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CEE News | October 15, 2026
Tutumluer is 2026 Roy W. Crum Award recipient
CEE Abel Bliss Professor in Engineering and Paul F. Kent Endowed Faculty Scholar Erol Tutumluer has been named the 2026 recipient of the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Transportation Research Achievement Award. Named for Roy W. Crum, who served as the Board’s director from 1928 until his death in 1951, the award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of transportation research.
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October 27, 2026
Student-led CEE startup wins 2nd place at 2026 Grainger Engineering Tech Startup Challenge
Rapid Analytix Division, a CEE student-led startup, won second place in the Grainger Engineering Tech Startup Challenge. The team, whose product provides cement and concrete producers with a material reactivity test that can be completed in five minutes, presented their pitch at the challenge finals on Tuesday, Oct. 20, during the Chicago Venture Summit: Future of Health 2026 — one of the city’s signature gatherings for emerging technology and entrepreneurship. Learn more>>
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October 13, 2026
Two CEE professors honored with Emerging Innovator Awards
As part of the 2026 Founder's Week, the Office of Technology Management recognized faculty members across the University of Illinois who collaborated with OTM for the first time during the preceding year. CEE professors Riley Edwards and Alireza Talebpour were two of the 2026 Emerging Innovator Award honorees, marking an important step in translating their research into impact. Learn more>>