Center of Excellence for Airport Technology

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Center of Excellence for Airport Technology OMP
Project Meeting, July 14, 2005 David
LangeDepartment of Civil and Environmental
EngineeringUniversity of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
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CEAT welcomes you to the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• The 1 CEE Department (US News Survey)
• 450 undergrads 420 grad students
• 5700 in College 39,000 in University
• 46 tenure-track faculty
• Transportation, Materials, Geotechnical,
  Structures, Environmental Eng., Hydrology,
  Construction Management

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OMP, FAA and UIUC in partnership
OMP
FAA
Subgrade issues Materials Pavements Outreach
Subgrade pavements Wildlife issues Anti-icing Ou
treach
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OMP and FAACommon technical goalsComplementary
outreachLeveraged effort Enhanced visibility
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News from our FAA partner

• 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
• MOA Extension has been approved to sustain CEAT
  beyond the 10th anniversary (i.e. Sep 30, 2005 is
  10th anniversary of original FAA funding)
• FY2005 Program approved and funded (467,000)

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Schedule for Today

• 1000 Introduction David Lange
• 1030 Stabilization of Subgrade Marshall
  Thompson
• 1100 Raw Materials Leslie Struble
• 1130 PCC Mix Design Jeff Roesler
• 1200 Box Lunch and Poster Session
• 100 Outreach
• 200 Discussion about 2005-6 Work Plan
• 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
• Pat Hodina

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Recap Highlights

• OMP sponsored work began Sep 2004 funding in
  place in Oct 2004
• Major meetings Oct 2004 kickoff Feb 2005
  Program Review at OMP
• Three technical projects now underway
• subgrade, materials, and pavements
• 19 Tech Notes completed

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Pre-Feb Tech Notes

• TN1 OMP Technical Note Overview and Guidelines
• TN2 PCC Mix Design
• TN3 Fiber Reinforced Concrete for Airfield Rigid
  Pavements
• TN4 Feasibility of Shrinkage Reducing Admixtures
  for Concrete Runway Pavements
• TN5 K-150 Considerations for RW 9-27
• TN6 Subgrade Strength/Stiffness Evaluation
• TN7 "Working Platform" Requirements for Pavement
  Construction
• TN8 Subgrade Stability Manual (IDOT)
• TN9 Freeze Thaw Performance of Coarse Aggregate
• TN10 Summary of IDOT ASTM Specifications for
  Coarse Aggregate Gradation

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Feb-Jul Tech Notes

• TN11 Measurement of Water Content in Fresh
  Concrete Using the Microwave Method
• TN12 Guiding Principles of OMP PCC Mix Design
• TM13 Moisture Limitations for Lime Stabilization
• TN14 Admixture Stabilization (Lime Treatment of
  Subgrades)
• TN15 Evaluation, Testing and Comparison between
  Crushed Manufactured Sand and Natural Sand
• TN16 Concrete Mix Design Specification
  Evaluation
• TN17 PCC Mix Design Phase 1
• TN18 Analysis of the Suitability of Soils at
  OHare to Support Turfgrass Growth
• TN19 Analysis of Stockpiled Soils at OHare

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Recap Highlights (cont.)

• Outreach activities
• Outreach Coordinator Minosca Alcantara
• Contractor outreach
• Tech transfer activities -- Brown Bag Lunch Tech
  Transfer Symposium on Instrumentation
• Student programs -- Pre-college, college, interns
• Administrative
• Asst to Director Vicki Dixon
• Nifty website by Pat Hodina
• New office area opened in May 2005

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Questions?