Center of Excellence for Airport Technology OMP Project Meeting, July 14, 2005 David Lange...

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Center of Excellence for Airport Technology

OMP Project Meeting, July 14, 2005

David LangeDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign





CEAT welcomes you to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• The #1 CEE Department (US News Survey)

• 450 undergrads; 420 grad students– 5700 in College; 39,000 in

University

• 46 tenure-track faculty– Transportation, Materials,

Geotechnical, Structures, Environmental Eng., Hydrology, Construction Management



OMP, FAA and UIUC in partnership

OMP FAA

Subgrade issues

Materials & Pavements

Outreach

Subgrade & pavements

Wildlife issues

Anti-icing

Outreach



OMP and FAA

Common technical goalsComplementary outreach

Leveraged effort Enhanced visibility



News from our FAA partner• FAA sponsor is at Wm J. Hughes Technical Center,

Atlantic City, NJ– AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY R & D BRANCH – Contacts:

• Pat Watts, Director of COE Programs• Satish Agrawal, Branch Manager• David Brill, FAA COE Program Manager

• MOA Extension has been approved to sustain CEAT beyond the 10th anniversary (i.e. Sep 30, 2005 is 10th anniversary of original FAA funding)

• FY2005 Program approved and funded ($467,000)



Schedule for Today10:00 Introduction — David Lange

10:30 Stabilization of Subgrade — Marshall Thompson

11:00 Raw Materials — Leslie Struble

11:30 PCC Mix Design — Jeff Roesler

12:00 Box Lunch and Poster Session

1:00 Outreach

2:00 Discussion about 2005-6 Work Plan3:00 CEAT Advisory Meeting (Lange, Arman, Anderson, Depa, Hanlon)



UIUC teamFaculty and Staff• Marshall Thompson• Jeff Roesler• Erol Tutumluer• Leslie Struble• John Popovics• Sam Carpenter• Bill Buttlar• Barry Dempsey• Minosca Alcantara• Eve Earles• Vicki Dixon

UIUC Students:• Francis Nelson III• Zach Grasley• Rob Rodden• Cristian Gaedicke• Salvador Villalobos• Harkanwal S. Brar• Pat Hodina



Recap & Highlights

• OMP sponsored work began Sep 2004; funding in place in Oct 2004

• Major meetings: Oct 2004 kickoff; Feb 2005 Program Review at OMP

• Three technical projects now underway– subgrade, materials, and pavements– 19 Tech Notes completed



Pre-Feb Tech Notes• TN1: OMP Technical Note Overview and Guidelines• TN2: PCC Mix Design• TN3: Fiber Reinforced Concrete for Airfield Rigid Pavements• TN4: Feasibility of Shrinkage Reducing Admixtures for Concrete

Runway Pavements• TN5: K-150 Considerations for RW 9-27• TN6: Subgrade Strength/Stiffness Evaluation• TN7: "Working Platform" Requirements for Pavement

Construction• TN8: Subgrade Stability Manual (IDOT)• TN9: Freeze Thaw Performance of Coarse Aggregate• TN10: Summary of IDOT & ASTM Specifications for Coarse

Aggregate Gradation



Feb-Jul Tech Notes• TN11: Measurement of Water Content in Fresh Concrete Using

the Microwave Method• TN12: Guiding Principles of OMP PCC Mix Design• TM13: Moisture Limitations for Lime Stabilization• TN14: Admixture Stabilization (Lime Treatment of Subgrades)• TN15: Evaluation, Testing and Comparison between Crushed

Manufactured Sand and Natural Sand• TN16: Concrete Mix Design Specification Evaluation• TN17: PCC Mix Design Phase 1• TN18: Analysis of the Suitability of Soils at OHare to Support

Turfgrass Growth• TN19: Analysis of Stockpiled Soils at OHare



Recap & Highlights (cont.)• Outreach activities

– Outreach Coordinator: Minosca Alcantara– Contractor outreach– Tech transfer activities -- Brown Bag Lunch; Tech

Transfer Symposium on Instrumentation– Student programs -- Pre-college, college, interns

• Administrative – Asst to Director: Vicki Dixon – Nifty website by Pat Hodina– New office area opened in May 2005



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