CEE Magazine Winter 2010 by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Winter 2010

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CEE Winter 2010

4 Opportunities of the Downturn/Amr S. Elnashai

7 The Power of Leverage/Kenneth M. Floody (BS 83) 8 Global Leaders: Five Years of Success 12 Sustainability at CEE/Charles J. Werth 14 Nailing It: Student research yields a drinking water innovation 15 Working in Traffic: ICT research for safer construction 16 New earthquake system tested at E-Defense 17 Wireless structural health monitoring system deployed in Korea 18 Yeh Student Center needs final funding boost 20 Student organizations 22 Department news

28 Alumni news 33 In Memoriam 34 Sponsored research 37 Corporate donors 38 Individual donors 18

Contents

43 Old Masters : Nathan M. Newmark

17 Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Winter 2010

Can we afford to miss the opportunities of an economic downturn? Amr S. Elnashai, Professor and Head William J. and Elaine F. Hall Endowed Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering by

hile we face unprecedented economic and leadership uncertainties, our Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is busy developing its strategic plan and implementation mechanisms for the next five years, turning those same uncertainties into opportunities. In times of perceived or actual hardship, communities that exhibit coherence and common objectives develop heightened awareness of the need to achieve their best endeavors and perform at their peak, while adapting to the changing climate. Our CEE at Illinois community is indeed coherent and holds firmly to its core values that define its common objectives. We are ready for the challenges, as demonstrated by the outcome of a survey of the faculty and senior staff in September, before and after a daylong planning meeting held off-campus. The participants’ response to the statement “I believe that we have to change in some ways the contents of our curricula, the research topics, and the way the department is managed” are shown in the Figure, at the beginning (left) and at the end (right) of the planning meeting. Whereas the difference between “before” and “after” is a testament to the success of the planning meeting, with those who agree or strongly agree increasing from 69 percent to 82 percent, the support for “the necessary change” even at the beginning of the retreat is still clear. We therefore are mandated to effect change. The past five years have seen tremendous progress with the stewardship of Bob Dodds. Now it is time to take the next steps towards modernizing the department and preparing it for the challenges ahead. Through a community-led process, we have identified four thrusts

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Faculty and senior staff responses to the question, “I believe that we have to change in some ways the contents of our curricula, the research topics and the way the department is managed,” before (left) and after (right) a day-long planning retreat. Strongly Agree

2% 10%

Agree

15%

Undecided Disagree

5% 13%

27%

Strongly Disagree

19%

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that are considered the highest priorities for our next development phase, namely (i) Governance, (ii) Multidisciplinary Education and Research, (iii) International Cooperation and (iv) Financial Management. We undertook a process of wide consultation that employed several forms of community engagement, which culminated in short reports that address what the faculty and senior staff consider the most pressing requirements and recommendations for action. We then mapped these recommendations onto the strategic goals of the College of Engineering. Such mapping is vital to strengthening the ties between the CEE department and other units on campus and to taking full advantage of being part of a College of Engineering with national and international standing. An essential component of planning for implementation of change is to define the success metrics. Our evolving priority action and success

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metrics (in bold) are listed at right. The process of implementation has begun in earnest. We are also mindful of the increasing demands on our staff and faculty. We are therefore balancing the requirements of change with those of maintaining steady operation of the department. We continue to hear that the economic situation will get much worse before it improves. We have no reason to believe otherwise. Admittedly, this is an issue of grave concern, but the availability of funds has never been the reason for the excellence of our CEE department at Illinois. So why now would the scarcity of funds threaten our excellence? The business literature tells us that the primary reason for people leaving an organization is lack of fulfillment and not low pay, which only appears as number six in a list of 10 reasons for departures. It is not shortage in funding that affects people’s productivity but rather feelings, percep-

The past five years have seen tremendous progress. ... Now it is time to take the next steps towards modernizing the department and preparing it for the challenges ahead. Governance

Multidisciplinary

Expand and empower CEE committees to deal proactively with Introduce systems thinking in curricula by developing departmental management integrated CEE sub-disciplines Broaden participation in decision-making by establishing formal consultation processes

Offer multi-disciplinary Primary and Secondary thrusts in subjects of societal importance

Draw strategy and tactics from the CEE community through structured surveys

Encourage multi-disciplinary research within and outside of the CEE department

Reward faculty and staff excellence to enhance job satisfaction Develop “Programs” in multidisciplinary topics to integrate the and appreciation “Areas” in a matrix format Enhance social and technical interaction, and develop Annual Calendar to manage interactions

Reach out to College of Engineering and campus units to explore opportunities not available to CEE

Metrics: Surveys; external assessment

Metrics: Students’ feedback, connectivity

International

Finance

Increase students’ study abroad programs with top ranking international institutions

Increase income from one-year, non-thesis domestic and international students

Introduce global issues in undergraduate and graduate curricula through group projects

Increase income from research Indirect Cost Recovery by enhancing proposals

Enhance research cooperation and proposals through bilateral Increase income from endowments, gifts and corporate cooperation agreements annual recurring support Develop higher international profile in areas from which we are attracting fewer students

Reduce expenditure on temporary teaching by rationalizing teaching plans and practices

Improve access to our publications through e-newsletters and free online access

Focus investment in high return areas that are consistent with College and campus plans

Metrics: Surveys; numeric

Metrics: Budget balance; funding sources

tions, attitudes, and relationships. Our department is led through a healthy mix of consultation and direction, serving and inspiring, setting the vision and disciplining the process of its achievement. The high spirit of our superb faculty and staff is deep-rooted, our students are among the best, and our alumni are the most loyal and generous with their time, effort and financial support.

As we move toward ground-breaking for the construction of the new addition to Newmark Laboratory, the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Student Center, scheduled for March 2010, I believe that our alumni will consider investing in the future of CEE at Illinois, in the training of the next generation of leaders, in providing our students with the building and facilities that befit the best young engineers in the nation.

By the time this issue of the CEE magazine is being mailed we will have launched our “last million dollars” campaign to complete the financing of the $9M Student Center. The support of our alumni has been and continues to be an inspiration for our Illinois Civil and Environmental Engineering community. I wish you all happy holidays and a prosperous New Year, in orange and blue. i

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CEEAA Board of Directors President Kenneth M. Floody, P.E., S.E. (BS 83) Ingenii LLC Oak Park, Illinois Vice President Lawrence P. Jaworski, P.E., (BS 72, MS 73) Black & Veatch Gaithersburg, Maryland Second Vice President Tracy K. Lundin, P.E., (BS 80, MS 82) Hanson Professional Services Inc. Springfield, Illinois Past President John L. Carrato, P.E., S.E., (BS 79, MS 80) Alfred Benesch & Company Chicago Secretary James M. LaFave (BS 86, MS 87) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois

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The power of leverage Kenneth M. Floody, P.E., S.E. (BS 83) President, Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association Board of Directors

nyone who has hired a University of Illinois Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate will tell you that one of the CEE department’s greatest strengths is the emphasis that it places on teaching students the underlying fundamentals of engineering principles. Those fundamentals being taught to today’s students are essentially the same as those I learned a generation ago and that others learned for generations before me. It is a firm understanding of the fundamentals of engineering that allows us, as practicing engineers, to adapt to new challenges and establish new paradigms that address humankind’s evolving needs. The complexity of the challenges facing tomorrow’s engineers requires an emphasis on multidisciplinary solutions that have not traditionally been addressed by the department. Professor Amr Elnashai, CEE department head, has determined to pursue the “grand challenges” of the future that will “require multidisciplinary perspective in civil and environmental engineering research and education” and to prepare tomorrow’s engineers to face those challenges. Professor Elnashai has shared with me the outcomes of a recent departmental planning retreat that focused on identifying and addressing barriers in research and education to pursuing those challenges. The retreat also helped establish and reorder priorities for the CEE department, which Professor Elnashai addresses in his article. The Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association (CEEAA) must determine how we can best support Professor Elnashai and CEE in tackling the major challenges facing the department. If you are a regular reader of the CEE Magazine, you are already aware of many of the challenges facing the department, especially regarding the precipitous drop in state

funding for the University. You are also likely to be a recurring financial supporter of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Trust. Your support is essential and greatly appreciated, but we need to do more—not more from those who are already actively supporting the department, but more from those who are not. The major challenge facing the CEEAA is not to have those who already do, do more. Our challenge is to contact those who are not actively involved and informed as to the state of the department, and to make them aware and get them involved. There are currently more than 13,000 CEE alumni, of whom less than one in 10 are actively engaged in support of the department from year to year. We all have many friends, associates and coworkers who are CEE alumni. How often do we discuss the challenges facing the CEE department within those groups? Twelve years ago, I could be counted as one of the uninformed, a CEE alumnus, but not a member of CEEAA. I would likely have stayed that way, complacent and blissfully unaware, had I not been asked by a past member of the CEEAA board of directors whether I was willing get involved. All it took was for someone to pose the question. The answer was obvious. How can the CEEAA double or triple its support of the CEE department? There is always a hard way and an easy way. The hard way would be to ask those who already contribute to do more. The easy way is to use a fundamental principle of engineering familiar to all of us: Leverage. Leverage 1,000 CEEAA supporting members to move the other 12,000. Challenge your fellow alumni to get involved in supporting the CEE department in any way they can. It never hurts to ask. i

How can the CEEAA double or triple its support of the CEE department? There is always a hard way and an easy way.

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After five years, CEE’s Global Leaders in Construction Management Program continues to produce globally-aware graduates who are highly qualified for the industry’s most desirable jobs, here and abroad. By Laura Weisskopf-Bleill

ess than a year into his tenure at Chicago’s W.E. O’Neil Construction Company, Numan Velioglu (BS 06, MS 07) found himself in a strange city singing karaoke and being wined and dined by Chinese executives. As a graduate of CEE’s Global Leaders in Construction Management master’s degree program, Velioglu had a skill set and the experience his company wanted when they needed to send an employee abroad to procure materials. When a trip to China surfaced, Velioglu got the call. “Half the [W.E. O’Neil] employees don’t have passports. I’m there managing my own trips, going to cities I’ve never heard of,” said Velioglu, who spent his time in China inspecting wood flooring purchased for a high-end retail project in Chicago. “I probably did 15,000 miles in a week.” Velioglu is a prime example of the type of well-rounded engineer the Global Leaders program has produced since its establishment in 2005. The Global Leaders experience gives students an opportunity to visit major construction projects around the world while broadening their

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knowledge of construction management through courses in disciplines such as law, labor, and business. As it celebrates its fifth year, the Global Leaders program is in a position of strength. Its alumni are in demand by industry; students are eager to enroll; faculty are determined to see the program continue to thrive. “Now that we’re five years into it, what I can say looking back is that candidates that we’ve hired out of the program have been some of the strongest young employees we’ve added to the company,” said Pat McGowan (BS 86), the vice president of W.E. O’Neil Construction. “They have just a tremendous upside. They are the types of employee that we want to invest in more, in terms of development and training. Long term, they can be great leaders.” One-on-one exposure to industry leaders is a major component of the program, be it in Urbana or abroad during the Global Leaders trips. Students have found their dream jobs directly because of such connections. And it’s not just traditional construction companies who are attracted to the Global Leaders students, but recruiters from other industries, most notably the

oil industry. “We have companies recruiting who say, ‘Do you have more Global Leaders?’” said associate professor Liang Liu. “I think that’s a great confirmation and compliment to the program but at the same time we are very humbled by this kind of response. We have the responsibility to make it better and to serve the student better and the industry better. These are all important things.” Monica Lim (BS 05, MS 06), who graduated in the Global Leaders program’s first class of four students, returned to campus this fall to direct the Global Leaders program, succeeding Carlos Arboleda, who returned to industry. Lim sees the program as bridging the gap between engineering and other fields. Its unique external focus sets it apart, she said. One of her goals for the program is to cement its identity. “We’re trying to close in on what ‘global’ truly means,” said Lim, who worked in construction companies for three years in Chicago prior to returning to Urbana. “It’s not just Japan or Dubai, but it’s also having a good understanding of what’s happening at home.” The program, which is only open to current Illinois CEE seniors, is attractive to

Panama 2009

China 2008

students because it requires just two semesters more of coursework. “Early on in engineering I was so frustrated with the straight calculations. You don’t really have an idea of where you’re going with that,” said Kevin Bayci (BS 09), a Global Leaders student. Admitted in the fall of the senior year, the underclassmen engage with the program immediately by traveling with the graduate students on the winter trip. This builds relationships and creates continuity that loops through the years. Trips remain one of the program’s highlights. Each student goes overseas twice, and also participates in two domestic jaunts in the spring. The trips are targeted to show students how large-scale projects are managed, planned and controlled. As an important team-building exercise, each student plays a role in planning and researching the trip’s itinerary. The current Global Leaders students will travel to Europe in January. They will visit major construction projects connected to the 2012 Olympics in London, and then continue to Germany to see examples of that nation’s cutting-edge sustainability practices. Previous destinations

Dubai 2007

Europe 2006

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Japan 2005

The Global Leaders in Construction Management will be traveling to London and Germany January 6-15 and blogging about their trip. Visit their website to learn more about the program and read their blog.

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The newest group of Global Leaders students. Back row: A.J. Deters, Westley Bauling, Kevin Foster, Kevin Bayci, Matthew Knight, Ewa Gasienica. Front row: Isaac Chan, Jenny Henry, Cory Kuo, Calvin Young, Louie Sevandal, Pok Ki Tsang, Tom Dieball, Lindsay Carpenter, Program Director Monica Lim Continued from the previous page

included Japan, France, Dubai, Panama and China. The site visits illustrate that one size doesn’t fit all in construction. Labor relations, safety standards and sustainability practices vary by cultures and regions. Last winter’s trip to Panama was an eyeopening experience for Kevin Foster (BS 09). “The chaos of the construction—it was nuts,” he recalled. “It was like a freefor-all. It was kids on a playground or something—people everywhere. It was fun to see how different it was from here. It was something you could not be exposed to unless you were actually there to see it.” While the program hasn’t grown tremendously in size since its inception—it is deliberately kept small to maintain a low faculty-to-student ratio—it has increased its stature. With increased marketing and awareness, the program attracts a deeper pool of applicants. The competition has resulted in top-notch classes that im-

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prove each year. “We’re certainly producing a good mix of students that are thinking big in terms of job opportunities,” Lim said. “They are creative, looking for places where they can add value and where they can make a difference.” Both current students and alumni would like to see ties with industry continue to develop and deepen, especially with multi-national corporations. “When we were in Dubai we were able to get in touch with major developers and CEOs were able to court us,” said Robert Kuang (BS 06, MS 07), an assistant project manager for Bovis who rooms with Veliglu in Chicago. “It was a great experience to have that kind of exposure.” The international learning experience is key to the success of the program and its value to students. Due to the rigors of the curriculum, traditional study abroad is rarely an option for undergraduate engineering students. It’s a concept that other departments within the college may import. “Expanding the horizons of our under-

graduate and graduate students by working with them in different engineering cultures around the world prepares them for the global marketplace,” said CEE department head Amr Elnashai. “I hope that we will have the means to expand this program beyond construction management and perhaps outside of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.” As the world gets increasingly smaller, international exposure and experience may become the standard for students in any discipline. The Global Leaders program gives CEE students a competitive edge while providing a basis of knowledge that its graduates will be able to reference as they enter the workforce and climb the career ladder. “You can really take this program in a lot of different areas, because the companies like the international exposure, that perspective of the entire system throughout the world and being able to piece different parts of the company together to see how it all relates,” Bayci said. “We live in a world that is increasingly interconnected.” i

A long way from Illinois

Global Leaders Alumni 2006 Monica Lim Greg Feiereisel Alex Bonfil Eric Kerestes 2007 Numan Velioglu Robert Kuang Jeffrey Dolian 2008 Adam Jansen Eric Meister Michael Gustavson Mike Addison 2009 Tamra Harkey Monica Shenouda Bob Schneider Stephanie Larson Matt Bayer Brandon Tonarelli Pok Ki Tsang 2010 Louis Sevandal Kevin Foster Kevin Bayci Jennifer Henry Lindsay Carpenter Thomas Dieball

Eric Meister, left, and Adam Jansen pose in front of the Burj Dubai Tower.

By Laura Weisskopf-Bleill efore he entered the Global Leaders in Construction Management graduate program, Eric Meister didn’t even have a passport. Today, he is one of two alumni of CEE’s Global Leaders in Construction Management program who work on the Burj Dubai mega-construction project in the United Arab Emirates. “Going in I wasn’t expecting to move 8,000 miles away and work,” he said during an overseas phone interview. The Global Leaders trip to Dubai in January 2007 forever altered Meister’s and classmate Adam Jansen’s career trajectories. For two days the group toured with Burj Dubai’s project management company, Turner Construction, and also met with Turner CEO Ali Odeh. The Global Leaders faculty maintained contact with Odeh, and invited him to give a presentation to students in Urbana the following year, where he floated the idea of possible job opportunities for Global Leaders students. Dubai was a long way from St. Louis or Chicago, cities where Jansen imagined he would work after college. But after a

job offer with Turner materialized, Jansen—who grew up on a farm in Effingham—decided it was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. “I’ve seen and done things and experienced things that most people won’t understand,” he said. That includes working with a major contractor by the name of Bin Laden Group. “It gives you a perspective that you don’t know what’s out there, you don’t know what you’re going to encounter in other parts of the world,” he said. Turner stationed them in different areas of the Burj Dubai project, one of the world’s largest and most ambitious. Jansen is working on the complex’s $281 million lake, which contains the world’s largest and tallest dancing fountain. Meister is responsible for managing signage in the Tower, in addition to overseeing progress on the gym and spa in the Tower’s hotel. “You would want to work on something like that once in your career,” Meister said. “It’s worked out for me that I’m doing it now. It’s definitely a marquis project.” i

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By Professor Charles J. Werth Chair, Environmental Engineering and Sciences Program

ecently, I can’t seem to turn a corner ing how to design sustainable water treatwithout running into the word sus- ment solutions for developing countries. tainability. It has been used in association Last spring Professor Mariñas took his stuwith every aspect of civil and environmen- dents to Los Llanos, Mexico, to characterize tal engineering, and sustainability efforts drinking water and design treatment soluare generating a lot of interest among tions using local materials and expertise. both our alumni and students. Students in Professor Mark Rood’s Air QualAt a recent CEE at Illinois alumni event ity Engineering course are learning how to in Chicago, Professor Barbara Minsker consider the triple bottom line (environspoke about sustainability initiatives at ment, economics, society) when designIllinois, and feedback from alumni was ing industrial off-gas capture technologies. overwhelmingly positive. Students in my SustainOur student body is no less able Urban Engineering excited. In 2007, they voted course are learning how to approve a student sustainto design urban buildability fee to support “green” ings and landscapes that projects on campus. The fee minimize energy condraws several hundred thousumption, water use, and sand dollars annually and has off-site runoff. Students supported a variety of projin Professor Ed Herricks’ ects in areas such as energycourses continue to learn efficient lighting, green roofs, about ecosystem susCEE student Matt Mitchell and photovoltaic cells. Other examines a sample of dirt taken tainability, particularly student efforts on campus from the green roof on U of I’s in areas such as stream include an initiative to con- Business Instructional Facility. restoration and wetland vert campus cooking oil to design. bio-diesel, and a very active Engineers Outside of the classroom, sustainabilwithout Borders chapter that designs and ity is increasingly being integrated into implements water treatment and sanita- research and outreach activities. With retion solutions in developing countries. In spect to research, Professors Benito Mariall of these efforts, CEE students are active ñas and Helen Nguyen are developing soand in leadership positions. lar disinfection technologies using bleach, Growing student interest in sustain- natural sunlight and reused plastic bottles ability, and the need to define how this for developing countries. Professor Timm important area applies to CEE, has resulted Strathmann and I are performing a life in a number of new sustainability efforts cycle analysis to compare economic, enwithin our department. As Chair of the vironmental, and social impacts of a cataEnvironmental Engineering and Science lytic reduction technology for perchlorate (EES) Program in CEE, I’d like to share with treatment with conventional technologies. you efforts being taken by our faculty in Professor Tami Bond models global emisthis area. Several faculty members have sions of air pollutants to connect choices formally integrated sustainable design about energy and economy with climate principles into their courses. Students in change. Professor Mark Rood developed a Professor Benito Mariñas’ Environmental vapor recovery system for painting booths Engineering Laboratory course are learn- that recycles solvents to reduce costs and 12

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environmental impacts. Professors Julie Zilles and Mark Clark are developing new biologically inspired membranes that reduce energy requirements for desalination. With respect to outreach, professors Helen Nguyen, Benito Mariñas and Albert Valocchi are helping students in Engineers Without Borders design sustainable water treatment solutions for developing countries. Profes- Charlie Werth sor Zilles is working with colleagues south of Green Street in Agricultural Engineering and Environmental Sciences to evaluate the use of biofilters to remove nitrate in agricultural drainage water. Professor Tami Bond is working with organizations in developing countries to measure cooking stove emissions that affect climate, air quality, and health. I am working with a group of CEE students to develop a pointof-use treatment device for uranium and arsenic in drinking water using inexpensive materials and local expertise at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Professor Ed Herricks, co-workers, and students are developing sustainable airport vegetation that will not attract wildlife, reducing bird strike hazards to aircraft. Professor Barbara Minsker recently helped develop a vision for integrated water cycle science and engineering, incorporating social and economic considerations, that is now the framework for efforts to develop a new nationwide environmental monitoring/sensing program. Through these combined efforts, CEE at Illinois is educating the next generation of students to develop sustainable solutions for today’s complex world. i

Minsker helping form campus sustainability plan

▲CEE students Sheila Markazi (blue hat) and Kim Parker (orange t-shirt) work on an Engineers Without Borders project in Guatemala.

▲U of I students pose with local citizens during an Engineers Without Borders water project in Enugu State, Nigeria. tStudents collect samples for a water project in Los Llanos, Mexico.

uCEE undergraduates Kim Parker and Peter Maraccini take well water samples to check for arsenic and uranium levels on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

EE Professor and Associate Provost Fellow Barbara Minsker is working with Dick Warner, Professor and Director of the University of Illinois’ Office of Sustainability, to create a strategic vision and implementation plan for sustainability at Illinois. The effort is part of the University’s initiative to accelerate sustainability efforts. The Office of Sustainability and the Sustainability Council also were established in pursuit of this goal. The resulting document, The Strategic Opportunity in Global Sustainability Challenges: a Vision for the University of Illinois at Barbara Minsker Urbana-Champaign, proposes a vision of the future for Illinois to leverage its unique strengths and achieve strategic leadership in addressing two long-term global societal sustainability challenges: to maintain or restore natural ecosystem function while providing essential human services; and to sustainably raise the quality of life for the world’s poor to acceptable levels. Five long-term goals are outlined in the statement: • Create a new forum for in-depth, crossdisciplinary engagement on the sustainability grand challenges. • Create and implement a sustainable campus operations plan that maintains or restores natural ecosystem function and supports impoverished communities. • Infuse sustainable thinking into campus missions through new education activities. • Create incentive programs that spur sustainability activities to meet the above goals. • Create a viable financial plan for sustainability activities. Planning is underway for launching programs to implement the vision beginning in 2010. For more information about this initiative and to view the latest version of the Strategic Vision document, visit http://sustainability.illinois.edu. “The students are leading the way in moving us towards sustainability,” Minsker says. “Their energy and enthusiasm, coupled with faculty and staff interest across campus, makes this job really exciting. There is already a lot going on in this arena, and our task is to help build bridges and raise the profile of our activities. Watch for more news to come as we start ramping up later this year.” i

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Nailing it tLeft to right: Ian Bradley, graduate researcher, Peter Maraccini and Kimberly Parker, undergrad co-project leads, standing behind a concrete filter painted with Mayan designs. It can produce approximately 20 liters of clean water every use. pTest columns: Left, iron filings throughout the sand; middle, control; right, iron filings in a discrete layer.

By Joyce Mast ocorro, a Mayan community of 450 in the highlands of southwestern Guatemala, is afflicted with acute and chronic diarrheal illnesses, soil-transmitted helminthes (worm) infections, and subsequent malnutrition. During the first months of winter rains, diarrheal rates in the children of Socorro exceed 75 percent. In 2007, Socorro called the University of Illinois branch of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-UIUC) for help. The response? An innovative project that will likely bring clean water to every Socorro household by fall 2010. A team of U of I students, including CEE student leaders Sheila Markazi and Billy Nichols, went to Socorro for initial site assessments in December 2008 and spring 2009. The team designed a centralized system, but unfortunately the required land could not be purchased. In summer 2009, the community and the team, with help

Visit the CEE website to read the students’ blog about their work in Guatemala. from a local, culturally sensitive non-governmental organization (NGO), decided to pursue household-scale water treatment. Five CEE EWB-UIUC undergraduates—Kimberly Parker and Peter Maraccini (project leads) with Alyssa Sohn, Emily Van Dam, and Ofelia Romero—will travel to Socorro during the 2009-2010 winter break. Working with the NGO, they will teach the small community team how to construct, operate, and maintain 150 (one for each family group) $30 concrete, iron-amended biosand filters (BSFs). After about 30 weeks, at a rate of five per week, Socorro could have its first reliable source of safe drinking water and no waterborne bacterial and viral diseases. For 15 years, BSFs have been used effectively to strain out bacterial pathogens, pro14

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tozoa, and helminthes from drinking water, but viruses, which are approximately 100 times smaller than bacteria, slip through. Enter EWB-UIUC undergraduates Parker, Maraccini, Markazi, Kevin Swanson and graduate researcher Ian Bradley, with their research adviser, Professor Thanh (Helen) Nguyen, who all found a great research opportunity in Socorro’s waterborne diseases. Could the low-virus-removal problem be solved with rusty nails? Iron nails (zerovalent iron) added to the BSF sand layer, will rust, producing iron oxide and hydroxides. These positively charged oxides efficiently adsorb virus particles, removing them from the water. As the adsorption sites are filled, the iron oxides fall off the nails and expose new iron material, which rusts and creates new iron oxide adsorption sites to remove still more viruses. The process passively regenerates itself to indefinitely remove viruses. The iron oxides are caught in the sand once they fall off the nails and do not enter the filtered drinking water. The few existing studies that have tested virus reduction using zerovalent iron-amended BSFs have considered only a particular virus or aspect of filtration. In April 2009, the CEE team was awarded a $10,000 grant from an Environmental Protection Agency program called P-3 (People, Prosperity, Planet) - Promising Research Ideas, one of only 20 nationwide, to examine multiple aspects of virus reduction using zerovalent iron-amended BSFs, in both small- and large-scale experiments with model organisms (MS-2) and human pathogenic viruses (rotavirus). They began in May. On the small scale, the team pumped water

containing model viruses through glass columns filled with sand mixed with 10 percent iron filings and saw a 99.99 percent virus removal—the World Health Organization standard. As the experiment has continued and the iron has corroded further, more iron oxides have formed, with a 99.9999 percent removal rate. Such promising results raise more questions: What is the optimal number of nails and placement—concentrated in a layer or spread throughout the sand? How long do they need to be in contact with the water? Does local contaminated water contain enough oxygen for nails to rust, or do its microorganisms remove too much oxygen for the rusty-nail idea to work? Will Guatemalan nails remove viruses without affecting the water’s pH, color, or taste? The CEE team is addressing these questions. Best responses could solve the waterborne disease problem in Socorro and developing communities around the world. “First and foremost, we want to help Socorro,” Maraccini says. “But we also want them to help us to demonstrate that our idea will be effective in real world situations.” The team will be flown to Washington, D.C., sometime this spring to compete for the $75,000 EPA-Phase II-Implementation grant. A follow-up trip to Socorro to evaluate filtered water quality and community response is planned for May 2010. i Peter Maraccini, Kimberly Parker, and Ian Bradley contributed to this story. Professors Nguyen and Bruce Litchfield supported the EPA P-3 grant application. More than 50 EWB-UIUC members volunteered their time, donated, and raised almost $24,000 through fundraisers, the University of Illinois, EWB, Wuqu’ Kawoq and St. John’s Catholic Chapel. This money, together with the $10,000 EPA P-3 grant, will fund the 150 zerovalent iron-amended BSFs for Socorro.

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CEE student researchers find household biosand filters + iron nails = virus-free drinking water

Working in traffic Two CEE alumni work with the Illinois Center for Transportation for safer moving lane closures By Leslie Sweet Myrick outine road maintenance is a rare sight during an Illinois winter, but two CEE alums are using this year’s off season to wrap up their research towards safer work zones for the future. Through research funded by the Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT), Douglas Steele (BS 91, MS 92) and William Vavrik (BS 96, MS 97, PhD 00), both of Applied Research Associates Inc., are finalizing recommendations to improve the safety of moving lane closures. Moving lane closures are a common traffic control technique in work zones. They consist of a convoy of traffic protection vehicles equipped with warning lights and arrow boards that alert drivers to the presence of work crews and guide them to the adjacent lane until they have safely passed the work zone. Moving lane closures allow the work crews to close lanes for shorter durations, thereby minimizing disruption for the traveling public and increasing the efficiency of maintenance work. However, they can also be dangerous because their mobile nature does not allow for the placement of barricades between the work crew and the adjacent open traffic lane. Additionally, many motorists do not view moving lane closures as “real work zones” and therefore don’t exercise proper precautions in these zones.

This project was proposed to ICT after an Applied Research Associates Inc. (ARA) worker was killed while working at night in a closure similar to the one shown in the inset. About 18 months before the ARA accident, a tollway worker was killed while performing road work in another closure. These tragedies were the genesis of this research, the goal of which is to save lives.

In Phase I of this project, Steele and Vavrik studied the factors that affect driver behavior around moving work zones through a series of field tests. They observed driver behavior through videotapes and through the help of the Illinois State Police, who in an unmarked vehicle, monitored and recorded traffic speeds approaching and passing through the work zones. Also with the help of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the researchers were able to test four locations for two to three days each. Specifically, they studied pertinent safety parameters that include traveling speed, number and spacing of trucks, buffer distances, and visibility of work crews. They also used energy absorption calculations to predict the typical roll-ahead distances of protection vehicles when they are impacted by vehicles of varying sizes and speeds. After reviewing driver behavior and analyzing the video and speed data, Steele and Vavrik published their research and initial recommendations (posted on the ICT website’s publications page at http:// ict.illinois.edu). This initial research resulted in an improved understanding of traffic patterns and driver behavior near and around rolling lane closures. The project has since expanded into Phase II that included a series of meetings with a diverse group of professionals who are involved with moving lane closures. Using the feedback gained from these meetings, Steele and Vavrik will submit specific recommendations for revised standards for moving lane closures in Illinois to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). “Taking our field study results, presenting them to practitioners and experts, and

Above: A mobile lane closure on the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88). Trucks with arrow boards and crash attenuators closed the right lane of the interstate for workers to do short-duration work in the lane. Inset: A mobile lane closure at night on I-90 near Barrington Rd. Trucks with arrow boards and crash attenuators closed two left lanes of the three-lane interstate to perform maintenance on the pavement markings. The work crew is near the bright white light and the use of that light is based on recommendations from an earlier ICT project. Driver behavior was evaluated around these closures with a goal of making these closures safer.

getting their feedback adds tremendous insight for our final recommendations,” says Vavrik. The implementation of the recommendations could help reduce the thousands of accidents and numerous fatalities that occur in highway work zones each year. Aaron Weatherholt, the IDOT Technical Review Panel chairperson who oversees this research sums up the project’s impact: “The value of this research is very simple, to reduce crashes and save lives.” i

The Illinois Center for Transportation is an innovative research partnership between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the University of Illinois. The ICT research team includes 64 investigators from a diverse array of universities, private consulting firms, and governmental agencies. ICT accepts research ideas twice annually.

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Controlled Rocking System Tested at Japan’s E-Defense

group of researchers led by Professor Jerry Hajjar and colleagues from Stanford University, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Hokkaido University, and EDefense in Japan, have successfully tested a new structural system that will make steel-framed buildings more resilient in earthquakes. The “controlled rocking” system enables buildings to sway during earthquakes and return to their original positions without sustaining irreversible damage. Jerry Hajjar “In moderate to large earthquakes, structures sustain significant damage throughout the core structural framing systems,” Hajjar says. “While they are designed not to collapse, many structures are permanently damaged after such an event, such that they may need to be condemned, even if they were designed to satisfy the building code. Developing new systems that focus the damage into structural ‘fuses’ that may be replaced after the earthquake, and that self-center the structure to ensure plumbness, provides both safer and more sustainable options for building design in seismic zones. The most recent testing completed at the shake-table facility in Japan has validated the effectiveness of this structural system when subjected to earthquakes.” The technology, which just completed testing at Japan’s Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Center (E-Defense), is the culmination of more than a decade of ideas and developing technologies. Three major components make up the seismic lateral resisting system—a stiff steel-braced frame that remains virtually 16

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Above: a three-dimensional rendering of the test. Inset: Professor Jerry Hajjar, right, with CEE student Matthew Eatherton, who also traveled to Japan to assist with the testing.

elastic, but is not tied down to the foundation and thus allowed to rock; vertical post-tensioning strands that anchor the top of each frame down to the foundation and bring the frame back to plumb; and replaceable structural fuses that absorb seismic energy as the frames rock, fabricated from steel plates with watercut diamond-shaped slits. In an earthquake event, the flexible steel “fuse” takes the brunt of the force, keeping the frame and constituent tendons from shouldering the entire load. The fuses are easily replaceable when they blow—similar to an electrical fuse. Following a quake, the building can be refitted with fresh fuses for the next tectonic event. The first phase of the project included experiments at Stanford University of various fuse configurations to develop and optimize the fuse shape and characteristics. Phase two featured quasi-static testing of a half-scale, three-story model of the complete structural system at the University of Illinois’ Multi-Axial Full-Scale Subassemblage Testing and Simulation Facility (MUST-SIM) located within Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory. The facility is part of the National Science Foundation’s George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation.

In summer 2009, the research continued with the two-thirds scale dynamic testing of the structural system on the E-Defense shake table in Miki, Japan. For testing, the team constructed a twothirds-size model of a standard threestory office building, representative of a building with a footprint 120 by 180 feet, and a mass comparable to a fullsize building. Even at a magnitude-seven earthquake, the only damage recorded in the frame was in the replaceable fuses. Perhaps the most promising aspect of the system is that it can be retrofitted to existing buildings using readily available materials. Project investigators include principal investigator G. G. Deierlein, and professors S. Billington and H. Krawinkler from Stanford University. Collaborators in Japan include professors T. Takeuchi and K. Kasai, Tokyo Institute of Technology; M. Midorikawa, Hokkaido University; and T. Hikino, Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Center. Funding is being provided by the National Science Foundation, the American Institute of Steel Construction, Stanford University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Center. Inkind funding has been provided by Tefft Bridge and Iron, M.C. Detailers, Infra-Metals, Prestress Engineering Corporation, Wagner Machine Company, Japan Iron and Steel Federation, and Nippon Steel Engineering Corporation. i

Wireless structural monitoring system deployed in Korea

llinois researchers have developed an inexpensive, wireless means for continuous and reliable structural health monitoring and successfully deployed their system this summer at full scale on the new Jindo Bridge in South Korea. A joint project between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, KAIST in Korea, and the University of Tokyo, it is the first dense deployment of a wireless sensor network on a cable-stayed bridge and the largest of its kind for civil infrastructure to date. The researchers— part of the Illinois Structural Health Monitoring Project (ISHMP) led by Professor Bill Spencer of CEE and Professor Gul Agha of the University of Illinois’ Computer SciBill Spencer ence department—designed, developed, and tested sensors that can be manufactured very cheaply and still produce the highfidelity data required for structural health monitoring. Their research has also produced a customizable software framework that simplifies the development of structural health monitoring applications for smart sensor platforms. In combination, their sensors and software create an integrated framework that can be utilized by most civil engineers without the need for extensive background in electrical engineering or computer science. More than 40 institutions throughout the world are now using the ISHMP framework, says CEE Professor Bill Spencer. “It’s becoming the de facto standard for wireless sensing of civil infrastructure,” Spencer says. Structural health monitoring is an emerging field that combines civil engineering knowledge with developments

Top: the Jindo Bridge in South Korea, which connects the mainland to Jindo Island. Inset: One of the boxes containing the wireless sensors, affixed to the bridge with strong magnets. At right, left to right: Professor Chung-bang Yun of KAIST; Professor Gul Agha from U of I’s Department of Computer Science (CS); U of I CEE Ph.D. student Shinae Jang; and U of I CS Ph.D. student Kirill Mechitov.

in sensor technology, information management, and networking technologies. The goal is to achieve a more reliable alternative to traditional structure inspection techniques. Until now, though, its usefulness was limited by concerns about cost and effectiveness. “Manual inspection of bridges costs millions of dollars, is relatively unreliable, and can only be carried out infrequently,” Spencer says. “Some real-world structural health monitoring deployments using wired sensors have been able to provide detailed information about the state of civil infrastructure. However, the enormous expense of installing traditional monitoring systems has significantly limited such deployments.” The Illinois team’s framework addresses this issue by employing dense arrays of wireless smart sensors designed to record and transmit complex, high-fidelity data cheaply and efficiently. The team’s technology employs concurrent and distributed real-time processing to overcome the limitations inherent in traditional centralized approaches. “The traditional centralized approach

for structural health monitoring is not feasible with moderate to large numbers of sensors; tremendous amounts of data must be sent to such a central station, requiring expensive, difficult-to-install wired networking and introducing a single point of failure,” Agha says. “Our research in distributed structural health monitoring using wireless sensor networks overcomes these problems and promises a robust, significantly lowercost, safer alternative to traditional structure inspection techniques.” Others who have contributed to this project include: Shinae Jang, CEE Ph.D. student; Hongki Jo, CEE Ph.D. student; Jennifer A. Rice (MS 05, PhD 09), assistant professor at Texas Tech University; Robin Kim, CEE Ph.D. student; Sung-Han Sim, CEE Ph.D. student; Parya Moinzadeh, Computer Science Ph.D. student; and Kirill Mechitov, Computer Science Ph.D. student. For more information on the Illinois Structural Health Monitoring Project and the Structural Health Monitoring Services Toolsuite software, visit http://shm. cs.uiuc.edu/. i

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Yeh Student Center project needs final funding boost

ess than $1 million is needed to fully fund the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Student Center, a planned 20,500-square-foot addition to Nathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory that will be entirely student-focused. CEE at Illinois is calling on all alumni to meet the challenge posed by alumnus M.T. Geoffrey Yeh (BS 53), who promised a $4 million gift if fellow CEE alumni would contribute $3 million in additional funds. New classrooms, a conference room, meeting rooms for student groups, and a

spacious atrium with seating for informal gathering are all part of the design, which was finalized this summer. The goal is to improve the student experience by providing CEE students with a designated “home” on campus where they can attend class, hold student group meetings, study and collaborate on projects, and meet informally. Currently,

CEE classes are held in various buildings across campus. The Yeh Center will also serve as a living laboratory with links to the physical structure where displays fed by wireless sensors will show long-span vibrations, energy consumption, and other unique features of the building directly applicable to the students’ learning experience. The addition will meet the standards for a silver certification through LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a program administered by the U.S. Green Building Council. Thanks to the $4 million gift from Yeh, $1 million from the College of Engineering, $1 million in CEE funds, and additional alumni gifts totaling approximately $2 million, the department is less than $1 million away from its goal of $9 million, which will completely fund the project. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2010 with the movein set for April 2011. Chicago-area design firm Teng & Associates Inc. have completed design and Sketches of the planned Yeh Student Center by Teng & Associates Inc.

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“I’m making my small contribution as an investment in a shelter for big ideas and dreams.” construction documents for the Yeh Center this fall. The company has been involved with the project for more than a decade, having done the initial sketches in the 1990s. The design that will be implemented is very close to that one, with a few adjustments to reflect the department’s growth and changing needs, including bigger classrooms and a tiered lecture hall instead of an auditorium. The construction of the Yeh Student Center will fulfill the original vision for Newmark Laboratory, which included plans for an additional structure for classrooms. At that time, budget constraints prevented its realization. Thanks to the generosity of CEE alumni, the department is closer than ever to achieving this vision. i

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Make a gift online to the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Student Center in Newmark Laboratory or, for more information, please contact: • John Kelley, Director of Advancement and Alumni Relations, (217) 333-5120, jekelley@illinois. edu • Amr S. Elnashai, Professor and Head, (217) 333-3276, aelnash@illinois.edu

Claire Joseph, with Newmark Lab in the background

Dear CEE alumni, All of us on campus are very excited about the new Yeh Student Center. It’s a much-needed addition to Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory. I could point out to you all of the CEE students spread across campus in order to find places to study and work on class projects. I could tell you how many times we’ve been mistaken for students in other majors because we frequent their lounges and computer labs. In fact, as I write this, I’m working on CEE homework in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. CEE students don’t have a space to call our own on campus. But you already know this, because you were a student here too. I just made my $25 student donation to the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Student Center Fund because I see this new construction as more than simply another campus building that will block out the persistent Urbana-Champaign rains and bitter winter winds. Like all of you who came before us, my CEE friends and I have learned to appreciate Newmark for what it is, and what it’s not. The crane bay at Newmark is a truly awesome playground for constructing and destroying, testing, and tweaking. The entire building—from the basement to the fourth floor environmental labo-

ratories—is filled with high-tech equipment and hard-working, world-renowned scholars. But what Newmark is missing is a student zone. The Yeh Center will solve this problem by providing a place for study tables and space for students to congregate after student organization meetings. But it will do more, as well. I’m making my small contribution as an investment in a shelter for big ideas and dreams. I want future students to have a place to spend more time with those who really understand them—fellow CEE students. I want the camaraderie and relationships built on campus to extend past graduation and last throughout the careers of our students as we solve problems all over the world using our Illinois CEE pedigree—the best in the world. The Yeh Center will be at the heart of these friendships. All of us—current students, alumni, and friends—can make a small contribution toward this worthy effort. The Yeh Center is evidence of a bright future for our department. It’s a home that will make all of us proud—while on campus and when we return as alumni. I hope you’ll join me in helping to make the Yeh Student Center a reality. Sincerest thanks to you on behalf of current and future CEE students at Illinois. —Claire Joseph, CEE senior

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Student Organizations CEE’s many student organizations offer enrichment and fun. They also offer alumni the opportunity to get involved and share their experience with current students. Here’s what CEE’s students are planning this year. http://cee.illinois.edu/student_organizations American Concrete Institute The student chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) works to encourage student interest and involvement in concrete materials, structures and construction. We host monthly meetings and seminars with speakers from the concrete industry or research fields. Recent speakers included Dr. Thomas VanDam (BS 84, MS 86) of APTech, Margaret Reed of WJE, and Ken Marley (BS 05, MS 07) and Chris Hart (MS 07) of the U of I. Each semester we send students to the ACI International conventions to participate in the student competitions, become involved in committees, and attend technical presentations. Every March we take part in Engineering Open House by helping visitors create a personalized mortar coaster and hosting a high-strength concrete cylinder competition. At least once a semester, students represent our chapter at ACIIllinois Chapter meetings or conference events. We encourage any alumni involved in either ACI or the concrete construction industry to speak at our meetings or to suggest a field trip idea. Visit http://go.illinois. edu/aci. for contact information. —Kerry Hall, President

American Society of Civil Engineers The student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) helps students to immerse themselves in the industry and to create ties with working professionals. Company representatives are invited to present at monthly general meetings regarding their experiences in the work force. ASCE also works alongside companies to provide field trip opportunities that allow students to visit project sites. Social and outreach events are also a focus of ASCE. Events include Crane Bay Cinema, intramural sports, Relay-for-Life, peer advising, and professor lunches. The student chapter also works with the Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe teams. The chapter is always searching for alumni to present at future meetings. We also seek practicing advisers for our chapter, company sponsorships (for ASCE as well as Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe) and companies interested in hosting field trips. For more information, please email uiasce@gmail.com.

of like-minded programs on campus, such as iFoundry and the Campus Center for Teaching Excellence, are also planned. For more information, contact Thomas Frankie, frankie2@ gmail.com, or visit the website, http://asee.ec.illinois.edu/. Chi Epsilon As the Alpha chapter of Chi Epsilon enters fall 2009, new and interesting events are under way. With the largest initiate class to date, active members are constantly busy instructing initiates on how to complete their requirements for this special process which has occurred here since 1922. Our former president of Chi Epsilon, Melissa Berena, along with former board members Calvin Young and Jie Zuo recently went to the central district regional conclave at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. There they represented the founding chapter of Chi Epsilon and discussed issues that affect the Society at a regional level. They were also able to see how the organization has affected so many people in positive ways. Our officers are planning various social and service events along with the general meetings for Chi Epsilon initiates, members, professors, and any alumni who wish to get involved with some of the best and brightest that the U of I has to offer. There is always a demand for speakers, alumni sponsorship, mentoring, and employment resource presentations. For more information, contact our president, Ryan Miller, rmille20@illinois.edu.

AREMA Illinois’ Student Chapter of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-ofWay Association (AREMA) was founded in the fall of 2008 and has since grown to 42 members who are also student members in the parent organization AREMA. The 2009 AREMA Annual Conference was held in Chicago in Geotechnical Engineering September, and 29 chapter members attendStudent Organization ed, with their travel supported through the The Geotechnical Engineering Student OrAREMA Student Chapter by the Student Orgaganization (GESO), will once again offer many nization Resource Fund, Engineering Council, events for U of I geotechnical engineering stuand the George Krambles Foundation. At dents, faculty, staff, and alumni during the 2009the conference, students attended technical Chi Epsilon members pose at a wine-and-cheese event with CEE profes2010 school year. GESO, a student chapter of the sors Jeffery Roesler (BS 92, MS 94, PhD 98), far left, and Robert H. Dodds sessions and exhibits, and participated in a Geo Institute (GI) of the American Society of Civil Jr. (MS 75, PhD 78), sixth from left. meet-and-greet with potential employers. Engineers (ASCE), will provide students opportuWith additional assistance from the CEE denities to attend two conferences this year. The partment, the chapter also took a few field first is the 34th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Kansas City, Mo., and the second is the International trips in its charter year. Last fall, six chapter members trav- American Society for Engineering Foundation Congress & Equipment Expo 2010 in Palm Beach, eled to Ft. Madison, Iowa, to observe rail grinding on the BNSF Education Railway. Last spring, members travelled to Memphis, Tenn., The student chapter of the American Society for Engi- Fla. Additionally, GESO will fund a team to participate in the to visit three major rail yards. Chapter members also created neering Education (ASEE) is now officially a Registered Stu- competition during the Palm Beach conference. We will also an intermodal shipping game for Engineering Open House dent Organization at Illinois, and is recognized by ASEE as hold lectures by prominent researchers and practitioners on and volunteered for a day at the Monticello Railroad Museum. the 18th student chapter nationally. ASEE is committed to important geotechnical engineering topics and issues. We The chapter is seeking guest speakers, hosts for field trips, and furthering engineering education by promoting excellence also plan to present an exhibit in the 2010 Engineering Open donations to help fund travel to the 2010 AREMA Conference in instruction, research, public service, and practice. Planned House at U of I. Other events include general meetings and in Orlando, Fla. For more information, contact John Zeman, activities for this new student chapter will include a lunch various social activities like picnics and field trips. This year we aremauiuc@gmail.com, or visit the website, http://ict.illinois. seminar series and presentations by faculty on topics con- will be reactivating a roundtable discussion group aimed at edu/railroad/CEE/Railroad%20Students/AREMA.asp. cerning engineering education. Other activities with a variety becoming more familiar with the current research in the geo20

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Above, on a sailing trip planned by student chapters of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research and the International Water Resources Association, CEE students (left to right) Jory Hecht, Ruiyu Wang, and Gianluca Blois set sail. Inset, Michelle Hollander, left, and Yun Tang, right, enjoy the same trip.

Above, CEE students Aurora Ebert, left, and Ron Stefani recruit members for the Structural Engineers Association student chapter on Quad Day. technical department, along with staying current on journal papers. We are always interested in collaborating with alumni who wish to help us organize field trips or speak at general meetings and other events. As part of our goal to act as a link between the industry and students, we would like to collaborate with different geotechnical engineering consulting and construction companies in arranging lectures and field trips. Please visit our website at http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/GESO to view photos of past events and contact our officers. —President: Mark Muszynski International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research The student chapter of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR) is one of the two student chapters in CEE with a specific focus for students in the Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering (EHHE) program. This student organization gathers regularly to share experiences related to hydraulics, river morphology, sediment transport processes and environmental fluid mechanics, where they discuss past, present, and future research within the discipline. As part of this effort, the chapter arranges research/ industry water-related seminars, discussions, workshops, field trips to local hydraulic works, and informal collaborative activities with neighboring student chapters. Also, the IAHR student chapter performs various community outreach functions to foster the understanding and awareness of the importance of fluid dynamics in the world in which we live. With this in mind, a wide range of educational activities are common part of this active chapter, like the laboratory tours they perform at the Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory for all types of visitors (both technical and nontechnical) with a special focus on students

ranging from primary school to college level, showcasing from the very basic hydraulic principles to ongoing cutting-edge research experiments. In addition, IAHR also leads the organizational effort of preparing exhibits every year in the Hydrosystems Laboratory for the unrivaled Engineering Open House event at the University of Illinois, which are open to the general public as well. This chapter organizes regular mixers with the faculty, several sports activities throughout the year for its members as well as the popular Hydro Happy Hour every Friday! On an international level, the chapter takes part in numerous international IAHR activities such as Conferences and the Biennial Congress. To learn more, visit the Illinois IAHR student chapter on the web at www.illinois.edu/goto/iahr. —President: Blake Landry International Water Resources Association The International Water Resources Association (IWRA) works to advance the understanding and management of water resources worldwide. The student chapter gathers regularly to share experiences and increase awareness of water resources issues through research/ industry seminars and educational field trips. The chapter organized a canoe trip as well as a separate camping trip this past summer. These trips allowed students to examine unique geological formations formed by water as well as share their research experience with others. The chapter arranges annual events which allow interaction between the faculty and staff in the Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering Program. The chapter also participates in Engineering Open

House and helps the IAHR student chapter prepare the Hydrosystems Laboratory for this event. Visit the Illinois IWRA student chapter on the web at http://www.illinois.edu/goto/ iwra. —Kevin Miller Structural Engineers Association The Structural Engineers Association is anticipating great success continuing this academic year as we kick off the year with a General Body Meeting featuring members from SEA of Illinois. It is our hope that students will understand the many opportunities that becoming a member of the Illinois chapter will bring. Prospects for networking will be available for both students and professionals looking to connect with one another. We began the year with our first social event: a game of Ultimate Frisbee, which resulted in a great turnout! We’ll also be arranging more professional affairs such as project tours (where available) and job shadow experiences for students interested in finding out exactly what structural engineers do. If your company would like to participate in job shadows, general meetings, or just hang out at our socials, we would love to get you involved. Feel free to contact Aurora Ebert, ebert2@illinois.edu, with any questions, concerns, or thoughts. Let’s work together to build another successful year with the Structural Engineers Association!

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Department News Hashash leading major geotech workshop

rofessor Youssef Hashash of the mechanically-stabilized earth walls, geotechnical area is chair of Earth seismic design of walls, numerical Retention 3 (ER2010), an American analyses of walls, wall selection, recent Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) spe- advances, performance of walls, decialty conference sponsored by the sign of walls, soil mixed walls, tied-back Earth Retaining Structures Committee support, sinking of shafts, soil nailing, of ASCE’s Geo-Institute. The event will and concrete diaphragm walls. be held August 1-4, 2010, in The University of IlliBellevue, Wash. nois has a long history of The conference is held evleadership in geotechery 20 years to share changes nical engineering and in design and construction retention structures, practices for earth retaining with seminal contribustructures and draws huntions made by former dreds of geotechnical engifaculty member Ralph neering professionals from Peck. Alumni Thomas around the world. ER2010 O’Rourke (MS 73, PhD Youssef Hashash is the third earth retention 75) and Professor Emerispecialty conference of ASCE. tus Edward Cording (MS The first two were held at Cornell Uni- 63, PhD 67) have also contributed to versity in 1970 and 1990. knowledge in the field and are expect“It’s a 20-year milestone, so it should ed to speak at the conference, Hashash be a major update of what we know says. Alumnus Richard Finno (BS 75) of about earth retention structures,” says the Northwestern University faculty is Hashash, stressing that the conference Technical Program Coordinator for the is aimed at providing practical, imme- conference, and John R. Wolosick (BS diately applicable information for prac- 78, MS 79) of Hayward Baker is serving titioners. as Exhibitors and Field Demonstrations The event will feature plenary and Coordinator. breakout sessions with national and For more information, please visit international experts in the field. Top- the conference website at http://www. ics will include supported excavations, er2010.org. i

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Professor Imad L. AlQadi, director of the Illinois Center for Transportation, has been reappointed to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Transportation and Development Institute’s (T&DI) Board of Governors. This board is responsible for the direction, strategic planning, and activities of the T&DI including the technical committees and special conferences on transportation. The T&DI is comprised of more than 15,000 dedicated members ranging from engineers to scientists, all of whom come together to share a common vision of becoming a global leader for integrated transportation and development that is safe, secure, and sustainable. Christopher P. L. Barkan was promoted to Professor. Barkan has been on the CEE faculty since 1998. He is the Krambles Faculty Fellow and directs the Railroad Engineering Program. Tami C. Bond was promoted to Associate Professor. Ximing Cai was promoted to Associate Professor. Professor Emeritus Barry Dempsey has won the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Robert Horonjeff Award for his outstanding achievements in, and contributions to, the advancement of the field of air transportation engineering. The award will be presented at the 87th Annual Transportation Research Board meeting in January. The award carries the name of Robert Horonjeff (1913-1976), a leader in the development of the field of air transportation engineering and a very active member of ASCE. CEE student Kayleigh Dunnett was recognized during the 25th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water with an award for Best Overall Scientific Presentation for her presentation, “Biodegradation of Tert-butyl Alcohol (TBA) using Biological Granular Activated Carbon (Bio-GAC).”

Leslie Elble

Civil and Environmental Engineering staff members Leslie Elble, Steven Mathine and Mickey Peyton are the 2009 recipients of the CEE Staff Awards for Steve Mathine Excellence. The awards are given in recognition of outstanding performance and demonstrated professional excellence and consist of a cash award and a Mickey Peyton framed certificate. In addition, the names of the recipients are inscribed on a plaque displayed in the Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory crane bay. Elble is Assistant to the Director of the Illinois Center for Transportation. Mathine is a senior laboratory mechanic in the Newmark Lab Machine Shop. Peyton is the department’s Graduate Admissions Coordinator. Associate Professor Khaled El-Rayes of the Construction Management group has been appointed a Specialty Editor in the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, effective December 1. In this position, he will be responsible for managing the review process for assigned manuscripts. El-Rayes has been on the CEE faculty since 2000. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on a wide range of topics in the area of construction engineering and management. He has research interests in construction optimization, decision support systems, information technologies, highway construction, and construction productivity. Assistant Professor Larry Fahnestock of the structural engineering group is the recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers 2009 Raymond C. Reese Research Prize for his paper, “Seismic Response and Performance of Buckling-Restrained

CEE and KAUST announce environmental research collaboration

he Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Water CAMPWS at the University of Illinois have signed a three-year collaborative research agreement with the newly established King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. Under the agreement, KAUST will provide $5 million in funds to be shared by researchers at both U of I and KAUST for research of mutual interest in the areas of environmental sciences and engineering and water desalination and reuse. Founded through an endowment by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the university is being constructed on more than 14 square miles along the Red Sea at Thuwal, about 50 miles north of Saudi Arabia’s second largest city, Jeddah. Admission is open to both men and women. KAUST’s vision is to be the premier institution for higher education in the Middle East, “dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in Saudi Arabia, the region and the world.” “This project represents an ideal partnership between a world-class university, Illinois, and a new university built on an inspirational concept in research, KAUST, to address the world’s most challenging problem—clean and abundant water for life-sustenance,” said Amr Elnashai, CEE department head. “The Illinois team possesses the richness of research culture and state-of-the-art laboratories that will not only advance clean water research but also underpin capacity building in KAUST and Saudi Arabia.” The agreement provides $3 million for collaborative research with CEE research-

ers in any area of environmental engineering and $2 million for research in water desalination and reuse with researchers from the Water CAMPWS, the Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems, a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center based in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering. CEE Professor Charles J. Werth of the Environmental Engineering and Science (EE&S) group is Principal Investigator for the collaborative agreement. Professor Benito J. Mariñas of CEE’s EE&S group and Mark A. Shannon, a Professor in Illinois’ Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering and director of the Water CAMPWS, are Co-Principal Investigators. “The Middle East has a lot of challenging and unique environmental problems,” Werth said. “This agreement provides us with new resources and the opportunity to develop longterm collaborations in a strategic part of the world, where the challenges they face are the challenges we will face in the near future. “We will become more familiar with, and we will better understand, the problems they face and their culture, so we can begin to address those problems in a sustainable way. Further, we have the unique opportunity to contribute to the development of a top-notch, open, and inclusive university.” i Photo: the KAUST campus under construction on the shores of the Red Sea.

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Braced Frames.” The paper, published in the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Structural Engineeering in 2007, was based on Fahnestock’s Ph.D. research and co-authored by his former advisers from Lehigh University, Richard Sause and Jim Ricles. The selection noted the authors’ development of guidelines and recommendations that are directly useful to the engineering profession.

CEE freshman women make history

David A. Lange

Professor Jerry Hajjar of the structural engineering group was selected to receive the American Society of Civil Engineers 2009 Shortridge Hardesty Award, which recognizes a member or members of the Society who have contributed substantially in applying fundamental results of research to the solution of practical engineering problems in the field of structural stability.

EE women students filled the hillside by Boneyard Creek in this September photo, taken to mark the historic occasion of the department’s largest number of matriculating freshman women to date. This year, an unprecedented 32 percent of civil and environmental engineering freshmen, 53 out of 164, are women, according to Professor and Associate Head David A. Lange. Civil engineering is increasingly attractive to the current generation of high school students who value service-oriented career paths, Lange says. “Young women value the opportunity to help build our neighborhoods and cities and contribute to public safety and health,” he says.

Increasing the participation of women is a priority of the College of Engineering through its Women in Engineering program. Recruitment starts as early as middle school with summer camps such as Girls’ Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering and Science (GAMES). The CEE department has supported GAMES by sponsoring activity sessions during the week-long camp. The College of Engineering works to develop the camaraderie of women students through events that encourage scholarship and social interaction. “We see the incoming freshman class as an important opportunity to engage and retain women students,” Lange says. i

Youssef Hashash was promoted to Professor. Lanhua Hu, Ph.D. student in environmental engineering and science, was awarded a Student Paper Award at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors 2009 Grand Challenges National Conference for her recent paper, “Oxidation of Carbamazepine by Mn(VII) and Fe(VI): Kinetics and Mechanism.” The paper was co-authored with CEE graduate students Heather Martin and Matt Sugihara and their adviser, Associate Professor Timothy Strathmann. Professor Praveen Kumar of the Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering group has been appointed Editorin-Chief of Water Resources Research, the premier journal for hydrology. Published by the American Geophysical Union, the inter-disciplinary journal integrates research in the social and natural sciences of water. Professor David A. Lange, Associate Head for Undergraduate Affairs and Director of the Center of Excellence for Airport Technology was appointed to the Continued on page 27

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Students, alumni honor professor

f Professor Marcelo H. García has ever doubted the impact he has had over the course of his academic career, those concerns were laid to rest in August. That’s when past and present students of the Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering professor gathered in Urbana to celebrate his 50th birthday. The three-day event, planned and executed by a group of García’s current students, was designed to “celebrate the past, the present, and the future of Marcelo’s contributions to the fields of sediment transport, environmental hydrodynamics, and river mechanics,” according to organizers. García joined the department in 1990 and has served as Director of the Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory since 1997. He is a leader in river mechanics, sediment transport, sedimentation engineering and environmental hydraulics. The main event of the celebration was a technical workshop at which more than 20 former students presented their current research. Other activities included four invited lectures, including one by García’s former academic adviser, CEE Professor Gary Parker; a welcome reception; a celebration dinner; and other activities including a tour of the Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory. About 40 people attended, some from as far away as Chile and Spain. “The original idea was to gather all Marcelo’s ‘academic children’ for a par-

Industry-based research center in CEE expands

rofessor Timothy D. Stark has expanded the PVC Geomembrane Institute (PGI), housed in CEE since 1998, to include all geomembranes that can be factory fabricated. The new entity is called the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI). For more than a decade, the University of Illinois has hosted the PGI and assisted engineers in designing, testing,

Professor Marcelo H. García, center in dark pants and light shirt, poses by the Alma Mater with about 40 former and current students, colleagues and friends during the celebration of his 50th birthday.

ty,” says post-doctoral researcher Mariano I. Cantero (MS 02, PhD 07), who thought of the idea along with fellow post-docs Jorge D. Abad (MS 02, PhD 08) and Yovanni A. Catano (PhD 05). Between the technical sessions at which former and current students gave presentations on their work were the keynote lectures by Parker and Associate Professor Yarko Niño (MS 92, PhD 95) of the Department of Civil Engineering at the Universidad de Chile and three invited lectures by James Best, Professor Juan Pedro Martin Vide, of the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, and Bruce L. Rhoads, Head of the Department of Geography at the University of Illinois. Many of García’s students pitched in to make the event a success, including graduate student Jose Mier, who helped organize the barbecue and arranged for a group pho-

tograph of the attendees posed with García by the Alma Mater. Mier and Ph.D. student Blake Landry also designed commemorative mugs as keepsakes for the guests. The magnitude of the event prevented it being a surprise, but there were unexpected moments, such as the final party at which García was presented with the framed photograph and a cake. “It truly surprised me how much my students appreciate the time they spent working with me at Illinois and all the things we have accomplished. I am proud of what my students have achieved and have great expectations for the future,” García says. Additional information about the event is available on the Hydrosystems Laboratory website, http://vtchl.illinois. edu/. i

specifying, and installing PVC geomembranes for water, mining, and environmental applications. The recent expansion includes all geomembranes that can be factory fabricated. Factory fabrication of individual rolls of geomembrane into large geomembrane panels increases liner quality, reduces field seaming, provides consistent seam quality, and reduces expensive field installation time and costs. The FGI is dedicated to advancing the use of fabricated geomembranes through education, research, and technology trans-

fer. The expansion to all fabricated geomembranes allows the group to focus on many more geomembranes than just PVC geomembranes, such as reinforced polyethylene, Hypalon reinforced polypropylene, EPDM, and XR-5. The FGI is a consortium of manufacturers, fabricators/installers, designers, regulators, and suppliers of fabricated geomembranes. For more information, visit http:// www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com. —Timothy Stark

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Department News CEE graduate student flies high in Fighting Illini Track & Field

hen the Indoor Track & Field Season begins in January, CEE will have a special interest as the department’s own Greg Shroka returns to the field. Shroka earned All-America status in June after placing sixth in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a personal best height of 7 feet, 1.5 inches. His performance ranked second in Illinois history and made him the first Fighting Illini Outdoor All-American in the high jump in 30 years. Shroka is working toward his master’s degree in Construction Management and expects to graduate in May. He earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural studies in 2008 from the University of Illinois. Shroka’s dedication to Fighting Illini Track & Field spans his entire academic year. In addition to carrying a demanding academic load, Shroka spends 20-25 hours per week at practice and training in the fall. When the indoor season starts in January, he will add traveling to competitions to his schedule. The indoor season, which ends in March, flows into the outdoor season, which ends in June. Shroka also works 12-15 hours per week for a local architect. Good time management skills and communication with his professors enables him to balance it all, he says. “You really learn early on that if you can balance your time, it’s a whole lot easier to get things accomplished,” he says. Despite the demanding and sometimes stressful schedule, Shroka says

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he wouldn’t trade the lessons he’s learned from athletics. “You can take the things you learn with athletics—the drive and the competition—and translate them into your academics,” he says. “The education is what’s going to carry me through the rest of my life—not track.” How far athletics will carry Shroka depends on how well he jumps this year, he says. “I’m going to have to jump a little higher this year to think about jumping post-collegiately, but a goal of mine has always been to make the Olympic trials.” His success so far, earning All-America status his first time at nationals, has been encouraging, he says. “It was definitely a big accomplishment—good for the self-esteem,” he says. Shroka’s other accomplishments in-

Greg Shroka, CEE grad student, is the first Fighting Illini Outdoor All-American in the high jump in 30 years.

clude taking fourth at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships with a performance of 7 feet, 1 inch to qualify for the national competition; placing fifth in the high jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships and the Big Ten Indoor Championships; being named the team’s Most Valuable Field Event Athlete; and earning Academic All Big Ten, which requires that a student keep his grade-point average above 3.0 and letter in a sport. He also holds the record high jump for Hanover Central High School in Indiana, with a jump of 6 feet, 8 inches. Originally from Cedar Lake, Ind., Shroka is the son of Steve and Joyce Shroka. i

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Monica Lim

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Board of Directors of the American Concrete Institute for a three-year term beginning in spring 2010. CEE student Zhen Leng was selected as a recipient of the Yee Fellowship. Professor Arif Masud of the structural engineering group has been elected a Fellow of the U. S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) in recognition of contributions to the field of Computational Mechanics. The Fellows Award recognizes individuals with a distinguished record of research, accomplishment and publication in areas of computational mechanics and demonstrated support of the USACM through membership and participation in the Association, its meetings and activities. Since its inception in 1986, USACM has elected only 44 Fellows, and it adds just four Fellows every two years. Masud also was promoted to Professor this year. Assistant Professor Yanfeng Ouyang of the transportation group has been appointed a Paul Fraser Kent Faculty Scholar. Ouyang has been on the CEE faculty since 2005. He teaches transportation engineering and a graduate course on logistics systems. Assistant Professor Junho Song was awarded the Junior Research Prize (under age 40) in the area of System Reliability and Optimization by the International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability. Song was also selected as a National Center for Supercomputing Applications/ University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign Faculty Fellow. His project, “Rapid Decision Support for Hazard Responses by Cyberenvironment of Urban Infrastructure Networks,” will be supported for the 2009/2010 academic year. Timothy J. Strathmann was promoted to Associate Professor.

CEE Graduate Student Lauren Stromberg was part of a team from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) that was recognized by Architect Magazine for a 2009 R + D Award for its design of a desalinization tower, the Oasis Generator. The structure is a 22-kilowatt unit that converts nearly 9,000 gallons of seawater into fresh water daily, thereby helping to transform the harsh seaside desert into a lush, usable environment. Stromberg was on a 2008 summer internship with SOM’s structures group when she served on the 12-member team, which was cited for its advanced, technical engineering. She also interned at SOM during summer 2009. Stromberg is part of Professor Glaucio Paulino’s research group. Professor Emeritus Marshall Thompson of the transportation group was awarded honorary membership in Chi Epsilon, the national civil engineering honor society that was founded at the University of Illinois in 1922. Chi Epsilon seeks to promote the values of scholarship, character, practicality, and sociability in its members and the profession of civil engineering. To recognize prominent faculty, community members, and graduates, Chi Epsilon chapters initiate honorary members who have exemplified the ideals of Chi Epsilon and played an important role in their university’s Chi Epsilon chapter. Professor Charles J. Werth was chosen as one of 49 of the nation’s brightest young engineering researchers and educators selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s first Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium in November. Engineering faculty members in the first half of their careers who are developing and implementing innovative educational approaches in a variety of disciplines came together for the 2-day event, where they shared ideas, learned from research and best practice in education, and left with a charter to bring about improvement in their home institutions.

he newest addition to the Construction Engineering and Management group is Lecturer Monica Eun Lim, program director of the Global Leaders in Construction Management (GLCM) program (see feature, page 8). Lim received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and worked for international construction management firms in Chicago upon her graduation. As an alumna of the GLCM program (Class of 2006), Monica brings her professional experience and her vision for the program back to the University. She organizes all program activities, facilitates relationships between students and industry, and oversees the field learning experience, one of the program’s highlights. Monica also instructs more than 80 undergraduates in the Introduction to Construction Management course, in which students gain their first exposure to the field. During her time as a student and construction manager, Monica has traveled internationally to construction sites, worked with architects, developers, and subcontractors, and taught courses in sustainability and LEED certification. i

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Alumni News Newmark ‘49ers mark 60 years of friendship

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Harold R. Sandberg, P.E., S.E., (BS 42, MS 47), Chairman Emeritus of Alfred Benesch & Co. was the 2009 winner of the John A. Roebling Medal presented by the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania. The award recognizes an individual for lifetime achievement in bridge engineering, including design, construction research or educational endeavors.

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Terry Dooley (BS 54) was named an Honorary Member of the American Concrete Institute, one of five such awards nationally in 2009. Dooley was also named a Fellow of the Structural Engineers Association of California. Dooley is the founder of the Los Angeles affiliate of the ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Program.

1960s

ive members of the self-named “Newmark Forty-Niners” gathered this summer in Champaign to mark their 60th year since matriculating at the University of Illinois. The group of six men arrived in the civil engineering department in 1949 as graduate students to work under Nathan M. Newmark and have kept in touch ever since. In addition to eating out together and sharing stories about their experiences and families, on July 13-14 the group toured several locations on campus, including Newmark Lab, Talbot Laboratory and Grainger Engineering Library. They took a trip to Springfield one day to visit the Lincoln Museum. To celebrate their long friendship and loyalty to the University of Illinois, the group also sponsored a paver at the

Alice Campbell Alumni Center. This was the group’s eighth formal reunion. Previous get-togethers have been held in Vancouver; Toronto; Bethlehem, Penn.; St. Louis; Kansas City, Mo.; and Champaign. Pictured above at the Lincoln Museum are the five Forty-Niners who were able to attend the reunion with spouses and friends (left to right): Douglas T. Wright (MS 52); Roland Dean Collins (BS 49, MS 51); Elaine Hall, the wife of Professor Emeritus William J. Hall; (in front of Elaine) Zella Wolofsky; Jane Errera and her husband, Samuel J. Errera (MS 51); Professor Emeritus William J. Hall (MS 51, PhD 54); and William K. Becker (MS 51). Unable to attend the reunion were Sheldon Cherry (MS 51) and his wife, Jane. i

John F. Kiefner (PhD 67), a resident of Powell, Ohio, and senior advisor with Kiefner and Associates Inc., has been named a fellow of ASME. Kiefner is one of the premier technical experts in North America in the field of gas and liquid pipeline safety and reliability.

1970s

Phil Borrowman (BS 73, MS 74), P.E., S.E., senior vice president, recently celebrated 35 years of service at Hanson Professional Services Inc.’s Kansas City office. Recently, Borrowman has worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), helping the Houston area recover from Hurricane Ike. Rick Makrickas (BS 73) is vice president of operations for Goodyear Dalian & Pulandian and plant manager of Goodyear’s largest new tire factory ever, 2.4 million square feet, located in Pulandian, China. Continued on page 30

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where • are • they • now? “How could you not be interested?” By Mark A. Kuberski

BS 1986, MS 1987 Partner, Central Building and Preservation, Chicago

orn and raised in Chicago, I acquired a great interest and appreciation for engineering and architecture. The modern city owes much to the prominent engineers and architects that helped build Chicago. Reversing the flow of a river, movable bridges, buildings with a “skeleton” within, foundations that support buildings that scrape the sky, are but a few of the monumental accomplishments of this great city. How could you not be interested? A lasting impression that the U of I CEE department made upon me was that its faculty and students are/were major players in the world of civil engineering. The past and present faculty list literally reads as a who’s-who in civil engineering. One establishes that he or she is part of something special once those junior year classes begin and we spend most of our time “North of Green.” My primary academic focus was in structures. I dabbled with materials and transportation to a lesser degree and tried to experience a little of everything. From surveying to fluid dynamics, I am amazed how many times these other subjects have resurfaced throughout my career. It is nice to spe-

Mark Kuberski with his family: wife, Carrie; daughter, Cameron; and son, Mackinnley, 5.

cialize in a few things but have a broad knowledge about many. One subject to which I am indebted is material behavior. It has been at the core of most everything in which I have been involved. I started my professional career in 1987 with the Northbrook-based A/E consulting firm Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. (WJE). My first four years with WJE were spent in their Princeton, New Jersey, branch. In 1991 I transferred to their Chicago office to be closer to home. I spent much of my time investigating, analyzing and designing repairs for structural and architectural systems on buildings throughout the country, particularly New York City and Chicago. Inspecting tunnels below rivers, cooling towers at power plants, facades of historic skyscrapers, crane bays in steel mills and monitoring ground motions below buildings, are but a few of the tasks that I performed. Façade investigations are performed from a swing stage scaffold. On a windy day, it is akin to a carnival ride. Fascinating stuff! Not just the task but the location of the work as well. From the bowels of the city to the tops of skyscrapers, I have seen the American city as few have. I left WJE in 2000. It was the toughest

professional decision of my 22-year career. I loved working at WJE but I have always been a “hands-on” guy and wanted to be in charge of the means and methods of construction. This is something that the design professional typically cannot control. I accepted a position as a project manager with Central Building and Preservation L.P. (Central), a masonry restoration company in Chicago. At Central I have managed hundreds of projects with budgets ranging from thousands of dollars to millions of dollars. These projects generally involve the maintenance and/or repair of exterior masonry facades. My favorites are the restoration of historic/landmark masonry clad skyscrapers such as the Marquette Building (Holabird & Roche), the Santa Fe Building (Daniel Burnham) and Carson, Pirie, Scott’s (Louis Sullivan). Restoration work is unique such that most successful projects are those in which you do not know work was performed when completed. Sounds simple enough, however, replacing 100-year-old maContinued on the next page

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terials (brick, stone, terra cotta, mortar, etc.) with new materials so that they “blend in” with the old is a daunting task. It requires persistence and a good eye. My efforts at Central include but are not limited to bidding work; staffing each project with men that have the appropriate skill set(s); determining how to execute the work; overseeing the work so that it is done properly; interacting with the design professional and communicating with the owner. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of communication. Keeping your clients well informed and understanding their needs is paramount in a service industry; sometimes that requires a little hand-holding. I never forget that I am working for the client and not the reverse. Someone wiser than me once said, “It is easier to keep an existing client than it is to acquire a new one.” Truly words to work by. I find as a former design professional-turned-contractor, that having the ability to effectively interact with engineers and architects throughout the duration of a project makes for a better end product. Many times a design cannot be executed as shown on the drawings. Having a sound engineering background, understanding the objective of a repair and knowing the skills of the person performing the repairs affords me the opportunity to suggest alternative repairs that can be executed more effectively. There are no problems, only solutions. I strongly recommend that all engineers, young

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and old, spend time working on the construction side of our industry, if possible. I am currently a Partner at Central, and I still love what I do. I work many long days, and sometimes nights, and have a wife, Carrie, who has been a Godsend. She is the glue that keeps our family together and works many long days, and usually nights, taking care of our household and children. My daughter Cameron is 7 and my son Mackinnley is 5. My experience at Illinois molded me into the person that I am today. I got much more than my education. For that I am grateful and always gratefully dedicated to the University of Illinois. i

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Steven Brandau (BS 81), head of the Henry County Highway Department, was named 2008 Rural County Engineer of the Year by the National Association of County Engineers. Virginia Holtzman-Bell (MS 85) retired from the U.S. Coast Guard in September. Holtzman-Bell is a third generation civil engineer and Coast Guard officer, following the legacy of her father and grandfather. Her decorations include three Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medals, two Coast Guard Commendation Medals and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal. She will go on to take a Senior Executive Service position in Boulder, Colo. Sonia Maassel Jacobsen (MS 80) was named 2007 Professional Engineer of the Year by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Neil Miltonberger (BS 84, MS 85) is a vice president for The Kenrich Group in the firm’s Chicago office. David A. Sabatini (BS 81) was named a co-Editor-inChief for the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. Daniel J. Whalen, P.E., (BS 84, MS 85) was named assistant vice president at Hanson Professional Services Inc. As a geotechnical engineer, he primarily serves the energy and industry market.

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Rae R. Aranas (BS 92, MS 93) worked for five years as a design engineer at CB&I, then went to medical school and completed an anesthesiology residency and fellowship training in interventional pain medicine. Aranas is currently working at Atlantic Spinal Care in Edison, NJ, as an interventional spine physician focusing on utilizing minimally invasive techniques such as endoscopic laser approaches to treat neck, arm, back or sciatic pain caused by spine pathology. Continued on page 32

CEE alum predicts pricey gas, improved lifestyle

Moreu wins SEAOI Scholarship

CEE alumnus and Ph.D. candidate Fernando Moreu (MS 05), center front, poses with members of the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois after being introduced as the Max Zar Scholar at the organization’s fall lecture on Nov. 10. Pictured are, left to right: Carol Druker, president of the Structural Engineers Foundation; Scott Graham (BS 99, MS 01), senior engineer at Wiss Janney Elstner; Nancy Gavlin (BS 76), Director of Education for the American Institute of Steel Construction; Greg Lakota (BS 91, MS 93), principal of Halvorson and Partners; Fernando Moreu; Chris Rockey, CEO of Rockey Structures LLC; Chris Poland, CEO of Degenkolb; and Structural Engineers Foundation fall 2009 lecture guest speaker Steven Elver, principal of AECOM.

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n summer 2009, a book called “$20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better” was featured in a number of major news outlets and made the New York Times Bestseller List. The author: CEE’s own Christopher Steiner (BS 00). Steiner, a senior staff writer for Forbes Magazine, believes Christopher higher gasoline prices Steiner are inevitable, will affect nearly every aspect of our lives, and will change our lives for the better in the long run. More centralized urban communities, shorter commutes, better mass transit systems and a healthier lifestyle are among the positive effects, he says. Proven correlations between lower gas prices and obesity, as well as deaths from traffic accidents, offer examples, he says. “When the price of gas rises to $6, more than 20,000 lives will be saved from obesity-related diseases. A similar effect will take place on our roads, where more than 15,000 lives will be spared,” Steiner says. Before becoming a journalist, Steiner was a practicing civil and environmental engineer in San Francisco and Park City, Utah. In addition to his degree from Illinois, he holds a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Ill., with his wife, Sarah, and their son, Jackson. —Sinem Ertunga i

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Louis J. Gale (BS 96, MS 98) is an associate with the Chicago law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP specializing in construction litigation. Frank Humay (BS 92) was promoted to vice president at Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering Inc. He will oversee government-sector projects and the company’s expansion to Guam and Chicago. Mark Tompkins (BS 96, MS 98), Senior Ecosystem Planning and Restoration Technologist for CH2M HILL, was selected by the National Academy of Engineering to be part of the 2009 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.

2000s

Joshua M. Bickett (MS 08) joined Hanson Professional Services Inc.’s St. Louis regional office in summer 2009. A geotechnical engineer, Bickett serves Hanson’s Department of Defense market.

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Professor Amr S. Elnashai, CEE department head, visited Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. in Chicago this fall and found a host of CEE alumni. Pictured are, from left: Blake Andrews (MS 08), Bill Nugent (MS 77), Stephen Schmitt (MS 07), Rich Kristie (BS 78), Brian Greve (BS 99, MS 00), Jon Lewis (BS 99, MS 01), Noah Fehrenbacher (MS 05), Elnashai, Dick Reed (BS 72, MS 73), Jim Donnelly (BS 83, MS 85), Peter Nelson (BS 06, MS 08), and Arne Johnson (BS 87).

Kelly Fitzgibbon, P.E., (BS 04) was promoted to senior engineer with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc. She is assigned to the company’s Aurora Water and Wastewater Group. David H. Gagne (BS 01) married Sara A. Nutt on March 7 in Chicago. Gagne is employed by Accenture in Chicago. J. Gregory Huntley (MS 08) is a civil engineer with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc. He is assigned to the firm’s Military and Special Projects Aviation Group.

Nominations invited: CEE alumni awards If you know of a deserving colleague who graduated from CEE at Illinois, consider nominating him or her for a CEE Alumni Association award. The Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award and the Young Alumnus/Alumna Achievement Award recognize those who have distinguished themselves in the field at different career stages. For more information, please visit our alumni awards page of the CEE website at http://cee.illinois.edu/ceeonline/alumninews/CEEAAAwards.html.

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Fernando Moreu (MS 05), a Ph.D. candidate in CEE, was selected as the Max Zar scholar by the Structural Engineers Foundation of the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (see photo, page 31). Moreu has pursued his Ph.D. while working full-time with ESCA Consultants, which he joined in 2001. Amanda Poole (BS 08) is serving a three-month internship in Vienna, Austria, with the United Nations Office of International Development. She will be working in the field of energy generation from agricultural waste and crop residues. Upon her return, Poole will work for Baxter & Woodman, a Chicago-based wastewater consulting firm.

In Memoriam 1940s

Hilmar B. Christianson (BS 43) died July 23 in Phoenix, Ariz. He was 87.

Daniel J. Hanson Sr. (BS 51, MS 52) died Aug. 8. He was 80. Hanson was a traffic engineer who served as president of the American Road and Transportation Builders trade group from 1973 to 1988.

William R. Cox Jr. (BS 48, PhD 64) died Sept. 14. He was 84. Cox spent most of his career specializing in the design and construction of offshore oil and gas drilling foundations. For five years, he was a professor of engineering at the University of Texas. Mahlon E. Gates (MS 48) died Oct. 17, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas. Walter H. Jollie (BS 40, MS 50) died June 21. He was 91. Jollie worked for the Sanitary Water Board of the Illinois Department of Health for 15 years, after which he was employed for 30 years at Baxter & Woodman Inc. Civil & Environmental Consulting Engineers. He became a partner in 1975. Arnold F. Kohnert (BS 43) died April 28. He was 88. Kohnert was an engineer with Concrete Engineering Company in Los Angeles, Calif., and in retirement founded Pompadour Vineyard. Norbert C. “Pete” Long (BS 49) died Jan. 2, 2009. He was 85. He had a long career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, retiring from the St. Louis District, where he had served as the chief of the River Stabilization Branch. Bernard L. Robinson (BS 47, MS 58) died Dec. 25, 2008. He was 84. Robinson’s career included serving briefly on the architectural engineering faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He served in the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer for more than 20 years. Raymond C. Ward (BS 45) died Nov. 20, 2008. He was 83. Ward retired as a Naval Commander in the Seabees.

1950s

Ronald A. Burke (BS 56) died in November. J. LeRoy Cange (BS 56) died May 14. He was 74. Cange was a retiree of McDonnell Douglas, having spent 22 years as an electrical flight systems engineer. Dean C. Compher (BS 52) died Oct. 4. He was 80.

Dale J. Henry (BS 52) died June 21 in Seaside, Ore. He was 80. Henry founded with colleagues the structural and environmental engineering firm Henry, Meisenheimer & Gende. He was an avid rose gardener.

producing division of Mobil Oil Corporation in Houston after more than 35 years in the oil business. Janice A. Helgason (MS 65) died July 17, 2008. She was 66. Helgason worked as a cartographer, systems programmer, scientific programmer, realtor and a database administrator with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Lyman R. Squier (MS 61, PhD 67) died Oct. 20, 2008. He was 75. Squier was a consulting geotechnical engineer at Squier Associates.

Oscar G. Lara (BS 53) died Oct. 1. He was 84. He spent his career with the U.S. government and later as a professional consultant. He published numerous articles on hydrology.

1970s

Donald J. Mulcahy (BS 58) died Sept. 16. He was 78. Mulcahy was a civil engineer and retired owner of The Brite House Co.

Buddy D. Shuler (BS 76) died Oct. 7. He was 72. Shuler retired as an engineer with Clark Dietz Engineers in Champaign.

Edwin T. O’Donnell (MS 52) died Oct. 25. He was a retired Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. O’Donnell’s last assignment was as the commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Division.

2000s

Harvey P. Pittelko (MS 55) died Nov. 21, 2008. He was 76. Pittelko and a colleague founded Kelly and Pittelko, a consulting engineering firm, which later became KPFF, with 1,000 employees and multiple offices across the country and overseas.

Timothy E. Etzkorn (BS 75) died May 5. He was 58. Etzkorn spent his career as a petroleum engineer.

Justin K. Wenthe, P.E., (BS 00) died July 27. He was 32. Wenthe worked for Egyptian Concrete Company, where he was a project engineer in charge of the fabrication of precast and prestressed elements for highway and railroad bridges.

William R. Scherwat (BS 53) died Jan. 4, 2009. He was 79. James E. Smiley (BS 51) died May 7. He was 82. Smiley’s professional career included working for engineering firms in the Chicago area, and as an employee of the City of Austin, Texas, from which he retired in 1990. Michael P. Whittington (BS 51) died Nov. 9, 2008. He was 81. Whittington was president and CEO of Pierce Construction Co.

1960s

George P. Dalton (BS 67) died March 21, 2008. He was 73. Dalton retired in 1995 as the manager of the central

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Photos: Alex Bragorgos

Sponsored Research Research is an important part of the mission of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The many and varied projects of our faculty contribute to knowledge, enhance the education of our students, and improve the practice of civil and environmental engineering. On this page we acknowledge companies and organizations that are currently providing research funding in the department. Listed are the sponsoring agencies, the faculty members who are conducting the research, and project names. Principal Investigator

Funding Agency

Project

Daniel P. Abrams

US National Science Foundation

Hybrid Masonry Seismic Structural Systems

Imad Al-Qadi

Federal Highway Administration

Dwight Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship

Imad Al-Qadi

IL Department of Transportation

Warm Mix Asphalt Study Special Project

Imad Al-Qadi

IL Department of Transportation

ICT Administration

Imad Al-Qadi

IL Department of Transportation

Profile Equipment Verification 2009 Special Project

Imad Al-Qadi

IL Department of Transportation

Thin Quiet Long Lasting Hi Friction Surface Layer

Imad Al-Qadi

IL Department of Transportation

Special Projects Engineering

Imad Al-Qadi

IL Department of Transportation

Support

Imad Al-Qadi

IL Department of Transportation

Editorial Support

Imad Al-Qadi

IL Department of Transportation

Conference Training & Support

Imad Al-Qadi

IL Department of Transportation

Illinois Center for Transportation

Imad Al-Qadi

Michelin Americas Research and Development Corporation

Predictive Design Models/Pavement Damage, Axle Configurations

Bassem Andrawes

IL Department of Transportation

Strengthening of Bridge Wood Pilings Retrofits for Moment Resistance

Bassem Andrawes

IL Department of Transportation

Prestressed SCC Bridge Box & I-Girders

Bassem Andrawes

National Academy of Sciences

Response Modification Factors for Pakistan Seismic Code Development

Grzegorz Banas

IL Department of Transportation

Fatigue Testing of Brass Breakaway Couplings

Grzegorz Banas

Washington Group/Alberici Joint Venture

Mechnical Testing of Rebar Connectors

Grzegorz Banas

Wiss Janney Elstner Associates

Cyclic Tests on Reinforcing Bar Mechanical Connectors

Rahim F. Benekohal

IL Department of Transportation

Solar Powered Flashing Beacons

Rahim F. Benekohal

IL Department of Transportation

Wireless Detection Systems Evaluation

Rahim F. Benekohal

IL Department of Transportation

Queue & Users Cost in Highway Work Zones

Rahim F. Benekohal

US Department of Transportation

2006-06604 DOT PU 4108-21574

Tami C. Bond

NASA Shared Services Center

Accounting for Subgrid Mixing, Spatial Gradients/Global Aersol Models

Tami C. Bond

US Department of Energy

Optical Properties/Organic, Mixed Organic Particles at High Humidity

Tami C. Bond

US National Science Foundation

A Chemical History of Anthropogenic Input to the Atmosphere

Tami C. Bond

US National Science Foundation

CAREER: Carbonaceous Particles of Tarry Origin

William G. Buttlar

Federal Highway Administration

2009 Dwight Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship

William G. Buttlar

IL Department of Transportation

Fine Graded Hot Mix Asphalt on IL Roadways

William G. Buttlar

IL Department of Transportation

Distance Technology Transfer Course Content Development

William G. Buttlar

National Academy of Sciences

Acoustic Emissions Based Test

William G. Buttlar

University of Minnesota

Low Temperature Cracking in Asphalt Pavements

Ximing Cai

International Food Policy Research Institute

Basin Focus Project - The Yellow River Basin

Ximing Cai

NASA Shared Services Center

Predictive Capability For Drought Mitigation Decision Support System

Ximing Cai

US National Science Foundation

Infrastructures for Biofuel Development

Ximing Cai

US National Science Foundation

Drought Preparedness in the Watershed Context

Ximing Cai

US National Science Foundation

CAREER: Environmental Ecological Relationships

Samuel H. Carpenter

ERES Consultants

Testing of GTR Mixtures for the Illinois Toll Road Authority-ARA

Samuel H. Carpenter

IL Department of Transportation

High RAP Content & Pavement Performance

Mark M. Clark

American Water Works Association

Phytoplankton Fouling of Membranes In Seawater Desalination

Mark M. Clark

US Environmental Protection Agency

Fellowship for Manish Kumar

Mark M. Clark

US National Science Foundation

Development of Highly Efficient Aquaporin-Based Membranes

Robert H. Dodds

US National Science Foundation

Glaucio Paulino’s Intergovernmental Personnel Act

Armando Duarte

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Generalized Finite Element Method for Multiscale Simulations

Amr S. Elnashai

CERL Champaign

Catastrophic Event Planning Scenarios, New Madrid Seismic Zone

Amr S. Elnashai

University of Nevada - Reno (Sub-contract NSF)

Seismic Simulation and Design of Bridge Columns, Combined Action

Amr S. Elnashai

US National Science Foundation

International Conferences on Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo

Khaled A. El-Rayes

IL Department of Transportation

Minimizing Traffic Related WZ Crashes in IL

Khaled A. El-Rayes

Qatar University

Optimization for the Construction of Transportation Systems, Qatar

Khaled A. El-Rayes

US National Science Foundation

Optimizing Airport Construction Site Layouts

Larry Fahnestock

American Institute of Steel Construction

Seismic Steel Design in the East

Larry Fahnestock

Universlity of Washington (Sub Contract NSF)

Smart and Resilient Steel Walls for Reducing Earthquake Impacts

Larry Fahnestock

US National Science Foundation

Innovative Self-Centering Braces for Advanced Seismic Performance

Kevin Finneran

University of New Hampshire

Phosphorus Removal, Wastewater Secondary Treatment Systems

Kevin Finneran

US Department of Energy

Combined Roles, Iron and Transverse Mixing/ Uranium Bioremediation

Kevin Finneran

US National Science Foundation

Dechlorination,Tricyloroethylene/Non-Dehalococcoides Microorganisms

Kevin Finneran

US National Science Foundation

Reduced Extracellular Electron Shuttles as Electron Donors

Marcelo H. García

Exxon-Mobil Corporation

Flow Velocity, Sediment Concentration Profiles in Turbidity Currents

Marcelo H. García

Metropolitan Water Reclamation

Modeling/Settling and Aeration Tanks, Appurtenant Flow Distribution Structures

Marcelo H. García

Metropolitan Water Reclamation

Modeling - Phase II of the Calumet TARP System

Marcelo H. García

US Department of Interior

INT 04ERAG0004

Marcelo H. García

US Department of Interior

Collocation Lease for Office Space in North Campus Parking Deck

Marcelo H. García

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Enhancement, Channel Evolution Model Concepts

Jerome Hajjar

Georgia Institute of Technology (Sub Contract NSF)

System Behavior Factors for Composite Mixed Structural Systems

Jerome Hajjar

IL Department of Transportation

Illinois Earthquake Resisting System Bridge Design Methodology

Jerome Hajjar

RW Howe and Associates PLC

Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment for Memphis Light-Gas and Water

Jerome Hajjar

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Cyclic Axial Testing of Buckling Restrained Braces

Youssef M. A. Hashash

IL Department of Transportation

Evaluation of Horizontal Directional Drilling Special Project

Youssef M. A. Hashash

National Academy of Sciences

Framework for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps for Pakistan

Youssef M. A. Hashash

National Academy of Sciences

Framework for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps for Pakistan

Youssef M. A. Hashash

Northwestern University

Center for the Study of Subsurface Space Development in Urban Areas

Youssef M. A. Hashash

US Geological Survey

Nonlinear Soil Behavior, Downhole Array Measurements

Youssef M. A. Hashash

US NASA

Feas. Study, Polyhedral Discrete Element Simulation, Lunar Regolith Simulants

Youssef M. A. Hashash

US National Science Foundation

Integrated Framework for Soil Behavior Characterization and Modeling

Edwin E. Herricks

Ohio State Univ Research Foundation

Understanding Ecological Processes/Channelized Headwater Systems

Daniel A. Kuchma

US National Science Foundation

ExVis Tool, Case Study/Concrete Structural Walls

Praveen Kumar

US National Science Foundation

Interactions Between Water Energy Carbon Dynamics

James M. LaFave

Georgia Institute of Technology (Sub Contract NSF)

Seismic Risk Mitigation for Port Systems

David A. Lange

BPC Airport Partners

Center of Excellence for Airport Technology

Edwin E. Herricks

FAA William J Hughes Technical Center

Center of Excellence for Airport Technology - Avian Radar

David A. Lange

FAA William J Hughes Technical Center

Center of Excellence for Airport Technology - Pavements

Liang Y. Liu

IL Department of Transportation

AASTHO Retroreflective Sign Sheeting Specifications Special Project

Wen-Tso Liu

The AWWA Research Foundation

Microbial Ecology of Drinking Water Distribution System

James H. Long

IL Department of Transportation

Improved Design for Driven Piles Based on IL Pile Load Test Program

Benito Jose Mariñas

US National Science Foundation

Transport of Solutes, Macromolecules/Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration Membranes

Arif Masud

General Electric Company

Analysis, Risk Assessment of GE Vendors Concrete Wind Tower Design

Arif Masud

US National Science Foundation

Analysis, Structures Containing Mechanical Joints

Thanh Huong Nguyen

USDA Coop State Rsrch Educ & Ext Serv

Investigating Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance Near Animal Facilities

Scott Olson

IL Department of Transportation

Monitor Extreme Integral Abutment Bridges in IL

Scott Olson

US National Science Foundation

CAREER: Impact of Liquefaction-Induced Water Layers

Scott Olson

US National Science Foundation

Soil Improvement Strategies to Mitigate Impact of Seismic Ground Failures

Yanfeng Ouyang

IL Department of Transportation

National Safety Performance Function Summit

Yanfeng Ouyang

IL Department of Transportation

Highway Program Planning Using Benefit Cost

Yanfeng Ouyang

US National Science Foundation

CAREER: Info. Mechanisms,Stabilization/Nonlinear, Stochastic Transp. Networks

Gary Parker

Exxon-Mobil Corporation

Transitions Between Turbidity Currents and Mudflows

Gary Parker

National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics

STC: National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics

Gary Parker

US Geological Survey

Modeling of St. Clair River

Glaucio Paulino

US National Science Foundation

Functionally Graded Concrete for the Civil Infrastructure

Feniosky A. Pe単a-Mora

US National Science Foundation

Visualization of Construction Progress Monitoring with D4AR Models

Feniosky A. Pe単a-Mora

US National Science Foundation

Conflict Claim and Dispute Avoidance Mitigation and Resolution

Feniosky A. Pe単a-Mora

US National Science Foundation

Observation Facilitation and Computer Support of Group Interactions

Feniosky A. Pe単a-Mora

US National Science Foundation

Civil & Environmental Engineering

John S. Popovics

IL Department of Transportation

Concrete Temperature Specification

John S. Popovics

National Academy of Sciences

Full Lane Acoustic Scanning Method for Bridge Deck NDE

John S. Popovics

US National Science Foundation

Sensing Method for In Situ Assessment of Steel Corrosion in Concrete

John S. Popovics

US National Science Foundation

Electromagnetic and Mechanical Wave Data/Concrete Structure Diagnostics

Jeffery R. Roesler

Commercial TCPavements Ltda

Acceleration Testing of Thin Concrete Pavements

Jeffery R. Roesler

Federal Highway Administration

2009 Dwight Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship

Jeffery R. Roesler

IL Department of Transportation

Design Implementation & Monitoring for Rigid Pavements

Jeffery R. Roesler

IL Department of Transportation

Analysis of I-57 Recycled CRCP Cores

Mark J. Rood

CERL Champaign

Measurement/Particulate Matter Emissions, Open Burning and Detonation Plumes

Mark J. Rood

Office of Naval Research

Vapor Recovery by Electrothermal Swing Adsorption

Mark J. Rood

US National Science Foundation

Microwave-Swing Adsorption to Capture Hazardous Air Pollutants

Arthur Schmidt

Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management

Green Roof Monitoring 2009

Murugesu Sivapalan

US National Science Foundation

Biotic Alteration of Soil Hydrologic Properties and Feedback

B.F. Spencer

CERL Champaign

Advanced Bridge Capacity and Structural Integrity Assessment

B.F. Spencer

Mandaree Enterprise Corporation

Advanced Bridge Capacity and Structural Integrity Assessment

B.F. Spencer

US National Science Foundation

Bio-Informed Framework/Multimetric Infrastructure Monitoring

B.F. Spencer

US National Science Foundation

Interntl Workshop/Advanced Smart Materials, Smart Structures Tech.

B.F. Spencer

US National Science Foundation

Smart Structures Technology Summer School

B.F. Spencer

US National Science Foundation

NEESR-SD: Framework for Development of Hybrid Simulation

B.F. Spencer

US National Science Foundation

Multi-Scale Smart Sensing for Monitoring Civil Infrastructure

Timothy J. Strathmann

The AWWA Research Foundation

Oxidation and Removal of Pharmaceutically-Active Compounds

Timothy J. Strathmann

US Environmental Protection Agency

Fellowship for Tias Paul

Timothy J. Strathmann

US National Science Foundation

CAREER: Fouling, Regen., Sustainability of Heterog. Catalytic Treat. Processes

Timothy J. Strathmann

US National Science Foundation

Dev. of a Sustainable Catalytic Treatment Process for Perchlorate

Leslie J. Struble

National Lime Association

Technical Tests for National Lime Association

William C. Sullivan

US Dept of Commerce NOAA

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program Omnibus 2006-2008

Erol Tutumluer

BASF Corporation

Testing of Elastocoast Urethane Coated Railroad Ballast

Erol Tutumluer

Federal Highway Administration

2009 Dwight Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship

Erol Tutumluer

Virginia Tech Inst & State Univ

Application of LADAR in the Analysis of Aggregate Characteristics

Albert J. Valocchi

US Department of Energy

Modeling Multiscale Multiphase Multicomponent Subsurface Reactive Flows

Charles J. Werth

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Collab. Research on Sustainable Water Development and Engineering

Charles J. Werth

US Department of Education

Enhanced PhD Quality, Diversity in Environmental Engineering at UIUC

Charles J. Werth

US Department of Energy

Influence of Wetting and Mass Transf. Prop. of Organic Chem. Mixtures

Charles J. Werth

USDA Coop State Rsrch Educ & Ext Serv

Gene Expression and Gen. Adaptation for Herbicide Degradation

Julie Zilles

US National Science Foundation

Identifying Design Principles for Engineered Ecosystems

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Corporate and Foundation Donors The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is proud of its strong ties to industry and practicing engineers. We gratefully acknowledge the corporations, foundations and professional associations that contributed to CEE from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. This list includes organizations that made gifts directly to the department, as well as those who matched gifts made by their employees. Accenture Foundation Inc. Accutest Laboratories Inc. Advance Drainage Systems Inc. Adventus Group Advisor Charitable Gift Fund AECOM Inc. Alcoa Foundation Aldridge Electric Inc. Alfred Benesch & Company Alliant Techsystems Community Investment Foundation AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc. American Concrete Institute Illinois Chapter Inc. American Institute of Steel Construction American Petroleum Institute The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Rail Transp. Division American Water Works Association Research Foundation Anheuser-Busch Foundation Apple Junction Design Services PLC Applied Pavement Technology Inc. Applied Research Associates Inc. ARCADIS AREVA NP Inc. Asphalt Institute Association of American Railroads AT&T Foundation Barr Engineering Company Bechtel Group Foundation Belfor Environmental Inc. BNSF Railway Company The Boeing Gift Matching Program Bowman Barrett and Associates Inc. BPC Airport Partners Busey Wealth Management Inc. Cameron-Cole LLC Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. Canadian National/Illinois Central Carollo Engineers Caterpillar Foundation Caterpillar Inc. Ceco Concrete Construction Cera Tech Inc. CETCO Chevron Clark Dietz Inc. Clean Air Task Force Computer Associates International Inc. Conestoga-Rovers & Associates Inc. Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc. Crouch Engineering PC CSX Corporation Inc. Damon S. Williams Associates LLC Deep Foundations Institute D.J. Nyman & Associates Duke Energy Foundation Eagle Construction and Environmental Services LP

Earth Tech Inc. EarthSoft Inc. EMR Inc. ENSR Corporation Envirocon Inc. ERM - Rocky Mountain Inc. Environmental Works Inc. Erie Engineering Ernst & Young Foundation Exxon Production Research Company Exxon Mobil Corporation ExxonMobil Foundation ExxonMobil Retiree Program F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Assoc. LLC Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Fisher Associates, PE, LS, PC Frauenhoffer & Associates PC Consulting Engineers G & H Real Estate LLC Gannett Fleming Companies GE Foundation GeoSyntec Consultants Gilbane Building Company Golder Associates Inc. Golf Course Builders Association Foundation Greeley and Hansen LLC Habitat Engineering & Forensics Hanson Professional Services Inc. Hatch Mott MacDonald HDR Engineering Inc. Henry, Meisenheimer & Gende, Inc. Hershell Gill Consulting Engineers, Inc. HNTB Corporation Hulcher Services, Inc. Huston Family Trust ICL Performance Products LP Illiana Insurance Agency Ltd. Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association Illinois Association of County Engineers Inc. Illinois Chapter Inc. American Concrete Pavement Assoc. Illinois Society of Professional Engineers Foundation Inc. Industrial Management Group LLC In-Pipe Technology Company International Food Policy Research Institute Irvine Institute of Technology Jacobs Engineering Group John Hopkins University Kennedy-Jenks Consultants Inc. Koch Materials Group Laclede Gas Company Lancaster Laboratories Inc. Lockheed Martin, The Scholarship Foundation Marshall Miller & Associates Inc. Milhouse Engineering & Construction Murphy & North National Lime Association

National University of Taiwan Hydrotech Research Institute National Water Research Institute Nippon Steel Kankyo Engineering Corporation Norfolk Southern Corporation Northrop Grumman Foundation Occidental Petroleum Corporation Oil Skimmers Inc. The O’Neil Foundation O’Neil Industries Inc. Pace Analytical Services Inc. Polystar Inc. Pompadour Vineyard Poplar Smogpros Portec Rail Products Inc. Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Pregis Innovative Packaging Corporation Railroad Research Foundation Raytheon Company Regenesis RJN Group Inc. S and R Company SC Johnson Fund Inc. Schlumberger Stichting Fund Seaman Corporation Selvaggio Steel Inc. The Sergio Corporation dba FirstResponse Shannon & Wilson Inc. Shaw Environmental Inc. The Sidney Epstein and Sondra Berman Epstein Foundation Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Southern Petroleum Laboratories Inc. St. Paul United Church of Christ State Farm Companies Foundation Stokes Financial Investments Sunpro Inc. SWS First Response TCPavements TerraTherm Inc. TestAmerica Laboratories Inc. Texas Measurements Inc. Thornton Tomasetti Foundation Tokyo Institute of Technology Transportation Technology Center Inc. TSVC Inc. Turner Construction Company URS Corporation US Environmental Services LLC W. E. O’Neil Construction Company W. R. Grace & Company The Walt Disney Company Foundation Waste Management The Watkins Family Foundation WDWS/WHMS Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. 3M

Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association—Winter 2010

President’s Council

We thank those who have joined the University of Illinois President’s Council with a commitment of $25,000 or more. Below are members who joined before June 30, 2009, and who have given to the department.

Individual Donors The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering thanks its alumni and friends who have made it possible for our students and faculty to pursue their education and research in the best CEE department in the country. We could not do it without your support. Donors to any fund in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, are listed here. We strive to make these lists as accurate as possible. If your name is listed incorrectly or omitted, please accept our apologies. For corrections or further information about making a gift, please contact John E. Kelley, jekelley@illinois.edu, (217) 333-5120.

FRIENDS Lalit R. Bahl & Kavita Kinra Rob R. & Dorothy Waymon Beldon Donald L. & Maryann D. Bitzer Richard B. Cogdal Walter L. & Carole A. Crowley Mary E. Engelbrecht Charles E. & Blanche M. Finn Ralph E. & George-Anne Oliver Kelly Jon C. & Judith S. Liebman Paul M. & Susan A. Mayfield William E. O’Neil J. Roger & Kathleen D. Powell Vern & Jeannie Snoeyink Robert H. & Barbara W. Suter Albert J. Valocchi & Anne H. Silvis Howard L. & Joyce I. Wakeland Ronald Lee & Susan Leona Warsaw Kenneth S. & Cindy Weiss Ruth K. Youngerman 1915 Carl A. Metz 1922 A. L. Ralph Sanders 1923 Edward Balson Trust Frederick W. Shappert 1924 Ernest C. Hartmann 1925 Harvey L. Goodell 1927 Will K. Brown Raymond L. Moore 1928 W. Leighton Collins 1929 Ralph L. Palmer 1930 Herman H. Jr. & Marguerite L. Jost J. Wallace Miller

1943 Louis A. & Clara M. Bacon Sidney & Sondra Berman Epstein Otto W. Schacht Jr. & Otto W. Schacht

1957 Alfredo H. & M. Mae Ang Ronald R. & Margaret M. Watkins James T. P. Yao

1946 Robert J. & Stella F. Mosborg Wayne C. & Eleanor H. Teng Benjamin E. Weeks

1958 W. Gene & Lynd W. Corley Guy E. & Babette Jester Benjamin A. Jr. & Georgeann Hall Jones

1947 Oliver H. Briggs Jr. Estate John W. & Catherine Briscoe Charles R. & Shirley H. Fago Robert E. & Shirley M. Hamilton Walter E. Hanson Herbert O. Ireland Narbey & Margaret Khachaturian Charles H. Jr. & Audrey Kramer Mottier John E. & Loudean Schmitt 1948 Hugh H. Connolly Melvin & Theda Febesh James H. & James H. Gallivan James C. & Mary B. Wood 1949 Armen G. Avedisian Gordon B. & Monalea Dalrymple Richard H. & Joanne Bresee Foley H. Harvey & Marilyn Smith Brown Hunt Wendall Lee Rowe 1950 Edward A. & Helen E. Brooks George L. Crawford Jr. Burton A. Lewis Myron E. & Ruth P. Oppenheim William E. & Margarite D. Stallman

1959 Neil Middleton & S. Ann Hawkins Thomas C. H. & Patsy Lum Robert E. Morgan Joseph H. & Joan R. Pound Donald L. & Bertha Rissling 1960 Ronald D. & Mary Jane Crowell Barry J. & Pauline G. Dempsey Lyle W. & Nancy M. Hughart Richard W. & Janet L. Pritchett Miller Norman C. & Sharon L. Riordan Robert S. & Helen J. Shierry 1961 Richard J. & Sylvia C. Eckhardt William A. Jr. & Delores Huston Eugene R. & Elaine A. Wilkinson Harry K. & Carol A. Windland 1962 Joseph P. & Mary Stuart Colaco John S. Endicott George M. C. & Ann Fisher

Augusto Rodriguez Gallart Stephen R. & Sally A. Kannaka Robert G. & Flo Anne O’Brien George K. & Mami Varghese 1969 Richard J. Erickson Clement C. Lee & Ellen Liaw Lee 1970 Douglas J. & Jean Ratty Chidley Joseph M. & Patricia A. Kaiser Seung Jai & Jung Ja Kim Albert Y. C. Wong & Fernadina Chan 1971 James L. Willmer 1972 Steve R. & Lynn L. Roeschley Doris I. Willmer 1973 Michael A. & Gloria Devacht Burson Ronald W. & Lois T. Crockett Sergio ‘Satch’ & Rosemary Pecori Fred N. & Ellen A. Ranck 1974 Miguel A. & Nora E. Andrada C. Phillip E. & Lena K. Borrowman James J. Brown & Emi K. Kawasaki Richard Jr. & Helen A. Cramond Thomas L. & Sue C. Hannula Gerald E. Quindry Richard J. & Linda J. Sieracki 1975 Robert W. & Andrea C. Cusick Robert H. Dodds Jr. & Deana Bland-Dodds John A. Frauenhoffer 1976 Nancy L. Gavlin 1977 Perry C. & Linda S. Hendrickson Mark L. & Mary Estelle Sitki Selvaggio 1978 John P. & Mary Ann Coombe Gary L. & Susana B. Franzen Donald J. & Patricia L. Janssen Jon E. & Barbara B. Khachaturian Jeffrey C. Schneider Damon S. Williams 1979 Thomas A. & Suzanne M. Beck Bryan D. & Kathy M. Wesselink

1936 Stephen W. Benedict Estate Herbert L. Frank Robert C. & Dorothy R. Hieronymus

1963 1980 Edward J. & Norma G. Cording Charles Robert & Sunny L. Suhr Marek William F. Baker Charles L. Thierheimer Jr. & Cindy L. Dahl Tracy K. & Kathy P. Lundin 1951 1964 William K. Becker Woodrow C. Jr. & Miriam I. Chenault David J. Stoldt & Constance S. Wright Louis Bowman Jr. & Corrine Bowman William D. & Lisa H. Snider 1981 Ralph C. & Nancy M. Hahn Larry M. & Rose Marie Sur Clarke & Karen P. Lundell William J. & Elaine F. Hall William D. & Patricia Holmes 1965 1982 Harry D. Rimbey Russell C. & Cornelie G. Hibbeler Richard F. & Elizabeth B. Cavenaugh 1952 1966 1983 John E. Barrett Norman Allen & Lee Ann Dobbs Richard D. Payne & Jane Goldberg George F. & Carol Heck John E. & Janice Garlanger Kenneth G. & Mary Barlow Medearis Richard E. & Bonnie Ramond Hulina Larry C. & Rhonda S. Wesselink Kathryn A. Zimmerman John A. & Barbara Mifflin Paul D. & Barbara C. Koch William H. Richardson Frank J. & Jeanette Nesseler 1984 Mete A. & Joan Sozen Bert E. & Cathy J. Newton J. Kevin Roth & Sara Anderson Long David A. Pecknold 1953 Marvin A. & Karen K. Wollin 1985 Pryce L. & Dorothy L. Keagle James P. & April Messmore Dohn H. Mehlenbacher & Nancy J. Moss 1967 Arthur R. Robinson Patrick S. & Millie L. Au 1986 Leroy J. & Mary L. Ruesch Victor C. Corsetti David G. & Janet S. Peshkin Geoffrey & Helen Yeh Arthur R. Jr. & Judy B. Jensen

1937 Richard Jaccoud Estate Carl W. Muhlenbruch

1954 David C. & Carolyn M. Crawford Leo J. Jr. & Ann L. Dondanville

1931 Edwin C. & Margaret L. Franzen 1932 Glenn E. Hodges Estate William P. Jones Jr. Harry F. Lovell Trust Rudolph A. Monson Nathan M. Newmark 1934 Ralph J. Epstein William D. Fooks Trust Edgar J. Luetzelschwab Arthur C. Nauman George Pagels Jr. Trust 1935 James G. Clark

1938 Delon & Sonia M. Hampton Vernon Glenn & Margaret B. Rathsam Robert E. & Doris B. Lenzini Robert J. Mayerjak 1939 Robert W. & Donna Mikitka Edward S. & Elsie T. Fraser Maurice A. & JoAnn Wadsworth Chester P. Siess Estate Harold J. Spaeder Estate 1955 Frank K. & Alice L. Veasman James D. & Wylma M. Bergstrom Thomas J. Byrne & Jane Armstrong 1940 Eli W. & Georgia A. Cohen John C. & Mary M. Houbolt M. T. & Marlene Davisson Nick & Addie Pokrajac Don U. Deere Louis W. Schumm Jerry J. Felmley USAF Thomas K. Liu & Olive M. Chen-Liu 1941 Joshua L. Jr. & Eleanor W. Merritt Spencer F. & Maev C. Brown Benjamin H. Janda 1956 Eugene T. & Emma K. Simonds Robert H. & Donna J. Anderson Donald E. & Arlene B. Eckmann 1942 Gerald R. & Audrey G. Olson Robert L. & Gertrude A. Clapper Stanley T. & Phyllis Williams Rolfe Harold R. & Alice L. Sandberg Robert A. Sachs

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1968 Donald G. & Della M. Beiser Thomas B. & Jeannie M. Berns

1994 Wilbur C. Milhouse III & Michelle Milhouse

Dean’s Club

The department is honored to acknowledge members of the Dean’s Club of 2008-2009. Listed below are those who gave $500 or more to CEE from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. FRIENDS Robert E. Ahlf Lalit R. Bahl & Kavita Kinra Robert Berube Walter L. & Carole A. Crowley Amr S. Elnashai Soledad Juamiz Esmilla Shirley M. Hamilton Zakir Hussain David A. & Rise R. Lange Jon C. & Judith S. Liebman Paul M. & Susan A. Mayfield Mary Barlow Medearis William E. O’Neil Donald H. & Betty L. Rice Mark J. Rood & Terri I. Medwed William C. Schindler Albert J. Valocchi & Anne H. Silvis J. Michael & Nancy J. Yohe 1942 Harold R. & Alice L. Sandberg 1943 Dan S. & Catherine M. Bechly 1946 Robert J. & Stella F. Mosborg 1947 Herbert O. Ireland Narbey & Margaret Khachaturian William A. Randolph 1948 Melvin & Theda Febesh Nicholas A. & Carol N. Weil 1949 Wendall Lee Rowe 1950 Burton A. Lewis William E. & Margarite D. Stallman 1951 Louis Bowman Jr. & Corrine Bowman 1952 John E. Barrett 1953 Richard E. & Janet L. Aten Arthur R. Robinson Geoffrey & Helen Yeh 1954 Ashley B. Craig Jr. David C. & Carolyn M. Crawford Robert E. & Doris B. Lenzini Robert W. & Donna Mikitka Maurice A. & JoAnn Wadsworth 1955 Thomas J. Byrne & Jane Armstrong R. Alex Collins Jerry J. Felmley USAF Glenn E. Nordmark 1957 Alfredo H. & M. Mae Ang Ronald R. & Margaret M. Watkins

Thomas C. H. & Patsy Lum 1960 Toshinobu Akagi Barry J. & Pauline G. Dempsey Lyle W. & Nancy M. Hughart Roy E. Olson 1961 Brian E. W. Dowse Harry M. Horn William A. Huston Jr. & Delores Huston 1962 J. Dewayne & Mary A. Allen Robert A. & Sharon L. Bloechle James O. Jirsa J. Ronald & Sharon A. Salley Richard N. Wright III & Teresa Rios Wright 1964 Ronald W. Drucker Kenneth G. Nolte 1965 Frederick B. Plummer Jr. PhD Thomas E. Rees 1966 Paul D. & Barbara C. Koch 1967 Vernon Eugene Dotson Hershell Gill Jr. Arthur R. Jensen Jr. & Judy B. Jensen 1968 Robert C. & Joan B. Bauer Charles H. Dowding III & Jane D. Dowding Robert G. & Flo Anne O’Brien 1969 Richard J. Erickson George F. Jamison & Mary Lou Goodpaster 1970 John F. & Linda S. Harris Seung Jai & Jung Ja Kim Kenneth C. & Amy Jo Malten

1977 Philip E. Diekemper Perry C. & Linda S. Hendrickson Michael G. & Bette Wallerstein Lombard Michael T. McCullough William J. Nugent Mark L. & Mary Estelle Sitki Selvaggio 1978 George Avery Grimes Donald J. & Patricia L. Janssen C. Wayne Swafford Tom O. & Christine M. Vujovich Damon S. Williams 1979 John L. & Karen E. Carrato Michael J. & Christina U. K. Drouet Bruce A. & Ann Johnson Stuart A. & Susan V. Klein David A. & Kathleen A. Twardock Bryan D. & Kathy M. Wesselink 1980 William F. Baker Julian Rueda & Pamela C. Piarowski David J. Stoldt & Constance S. Wright 1981 Kevin J. & Carey A. Dulle Dale R. Wilhelm 1982 Brian E. & Lin Healy Donald J. Nelson 1983 Kenneth M. Floody Howard P. Walther Sharon L. Wood 1984 Colleen Elizabeth Quinn Jeanette A. Walther 1986 David G. & Janet S. Peshkin 1987 Robert J. Risser Jr. & Martha A. Boling-Risser

1971 Michael G. & Cinda J. Berry Bengt I. & Kathryn A. Karlsson Walter S. Kos Douglas J. & Jacqueline A. Nyman James L. Willmer

1988 Brian G. Ramsay

1972 Dean J. Arnold Lawrence Paul Jaworski Doris I. Willmer

1992 John A. & Gail L. Balling

1973 Ronald W. & Lois T. Crockett Glenn E. Frye Dennis D. & Kristine L. Lane Thomas D. & Patricia O’Rourke Sergio ‘Satch’ & Rosemary Pecori Fred N. & Ellen A. Ranck 1974 Richard Cramond Jr. & Helen A. Cramond David & Diane M. Darwin Stanley M. Herrin & Elizabeth A. Small Richard J. & Linda J. Sieracki

1958 Eugene J. Fasullo & Maxine J. Hyrkas H. S. Hamada

1975 Marco David & Mary Lynn Boscardin Robert H. Dodds Jr. & Deana Bland-Dodds John A. Frauenhoffer James Robert Harris Blaine F. & Kathryn G. Severin

1959 Neil Middleton & S. Ann Hawkins

1976 Jeffrey A. Liggett

1991 Robert L. & Debra V. Keiser Kai-Tak Liu & Alisa Ocker Liu

1994 Ron Juamiz Esmilla Wilbur C. Milhouse III & Michelle Milhouse 1995 Stephen H. Wassmann

Sponsoring Associates

The department gratefully acknowledges the Sponsoring Associates of 2008-2009. Listed below are those who gave $100 to $499 to CEE from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009.

Alumnus endows research fund

EE alumnus John A. Frauenhoffer (BS 75, MS 79) has made a $23,000 gift to endow a research fund in the department. An annual, three percent distribution from the fund will go to support research by Associate Professor Daniel A. Kuchma, the Burton & Erma Lewis Faculty Scholar. A desire to make a lasting, beneficial impact on the profession motivated the gift, according to Frauenhoffer, president of Frauenhoffer and Associates PC, a Champaign-based civil engineering firm. “I believed that there was no better method of realizing that goal, no better Frauenhoffer way to contribute to the profession, and no better way to thank the CEE department than to create a research endowment,” he says. “One of the values of Professor Kuchma’s research is that we have had the opportunity to take the published results of his work and translate the results into practical applications. He is a unique talent, a fine intellect, and a hard worker. He will put our money to good use.” Kuchma has been on the CEE faculty since 1997. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on structural dynamics, statics, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, and experimental methods. Kuchma’s research interests include the design and behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures subject to complex states of stress. He is studying how advanced instrumentation methods can be used in physical experiments for the development, calibration, and validation of more comprehensive and reliable numerical models. i

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New scholarship fund honors alumnus Eli Cohen

hornton Tomasetti Foundation has made a $25,000 gift to CEE to endow a scholarship fund in honor of late alumnus Eli W. Cohen (BS 55), who was a principal at Thornton Tomasetti until his death in 2008. The Eli W. Cohen-Thornton Tomasetti Foundation Scholarship will be awarded annually to a structural engineering student deemed by the department to have the poEli W. Cohen tential to make an impact professionally. Born in Germany in 1927, Cohen and his family fled the Nazis and moved to Palestine in 1935. After high school, he served as a communications officer in the Haganah, fighting for Israeli Independence in 1948. He moved to the United States in 1953, and after receiving his civil engineering degree from the University of Illinois in 1955, began a career that spanned more than 50 years and made him a leader in the Chicago engineering community. Cohen began his career at Paul Rogers Associates, a Chicago structural engineering firm. He became partner in 1965, then president and principal of Cohen-Barreto-Marchertas (CBM) in 1969. In 1993, CBM merged with Thornton Tomasetti, where Cohen became a principal. Under his leadership, CBM pioneered the use of a composite steel structural system, which involved the integration of a reinforced concrete core wall, to resist lateral loads, with a light steel floor framing. The development of 50- to 60-story buildings became more feasible and efficient because the lighter framing reduced construction time and expense, and allowed for large, column-free spans, giving architects greater freedom in exterior expression. Cohen’s composite steel designs received awards from the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois for Most Innovative Design in 1987 for 10 South LaSalle Street; Best Structure Award in 1991 for 181 West Madison Street; and Best Structure Award in 1992 for 77 West Wacker Drive. Cohen also spearheaded numerous philanthropic efforts, particularly his firm’s involvement with the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Newhouse Architectural Program, which gives high school students the opportunity to enter the field of architecture and design. Cohen was a registered structural engineer or professional engineer in more than 30 states. He was also active in engineering education, serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and as a guest lecturer at several regional colleges and for the American Institute of Architects. i

Alvin Decker Mary E. Engelbrecht Margaret L. Haltiwanger Moreland Herrin Robert H. Holdsworth Marilyn Smith Brown Hunt Krista M. Jahnke Jimmey L. Kaiser John E. Kelley Ralph E. Kelly Samuel L. Kershaw Thomas Kittle-Kamp Sondra M. Lorig Benito Jose Marinas Komal Arif Masud David M. Matthews Susan Bahrenburg Matthews Daniel S. May Marian L. Meinheit Eleanor W. Merritt Kathy Culver Nickell Robert N. Quade Philip J. Ruff Brian J. Sinclair Vern Snoeyink Janet Stanish Robert H. Suter James G. Turpin Larry D. Vandendriessche Joyce I. Wakeland Susan Leona Warsaw Kam W. and Betsy P. Wong Nancy J. Young 1932 E. Scott Dillon 1938 Paul H. Kaar 1943 Raymond J. Ackerman Louis A. Bacon Harold Clinton Sidney & Sondra Berman Epstein William A. Hickman Clyde E. Kesler Donald L. Renick 1945 Edward Robert Baumann Anthony N. Konstant 1947 Robert D. Mahan Victor R. Mazzucco Wilho E. Williams 1948 Tung Au Richard W. Heil Herbert A. Schroeder 1949 Donald W. Kaminski Robert J. Mathews Donald V. Sartore 1950 John R. Ross James R. Sims Anestis S. Veletsos 1951 Yngve S. Bloomquist William J. and Elaine F. Hall Dean C. Merchant Richard H. Pao Vernon C. Rosenbery 1952 Dale J. Henry Frank L. Howland Clair E. Hutchison Arthur M. Kaindl Armas Laupa 1953 Fredrick R. Beckmann

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Charles L. Sheppard Clement D. Zawodniak 1954 Ferd E. Anderson Jr. Harold Robert Coldwater C. Terry Dooley Michael P. Gaus Paul A. Kuhn Michael Zihal 1955 James D. Bergstrom Howard Y. Fukuda Thomas K. Liu Thomas M. Riordan Ronald A. Wisthuff 1956 John H. Cousins USA Robert G. Grulke Everett E. McEwen 1957 Samuel S. Doak German R. Gurfinkel Wallace W. Sanders Gary G. Stokes William P. Taylor Virgil A. Wortman 1958 Robert L. Gende Frank A. Perry Jr. 1959 Raymond A. Baum William M. Cazier Robert L. Dineen John A. Djerf Anthony F. Gaudy Jr. John A. Gray Joseph H. Pound Walter A. Von Riesemann 1960 Lester D. Bacon Wilbur C. Buckheit Richard F. Lanyon Brendan T. Nelligan E. Douglas Schwantes Jr. Marshall Ray Thompson 1961 William L. Gamble John A. Kuske Charles W. Larsen James A. Tambling Robert J. Wendler 1962 Ned H. Burns Bing C. Chin Darrell G. Lohmeier Stephen J. Madden III Wallace S. Prescott 1963 Robert L. Almond Norman K. Brown Jack H. Kotter William Kreutzjans Robert G. Krimmel David M. Lee John D. Mozer Allen N. Reeves 1964 Robert L. Carter Dennis R. Lagerquist James R. Levey Theodore W. Nelson Jr. Maynard A. & Mona C. Plamondon Richard L. Ruddell Russell R. Rudolph Larry M. Sur Kenneth R. Tunstall

1965 Thomas L. Boblenz S. Wayne Terry Clarence R. Warning 1966 Danny N. Burgess Marvin E. Criswell Nick L. Niestrath 1967 Mehdi Tasooji Harry J. Woods Jr. Roger W. Wright 1968 Clyde L. Anderson Bruce R. Ellingwood Fred D. MacMurdo Robert W. Nowak 1969 Jeffrey E. Anderson Harold T. Brown Harry L. Jones Arthur J. Loebach Jr. Gary R. Marine Eric C. Pahlke Michael W. Shelton 1970 Theodore M. Denning Roger R. Fitting Douglas A. Foutch Joseph M. Kaiser F. Jay Lindhjem William E. McCleish Earl J. Schroeder James E. Schwing 1971 Gregory D. Cargill Robert S. Giurato Robert W. Hahn Adisak Intaratip Stephen W. Moulton Lyle Duane Yockey 1972 Robert J. Andres Larry R. Bellisario Philip A. Gazda James A. Hanlon Kevin J. Kell George P. Meister Richard C. Reed Joseph A. Reichle Ron Sharpe 1973 Charles Barenfanger Clinton C. Mudgett James K. Wight Theodore R. Williams 1974 George A. Braam James J. Brown Robert T. Brummond Jose R. Danon Kent R. Gonser Edward C. Gray Daniel A. Guill Thomas L. Hannula Patrick W. Healy Robert W. Horvath Byung R. Kim Allen J. Staron Patrick F. Wilbur 1975 L. Jerome Benson Jack S. Dybalski Robert R. Goodrich Jr. Alan J. Hollenbeck Douglas C. Noel 1976 Dennis J. Benoit Paul H. Boening

James T. Braselton Armen Der Kiureghian Dennis W. Dreher Donald A. Jakesch Patrick Kielty Michael J. Koob Terrence L. Schaddel

1989 John W. Hackett John E. Naughton III Charles D. Zapinski

1977 Gary W. Ehlert Douglas W. Fiene John P. Kos Daniel K. Moss Donald Plotkin David A. Schoenwolf

1991 Edward William East Sophie B. Sacca

1978 Lynne C. Chicoine Jeffrey W. Lake Mary L. Miller Steve R. Raupp Timothy R. Wells

1993 Eric Andrew Dahl Hector Estrada Peter J. Prommer Mark F. Rhodes

1979 Patrick K. Callahan Thomas E. Havenar John D. Osgood Linda G. Schub 1980 James M. Casey James K. Clinard Michael D. Grimm James F. Hall Timothy J. Sheehan Ya-Hu Shen Steven J. Sieracki Joseph C. Spitek Timothy P. Tappendorf Frank R. Wengler 1981 Ronald J. Boehm Mark D. Bowman David D. Davis Clarke Lundell Thomas F. Plinke David A. Sabatini 1982 Jeffrey L. Arnold Richard M. LaBarge Ronald J. Roman David W. Snyder John A. Worley David K. Wuethrich 1983 Robert E. Bassler III Carolyn L. Eberhard William T. Grisoli Richard D. Payne Carl Weber Kathryn A. Zimmerman 1984 Delph A. Gustitus Joseph A. Jones Theodore K. Rothschild David W. Rydeen 1985 Michael J. Cronin Melissa A. Kennedy George E. Leventis William A. Rochford Peter J. Stork 1986 Andrew J. Querio 1987 Hiroshi Hayashi Kevin W. Kleemeyer Timothy G. LaGrow Steven A. Wirtel 1988 David T. Nauman

1990 Allen B. Gelderloos

1992 Jason E. Hedien Ranji S. Ranjithan

1995 Kevin R. Collins Andrea Johnson Klopfenstein 1996 Nathan F. Schwartz 1997 Matthew John Pregmon Michael M. Wieczorek 1998 Nicholas G. Golz Jennifer L. Harris John R. Hayes Jr. Andrew J. Martin Paul R. Ruscko Tony Fatjon Shkurti Amy J. Wildermuth 1999 Jason T. Balabas Jeffrey R. Hill Joshua E. Saak 2001 James Robert Klein Thomas E. Riordan Gregory Raymond Ulreich 2002 Frederick S. Wu 2004 Justin Clark Barton

Contributors CEE gratefully acknowledges the Contributors of 2008-2009. Below are those who gave up to $100 to CEE from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. FRIENDS Imad L. Al-Qadi Celeste Arbogast Bragorgos Dorothy Waymon Beldon Dorothy J. Burr Samuel H. Carpenter Margaret W. Cline Richard B. Cogdal Mark E. Dixon Loren E. Evans Charles E. Finn L. Thomas Fredrickson Steven H. Gantz Cheryl A. Gantz Jamshid Ghaboussi Jerome F. Hajjar Youssef M. Hashash Kathy Hepler Nancy Herrin David L. King

Barbara Kleiss Virginia L. Lauchner Frederick V. Lawrence Jr. Frances J. McCormick Coline T. McGehee John Miebach Brian S. Minsker Ahmed Mohideen Eberhard F. Morgenroth Martha B. Morris David F. Mulliken Gayle M. Nogle J. Roger Powell Rhonda J. Powell Robert B. Rice Margaret J. Roby Annilee A. Shaul Virginia P. Siegle Sue Summerville Nell W. Wainwright Sheree L. Waltz Mark A. Wandrey Sarah J. Watson Kenneth S. Weiss Mary J. Whitman Arnold R. Wieczorek Beverly Ann Williams Robert F. Wood Mary Peterson Yost Ruth K. Youngerman Ying Yu 1940 Albert J. Logli 1941 Robert L. Miller 1947 Chester C. Kohl Bernard J. Krotchen James Edward Stallmeyer 1948 Alfred Joseph St. Pierre 1949 Walter L. Kevern Edward R. Pershe 1950 Robert G. Currie Philip G. and Kathryn L. Dierstein Fred O. Gilbertsen Mario G. Suarez 1951 Neil M. Denbo Samuel J. Errera Norman M. Lucas Wayne V. Miller John W. Ratzki 1952 Eric A. Graepp 1953 John W. Witters 1954 Leo R. Divita 1955 William J. Mebes Stanley L. Paul 1956 Robert E. Gates Miroslaw Noyszewski Van A. Silver 1957 Robert C. Brozio Melvin Kupperman Pedro Jimenez Quinones Alexander E. Scalzitti 1958 Richard J. Beck Richard A. Davino

Crowley Scholarship will support Baker Prize winner for grad work

Carole and Walter Crowley

desire to support the education of future civil and environmental engineers prompted a new scholarship by Walter L. and Carole A. Crowley of Chicago. Walter Crowley is a law alumnus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, having earned his bachelor’s degree in commerce law in 1962 and his law degree in 1964, and the couple are long-time supporters of the law school. This time, they wanted to do something different. “We thought maybe we had helped create enough lawyers,” Crowley says. “We wanted to provide a scholarship for a student who was going to contribute more significantly to the country’s needs.” A friend who is a civil engineer put the Crowleys in contact with CEE at Illinois. The $6,000 Crowley Scholarship is awarded to the top Baker Prize winner in each graduating class who intends to pursue a graduate degree in the department. In the case of a tie, the two top students will split the award. The Crowleys have made a three-year commitment to fund this scholarship. This year, the award was split between two students: Brian Schertz (BS 08) and Adam Tate (BS 08). Schertz is currently studying structural engineering in CEE’s graduate program and doing research related to structural health monitoring, and corrosion and deterioration monitoring of steel bridges. Tate is working on his master’s degree in geotechnical engineering. His primary interest is in geotechnical earthquake engineering. After graduation in December, Tate will join Versabar Inc. in Houston, Texas. Walter Crowley spent his career as a lawyer before becoming CEO of Gould Financial and founding Guardian Financial Services Corporation. Now retired, he manages the Walter L. and Carole A. Crowley Charitable Fund. Carole Crowley is an artist. The couple’s primary philanthropic interest is education. “We think education is important—probably the most important thing that keeps a country like this going and working the way it’s supposed to,” Crowley says. i Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association—Winter 2010

Benjamin A. Jones Jr. William H. Walker

Stephen T. Sonneville Richard J. Zdanowicz

1959 Chunduri V. Chelapati C. Gordon Herrington

1972 Thomas J. Cech Kenneth L. Kulick Gary Marietta Daryl D. Moeller William W. Wuellner Jr.

1960 Harold J. Abramowski James H. Aikman Jack C. Marcellis Andrew T. Tun Frank R. Van Matre 1961 Robert F. Bradford Jr. Wayne L. Johnson Emile A. Samara Raymond E. Untrauer

CRSI funds new reinforced concrete graduate scholarship

new $3,000 scholarship will be offered annually to a CEE student who intends to pursue a graduate degree within CEE in an area related to steel reinforced concrete, thanks to a gift by the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) Education and Research Foundation of Schaumburg, Ill. Founded in 1924, CRSI is a trade association that stands as the authoritative resource for information related to steel reinforced concrete construction. Serving the needs of architects, engineers and construction professionals, CRSI offers many technical publications, design aids, software programs, educational seminars, promotional activities, membership functions and design award programs. Serving the construction market in the United States, Canada and Mexico, CRSI is headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., with regional offices located across the United States. The mission of CRSI is to maximize the use of steel reinforcement in concrete in construction. The CRSI Education and Research Foundation was established in 1989 to fund scholarships and research fellowships for engineering, architectural, design and detailing students. The purpose of the scholarships and research fellowships is to enhance understanding of steel reinforced concrete design and construction and to encourage students to seek occupations in the field of steel reinforced concrete construction, design and engineering. i

1962 Shankha K. Banerji Anthony T. Campanelli Stewart W. Johnson Joseph A. Morrone 1963 Nelson E. Funston Gerald L. Peters Richard B. Pool 1964 Paul D. Andresen Jerrold R. Asal Bruce M. Cowan John L. Saner Donald R. Sherman 1965 William M. Derby Gregory R. Erhard James M. Fisher William N. Lane Dennis R. Pipala Harold D. Weisenborn Roger L. Zebarth 1966 Charles H. Allen Allan W. Crowther Jerry R. Divine 1967 Dennis H. File Lonnie E. Haefner William S. Hennessy John G. Wolan 1968 John P. Elberti Anthony E. Fiorato Anthony G. Girolami Thomas F. Hintz H. Peter Kaleta 1969 Thomas A. Boroni Gary N. Cantrell Daniel W. Halpin Jerome E. Heinz Alfred G. Kalus 1970 William D. Berg Larry A. Cooper Robert L. Fark Jerome F. Thibeaux Roy K. Yamashiro 1971 Peter A. Lenzini Dennis D. Niehoff William A. Rettberg Francisco Silva-Tulla

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1973 Eugene D. Brenning Mark A. Koelling Larry J. Rhutasel Terry J. Rosapep Joseph W. Wuellner 1974 Daniel P. Abrams James E. Knuckey Stephen A. Leiber Gary A. Rogers

Charles E. Gullakson John M. Heinz David E. McCleary Brian E. Peck Daniel C. Powers Steve R. Synovitz 1984 Amy M. Schutzbach 1985 Brian T. Aoki Brian M. Bottomley 1986 Thomas D. Knox Edmund H. Tupay Jr. 1988 Kevin J. Ahern David R. Heselbarth Lisa J. Taccola

1975 David V. Bubenick Michael P. Fallon James P. Hall Douglas W. Ounanian

1989 James A. Geades

1976 Michael J. Doerfler Lawrence A. Kulman Jr. Edward B. LaBelle Mark E. Meranda David E. Rensing Edward N. Wade

1991 Ronald Michael Hubrich Joseph L. Olson

1977 John H. Michael David M. Olson Mark W. Randolph Richard G. Stratton Jr. George T. Wozny Charles A. Zalesiak

1993 Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis David T. Lewandowski

1978 John P. Coombe Mary J. Erio Richard C. Frankenfield Neil A. Parikh John R. Wolosick 1979 Richard P. Byrne Thomas K. Connery Robert B. Doxsee 1980 Keith W. Benting Michael S. Cheney Jay E. Jessen Carl M. Nagata Daniel J. Rubel Robert H. Sues George Ziska Jr. 1981 Fariborz Barzegar-Jamshidi Richard M. Bennett Neil H. Harris Martin E. Millburg Richard A. Nack Gregory G. Pankow 1982 Jeffrey W. Darling Mark S. Engelen Thomas S. Palansky Robin L. Warren Kevin M. Wilson Mark S. Wylie 1983 David L. Greifzu

1990 Steven P. Fessenbecker

1992 Daniel F. Burke Sava S. Nedic

1994 Gregory B. Heckel Cheryl E. Rottmann Johnson Julie A. Lomax Bryan J. McDermott 1995 Neal L. Banerjee James D. Mitchell Earl C. Peterson 1996 Brian S. Heil John A. Kerrigan 1997 Jeffrey B. Naumann Keri A. Nebes Tracy L. Willer 1999 Nathan David Rau William L. Simonton 2001 Eric O. Johnson Kyle A. Kershaw 2002 Alexander S. Garbe Beida Xie 2009 Matthew C F Johnson Patrick Johnston Kim Manning Brian K. Schertz

Old Masters

Engineering giants of the department’s history Nathan M. Newmark

1910-1981 Educator, international engineering leader, consultant

By Professors Emeritus William H. Hall and John D. Haltiwanger

athan M. Newmark was born in Plainfield, N.J., on September 22, 1910. He attended Rutgers University and as an undergraduate received many prizes, graduating with High Honors and Special Honors in Civil Engineering in 1930. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1932 and 1934. Newmark held a succession of positions in the department, becoming Research Professor of Civil Engineering in 1943. From 1947 to 1957 he also served as Chairman of the University’s Digital Computer Laboratory. In 1956 he was appointed head of the CE department and held that position until 1973. He continued as a Professor of Civil Engineering until 1976, at which time he retired with the rank of Professor Emeritus. During World War II, Newmark was a consultant to the National Defense Research Committee and the Office of Field Service of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. For his service he was awarded the President’s Certificate of Merit in 1948. Newmark was a Founding Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1964, and was elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1966. His numerous honors include the 1968 Nation-

al Medal of Science from President Lyndon B. Johnson; the prestigious Washington Award (1969), an award given collectively by the major engineering societies of the United States; the John Fritz Medal (1979); and the 16th Gold Medal in the 57-year history of the Institution of Structural Engineers of Great Britain (1980). Only one other American engineer has received this latter medal, namely Hardy Cross who had served on this faculty previously. Newmark received numerous other honors, awards and citations. His publications include more than 200 books and papers. Newmark developed simple, yet powerful and widely used, methods for analyzing complex structural components and

quake design consultant—during the 1957 and 1985 Mexico City earthquakes attests to his insight and ability. Design criteria for the military protective construction program within the United States, nuclear reactor facilities in the United States and abroad, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System, the transAlaska oil pipeline, large dams throughout the world, and other major structures and systems have been based on his personal studies and on the reports and publications prepared by him and his associates. It is no accident that there grew up around Newmark one of the most active research centers in civil engineering in the country and one of the nation’s largest groups of advanced students in civil engineering. The alumni of this Newmark possessed an unusual ability to at- group have assumed broad tract young people to the field of civil engineer- leadership in education, indusing, to inspire them with the confidence to un- try and government and in the dertake new and varied tasks, to guide but not technical work of the armed direct their thinking, and to ensure that as in- services. Newmark possessed dividuals they received appropriate recognition. an unusual ability to attract young people to the field of assemblies under a variety of conditions of civil engineering, to inspire them with the loading and for calculating the stresses and confidence to undertake new and varied deformations in soil beneath foundations. tasks, to guide but not direct their thinkHe contributed significantly to a better un- ing, and to ensure that as individuals they derstanding of the behavior of structural received appropriate recognition. His penmaterials under various environments in- etrating insight, keen engineering judgcluding fatigue and brittle fracture. He add- ment, and genuine interest in people were ed materially to knowledge of the behavior a constant source of inspiration to all who and design of highway bridge decks and had the privilege of working with him. A more comprehensive summary of floor slabs in buildings and structures subjected to impact, periodic excitation, wave Newmark’s career appears in “No Boundaries: University of Illinois Vignettes” (U of I action, wind, blast and earthquakes. Industrial organizations and govern- Press, 2004) edited by Linda Hoddeson. Nathan Newmark died on January 25, mental agencies sought Newmark’s consultation on major seismic, structural and 1981. His wife, Anne May (Cohen) Newgeotechnical projects. The survival without mark, died several years later. He is survived damage of the 43-story Latino Americana by three children: Richard Newmark, Susan Tower—on which Newmark was earth- Mayfield and Linda Bylander. i Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association—Winter 2010

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