6/10/2011
Imad Al-Qadi, director of the Illinois Center for Transportation, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
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Imad Al-Qadi, director of the Illinois Center for Transportation, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Al-Qadi has served T&DI and ASCE in many capacities, including an appointed position on T&DI’s Board of Governors and as chair of the Highway Pavement committee. He has also been the technical chair of the 2006 and 2008 T&DI Pavement Conference and a co-chair of T&DI’s 1st Congress held in March 2011.
Since joining the Illinois faculty in August 2004, Al-Qadi has served as the director of the Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Lab (ATREL) and the founding director of the Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT), which has become one of the largest centers at the University of Illinois and one of the leading transportation centers in the world. The ICT facilitates the development and timely implementation of cost-effective technologies that improve the transportation system durability, safety and reliability, reduce congestion and impact on the environment, optimize the utilization of the state transportation infrastructure, and maximize the return from taxpayer dollars.
Al-Qadi is the Founder Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and his research has resulted in the authoring/coauthoring of more than 500 publications, of which more than 250 are refereed papers. He has delivered more than 425 presentations at international conferences and professional meetings including numerous keynote lectures. In addition, his research has resulted in new developments, including new tests, testing specifications, advanced modeling and simulation of pavement loading, and analysis of radar electromagnetic wave interactions with roads and bridges.
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Contact: Imad Al-Qadi, Illinois Center for Transportation, 217/893-0705.
If you have any questions about the College of Engineering, or other story ideas, contact Rick Kubetz, editor, Engineering Communications Office, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 217/244-7716.
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Contact: Imad Al-Qadi, Illinois Center for Transportation, 217/893-0705.
If you have any questions about the College of Engineering, or other story ideas, contact Rick Kubetz, editor, Engineering Communications Office, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 217/244-7716.