Center of Excellence for Airport Technology

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Center of Excellence for Airport Technology A
Partnership in Research and Outreach with
theFederal Aviation Administrationand
theOHare Modernization Program David
LangeDepartment of Civil and Environmental
EngineeringUniversity of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
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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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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
• Beth Woodworth, Wildlife Safety Project Manager

• Ongoing Students
• Li Ai
• Hasan Ozer
• Theresa Kissane
• Yi-Shi Liu
• Hyunwook Kim
• Chang Joon Lee
• Shihui Shen
• Amy Marcinkevage
• Jamie Rose
• Phillip Donovan
• Matt DAmbrosia
• Cristian Gaedicke
• Dong Wang
• Victor Cervantes
• Alex Apeagyei
• Sara Alzate
• Wei Xie

• Recent Graduates
• Rob Rodden (MS)
• Salvador Villalobos (MS)
• Zach Grasley (PhD)
• Harkanwal S. Brar (PhD)
• Tongyan Pan (PhD)
• Francis Nelson (MS)
• Amanda Kiser (MS)
• David Ey, NU (MS)

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FAA, OMP and UIUC in partnership
FederalAviationAdministration
OHareModernizationProgram
Advisory Committee Chris Arman, OMPFrank
Kolakowski, PMORoss Anderson, Master CivilMike
Hanlon, Airline Rep
FAA Sponsor FAA Tech Ctr, Airport Tech RD
BranchContactsDavid Brill, FAA COE Program
MgrSatish Agrawal, Branch ManagerPat Watts,
Director of COE Programs
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FAA, OMP and UIUC in partnership
OHareModernizationProgram
FederalAviationAdministration
Subgrade issues Pavement design Material
properties durability Horticulture/Wildlife Outr
each
Subgrade issues Pavement materials Pavement
modeling Wildlife issues Outreach
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Scope of OMP

• 6.6B program (Phase I)
• 35 miles of runways, taxiways
• 2.2M cu yds of PCC
• 29M cu yds of earthwork
• Modern, parallel runway configuration
• Massive earthmoving, construction, hydraulic,
  environmental impact challenges

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OMP Moving toward Parallel Runways
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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 FY2007 Program

• Subgrade Soil Support and Stabilization --
  Tutumluer/Marshall
• Effect of Potassium Acetate on ASR -- Struble
• Effect of Climate and Concrete Constituents on
  Airfield Rigid Pavement -- Roesler/Lange
• Airport Wildlife Safety Management --
  Branham/Herricks
• Non-Destructive Evaluation and Preparation for
  Field Validation of Constructed Pavement Layers
  at O'Hare -- Popovics
• Reflective Cracking and Grooving of Asphalt
  Overlays -- Buttlar/Al-Qadi

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Outreach

• FAA Summer Research Internships
• OMP Outreach to Chicago Highschools Grade
  Schools
• Tech Transfer to the Profession
• CEAT communications

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Questions?