Center of Excellence for Airport Technology

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Center of Excellence for Airport Technology CEAT
Project Meeting, Feb. 8, 2005 David
LangeDepartment of Civil and Environmental
EngineeringUniversity of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
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Schedule for Today

• 1000 Introduction David Lange
• Stabilization of Subgrade Erol Tutumluer
• Raw Materials Francis Nelson
• PCC Mix Design Jeff Roesler
• 1200 Lunch
• 100 General Discussion
• 300 CEAT Advisory Meeting (Lange, Arman,
  Anderson, Depa, Hanlon)

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UIUC team

• Faculty and Staff
• Marshall Thompson
• Jeff Roesler
• Erol Tutumluer
• Leslie Struble
• John Popovics
• Sam Carpenter
• Bill Buttlar
• Barry Dempsey
• Minosca Alcantara
• Eve Earles
• Vicki Dixon

• UIUC Students
• Francis Nelson III
• Zach Grasley
• Rob Rodden
• Cristian Gaedicke
• Salvador Villalobos
• Harkanwal S. Brar

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Tech Notes

• PCC Mix Design
• Fiber reinforced concrete for airfield rigid
  pavements
• Feasibility of Shrinkage Reducing Admixtures for
  Concrete Runway Pavements
• K-150 Considerations for RW 9-27
• Subgrade Strength/Stiffness Evaluation
• Working Platform Requirements for Pavement
  Construction
• Subgrade Stability Manual (IDOT)
• Freeze Thaw Performance of Coarse Aggregate
• Summary of IDOT ASTM Specifications for Coarse
  Aggregate Gradation

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News from our FAA partner

• Our FAA sponsor is at Wm J. Hughes Technical
  Center, Atlantic City, NJ
• AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY R D BRANCH
• Contacts
• Pat Watts, Director of COE Programs
• Satish Agrawal, Branch Manager
• David Brill, FAA COE Program Manager
• Extension past 10 year has been approved.
  Currently, we are defining the FY2005 program.
• Joint COE Meeting in Orlando, Mar. 14-16, 2005
• FAA Pavements Working Group last week, Feb 1-3,
  2005

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Questions?