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