Arizona Pavements and Materials Conference 2024: Full Schedule

9:00am MST

OPENING SESSION

Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:00am - 11:30am MST

9:00-9:20am: ASU Welcome Address
Ram Pendyala, Arizona State University
9:30-10:00am: Federal Highway Administration
Hari Kalla (Associate Administrator for Infrastructure)
10:00-10:30am: ADOT Overview
Steve Boschen, Infrastructure Delivery and Operations, Division Director, ADOT
10:30-11:00am: McDOT Overview
Jesse Gutierrez, Director
11:00-11:30am: Arizona Transportation Institute (AzTI) Update
Yao-Jan Wu, University of Arizona

Speakers

Ram Pendyala

Director and Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University

Professor Ram Pendyala is the director of ASU’s the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering . He teaches and conducts research in transportation systems engineering, design, modeling and simulation, travel behavior analysis, multimodal transport policy analysis, freight and passenger travel demand forecasting, travel survey methods and transportation economics and finan... Read More →

Steve Boschen

Division Director - IDO, ADOT

Steve BoschenInfrastructure Delivery and Operations, DirectorSteve Boschen currently serves as the division director for Infrastructure Delivery andOperations, which oversees all statewide project delivery including ADOT and Local PublicAgency projects, and statewide operations and... Read More →

Jesse Gutierrez

Director of Transportation, Maricopa County Department of Transportation

Jesse Gutierrez serves as the Director of the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) as well as the County Engineer and brings over 30 years of experience in transportation construction and roadway maintenance. Before joining MCDOT in July 2020, Jesse served as the Globe... Read More →

Yao-Jan Wu

Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, University of Arizona

Dr. Yao-Jan Wu is a professor of transportation engineering in the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics Department and the Executive (Founding) Director of the Center for Applied Transportation Sciences (CATS) at the University of Arizona (UA). He holds PE licenses in... Read More →

Hari Kalla

Associate Administrator for Infrastructure at Federal Highway Administration, Federal Highway Administration

In July 2019, Hari Kalla was selected for SES position of Associate Administrator for Infrastructure with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). As the Associate Administrator for Infrastructure, Hari serves as a member of FHWA's leadership team and participates in developing... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:00am - 11:30am MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

General Session

3:30pm MST

Panel Discussion: Balanced Mixture Design

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm MST

Ventana Ballroom 241

Moderator: Bob McGennis
Speakers:
Jhony Habbouche, Asphalt Institute
Derek Nener-Plante (FHWA).
Amy Epps (Texas A&M)

Moderators

Robert McGennis

HF Sinclair

Bob McGennis is the Asphalt Technical Manager for the HF Sinclair Corporation, a position he has held since 1998. He has management authority over quality control, PG binder and asphalt emulsion formulations, raw materials, and technology for the HF Sinclair asphalt group. Bob has... Read More →

Speakers

Jhony Habbouche

Regional Engineer, Asphalt Institute

Dr. Jhony Habbouche is the Asphalt Institute's new Regional Engineer for the Western Region, which includes California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona, where he currently resides. He joins AI from the Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC), the research division... Read More →

Derek Nener-Plante

Pavement and Materials Engineer, Federal Highway Administration

Derek Nener-Plante is a Pavement and Materials Engineer for the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Pavement and Materials (P&M) Team. He is responsible for leading implementation and deployment efforts in the areas of asphalt materials, asphalt pavement construction, materials... Read More →

Amy Epps-Martin

Professor, Texas A&M University

Dr. Amy Epps Martin has more than 27 years of experience teaching civil engineering materials courses and conducting research on safe, sustainable asphalt technologies at Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute where she is the A.P. & Florence Wiley Professor... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

General Session

8:00am MST

Update on Pavement Innovations in Arizona

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:00am - 10:00am MST

Ventana Ballroom 241

Moderator: Nye McCarty

Impacts of a FHWA Mobile Asphalt Technology Center Visit:
Spotlight on Arizona DOT
Derek Nener-Plante, FHWA

Arizona’s Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA)
Paul Sharma, ADOT

Friction Performance of ADOT Surface Mixtures
Kevin Robertson, ADOT

Highly Modified Asphalts / Emulsions
Mo Rahman, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.

Moderators

Nye McCarty

Flagstaff Regional Materials Engineer, Arizona Department of Transportation

Nye has been involved in geotechnical and materials engineering for 20 years. He earned his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Arizona State University and he is a registered professional engineer here in the State of Arizona. He currently serves as the Regional Materials... Read More →

Speakers

Derek Nener-Plante

Pavement and Materials Engineer, Federal Highway Administration

Mo Rahman

Technical Marketing Manager, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.

Mo Rahman has 29 years of experience in asphalt materials industry since his undergraduate degree in 1995. He has specialized in asphalt construction materials, production / operations, evaluation / testing, quality control / quality assurance and managing QC lab. He is knowledgeable... Read More →

Kevin Robertson

Surface Treatment Engineer, Arizona Department of Transportation

evin has been a roadway engineer for more than 28 years in Arizona with the last 11 years being at the Arizona Department of Transportation. He is the Pavement Management Surface Treatment Engineer as part of Asset Management within the Multimodal Planning Division (MPD) at ADOT... Read More →

Dharminder (Paul) Sharma

State Bituminous Engineer, Arizona Department of Transportation

Paul Sharma is the State Bituminous Engineer at the Arizona Department of Transportation. He has a master's degree in Civil engineering from the University of Utah and has been with the Arizona Department of Transportation since 2012. Before joining ADOT, Mr. Sharma accumulated over... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:00am - 10:00am MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

General Session

1:30pm MST

SESSION 5: Digital Data and Infrastructure

Thursday November 21, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST

Ventana Ballroom 241

Moderator: Parnian Ghasemi

Digital Project Delivery: Re-Imagining the Way We Do Business in a Digital World
Alexa Mitchell, HDR

Data Science for Pavements
Eshan Dave, University of New Hampshire

Moderators

Parnian Ghasemi

Materials Manager, City of Phoenix

Parnian earned her Ph.D. in Pavement Engineering from Iowa State University in 2019, concentrating on applying Machine Learning algorithms to predict Pavement Performance and enhance Pavement Design. She holds a Professional Engineer certification in the State of Arizona. Before joining... Read More →

Speakers

Alexa Mitchell

Enterprise Digital Delivery Services Director, HDR

Alexa is HDR’s Enterprise Digital Delivery Services Director, and is a professional engineer registered in Arizona and Missouri. Prior to joining the private sector, she spent over 16 years with the Missouri DOT where she led the agency in implementation of 3D technology to support... Read More →

Eshan Dave

Professor at University of New Hampshire, University of New Hampshire

Eshan Dave is Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of New Hampshire. I obtained his masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Illinois. Eshan’s primary teaching and research focus are on... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

General Session

2:30pm MST

The History and Evolution of ADOT’s Pavement Performance Test Equipment

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST

Ventana Ballroom 241

Moderator: Larry Scofield

Speakers:
George Way, Jim Delton, Larry Scofield.

Moderators

Larry Scofield

Director of Engineering, IGGA/ACPA

Larry is a graduate from Arizona State University where he received both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering. Larry retired from the Arizona Department of Transportation where he worked for 29 years. While with ADOT, he worked in construction, materials... Read More →

Speakers

George Way

Consulpav, Chairman, Arizona Department of Transportation

George B. Way is chairman of the Rubberized Asphalt Association and an adjunct professor with the Arizona State University School of Sustainable Engineering & The Built Environment. He also serves as a chief engineer at Consulpav, a pavements and materials consulting firm with offices... Read More →

Jim Delton

Arizona Department of Transportation

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

General Session

3:30pm MST

END OF CONFERENCE - Grand Prize Drawing

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:30pm - 3:40pm MST

Ventana Ballroom 241

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:30pm - 3:40pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

General Session