Jie Chen / Thursday, July 2, 2026 / Categories: News Keynote Lecture Dr. Brill Presents Dr. David R. Brill of the Airport Technology R&D Branch attended and gave an invited keynote lecture to the 12th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (BCRRA2026), held June 21-25 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In addition to the keynote lecture on "The Challenge of Data for Airport Pavement Design," Dr. Brill presented 3 technical papers on research conducted at the FAA's National Airport Pavement Test Facility (NAPTF). He also participated in a pre-conference workshop on Geosynthetics in Pavement Engineering, at which he presented full-scale test results from the NAPTF Construction Cycle 9 (CC) Geosynthetics Test. The BCRRA is a major international forum for research on pavement structures held every four years. Over 300 participants attended the BCRRA2026 conference, representing 37 countries. The conference proceedings (in preparation; not available yet online) will include four peer-reviewed technical papers by ANG-E262 personnel. David Brill | ANG-E262 Previous Article STOL Operations Exercise Print 12