Uncrewed Aerial Systems Committee
Purpose:
To develop a roadmap and serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas and knowledge among users, researchers and engineers from academia, industry and government with interest in the development of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) technologies and their applications to transportation management. The committee will also serve as a forum with resources representing airport operators, industry, academia, consultants and federal government - a collective voice with respect to policy and regulation.
Exchanges include conferences, workshops, special sessions in conferences, and publications to promote active discussions on relevant, existing and emerging UAS applications. The roadmap may include potential uses, policy challenges (i.e., no-fly zones and remote identification), technical challenges, potential benefits, research needs, implementation needs and timeline, and so on.
International Conference on Transportation and Development (ICTD) 2025
ASCE’s flagship conference in transportation and development, co-located with ASCE’s longstanding specialty conference on airfield & highway pavements for an invaluable experience of two conferences in one. Held in partnership with the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Halil Ceylan, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE
Halil Ceylan serves as the Chair of T&DI's UAS Committee. He is currently a full Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) at Iowa State University (ISU) as well as the Director of Program for Sustainable Pavement Engineering and Research (PROSPER) at the Institute for Transportation (InTrans). He also serves as the ISU Site Director for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center of Excellence (COE) Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability, or PEGASAS program.
The PEGASAS partnership, which was established in 2012, is led by researchers at Purdue University and includes ISU, the Ohio State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Florida Institute of Technology and Texas A&M University as core members. Dr. Ceylan serves as the Chair of the ASCE G-I Pavement Committee and is actively involved in several ASCE and TRB Committees. Dr. Ceylan has over 20 years of experience in pavement systems engineering.
Membership
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Halil Ceylan,
Ph.D., C.Eng, Dist.M.ASCE
Chair -
Blaine Matthew Wruck,
P.E., M.ASCE
Vice-Chair
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Muhammad Sultan Amer,
ENV SP, M.ASCE
ASCE Staff Contact -
Qassim Abdullah,
P.L.S, M.ASCE
Member
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Edward Bartels,
P.E., L.S., M.ASCE
Secretary
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Surya Sarat Chandra Congress,
Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Corresponding Member
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Shirley J. Dyke,
Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Corresponding Member
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Brett Hoffstadt,
P.E., M.ASCE
Corresponding Member -
David Scott Hurwitz,
Ph.D., EIT, M.ASCE
Corresponding Member
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Abbas Shiraz Kachwalla,
P.E., M.ASCE
Member -
Russell F Knieriem,
P.E., M.ASCE
Member
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David Alan Lattanzi,
Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE
Corresponding Member -
Wei Lin,
Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE
Member
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Tlotlego Maloka,
S.M.ASCE
Member
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Rebecca Napolitano,
Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Member
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Kunle Oguntoye,
S.M.ASCE
Member -
Michael James Olsen,
Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Corresponding Member
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Peddinti Pranav,
Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Corresponding Member -
Anand Jagadeesh Puppala,
Ph.D., P.E., BC.GE, F.ICE, Dist.M.ASCE
Corresponding Member
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Zhigang Shen,
Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Member
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Pejoohan Tavassoti,
Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Corresponding Member -
Yelda Turkan,
Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE
Corresponding Member
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Melissa Willis,
A.M.ASCE
ASCE Staff Contact
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Mustafa Zeybek,
Ph.D.
Corresponding Member
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