Dr. Thomas Kennedy, emeritus professor of civil engineering, was honored with the
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Modified Asphalt Producers for
his research that focused on the development of new materials and technical
procedures. Kennedy managed several large governmental research programs in the
1990s which developed longer-lasting and safer asphalt paving methods now being
implemented internationally. Kennedy is the first person to receive this award.
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About UT's Cockrell School of Engineering:
The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering ranks among the top six public engineering schools in the United States. With the nation's fourth highest number of faculty elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, the School's more than 7,000 students gain exposure to the nation's finest engineering practitioners. Appropriately, the School's logo, an embellished checkmark used by the first UT engineering dean to denote high quality student work, is the nation's oldest quality symbol. The School maintains a Web site at http://www.engr.utexas.edu