The 13th International Symposium on Concrete Roads (13th ISCR) will be held June 19-22, 2018 at the Titanic Chaussee-Berlin in Berlin, Germany. During the Opening Session on June 20, the keynote speech will be delivered by Professor Michael I. Darter, PE, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering-University of Illinois, Principal Engineer-Applied Research Associates, Inc., ISCP Honorary Member, and former member of the ISCP Board of Directors.
The title of his keynote speech is “Cost-Effective Pavement Design Requires Useful Prediction Models”. It will clarify how concrete pavement performance, both for jointed and continuously reinforced concrete, can be predicted in an effective, useful and reliable way.
Professor Darter has been involved in pavement engineering throughout his entire 40-year career and is an internationally recognized authority in highway and airport pavements. Through his extensive work in research, teaching, and consulting, he has served as Principal Investigator on many national (U.S.) and state research projects in design, evaluation, rehabilitation, construction and management of highway and airport pavements.
Professor Darter has received many awards for his academic and professional engineering contributions over the years. In 2017, he was awarded the “Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan (HHE) Award” by the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)—ACPA’s highest order distinguished service award. It was presented to Professor Darter in recognition of his innovation, leadership, teaching, and mentoring in the field of civil engineering. He was also awarded the “Swedish Concrete Award 2017” by the Betongföreningen (Swedish Concrete Association) for his outstanding contributions to the development of the art of concrete pavements during more than 40 years. Dr. Darter has been an Honorary Member of ISCP since 2005.
Welcome words will be presented by Ulrich Nolting, Managing Director-InformationsZentrum Beton GmbH (IZB); Luc Rens, ISCP Director, Managing Director-European Concrete Paving Association (EUPAVE), and Consultant-FEBELCEM; and Jeffery Roesler, President-ISCP, Professor and Associate Head-Graduate Studies and Research-Civil and Environmental Engineering-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), as well as Associate Director-Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Laboratory (ATREL).
For the 13th Conference website, please go to: https://www.concreteroads2018.com
For the PDF of the 13th Conference Program, please go to: https://www.concreteroads2018.com/fileadmin/user_upload/programm/Programme_-_13th_International_Symposium_on_Concrete_Roads_2018_in_Berlin.pdf
For more information on Dr. Michael Darter, please refer to these ISCP articles:
“Swedish Concrete Award 2017 Presented to Dr. Michael Darter, ISCP Honorary Member”: https://www.concretepavements.org/2017/10/29/swedish-concrete-award-2017-presented-to-dr-michael-darter-iscp-honorary-member/
“Dr. Michael Darter, ISCP Honorary Member, Receives ACPA ‘Lifetime Achievement Award'”: https://www.concretepavements.org/2016/01/27/dr-michael-darter-iscp-honorary-member-receives-acpa-lifetime-achievement-award/
“Michael I. Darter, ISCP Honorary Member & Past Board of Directors Member, Receives ACPA’s Distinguished 2017 Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan Award”: https://www.concretepavements.org/2017/12/17/michael-i-darter-iscp-honorary-member-past-board-of-directors-member-receives-acpas-distinguished-2017-hartmann-hirschman-egan-award/
“Dr. Michael Darter: Honorary Member since 2005”: https://www.concretepavements.org/team/dr-michael-darter/
For ISCP articles on the 13th ISCR, please go to:
“June 19-22: 13th ISCR Berlin, Germany—Registration, Papers, Posters, Program, Tours, Venue”: https://www.concretepavements.org/2018/04/30/june-19-22-13th-iscr-berlin-germany-registration-papers-posters-program-tours-venue/
“13th ISCR-2018 to be Held in June in Berlin, Germany—Early Bird Registration Ends Feb 28, 2018”: https://www.concretepavements.org/2018/01/23/13th-iscr-2018-to-be-held-in-june-in-berlin-germany-early-bird-registration-ends-feb-28-2018/
“Registration NOW OPEN! The 13th ISCR-2018 to be Held June 19-22, 2018 in Berlin, Germany”: https://www.concretepavements.org/2017/09/21/registration-now-open-the-13th-iscr-2018-to-be-held-june-19-22-2018-in-berlin-germany/
“EXHIBITORS & SPONSORS! Register for 13th ISCR-2018 to be Held June 19-22, 2018 in Berlin, Germany”: https://www.concretepavements.org/2017/07/24/exhibitors-sponsors-register-for-13th-iscr-2018-to-be-held-june-19-22-2018-in-berlin-germany/