January 29, 2004

Faculty honors

Frank S. Koppelman, professor of civil and environmental engineering, received the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Assoc-iation for Travel Behavior Research at its annual meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The award is given to an individual who has made fundamental and sustained contributions to travel behavior research over a career and has influenced the field through writings, teaching, and service.

In particular, Koppelman was recognized for being a pioneer in the formulation and use of statistical pattern recognition techniques, market research techniques and advanced discrete choice models for travel behavior analysis, and for the impact he has had on the field by nurturing a new generation of quality educators and researchers.

Koppelman’s research interests are in the development and application of advanced logit models to the study of urban and intercity travel demand. Currently he is developing and refining activity-based travel models, models of intercity passenger travel behavior and models of air traveler preferences for carriers, schedules and classes.

Raymond J. Krizek, Stanley F. Pepper Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received a Doctorate Honoris Causa degree from the University of Cantabria in Santander, Spain, in recognition of his teaching and research contributions to geotechnical engineering.

His recent research has dealt with determining the injectability of microfine cement grouts and the resulting engineering properties of the soil-grout composite, the use of recycled aggregate in pavement construction, and the effects of short-term aging on the behavior of cohesive soils.

In addition to publishing more than 300 technical papers and reports, he has served as consultant on geotechnical engineering issues to numerous organizations and has testified before a Congressional committee.

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering.

Max Raimi, lecturer of chamber music at the School of Music, is an ASCAP Award winner for 2003.

The award, made by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), reflects a continuing commitment to assist and encourage ASCAP composers.

Awards are granted by an independent panel and are based upon the unique prestige value of each writer’s catalog of original compositions, as well as recent performances in areas not surveyed by the society.

Raimi’s music has been performed in such venues as the Library of Congress, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Paris Opera, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

He has received commissions from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), The Library of Congress, the American Chamber Players, the Mohawk Trails Concerts, the Elmhurst (Ill.) Symphony Orchestra and the Ciompi Quartet of Duke University.