Meet ‘n’ Greet series

UIUC alumni Dr. Jake Hiller is our next Kent Seminar speaker from Michigan Technological University. He will be presenting on Thursday, march 15, 2016. He will be speaking on the “Understanding Permanent and Reversible Moisture Warping in Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements“. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided at 12pm.

There will be a post-talk Meet ‘n’ Greet session with the speaker from 1:30-2:00pm.

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

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

Networking at T.H.E. conference

A few of the board members from the professional ASCE T&DI Illinois Chapter will be attending the T.H.E. conference next weekend. If you are interested in meeting with them, we are arranging an informal meet-up during the Monday night Fish Fry and/or Tuesday Evening mixer.

The annual Illinois Transportation and Highway Engineering (T.H.E.) Conference is free for students!

Please contact Rebekah (ryyang3@illinios.edu) for more information.

Basic MTALAB 1

We are hosting a series of Saturday Workshops in the spring 2016 semester. These workshops are intended to be introductory workshops. All sessions will be hosted by T&DI graduate student who will be sharing basic concepts of the topic as well as applications that they have found useful in their research area.

Please use this link to get information about the workshops.

The first Workshop is in February, 27, 2016.

Feel free to contact us with your comments and questions.

Meet ‘n’ Greet series

Professor Wang ,from Virginia Tech, is our next Kent Seminar speaker on Thursday, February, 11, 2016. He will be speaking on the “Computer-Aided Mix Design: Current Status and Future Perspective“. Pizza and drinks will be provided at 12pm.

There will be a post-talk Meet ‘n’ Greet session with the speaker from 1:30-2:00pm.

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

For more information, Please contact Rebakah yang (ryyang3@illinois.edu).

ASCE T&DI GSO general meeting

Our spring semester first general meeting is on Thursday January 28, 2016 at 5:30 PM. in Newmark Room 2310.

We would like to have a brief meeting to share some of our upcoming Spring events, including the Spring Kent Seminar series, a bowling social, and a tour of the Caterpillar Museum in Peoria. Please join us!

Pizza will be provided.

Contact Rebekah (ryyang3@illinois.edu) for more information.

Abbott Power Plant tour

Abbott Power Plant on campus is having an open house this Friday ( November, 6th) at 2:00 P.M.. They will be giving a 45 min tour of the facilities featuring an up-close look at the gas turbines, history wall, emission control technologies, boilers, and steam tunnels. There will be refreshments and an opportunity to interact with staff.

If interested, please register for the 2:00pm tour here. The facility is at Oak and Armory (map).

Contact Rebekah (ryyang3@illinois.edu) for more information.

Meet n Greet series

Professor Ceylan is from Iowa State University where he is the director of the Institute of Transportation’s Program for Sustainable Pavement Engineering and Research (PROSPER). Professor Ceylan will be speaking on the Implementation and local calibration of mechanistic-based pavement design in Iowa.” during the Kent seminar series on Thursday October, 29, 2015. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.

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

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

For more information, please contact rebekah (ryyang3@illinois.edu)