Civil engineering professor rewarded for asphalt work Civil engineering professor emeritus Thomas Kennedy has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Modified Asphalt Producers.
Kennedy said Monday that he oversaw the $50 million endeavor known as the Strategic Highway Research Program, combining research from the University of California at Berkeley, Texas A&M, Auburn and Pennsylvania State universities.
Transportation engineering professor Randy Machemehl said Kennedy is a primary asphalt expert in the world.
His contributions increase road safety through "better skid resistance in all weather conditions," Machemehl said.
"The idea was to make the pavements perform well for longer periods of time," Kennedy said.
Machemehl said Kennedy's discoveries have been put to use worldwide.
- Amie Glover
Transportation engineering grad student D.C.-bound Transportation engineering graduate student Alison Conway was selected to attend the 2008 Eno Leadership Development Conference in Washington, D.C.
Conway will be one of 20 graduate students selected for the conference. During the weeklong event, students will participate in a mock congressional hearing and meet with leaders in the U.S. Department of Transportation along with leaders from public and private transportation organizations.
"Although I am an engineering student, my research is very policy-focused, so I am really looking forward to learning more about the transportation policy development process," Conway said.
The conference is hosted by the Eno Transportation Foundation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve ground, water and air transportation.
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