Center of Excellence for Airport Technology

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Center of Excellence for Airport Technology A
Partnership in Research and Outreach with
theOHare Modernization Program David
LangeUniversity of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign July 20, 2006
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UIUC team

• Faculty and Staff
• David Lange, Director
• Ed Herricks, Lead Faculty
• Bill Buttlar, Lead Faculty
• Marshall Thompson
• Jeff Roesler
• Erol Tutumluer
• Leslie Struble
• John Popovics
• Imad Al-Qadi
• Bruce Branham
• Barry Dempsey
• Sam Carpenter
• S. P. Shah, NU
• Minosca Alcantara, Outreach
• Eve Earles, Chicago Outreach
• Vicki Dixon, Administration

• Ongoing Students
• Francis Nelson III
• Cristian Gaedicke
• Amanda Kiser
• Yi-Shi Liu
• Hyunwook Kim
• Chang Joon Lee
• Shihui Shen
• Amy Marcinkevage
• Jamie Rose
• Phillip Donovan
• Matt DAmbrosia
• Ben Birch
• Amanda Bordelon

• Completed Students
• Rob Rodden (MS)
• Salvador Villalobos (MS)
• Zach Grasley (PhD)
• Harkanwal S. Brar (PhD)
• Tongyan Pan (PhD)
• David Ey, NU (MS)
• Summer Students
• Jamila Beale - SROP
• Victor Cervantes - SROP
• Sandra Correa
• Jan Moritz - IAESTE

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Our Mission is

• To develop new scientific knowledge and
  technology for the development, maintenance and
  operation of airports
• Improve ability to make good decisions
• How do we do this?
• By conducting research in cooperation with
  government, industry and the private sector
• Who do we impact?
• Enriching the engineering community through
  technology transfer
• Educating a diverse student population
• Leading the public to appreciate its investment
  in airport infrastructure.

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OMP, FAA and UIUC in partnership
OMP
FAA
Common technical goalsComplementary
outreachLeveraged effort Enhanced visibility
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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

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FAA -- FY2006 Program

• Pavement Research Program
• Implementation of Damage Approach in Airport
  Asphalt Pavement Design Methodologies, PI S.
  Carpenter
• Analysis of NAPTF Trafficking Dynamic Response
  Data for Pavement Deformation Behavior, PI E.
  Tutumluer
• Moisture Curling and Corner Cracking of Concrete
  Slabs Parametric Study Using ICON software, PI
  D. Lange
• Evaluative Study of Non-FWD Non-Destructive
  Testing and Evaluation (NDTE) Technologies for
  Airport Pavement Maintenance and Acceptance
  Activities, Co-PIs J. Popovics and I. Al-Qadi
• Alternative Fatigue Cracking Modes on Airfield
  Rigid Pavements, PI J. Roesler
• Contribution of Aircraft Gear Loads to Reflection
  Cracking in Airport Asphalt Overlays, PI W.
  Buttlar
• Wildlife Research Program
• Bird Strike Advisory System, PI Ed Herricks
• Outreach Program
• Summer COE Internship Program for Minority
  Graduate Students

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OMP -- 2006 Program

• Sub-grade Support and Stabilization (05-06 Tech
  Project) Tutumluer/ Thompson OMP Contact
  Ross Anderson
• Materials/Potassium Acetate on ASR (05 -06 Tech
  Project) Struble OMP Contact Michael Vonic
• PCC Mix Designs (05-06 Tech Project) Roesler
  /Lange OMP Contact Ross Anderson
• Field Validation of Constructed Subgrade and
  Pavement (06 Tech Project) Popovics OMP
  Contact Ross Anderson
• Reflective Cracking and Grooving of Asphalt
  Overlays (06 Tech Project) Buttlar /
  Al-Qadi OMP Contact Dave Peshkin
• Aggregate Testing (06 Tech Project) Tutumluer
  OMP Contact Ross Anderson
• Airport Wildlife Safety Management (06 Tech
  Project) Herricks/Branham OMP Contact Larry
  Martin
• Outreach Program Minosca Alcantara/David Lange
  OMP Contact Joe Depa/ Larry Martin
• Potential Frost Problems in Pavement Components
  for OHare Barry Dempsey

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Benefits to OMP in 2005/6

• Illuminate technical issues improve decisions!
• Subgrade stabilization study contributed to
  decisions that avoided additional test sections,
  saving money.
• Improved specification language for lime
  modification and lime stabilization, providing
  for improved construction quality and reduced
  potential for weather-related construction
  delays.
• Improved specification language to achieve longer
  pavement service life with more durable
  aggregates.
• Improved specification language to reduce
  shrinkage cracking potential.
• 23 Tech Notes covering wide range of issues
• Value engineering exercise (May 19, 2006) for
  concrete paving, with potential to save money on
  the 9L-27R new north runway
• Ongoing study of soil and turfgrass will develop
  improved decisions that will save money

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Mid-Year Program Review

• Our goals for today
• Report progress
• Improve connections of projects to OMP activities
• Discuss future needs that can be addressed in
  2007 research program

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Agenda

• 1230 pm Introduction and CEAT Program Overview
  David Lange
• 1245 pm OMP Program Overview Chris Arman, OMP
  Deputy Director
• 100 pm Sub-grade Support and Stabilization
  (05-06 Tech Project) Erol Tutumluer/
  Marshall Thompson OMP Contact Ross Anderson
• 130 pm Materials/Potassium Acetate on ASR (05
  -06 Tech Project) Leslie Struble OMP
  Contact Michael Vonic
• 200 pm Field Validation of Constructed Pavement
  (06 Tech Project) John Popovics OMP
  Contact Ross Anderson
• 230 pm PCC Mix Designs (05-06 Tech Project)
  Jeff Roesler/ David Lange OMP
  Contact Ross Anderson
• 300 pm Reflective Cracking and Grooving of
  Asphalt Overlays (06 Tech Project) Bill
  Buttlar/Imad Al-Qadi/Hyunwook Kim-RA OMP
  Contact Dave Peshkin
• 330 pm Airport Wildlife Safety Mgmt (06 Tech
  Project) Bruce Branham/Ed Herricks OMP
  Contact Larry Martin
• 400 pm Aggregate Testing (06 Tech Project)
  Erol Tutumluer OMP Contact Ross Anderson
• 430 pm Potential Frost Problems in Pavement
  Components for OHare (06 Tech Project)
  Barry Dempsey
• 440 pm Outreach Program David Lange/Minosca
  Alcantara OMP Contact Larry Martin
• 500 pm Discussion and Action Items
• 530 pm Adjourn

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Questions?