We are pleased to announce that Dr. Halil Ceylan has been awarded the 2023 Robert Horonjeff Award by the Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).The award, named in honor of Robert Horonjeff, recognizes outstanding achievements in and contributions to the advancement of the field of air transportation engineering.
Dr. Halil Ceylan, a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and an Endowed Professor of Iowa State University. He has exhibited exemplary leadership and made significant contributions to the advancement of air transportation engineering. Dr. Ceylan is currently the founding Director of the Program for Sustainable Pavement Engineering and Research (PROSPER) within the Institute for Transportation (InTrans) at Iowa State University (ISU) and the Site Director for Iowa University of the Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability (PEGASAS), FAA’s Center of Excellence for General Aviation.
Dr. Ceylan' research has been transformative and has resulted in publishing two US patents and the creation of the world’s first electrically conductive concrete heated pavement test site at Des Moines International Airport in Iowa.
He will receive this prestigious award in person at the ASCE International Conference on Transportation & Development 2024 (ICTD 2024) in Atlanta, Georgia, in June 2024.
Read more about the award and Dr. Ceylan in the news article from ASCE here.