The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life-Extension (TriDurLE) organized a student poster competition at the center’s annual symposium on Dec. 6. Beshoy Riad, an S&T student, received the best poster award for his poster presentation titled “Implementing the Lightweight Deflectometer for MoDOT Construction Acceptance of Unbound Material Layers.” Beshoy is a Ph.D. candidate in civil, architectural and environmental engineering. His advisor is Dr. Xiong Zhang.