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2023 Meeting Agenda Topics (preliminary)
Chairman: Travis Patton, P.E., Texas DOT
Tuesday, November 14
7:30 AM Registration Desk Opens  
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TASK GROUP MEETINGS-Tuesday, November 14
8:00 - 8:45 AM
  Women of Asphalt Breakfast / Meeting
Keynote: Lorie H. Tudor, Director
Arkansas Department of Transportation
9:00 - 9:45
 CAPRI
Chair: Nam Tran, NCAT
10:00 - 10:45
 Aggregate Task Group
Chair:  Alicia Brooks, KCI, Inc.
Speaker:  Greg Norwood, Vulcan Materials
11:00 - 11:45 Binder Task Group
Chair: John Christensen, NALCO Water
11:00 - 1:00 PM
 LUNCH ON OWN

 

1:15 - 1:30

WELCOME / OPENING REMARKS
Mr. Paul Tinsley, P.E, Materials Division Head
Arkansas Department of Transportation
SESSION I:

MATERIAL: TRANSPORT & SUPPLY AVAILABILITY
1:30 - 2:00 PM
 Energy Transformation & Asphalt Production Trends
-Chris Campbell, Americas Asphalt Technical Lead, Imperial Oil
2:00 - 2:30 Industry Approach to Evaluate New Asphalt Binder
Performance Grade (PG) Specifications
-Andrew Hanz, Ph.D., Technical Director, MTE Services, Inc.
2:30 - 3:00  Asphalt Additive Supply: A Sustainable Future
-Trey Wurst, Technology Development Mgr., Ingevity
3:00 - 3:30
 BREAK
SESSION II:

SEAUPG REGIONAL UPDATES
Moderator:  Chance Armstead, P.E., Alabama DOT
 
3:30 - 4:00 PM
 CENTRAL REGION UPDATE (AL, FL, GA, KY & TN)
-Derek Gaw, P.E., Tennessee DOT
4:00 - 4:30
 EAST REGION UPDATE (NC, SC, VA, WV)
-Shawn D. Jack, Asphalt Section Coordinator, West Virginia DOT
4:30 - 5:00 WEST REGION UPDATE (AR, LA, MS, OK & TX)
-Melissa Benavides, P.E., Texas DOT

Announcements / Adjourn
6:00 - 8:00 PM

SEAUPG Members Sponsored
OPENING NIGHT Reception in Exhibit Hall

 
Wednesday, November 15
Registration / Continental Breakfast

SESSION III:

INTERESTING PROJECTS
Moderator: Gary Fitts, P.E., Kraton Polymers
8:30 - 9:30 AM
 Perpetual Pavement by Conversion Case Study (I-40)
Oklahoma I-40: Contractor & DOT Perspective
-David Vivanco, P.E., Oklahoma DOT
-Jay Lemon, Owner, Haskell Lemon Construction Co.
9:30 - 10:00
  HiMA - Construction Projects in Texas
-Robert Lee, P.E., Regional QC Director, CRH Texas
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK 

SESSION IV:

SUSTAINABILITY
Moderator: John Christensen, NALCO Water
10:30 - 11:00 Balancing Asphalt Mixtures-Engineering Performance with Environmental Impacts
-Dr. Louay Mohammad, LSU
11:00 - 11:30
 DOT Update Across SEAUPG With EPD Implementation
-Heather Dylla, Ph.D., Construction Partners
11:30 - 12:00
 Mix Optimization for Performance, Economics and Sustainability
-Shane Buchanan, Ph.D., P.E., CRH Americas
12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH PROVIDED
SESSION V:

RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENT (RAP) BINDER AVAILABILITY PART I
Moderator:  Robert Lee, CRH Americas
1:30 - 2:00 PM  Assessment of High RAP Mixes with Recycling Agents in Virginia
-Jhony Habbouche, P.E., Virginia DOT

2:00 - 2:45

 Recycled Binder Availability - Impact on Asphalt Mixture Performance
-Fan Yin, Ph.D. Assistant Director & Associate Research Professor
NCAT
3:00 - 3:30 BREAK / EXHIBITS
SESSION VI:

RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENT (RAP) BINDER AVAILABILITY PART II
Moderator:  Cliff Selkinghaus, SCAPA
3:30 - 4:00
 Utilization of RAP Containing Ground Tire Rubber
-Serji Amirkhanian, Ph.D., The University of Alabama
4:00 - 5:00
 Georgia & South Carolina: Contractor & DOT Perspectives (Panel Discussion)
-DOT: James Brandon, P.E., Georgia DOT
             Kimberly Lyons, Ph.D., P.E., South Carolina DOT
-Contractor: Tony Felix, Reeves Construction
                         Andrew Brooks, C.W. Matthews Contracting
5:00 PM Closing Announcements / Adjourn

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Registration Desk
7:30 - 8:30 AM: Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)
SESSION VII: BALANCED MIX DESIGN (BMD)
Moderator: Grover Allen, PhD., P.E - Asphalt Institute
8:30 - 9:00 AM BMD Implementation in Texas DOT
-Amy Epps Martin, Ph.D., P.E. / Texas A&M University
9:00 - 9:30
 BMD  Peer Exchanges: Summary of Findings
-Timothy Aschenbrener, Ph.D., P.E., FHWA
9:30 - 10:00
 BMD in Virginia: From Development to Implementation
-Angela Beyke, P.E., Assistant State Materials Engineer
  Virginia DOT
10:00 - 10:30
 BREAK
SESSION VIII

INNOVATIVE DELIVERY
10:30 - 11:00
 Use of Non-Destructive Pavement Testing Devices in a Quality Assurance Program
-Timothy Aschenbrener, Ph.D., P.E., FHWA
11:00 - 11:30
 Advanced Surveying Technologies e.g., 3D Scanning, Mobile / Aerial LiDAR, Drones
-David Headrick, Project Mgr.,  KCI Technologies, Inc.
11:30 - 12:00
 Asphalt Thermal Imaging Systems at Hot Mix Asphalt Plants
-David Morton, Technical Services Mgr, Texas Bit
-Bryan Clark, QC Manager, Texas Materials
  Closing Remarks

 

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