Building Better Bridges
America has an infrastructure problem, and Ömer Bilgin, associate professor, has received an Ohio Department of Transportation grant to help solve bridge problems.
Sabbatical reflections: Teaching and collaborating in Turkey and Russia
Carnegie Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Eustace.
Dr. Deogratias Eustace, associate professor, was awarded a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship. He'll collaborate with the University of Dar es Salaam and with Dr. Hannibal Bwire, Department of Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering, on Curriculum Co-development for a Graduate Transportation Engineering Program, which will engage scholars born in Africa and now based in the United States, Canada or Africa.
U.S. Patent
Dr. Elias Toubia, assistant professor, receives U.S. patent #9109354 for Rapid Assembly of a Modular Structure.
Roundabout Safety
Dr. Deogratias Eustace, associate professor, and director, University of Dayton Transportation Group, discussed the safety of roundabouts with the Springfield News and Sun, "Roundabouts improve safety, but plan divides Springfield drivers."
Outstanding Paper Award
Congratulations to Elias Toubia, assistant professor, as recipient of The Masonry Society Journal Outstanding Paper Award for "In-Plane Loading of Brick Veneer over Wood Shear Walls."