UIUC Sweeps FAA Design Challenge for Airport Operations and Maintenance

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Design Competition for Universities has announced the award winners for the Airport Operation and Maintenance Design Challenge. Transportation engineering students from UIUC won first, second, and third prizes in this category.

The selection was made by a panel of FAA, industry, and academic experts.

The first place team presented their work at the American Association of Airport Executives annual meeting in New Orleans on June 10.

First Place: "Long-Lasting Pavement Structure Rehabilitation: Hot-Mix Asphalt Overlay with Steel Reinforcement Netting Interlayer System" by Hao Wang and Jonguen Baek. (Advisor Imad Al-Qadi)

Second Place: "Aircraft Wander Effects on Unbound Aggregate Layers" by Phillip Donovan. (Advisor Erol Tutumluer)

Third Place: "A Fast and Automated Approach for Monitoring Groove Deterioration at Airport Pavements" by Hasan Ozer. This project was sponsored by the O'Hare Modernization Program. (Advisor Imad Al-Qadi)

Photo: Jonguen Baek (left) and Hao Wang (right) pose with their fist place plaque for the FAA Design Challenge

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