World-leading expert in pavement and transportation engineering gives guest lecture on the future of transportation science at UWL
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UWL’s Faringdon Research Centre for Non-Destructive Testing and Remote Sensing hosted Professor Imad Al-Qadi, the Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Director of the Illinois Center for Transportation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
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Professor Al-Qadi is a founding member of the Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE). He delivered an informative and inspiring talk on the outlook for transportation engineering.
His presentation covered the latest scientific and technological developments in the sector at UIUC, as well as transformative innovation policy aspects in pavement engineering that are driving changes in society, the economy and the environment.
The day of knowledge exchange concluded with a presentation on the Faringdon Centre's activities in the Remote Sensing sector, from Professor Fabio Tosti, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Centre. Attendees included academics and members of the Faringdon Centre and students from UWL’s School of Computing and Engineering.
Professor Tosti said,
It is exciting to see such an esteemed colleague and a legendary academic in pavement and transportation science to visit us and share latest developments at the University of Illinois. It was insightful to see Professor Al-Qadi presenting a fully comprehensive program of research covering from small-scale aspects up to strategic development goals and a big opportunity of knowledge sharing for the Faringdon Centre.”
Saeed Parnow, a second year PhD student with the School of Computing and Engineering, who attended the event, said:
It was inspiring to attend Professor Al-Qadi’s presentation. As a PhD student in ground penetrating radar science, I was thrilled to learn about the transformative research programs at UIUC and how specialist research findings can evolve into new industrial applications.”
Knowledge exchange is crucial for the advancement of research and academic communities, and this special visit has furthered understanding of the future of transportation engineering. UWL would like to extend thanks to Professor Imad Al-Qadi for his invaluable contribution.
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