Dynatest Consulting Inc. is the world’s leading commercial developer of the falling weight deflectometer technology, which is used to measure pavement structural properties. Kurt Keifer (Senior Vice President) and Phil Donovan (Senior Engineering) will be speaking on Thursday, October, 22 about “A Novel Approach to Accelerated Pavement Testing Using FWD” Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.

There will also be a demonstration of their FWD technology in the Crane Bay from 2:00-3:00pm.

To join the seminar online, please click here for information.

For more information you can contact Rebekah Yang (ryyang3@illinois.edu)

Professor Khazanovich from the University of Minnesota will be joining us next Thursday ( October, 15, 2015) for the Kent Seminar series. He will be speaking about “Mechanistic-Empirical Design of Concrete Pavements; Past, Present, and Future.” Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.

There will be a Meet ‘n’ Greet session from 1:30-2:00pm with students at ATREL afterward.

To join online, please click here for information.

For more information you can contact Rebekah Yang (ryyang3@illinois.edu).

Professor Fries from Southern Illinois University will be joining us next Thursday ( October, 8, 2015) for the Kent Seminar series.He will be speaking about “Real-Time Traveler Information Research: Is IDOT freeway information accurate?” Pizza and drinks will be provided

There will be a Meet ‘n’ Greet session with students at ATREL afterward at 1:30 P.M.

To join online, please click here for information.

For more information please contact Mohammed Sawalha (sawalha2@illinois.edu).

We will be watching “America Revealed: Nation on the Move” Wednesday (October, 7,2015) at 6:15 P.M. in Newmark Rm 2310. There will be a $5 subsidized dinner from Pancheros. Please RSVP for dinner here by Sunday evening.Please email Di (dwu13@illinois.edu ) for more information.

We have an invite to see precast concrete slab replacement on Algonquin Road in Barrington IL next Friday September 18. They will be removing existing concrete around 7am and installing new slabs around 10am.Please contact John Kulikowski (kulikow2@illinois.edu) for more information.

Our first outside Kent Seminar speaker is Professor Amlan Mukherjee from Michigan Tech. His talk will be in the ATREL classroom at 12:30pm next Thursday September 17. We will have a Meet ‘n’ Greet session with him immediate after.

Meet ‘n’ Greet with Professor Karim Chatti

Thursday, April 30, 2:00 – 3:00 PM at the ATREL Classroom*

Come and join us after the Kent Seminar, to welcome Professor Karim Chatti. He is a Professor at Michigan State University, and specializes in pavement dynamics, vehicle-pavement interaction, pavement roughness, long-term pavement performance, and pavement health monitoring and non-destructive evaluation. Take advantage of this opportunity to have a direct and friendly conversation with him and ask any question regarding his professional work and/or path to career success. See you there!

*Note: The Advanced Transportation Research Engineering Laboratory (ATREL) is off-campus and the address is 1611 Titan Drive Rantoul, IL 61866.

For any questions, please contact Tamim Khan (aukhan2@illinois.edu).