David A. Lange holds a B.S. (Valparaiso University 1981) in civil engineering, MBA (Wichita State University 1984), and Ph.D. (Northwestern University 1991) in civil engineering. He has been on the faculty of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois since 1992 and is a Narbey Khachaturian Faculty Scholar. He is the department’s Associate Head for Undergraduate Affairs. In addition, he is the Director of the Center of Excellence for Airport Technology (CEAT) which is funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and the O’Hare Modernization Program.

Dr. Lange teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in civil engineering materials, repair of civil structures, systems engineering and engineering economics.

Dr. Lange is a fellow of the American Concrete Institute and a fellow of the American Ceramic Society. He formerly served as Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM), and remains active in ACBM research activities. Dr. Lange was a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award and has been recognized for his excellence in teaching at UIUC. He has been awarded two Portland Cement Association Faculty-Student Fellowships (with Anne Werner in 1998 and Zach Grasley in 2002).