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This large, comprehensive program boasts world-class faculty, a dynamic research program, and strong ties to industry and government agencies.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="tile w110 white-box " id="tile8220" data-tileid="8220" > <div class="wrapper py-5"> <div class="lower maxwidth1140 " id="lower8220"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md column1 " > <h2 id="degrees">Degrees Offered</h2> <ul> <li>B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering)</li> <li>M.S. Degree in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering)</li> <li>Ph.D. Degree in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering)</li> <li>Professional M.S. (1-yr program)</li> <li>M.S. Degree Online</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="tile w110 white-box " id="tile8231" data-tileid="8231" > <div class="wrapper py-3"> <div class="lower maxwidth1140 " id="lower8231"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md column1 " > <h2>Learn More About the Transportation Engineering Program</h2> <div> <p>Four high-profile research centers enhance the curriculum of the transportation engineering program and offer students the opportunity to participate in research with significant impact on society. The<strong> <a href="http://ict.illinois.edu/">Illinois Center for Transportation</a> (ICT)</strong>, a research center operated in partnership with the Illinois Department of Transportation, is headquartered within CEE at Illinois. Also headquartered in the department is the Center of Excellence for Airport Technology, funded by the O’Hare Modernization Program and the Federal Aviation Administration.</p> <p>Two of the centers are rail related. The<strong> <a href="http://railtec.illinois.edu/">Rail Transportation and Engineering Center</a></strong> <strong>(RailTEC)</strong> at Illinois is the largest and oldest in North America, providing leadership in research and curriculum development. The <strong><a href="http://www.nurailcenter.org/index.php">National University Rail (NURail) Center</a></strong> is a rail-focused seven-university consortium led by RailTEC and is a Tier-1 University Transportation Center under the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research & Technology program working to improve and expand rail education, research, workforce development and technology transfer.</p> <p>The department maintains a 47-acre research facility for large-scale experimentation and testing, the <strong><a href="https://ict.illinois.edu/about/facilities">Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Laboratory</a></strong> <strong>(ATREL)</strong>, located 20 minutes from campus in Rantoul, Ill. In addition to 60,000 square feet of laboratories, ATREL’s state-of-the-art equipment includes the world’s largest pavement and rail assembly testing device. </p> <p>Research interests of the Transportation Engineering faculty include:</p> <ul> <li>Pavements and transportation materials</li> <li>Mechanical testing and characterization of asphalt binders and mixtures</li> <li>Pavement mechanics, modeling, assessment and performance prediction</li> <li>Pavement instrumentation</li> <li>Full-scale accelerated testing</li> <li>Nondestructive testing</li> <li>Traffic flow modeling and simulation</li> <li>Transportation system analysis</li> <li>Traffic control</li> <li>Highway safety</li> <li>Traffic operation</li> <li>Accident studies</li> <li>Finite element analysis</li> <li>Railroad applications of machine vision</li> <li>Railroad infrastructure maintenance and management planning</li> <li>Transportation and supply network operations</li> <li>Logistics systems</li> <li>Insfrastructure system management</li> <li>Ultra-thin whitetopping</li> <li>Fiber-reinforced concrete</li> <li>Fatigue and fracture of concrete</li> <li>Flexible pavement analysis and design</li> <li>Testing and modeling of aggregates and soils</li> </ul> <p><strong>Visit the Transportation Engineering website:  </strong><a href="https://transportation.cee.illinois.edu/">transportation.cee.illinois.edu</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="tile w110 white-box " id="tile8190" data-tileid="8190" > <div class="wrapper py-5"> <div class="lower maxwidth1140 " id="lower8190"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md column1 " > <h2 id="faculty">Related Faculty</h2> <div class="directory-list directory-list-3"><div class="item person cat15 cee" id="id7097" data-experts-key="imad-l-al-qadi" data-netid="alqadi" data-dept=" cee" data-unit="cee"> <div class="photo" style="background-image: url(//ws.engr.illinois.edu/directory/viewphoto.aspx?id=7097&s=400&type=portrait)"></div> <div class="details"> <div class="name"><a href="/directory/profile/alqadi">Imad Al-Qadi</a></div> <div class="pronouns hide-empty" data-value="10">he/him/his</div> <div class="title">Professor</div> <div class="contact"> <div class="phone"> <a href="tel:(217) 265-0427" aria-label="Call (217) 265-0427"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fa fa-phone fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </div> <div class="email hide-empty" data-value="alqadi@illinois.edu"> <a href="mailto:alqadi@illinois.edu" aria-label="Send email to alqadi@illinois.edu"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="item person cat15 cee" id="id7105" data-experts-key="christopher-paul-lyman-barkan" data-netid="cbarkan" data-dept=" cee" data-unit="cee"> <div class="photo" style="background-image: url(//ws.engr.illinois.edu/directory/viewphoto.aspx?id=7105&s=400&type=portrait)"></div> <div class="details"> <div class="name"><a href="/directory/profile/cbarkan">Christopher P. 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