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9:00am MST
OPENING SESSION
Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:00am - 11:30am MST
Speakers 
Director and Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1:30pm MST
SESSION 1: Carbon-Friendly Technologies
Wednesday November 20, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm MST
Moderators 
Western Regional Manager, Cutler Repaving, Inc
Technical Representative at Pavement Technology, Pavement Technology Inc.
Chris Evers is a Technical Representative with Pavement Technology Inc. a company hejoined in 2012. He also serves as the Executive Coordinator of the Florida PavementPreservation Council (FPPC). He has 28 years of experience in the heavy highwayconstruction industry. Chris has been...
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P.E.. Senior Director, The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Greg Halsted, P.E., is a Senior Director for Local Paving with the NationalReady Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA). He is responsible for increasingthe paving market share for ready mixed concrete products throughpromotion, design, technical services, and construction activities...
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Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University
Narayanan Neithalath is the Fulton Professor of Structural Materials in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University, USA. He obtained his PhD from Purdue University in 2004 in the area of infrastructural materials. He has extensively...
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3:30pm MST
Panel Discussion: Balanced Mixture Design
Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm MST
Moderators 
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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8:00am MST
Update on Pavement Innovations in Arizona
Thursday November 21, 2024 8:00am - 10:00am MST
Moderators 
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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10:30am MST
SESSION 3: Every Day Counts (EDC) 7
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
Moderators
Speakers 
Director, Arizona Department of Transportation
With over 25 years of experience, Jennifer began her career at ADOT in 1997 as an Engineer in Training. Throughout her early roles as a Resident Engineer in Kingman, Senior Project Manager in Flagstaff, and later ADOT’s System Planning Director, she demonstrated a commitment to...
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Arizona Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
Karla Petty has over thirty years of experience in the highway transportation industry and has served as the Federal Highway Administration's Arizona Division Administrator since January 2011. As the Arizona Division Administrator, she leads an office of professionals that delivers...
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Research Civil Engineer at Federal Highway Administration, Federal Highway Administration
Pavement Design & Performance Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration
LaToya Johnson is the team leader for the Pavement Design and Performance Team in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Infrastructure. In this position, LaToya manages a team of technical experts that set Agency priorities, develop and implement policy, and assist...
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1:30pm MST
SESSION 5: Digital Data and Infrastructure
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
Moderators 
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...
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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...
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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...
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2:30pm MST
The History and Evolution of ADOT’s Pavement Performance Test Equipment
Thursday November 21, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST
Moderators 
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...
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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...
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Arizona Department of Transportation
3:30pm MST
