The 2025 TRANS-IPIC UTC Workshop is in just four days! If you're registered, check out the updated agenda and get excited! ws.dev.engr.illinois.edu/sit… #amazingutcs

At the 2025 TRANS-IPIC UTC Workshop April 22-23, we're highlighting the research of PIs and students from five universities. From @LifeatPurdue, we welcome Professors Mirian Velay-Lizancos, Chengcheng Tao, and Pablo Zavattieri! Register now! ws.dev.engr.illinois.edu/sit…

At the 2025 TRANS-IPIC UTC Workshop April 22-23, we're highlighting the #precast #concrete #engineering research of PIs and students from five universities. From @UTSA, we welcome Professor Samer Dessouky! Register now! ws.dev.engr.illinois.edu/sit…

At the 2nd annual TRANS-IPIC UTC Workshop April 22- 23, Carey Cornwell will present on the use of architectural formliners to transform plain concrete into beautiful, sustainable structures. Register now! ws.dev.engr.illinois.edu/sit…

The 2025 TRANS-IPIC UTC Workshop agenda is now available! Check out our amazing array of experts from across the #precast #concrete #infrastructure and #engineering industries and from five universities. Hear from these innovative voices April 22-23! ws.dev.engr.illinois.edu/sit…

This study aims to develop a smart monitoring system in #precast #concrete for real-time health condition using embedded sensors. The monitoring system can provide the health condition and risk information of the composite reinforcement. Register now! ws.dev.engr.illinois.edu/sit…

Interested in the latest innovative research on #precast #concrete in #transportation #infrastructure? TRANS-IPIC's February Research Webinar recording is now available on our website! Watch the webinar and fill out the form to earn PDH. trans-ipic.illinois.edu/Febr…

A new @TRANSIPIC project funded by @Research_USDOT develops an innovative #infrastructure repair method using smart materials (shape memory bars)! linkedin.com/posts/bassem-an…

Want to learn more about cutting-edge research for #precast #concrete in #transportation #infrastructure? Check out the TRANS-IPIC University Transportation Center monthly research webinar for June, available here: lnkd.in/g36U7BzF

Our new paper on a novel precast truss system with #sma reinforcement linkedin.com/posts/bassem-an…

Had great time this week at the 1st Annual Workshop of the @TRANSIPIC University Transportation Center #utc #usdot

TRANS-IPIC February 2024 Webinar linkedin.com/posts/trans-ipi…

The TRANS-IPIC University Transportation Center (UTC) is holding its 1st Annual Workshop on 04/22. TRANS-IPIC researchers will share their research and how it could shape Transportation infrastructure through #precast #concrete innovations. Workshop info: trans-ipic.illinois.edu/work…

Thanks to @NASEMTRB, watch the super-hot New Materials for Infrastructure: Reinventing the Roadway, Runway, and Railway Panel with @USDOT @SecretaryPete, Deputy Assistant Sec for Research Dr. Robert Hampshire, and leading innovators in this space. bit.ly/3TUrDwY #TRBAM

This is your reminder that Cleopatra lived closer in time to today than she did to the construction of the Pyramids of Giza. They are impossibly old. More mind-blowing facts about the world's most enigmatic structures: 1. They are aligned to true north with incredible accuracy. The Great Pyramid is just 3.4 arcminutes off perfect alignment, or precision of ~1 millimeter per meter of the length of its base. 2. The Great Pyramid was the tallest building in the world for around 3,800 years, until it was surpassed by Lincoln Cathedral in the 14th century. 3. They do not contain any hieroglyphs or paintings, nor were any burial treasures or mummies found within. By contrast, the tombs at the Valley of the Kings are decorated with intricate hieroglyphic texts and artworks from floor to ceiling. 4. They were once covered in gleaming white limestone casing stones (as pictured). Some researchers also think the capstones at the top were plated with precious metals. 5. ~2.3 million stone blocks make up the Great Pyramid, averaging 2.5 tons in weight. Quarrying these with little else than copper saws, chisels and pounding stones, then transporting and lifting them into place, is the most remarkable engineering feat ever accomplished. 6. The casing stones and inner chamber blocks of the Great Pyramid were fit together with such high precision that a knife's edge cannot fit between them. 7. The Great Pyramid weighs nearly 6 million tons in total. Today, the only structures exceeding this are the Great Wall of China and the Three Gorges Dam. 8. When Napoleon visited the Great Pyramid in the late 18th century, he (correctly) calculated that it contained enough material for a 10-foot high wall around the entire perimeter of mainland France. 9. Of the thousands of hieroglyphs found across Egypt, none of them mention how the pyramids were built or how the Egyptians cut stone. In fact, there are very few Ancient Egyptian texts found which mention the pyramids at all.

@TRANSIPIC is at @highways_usa in Dallas. Stop by booth 615 and say hi!

TRANS-IPIC is a @highways_usa exhibitor, Oct 4-5, in Dallas, TX. Center Director @BassemAndrawes will lead the roundtable discussion ‘Improving durability and extending the life of transportation infrastructure’ (Oct 4th @ 1:20 PM). We look forward to seeing at booth 615!

Yesterday, members of the TRANS-IPIC University Transportation Center had the honor of meeting with and presenting to United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin during their visit to the UIUC campus.