Student and Faculty Honors and Awards for Spring 2008

ICT congratulates the UIUC transportation students and faculty on the following honors:

2008-09 Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship: Amanda Bordelon, Dong Wang, and Hao Wang.

2008 WTS-Chicago Helene M. Overly Memorial Graduate Scholarship: Elham Fini

National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award, "Information Mechanisms and Robust Stabilization of Nonlinear, Stochastic Transportation Networks": Yanfeng Ouyang, Assistant Professor

NSF Project Award, "Functionally Graded Concrete Materials (FGCMs) for the Civil Infrastructure, A Multifunctional Material Systems Approach": Professor Glauico Paulino and Associate Professor Jeff Roesler

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

Minkwan Kim, Thesis Title: THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS CONSIDERING NONLINEAR PAVEMENT FOUNDATION BEHAVIOR

Joseph Anochie-Boateng, Thesis Title: ADVANCED TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSPORTATION SOILS AND BITUMINOUS SANDS

Eliham Fini, Thesis Title: ADHESION MECHANISMS OF BITUMINOUS CRACK SEALANT TO AGGREGATE AND LABORATORY TEST DEVELOPMENT