Tempe, ArizonaNovember 20-21, 2019

Future of Transportation2019

Welcome to the 16th

ARIZONA PAVEMENTS/MATERIALS CONFERENCE

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16th Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference

We are featuring presentations on:• California’s $50 Billion Road Repair Campaign• Multi-Layer Life Extension Treatments• Concrete Industry Program Updates• Paving the Way for the Worlds Roadways• GA I-85 Sustainable Technology• Best Practices with Rubberized Asphalt• ADOT’s Quiet Pavement Pilot Program• The Cost of Abandoning the

ARFC Overlays

OpportunitiesPreservation

Workforce ReadinessSustainability

Geotechnical IssuesInnovations

Future of Transportation

Parking at ASUVisitor parking is available in the following parking structures.

• Apache Blvd. Structure located at Apache Blvd and Normal Avenue (NW corner)

• Rural Road Structure located at Rural Road and Terrace Road (SW corner)

• Fulton Center Structure (ASU Foundation Building) located at University Drive and College Avenue (NE corner)

The cost of parking is included in your registration fee. Please bring your parking ticket to the registration table when you arrive to obtain a validation ticket.

ASU parking locations and maps are located at https://campus.asu.edu/tempe/

Accommodations Visit our website https://pavement.engineering.asu.edu for a list of hotels conveniently located within walking distance of the campus. Contact the hotel directly to make your reservation. ASU and government rates may be available.

LocationThis two-day conference sponsored by Arizona State University (ASU), Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Arizona’s industry and local governments will be held at Arizona State University, Tempe Campus (301 E. Orange Street, Tempe, AZ 85281) on November 20-21, 2019 in the Memorial Union (MU). The MU serves as the central meeting and conference center for the ASU community.

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Welcome

DAY 1 | Wednesday, November 20, 2019

8:00-9:30am Registration - Ventana Ballroom | Continental Breakfast - Exhibitors Displays - Arizona Ballroom

OPENING SESSION: Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderators: Joe Phillips, Terracon / Kamil Kaloush, ASU / Jesús Sandoval-Gil, ADOT

9:35-10:00am Federal Highway Administration Jean A. Nehme, PhD, PE, Team Leader, Long-Term Infrastructure Performance, FHWA

10:00-10:30am McDOT Overview Jennifer Toth, PE, Transportation Director, County Engineer, McDOT

10:30-11:00am ADOT Overview Steve Boschen, PE, Assistant Director, Infrastructure Delivery and Operations, ADOT

11:00-11:30am The BIG Fix: California’s $50 billion road repair campaign win that almost wasn’t Russell W. Snyder, CAE, Executive Director, California Asphalt Pavement Association

11:30-12:00pm ASU Welcome Address Kyle Squires, PhD, Professor and Dean, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, ASU

12:05-1:30pm LUNCH: Arizona Ballroom 221- (Community Service Awards Luncheon/Founders Award Presentation) Moderator: Amanda McGennis, Sr. Vice President, Arizona Chapter AGC

TRACK 1 TRACK 2SESSION 1: Opportunities

Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Rob Dolson, City of Maricopa

SESSION 2: Preservation Pima Auditorium 230

Moderator: Mark Belshe, PE, RPA

1:30-1:55pmAsphalt Industry Program Update

J. Richard Willis, PhD, Vice President for Engineering, Research & Technology, NAPA

Challenges in the PG Binder World Bob McGennis, Technical Manager Asphalt,

The HollyFrontier Companies

2:00-2:25pmConcrete Industry’s One-Stop Shopping

Pavement Design Program Eric Ferrebee, ACPA

Lessons Learned in Peer Exchange Larry Galehouse, PE, Director, National Center for Pavement Preservation, Michigan State University

2:30-2:55pmAdvocating for Change

Ryan Wozniak, AICP, Long-Range Planning, Development Services, City of Maricopa

Multi-Layer Life Extension Treatments Jeff Smith, Cactus Asphalt

Darryn Olson, Southwest Slurry Seal Rick Risner, Sunland Asphalt

3:00-3:30pm BREAK: Arizona Ballroom 221

GENERAL SESSION: Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Larry Scofield, International Grooving & Grinding Association

3:30-4:25pm ADOT Quiet Pavement Pilot Program Paul R. Donavan, PhD, Senior Consultant and Principal, Illingworth & Rodkin

4:30-6:00pmWELCOME RECEPTION - STUDENT POSTER SESSION

Turquoise Ballroom | Arizona Ballroom Door Prizes, Refreshments, Complimentary Bar - All conference attendees are invited to attend.

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DAY 2 | Thursday, November 21, 2019

7:00-8:00am Registration - Ventana Ballroom | Continental Breakfast - Exhibitor Displays - Arizona Ballroom

GENERAL SESSION: Sustainability - Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Mo Rahman, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions

8:00-8:25am Paving the Way for the Worlds Roadways Jon A. Epps, PhD, Executive Associate Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

8:30-8:55am GA I-85 Sustainable Technology, Materials and Applications in Highway Infrastructure Allie Kelly, Executive Director, The RAY

9:00-9:25amNCAT/FHWA Best Practices with Rubberized Asphalt

J. Richard Willis, PhD, Vice President for Engineering, Research & Technology, National Asphalt Pavement Association

9:30-9:55am The Cost of Abandoning the ARFC Overlays on our PCCP Highways Kamil Kaloush, PhD, PE, Arizona State University

10:00-10:30am BREAK: Arizona Ballroom 221

TRACK 1 TRACK 2SESSION 3: Solutions

Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Jesús Sandoval-Gil, PhD, PE, ADOT

SESSION 4: Innovations Pima Auditorium 230

Moderator: Jeff Stempihar, PhD, PE, NCE

10:30-10:55amImplication of Molecular Migration for Design

of Smart and Functional Pavements Ellie Fini, PhD, ASU

Carbin Web App Jacob Roxon, Research Assistant,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:00-11:25am ADOT’s Increased Compaction Nye McCarty, PE, ADOT

Benefits of Polymer Modified Asphalt Bob Kluttz, Kraton Polymers US LLC

11:30-11:55amCity of Phoenix RAP Study

Peter Rupal, PE, City of Phoenix and Ali Zalghout, ASU

Innovations in Asphalt Concrete Cracking Tests

Hasan Ozer, PhD, ASU

12:00-1:30pm

LUNCH: Arizona Ballroom 221 (Sponsors/Exhibitors Awards Luncheon/Student Poster Competition Presentation/

Witczak Endowment Presentation) Moderator: Ruben Guerrero, Jr., Director of Corporate Affairs, Salt River Materials Group

SESSION 5: Geotechnical Issues Ventana Ballroom 241

Moderator: Armando de la Rocha, Western Technologies

SESSION 6: Workforce Readiness Pima Auditorium 230

Moderator: Steven Williams, City of Phoenix

1:30-1:55pmGeosynthetics in Roadway Applications

Jorge G. Zornberg, PhD, PE, The University of Texas at Austin A Panel Discussion with representatives from:

academia, students, industry, agencies2:00-2:25pm Geotechnical Risks for Pavement Foundations

David J. White, PhD, PE, Ingios Geotechnics, Inc.

2:30-2:40pm BREAK: Preparation for Final Session

FINAL SESSION: Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Kamil Kaloush, PhD, PE, ASU

2:45-3:30pm

What Can We Learn About the Future of Transportation from Sci-Fi Movies? Andrew D. Maynard, PhD, Director, Risk Innovation Lab

Chair, Master of Science and Technology Policy School for the Future of Innovation in Society, ASU

Author: Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of SciFi Movies”

3:30pm END OF CONFERENCE - Grand Prize Drawing (Suite tickets for the UA-ASU Football Game)

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2019 Program

Paul Donavan, PhD is a senior consultant and principal in the acoustical consulting firm of Illingworth & Rodkin, Incorporated in Cotati, California. He has been involved in tire-pavement noise for over 37 years in noise

mechanism research, interior noise development, pass-by noise regulation, and quieter pavement research. Over the past 12 years, Paul has been the Principal Investigator for five National Cooperative Highway Research Projects on tire-pavement noise topics, heavy truck noise source mapping, and rumble strip noise and vibration. He has led ongoing quieter pavement research projects for the California and Arizona Departments of Transportation for the last 17 years including the ADOT Quiet Pavement Pilot Program from 2003 to 2018. Paul received his Doctor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology specializing in Acoustics.

Steve Boschen currently serves as the assistant director for Infrastructure Delivery and Operations, which oversees all statewide project delivery, including ADOT and Local Public

Agency projects, and statewide operations and maintenance. Steve is responsible for Project Management, Operations, Project Delivery, Contracts and Local Public Agency areas of ADOT, which include a total of 20 groups and districts. This includes the development, construction, maintenance and operation of more than 6,000 miles of interstate and state highways in Arizona.Steve has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Arizona and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Arizona.

Robert Kluttz, PhD is a Senior Staff Research Scientist for Kraton Polymers, LLC based in Houston, Texas. He is responsible for bitumen modification technology with styrenic block copolymers such as SBS including R&D,

manufacturing support, customer technical service and market development. He is active in AAPT, TRB, the Asphalt Institute, AMAP, ASTM International, and the FHWA Expert Task Groups.Dr. Kluttz joined Shell in Houston, Texas in 1981 and transferred to Kraton Polymers in 1991. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics from Rice University and a PhD in physical organic chemistry from Columbia University.

Larry Galehouse is the founding Director of the National Center for Pavement Preservation (NCPP), located at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. The NCPP is home to the AASHTO Transportation System

Preservation -Technical Services Program (TSP2), for both pavement and bridge preservation, and the home of the AASHTO Equipment Management Technical Services Program.Mr. Galehouse is a licensed Professional Engineer and Professional Surveyor in Michigan and was the past chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Pavement Preservation and the Committee on Pavement Maintenance.

Allie Kelly is Executive Director of The Ray. In that role, she leads the nonprofit organization that has built the nation’s only publicly accessible, living laboratory for transportation innovation. Allie was recruited to lead as its first Executive Director

in 2015. Since then she has helped the organization to implement and build almost a dozen ground-breaking, world-leading technology demonstrations, including the first solar road in the United States and the world’s first public demonstration of a drive-through tire safety station. She is also a frequent public speaker and delivered keynote remarks about The Ray from the main stage at transportation, environmental, and technology industry conferences around the world.

Jon Epps, PhD has more than 40 years of experience, including 32 years in leadership positions in the academic sector at two land-grant universities - Texas A&M University and the University of Nevada, Reno. He spent 10 years in the private sector as

Engineering Services Manager for Granite Construction, Inc., one of the largest transportation construction companies in the U.S. in project volume, with major operations in 11 states.His academic research efforts have led to significant advancements, as well as new and updated standards in the field of pavements and materials, including pavement maintenance management systems; pavement recycling; and pavement economics. He received his bachelor’s master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Texas.

Kamil Elias Kaloush, PhD, PE is a Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, affiliate faculty in the School of Sustainability, and Director of the National Center of

Excellence on SMART Innovations (www.asuSMART.com). He is a registered Professional Engineer, and has over 34 years of experience in pavement research and management services. His areas of expertise include pavement materials design, thermal properties, advanced laboratory testing, field performance evaluation, and pavement management systems. He received his PhD from Arizona State University.

Elham (Ellie) Fini, PhD is Co-founder of Bio-Adhesive Alliance Inc., and Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She

received her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008 on characterizing interfacial properties of adhesives and sealants. She has been a research affiliate at MIT’s Center for Materials Science and Engineering since 2011, and is currently serving as the associate editor of ASCE Journal of Materials as well as the inventor and co-founder of a start-up company, Bio-Adhesive Alliance Inc.

Eric C. Ferrebee, PE is the Director of Technical Services with the American Concrete Pavement Association. He joined the ACPA staff in the summer of 2014. Eric is responsible for providing technical resources

and consulting services to ACPA members and the agencies and owners they serve. Eric is a key member in the development of ACPA’s WikiPave encyclopedia of concrete pavement tool and the industry’s pavement thickness design tool PavementDesigner.org. Eric earned his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Illinois.

Andrew Maynard, PhD is Associate Director for Faculty in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and Director of the ASU Risk Innovation Lab. As well as serving as vice-chair on the ILSI North America Board of Trustees, he is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research President’s Research Council, and a contributor to the World Economic Forum’s annual list of top ten emerging technologies. Andrew’s work focuses on socially responsible and ethical technology innovation. His latest book, Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, was published in November 2018.

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Jeffrey (Jeff) Smith is a veteran of the tire recycling, chip seal and paving aspects of the asphalt-rubber industry. He has worked with various companies during the last 42 years involving numerous positions from laboratory technician to technical director. In July of 2004 Jeff took a position with International Surfacing Systems (ISS) and served as their senior

pavement preservation specialist. He is two time past President of the Rubber Pavements Association and currently serves as the chair of the Arizona AGC Pavement Preservation Committee and on the BOD of Arizona Association of County Engineers. Jeff was offered and accepted a position with Cactus Asphalt in January of 2014 and will continue to be involved with sales, marketing and technology development for Cactus.

Bob McGennis is the Asphalt Technical Manager for the HollyFrontier Companies, a position he has held since 1998. He has worked practically his entire 40-year professional career in the asphalt pavement construction

and technology field. He has served as President of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists and chaired the Transportation Research Board’s Asphalt Materials Section.McGennis has received several industry awards but is most proud of the Arizona Pavements and Materials Conference Community Service Award. He holds Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and is a registered professional engineer in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Nye McCarty received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University in 2007. He has a background in business management, having been a sales and branch manager with Vector Marketing Corporation, and Traffic Engineering

with Morrison-Maierle, Inc., both while attending ASU.Nye’s current career path took shape while working with Engineering & Testing Consultants (ETC) in Prescott, AZ, his first project being the Mingus Avenue Extension & Verde River Bridge in his hometown of Cottonwood, AZ. After more than 6 years at ETC, Nye took on his current role as the Flagstaff Regional Materials Engineer with the Arizona Department of Transportation, where he has been instrumental in developing and implementing efforts to increase the durability and improve the performance of roads and bridges within ADOT’s transportation network.

Jean A. Nehme, PhD, PE After a 26-year career at ADOT, John moved to the Washington, DC area to work at the FHWA Turner-Fairbank Highway Research

Center. He leads a team of pavement and bridge engineering scientists engaged in a long-term research effort to improve the performance of highway infrastructure assets.During his time at ADOT, John held various positions including:• State Bridge Engineer,• State Asset Management Engineer, and• Director of Performance Management

and Research.

Hasan Ozer, PhD is an associate professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1999 from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey, MS degree in 2005 from the Northwestern University and PhD in 2011 from the University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Prior to joining ASU he worked as a Research Assistant Professor at UIUC and Illinois Center for Transportation. His research focuses on pavement materials characterization, pavement design analysis, development of rehabilitation and preservation programs. Ozer is interested in developing computational mechanics methods for structural performance modeling of pavements and using life-cycle assessment for development of sustainable transportation infrastructure.

Darryn Olson, Manager of Business Development, has worked for Southwest Slurry Seal for

33 years working his way up to his current position of Business Development Manager. He is an active AGC Pavement Preservation committee member and has also attended the ISSA Workshop in Las Vegas.

Rick Risner is a Business Development Manager with Sunland Asphalt & Construction, Inc. He attended Arizona State University and has over 15 years of experience in the construction industry. Rick has held positions of Field Engineer, Paving Superintendent, Project Manager,

Estimator and Senior Estimator. His responsibilities include attending pre-bid site visits, plan takeoffs, pre-bid meetings, bid reviews, subcontractor quotes, budget and productions. He has been involved in project startup, coordination, and management of various heavy highway projects statewide. Rick has project experience with the Arizona Department of Transportation, Maricopa County Department of Transportation, and the Cities of Apache Junction, Gilbert, Phoenix, Tempe, and Yavapai County.

Jacob Roxon is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the Concrete Sustainability Hub Lab at MIT in Cambridge, MA. He has been leading the team that created “Carbin” - first-

ever heartbeat monitor for both the road and vehicle (available on iOS and Android) used to build fixmyroad.us maps worldwide.

Peter Rupal, PE, received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto.He has almost 40

years of geotechnical and construction materials testing experience acquired working in the private sector including 10 years as a business owner, and now with City of Phoenix overseeing the City Materials Lab.

Russell W. Snyder is the Executive Director of the California Asphalt Pavement Association (CalAPA), which represents the asphalt pavement industry in California. In that capacity, he oversees all operations of the association, which seeks to communicate, educate and advocate on behalf of the industry. CalAPA also works in partnership with asphalt producers, refiners, contractors, public agency representatives, university

researchers and others to promote technical advances and best practices in asphalt production and pavement construction. Prior to joining CalAPA in 2008, Snyder was San Francisco Bay Area regional manager for Associated General Contractors of California. Snyder holds a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University.

Kyle Squires, PhD is the dean of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University.Appointed in February 2016, Squires previously served as vice and interim dean, as well as the director of the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, one of the six Fulton Schools of Engineering. A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,

Squires holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Washington State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. Squires’ expertise encompasses computational fluid dynamics, turbulence modeling of both single-phase and multi-phase flows, and high-performance computing.

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Dr. Matthew W. Witczak is a pioneer and leader in the civil engineering community and an internationally known expert in the area of transportation pavement systems. Dr. Witczak dedicated his career to the advancement of pavement engineering and research as well as student education, mentoring, and professional development of engineers and leaders in the field. Will you join us in recognizing his accomplishments and passion for engineering education?

The Dr. Matthew W. Witczak Endowment was created by the Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Committee to honor the impact Dr. Witczak has made in the industry and inspire students entering the profession. The endowment provides a permanent source of philanthropic funds to support students interested in a career in pavement materials. The initial goal of the endowment is to raise $100,000 by November 2019.

His impact on the number of students working in industry is huge. We want to continue this excellent program in pavement engineering and support the next generation of pavement students. - Jeff Stempihar, NCE

The Dr. Matthew W. Witczak Endowment provides a variety of funding to enhance the experience for students interested in pavement materials such as undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, and resources to enhance academic experiences.

Recipients of the Dr. Matthew W. Witczak Endowment receive recognition at the Arizona Pavements/ Materials Conference in Tempe, AZ.

Donations may be made on line at the Pavement Conference website:

https://pavement.engineering.asu.edu/witczak/

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Jennifer Toth brings more than 20 years of experience in transportation engineering to her role as MCDOT Director and County Engineer, one of the largest counties in the United States.Before joining MCDOT in

2014, Jennifer served as State Engineer and Deputy Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation. She has also worked in the private sector as a transportation consultant.Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Houston and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of New Mexico.

J. Richard Willis, PhD serves as the Vice President for Engineering, Research, & Technology for the National Asphalt Pavement Association. At NAPA, he assists the asphalt industry with issues related to recycled materials including RAP, RAS, and RTR in asphalt mixtures, pavement vehicle interaction,

and pavement design. Willis has previously worked at the National Center for Asphalt Technology where he was the principal investigator on federal, state, and private levels related to recycled materials, pavement design, and overall sustainability. Willis has served on the FHWA Asphalt Recycling expert task group and the FHWA Sustainable Pavements Technical Working Group.

David J. White, PhD, PE is president and chief engineer of Ingios Geotechnics, Inc. Dr. White’s technical focus area is geo-construction,

pavement systems, stabilization, evaluation and development of intelligent technologies and data analytics. Dr. White is a registered professional engineer.

Ryan Wozniak, AICP is an ASU Graduate with a Master’s Degree in Urban & Environmental Planning and an enthusiastic member of the American Planning Association

and Congress for the New Urbanism. With a deep interest in the systemic barriers to sustainable development, Ryan’s interests have grown at the intersection between efficient land use markets, transportation policy, urban design, tax burdens, municipal revenues, and transportation asset management planning. Few opportunities exist in the field to tackle issues at this specific intersection, but Ryan will highlight the innovative practicalities of admired industry leaders.

Ali Zalghout is currently working as a Staff Pavement Engineer at GMU Geotechnical Inc in Southern California. He graduated with a Masters degree from ASU focusing on Pavement Engineering, and an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at the American

University of Beirut- Lebanon. Ali has 4 years of experience in pavement materials research. His areas of expertise include pavement design, management, and evaluation, advanced characterization of asphalt concrete, asphalt sustainability, asphalt reclaiming and recycling, long-term pavement performance prediction, relationship between asphalt binder parameters and mixture properties, and fiber-reinforced asphalt mixtures. He has published over 10 journal articles and conference proceedings in the top pavement engineering journals and conferences.

Jorge G. Zornberg, PhD, PE, is Professor in the Geotechnical Engineering program at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his B.S. from the National University of Cordoba (Argentina), his M.S. from the PUC of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),

and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley (USA). He served as president of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). His research focuses on transportation geotechnics, geosynthetics, unsaturated soils, expansive clays and environmental geotechnics. He has authored over 400 technical publications, written a number of book chapters, and been awarded three patents. He received a number of prestigious awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awarded by the President of the United States.

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