelson, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, UIUC The Power of Presentations: Enhancing your Slides for Teaching and Engagement
4/20/2023 Max Ziyadi and Seunggu Kang The role of data in the electric vehicle industry, from data insights and AI to sustainability
4/21/2016 Mark Wayne Mechanical Stabilization of Unbound Layers and Incorporation of Benefits in AASHTO '93 and M-E Analysis of Flexible Pavements
4/21/2022 Navneet Garg Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Navneet Garg
4/23/2020 Dan Tobias Overview of seismic bridge design philosophy in Illinois
4/24/2014 Yu Qian Discrete Element Modeling of Railroad Ballast Behavior
4/25/2013 Ryan Smith Optimal Staging Area Locations and Material Recycling Strategies for Sustainable Highway Reconstruction
4/25/2017 David K. Hein, PE, Vice President, Applied Research Associates, Inc. Lessons Learned from the Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Permeable Pavements for Stormwater Management
4/25/2019 Mechanical Engineer, Megan Kreiger Additive Construction: 3D Printing for Infrastructure
4/25/2023 Dallas Little Kent Seminar Distinguished Lecture: Dallas Little
4/26/2018 Katie Zimmerman Managing a Pavement Over Its Life Cycle
4/28/2016 Anand Puppala Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnics: Expansive Soils, Stabilization Design and Sustainability Studies
4/28/2022 Paul Kwiat Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Paul Kwiat
4/29/2012 Alex Brand Fractionated Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (FRAP) As A Coarse Aggregate Replacement In A Ternery Blended Concrete
4/29/2021 Paul Kwiat Planes, trains and automobiles: Expanding the domain of quantum information science
4/3/2015 Erman Gungor Adjustment Factors for MEPDG Pavement Responses Considering Three-Dimensional Analysis and Wide-Base Tires
4/30/2013 Ann L. Schneider Long Range Transportation Plan
4/30/2020 Imran Hossain Evaluating unpaved roads in Illinois: Challenges and opportunities
4/30/2020 P. S. Sriraj Maritime freight database to support performance measures and market analysis
4/4/2013 Alex Brand Flexural Load Capacity of Concrete Slabs with Recycled Aggregates
4/4/2019 Charlie Greer Pavement Design, Evaluation, and Maintenance at the World’s Busiest Airport
4/5/2012 Armen Amirkhanian Disk-Shaped Compact Tension for Concrete
4/5/2018 Yan Qi Comparison of Contributing Factors to Pedestrian Crossing Crash Severity at Locations with Different Controls in Illinois
4/6/2017 John Lambros, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, UIUC Particulate Composite Material Internal Deformation Measurements Using X-ray Microtomography and Digital Volume Correlation
4/6/2023 Xiaopeng Li Trade-offs between safety, mobility, and stability in automated vehicle following control
4/7/2022 Mostafa Elseifi Spring 2022 Kent Seminar Series presents Mostafa Elseifi
5/1/2014 Hasan Kazmee Evaluation of Aggregate Subgrade Materials Used as Pavement Subgrade/Granular Subbase
5/24/2018 Dr. Nizar Lajnef Toward Autonomous, Self-Powered, Self-Sensing, Multi-Functional, Civil Infrastructure
5/8/2014 Ibrahim Abuawad Potential Moisture Damage of Asphalt Mixtures Using Various Test Mechanisms
6/11/2020 Steyn Wynand 7.8 billion customers: Who benefits from my research?
6/18/2020 Thiago Aragao Constituent-based mechanical characterization of asphalt binders and mixtures
6/25/2020 Krishnan Murali Insight into bitumen rheology using the Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear
7/02/2020 Masad Eyad Nano-characterization for analysis and design of sustainable asphaltic materials
7/09/2020 Ghassan Chehab Investigating asphalt rutting failures in airfield pavements using advanced mechanistic material models
7/16/2020 Sandra Erkens Porous Asphalt Concrete for Highways: Experiences and challenges in the Netherlands
7/20/2020 Ronald Blab Hot-mix-asphalt modeling by means of a multiscale approach
7/23/2020 C.S. Poon Enhancement of properties of recycled aggregate concrete by accelerated CO2 curing
7/27/2018 Dr. Zhen Leng Upcycling of Waste Plastic into Functionalized Additives for Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Mixtures: An Exploratory Study
7/30/2020 Zejiao Dong Dynamic response of asphalt pavement from theoretical to monitoring
8/26/2021 Imad Al-Qadi Kent Seminar Series Fall 2021 Introduction
9/02/2021 B.F. Spencer, Jr. Advances in computer vision based civil infrastructure inspection and monitoring
9/09/2021 Jiayi Luo Aggregate assembly evaluation using a deep-learning-based image segmentation approach
9/1/2022 Jordan Ouellet Advancements in roller-compacted concrete mix design and laboratory testing
9/10/2015 Jamie Hernandez Deformable Tire−pavement Contact Stress Prediction at Various Operating Conditions Using Validated Finite Element Model
9/12/2012 Francisco Evangelista Junior Three Dimensional Modeling of Failure in Quasi-Brittle Materials and Structures
9/12/2017 Timothy Rushing The Past, Present, and Future of Airfields and Pavement Research at the U.S. Army ERDC
9/12/2019 Greg Renshaw Annual Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Laboratory Safety Training
9/15/2016 Angeli Gamez, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois Influence of Tire Parameters on Roadway Structures
9/15/2022 Weiheng Zhong Explainable artificial intelligence for learning spatial-temporal patterns of dynamic systems
9/16/2021 Lei Zuo Energy harvesting for sustainable and intelligent transportation
9/17/2015 Amlan Mukharjee Empirical Assessment of Pavement Roughness to Estimate Pavement Life Cycle Use-phase Emissions
9/19/2019 Roberto Montemayor Past, present and future of cellular concrete
9/20/2018 Quang Tran Integration of Non-Contact Ultrasonic and Computer Vision for Sawcut Timing
9/21/2020 Eshan Dave Sensing pavements for detection of black ice
9/22/2016 Zhaodong Wang, PhD Candidate Traffic Equilibrium Problems and Planning Service Facilities under Congestion
9/22/2022 Steven Mednis Planning the Illinois Tollway's I-90 SmartRoad
9/23/2021 Dr. John R. Anderson The world of civil engineering
9/24/2015 Alex Brand Interfacial Transition Zone Composition and Bonding in Cementitious Materials with Asphalt-Coated Particles
9/26/2019 Naira Hovakimyan Aerial co-robots of the future: Safety, intelligence, certification
9/27/2018 Aniruddha Baral Air Pollutant Removal and Self-Cleaning Properties of Photocatalytic Cements
9/28/2017 Quang Tran Rapid detection of concrete joint activation from normalized shear wave transmission energy
9/28/2020 John Harvey Improving pavement sustainability
9/28/2023 Davide Lo Presti Towards SMARTI: Sustainable multi-functional automated resilient transport infrastructures
9/29/2016 Shiraz Tayabji Precast Concrete Pavements for Rapid Rehabilitation of High Volume Roadways
9/29/2022 Milena Rangelov Using life-cycle assessment to support sustainability initiatives for pavement infrastructure
9/30/2021 Punit Singhvi Engineered bio-based additives to control asphalt concrete cracking
9/6/2012 Animesh Das Optimum Thickness Design for Asphalt Pavements
9/6/2018 Punit Singhvi Development of Long-Term Aging Protocol for Asphalt Mixtures Using the Illinois Flexibility Index Test (I-FIT)
9/8/2016 Yong-Hoon Byun Local Stiffness Quantification of Geogrid-Reinforced Aggregate Using Shear Wave Transducer
9/8/2022 Ian Savage Effect of Delta Air Lines' middle seat policy during the pandemic on fares and market share
November 29 Yafeng Yin Kent Seminar Distinguished Lecture: Yafeng Yin
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