Illinois Center for Transportation is proud to present the Kent Seminar Series’ Fall 2021 semester lineup.
Each Thursday of the fall semester transportation leaders will share their expertise from 2-3 p.m. beginning Aug. 26 and concluding Dec. 9 — with the exception of Nov. 25.
This 18-speaker series offers 15 presentations on topics like autonomous vehicles, asphalt binder, bridge health monitoring, electric vehicles, the future of transportation, pavement, the Smart Transportation Infrastructure Initiative, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering alumni success stories and much more.
All presentations will be held on Zoom, but some speakers will present in person at ICT. Check here for each week’s Zoom credentials, speaker abstracts and bios, and updates as to whether or not presentations will be held in person or online via Zoom.
Can’t make it to a presentation? All lectures will be uploaded to ICT’s YouTube channel. Below is a list of all speakers and presentation dates:
- Aug. 26 — Imad Al-Qadi
- Sept. 2 — Bill Spencer
- Sept. 9 — Jiayi Luo
- Sept. 16. — Lei Zuo
- Sept. 23 — John Anderson
- Sept. 30 — Punit Singhvi
- Oct. 7 — David Mensching and Amir Golalipour
- Oct. 14 — Alireza Talebpour
- Oct. 21 — Nadia Gkritza
- Oct. 28 — Kara Kockelman
- Nov. 4 — Julie Vandenbossche
- Nov. 11 — Sammer Dessouky
- Nov. 18 — Distinguished Speaker (to be determined)
- Dec. 2 — Ramez Hajj and Jason Merret
- Dec. 9 — Naira Hovakimyan and Shenlong Wang
For more questions, contact ict-communications@illinois.edu.