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Civil Data Systems
Self-Guided Audio Tour of Chicago Infrastructure
ITI's Summer High School Infrastructure Camp
Northwestern University ASCE Spring 2007 San Francisco Infrastructure Tour
Northwestern University ASCE Chapter
A Look at NUCu Steel
Professor Joseph Schofer's Panama Lecture Website
The Midwest Bridge Working Group
The Northeast Bridge Maintenance Working Group
NEWS
ZDenek bazant elected american academy of arts & sciences fellow- 5/9/2008
Five Northwestern University faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers. One of these faculty members is ITI Researcher Professor Zdenek Bazant
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director joseph schofer on nbc news - 4/28/2008
Institute Director Joseph Schofer was interviewed for the NBC evening news on April 28, for a new series called "Falling Apart." The series discusses America's failling infrastructure.: Falling Apart: NBC News
The Infrastructure Crisis - A Special Report - 2/6/2008
Last month, ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine published a special report on the collapse of I-35W over the Mississippi River in Minnesota. The lengthy report discusses the nationwide infrastructure crisis, the various elements that have caused these ongoing problems, and some possible solutions. This report was created with commentary from some of the nations leading experts on infrastructure. ITI Founding director David Schulz and ITI Research Associate Charles Dowding were both quoted in this article. Full text of the article can be viewed here: The Infrastructure Crisis: By Robert L. Reid
Director Joseph Schofer recently gave a talk on travel, transportation, and energy efficiency. You can view the slides here.
Professor Richard J. Finno Receives Civil Engineer of the Year Award from ASCE Illinois Section - October 24, 2007
ITI Researcher Richard J. Finno received the Civil Engineer of the Year Award at the 91st Annual Dinner Meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers at the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom on October 24, 2007.
Inaugural William O. Lipinski Symposium on Transportation Policy is online - October 18, 2007
The Inaugural William O. Lipinski Symposium on Transportation Policy was a forum to connect decision-makers with transportation experts from around the state and world, and build consensus on policies for state and federal action in 2007, 2009 and beyond. Former U.S. Rep. William O. Lipinski opened the forum named in his honor. U.S. Rep. James Oberstar, chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, was an inspirational keynote speaker at lunch. The first panel of speakers highlighted the worsening conditions of our region's fragile infrastructure, instable funding mechanisms and governing structure. The second and third panels addressed innovative policy and technological tools and illustrated examples of successful practices from across the globe. The fourth panel of local leaders featured remarks on the days proceedings and an intimate question and answer session with conference participants on the current funding debate and the future of transportation in the six-county region. Full video and audio coverage of the event will be available and online in the next two weeks. Speaker presentations are available here.
Former US Representative William O. Lipinski shared a few words in memory of the late ITI Director David Schulz at the inaugural William O. Lipinski Symposium on Transporataion Policy. View the video here.
ITI at fmgm conference in boston, ma - september 21, 2007
The Geo-Institute of ASCE is holding the 7th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics. The conference will be held in Boston, Massachusetts during September 24-27, 2007, and will showcase professionals, equipment, methods, and organizations associated with making field performance measurements to help manage risks in the design, construction and operation of engineered facilities. 6 papers were accepted to the conference from ITI researchers and staff, and Professors Charles Dowding and Richard Finno, and ITI Research Engineer David Kosnik will be presenting papers at the conference.
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Papers:
Charles H. Dowding: Response of Historic Structure to Long-term Environmental and Construction Vibration Effects
Charles H. Dowding: Multi-Hop Wireless Crack Measurement For Control Of Construction Vibrations
David Kosnik: Internet-Enabled Geotechnical Data Exchange
David Kosnik: Case Studies in Integrated Autonomous Remote Monitoring
Richard J. Finno: Real Time Monitoring at the Olive 8 Excavation
Richard J. Finno: Use of Monitoring Data to Update Performance Predictions of Supported Excavations
New Civil Data Systems website
Civil Data Systems, an ITI spinoff company has launched a newly designed web site. The web site features information about the company and a variety of project success stories. View the new website here.
Next Stop: Transit Chaos - August 27, 2007
David Schulz, ITI Director, and Joseph Schofer, Associate Dean of the McCormick School of Engineering, have written an article for the Chicago Tribune titled "Next Stop: Transit Chaos."More >
Crack's in the finance: don't fear, but you're going to have to pay - august 11, 2007
ITI director David Schulz has a new Article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted August 11, 2007 about the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis on August 1, the current state of bridges in Wisconsin, and how this event will affect us in the future. More >
Problem Bridge was fixed in 2005 - August 8, 2007
Former Cheif Research Engineer of the ITI Research Engineering Group David Prine was quoted in the Sacramento Bee's article "Problem bridge' was fixed in '05." The article discusses the fracture critical Bryte Bend Bridge in Sacramento, CA, which carries 80,000 vehicles a day, and has more than 700 stress cracks. This article comes in light of the recent Minneapolis bridge collapse over I-35W. Bryte Bend is also the former site of an ITI research project. View the article.
iti's self-guided infrastructure audio tour: - july 25, 2007
For the past few years, ITI has worked with EDC students to create a self-guided audio tour of infrastructure in downtown Chicago. Two versions of this tour are available for testing. More >
Professor Jan d. achenbach receives the national medal of science - may 29, 2007
Professor Jan D. Achenbach, Walter P. Murphy Professor and Distinguished McCormick School Professor of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics has been awarded the 2005 National Medal of Science. The awards were announced yesterday by President Bush. Achenbach and seven other researchers will receive the medal at a White House ceremony later this year. More >
DAN HOGAN NAMED Practitioner Advisor of the Year by Region 3 of the American Society of Civil Engineers - may 15, 2007
ITI is proud to announce that staff member Dan Hogan has been named Practitioner Advisor of the Year by Region 3 of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This award recognizes Dan's tireless work in helping Northwestern ASCE chapter members in shaping and implementing a vibrant chapter program, directly producing educational activities, and helping put together and teaching a computer-aided design and drafting course sequence.
panama canal lecture website now viewable
Professor Joseph Schofer was asked by the Northwestern University Alumni Association to give a series of lectures on the Panama Canal recently while on trip through the canal. ITI has created a Panama Canal website dedicated to these presentations to allow public access to them.
New high performance steel
New high performance NUCu Steel developed with funding from the Infrastructure Technology Institute is featured in the September 1st, 2006 article "IDOT Uses High-Performance Steel Developed at Northwestern". ITI Director David Schulz was quoted in the article as well. The official IDOT press release is available here ( PDF).
Church street bridge reconstruction photos
ITI sponsored a Northwestern ASCE Chapter trip to view and document the Church Street Bridge Reconstruction. You can view the photos here.
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