The “2019 International Airfield & Highway Pavements Conference“ of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)’s Transportation & Development Institute (TD&I) is scheduled to be held July 21-24, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza River North (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The 2019 Conference will focus on “Efficient and Sustainable Pavements”. Leif Wathne, ACPA and ISCP Director serves on the steering committee, which is responsible for conference planning and review of papers.
This international conference provides opportunities for interaction and information exchange with leaders around the world in the fields of highway and airport pavements, as well as airport safety technologies.
Attendees will:
- Gain access to a robust technical program
- Gather up-to-date information on federal and state policies and initiatives
- Interact with exhibitors
- Discover the latest innovations in planning, design, construction, management, and preservation of highway, airfield pavements, and airport safety technologies
- Participate in technical tours and pre-conference workshops
- For those interested, earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs) and Continuing Education Credits
Some Conference topics are related to:
- Recent Techniques for Airfield and Highway Pavement Construction, Maintenance and Rehabilitation
- Advanced Modeling, and Analysis, and Evaluation of Airfield and Highway Pavements
- Testing and Characterization of Asphalt, Concrete and Aggregate Bound and Unbound Pavement Layer Materials
- Innovative Methods on Highway and Airfield Pavement Design, Analysis and Evaluation
- Paving Material Quality Control and Quality Assurance
- Pavement Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment
- Pavement Asset Management and Sustainability
- Pavement Rehabilitation and Preservation Techniques and Case Studies
- Pavement Monitoring, Evaluation, and Nondestructive Testing
- Pavement Interlayer Materials and Other GeoŠ\engineering Transportation
Engineering Materials:
- Pavement instrumentation and Accelerated Loading Testing
- Case Studies of Interesting Special Airfield and Highway Paving Projects
- Role of Pavement Infrastructure and the Expected Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of in the AutonomousŠ\Connected Vehicles Era.
Conference Committee Co-Chairs:
- Imad L. Al-Qadi, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, University of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
- Scott Murrell, P.E., M.ASCE, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
- Andreas Loizos, A.M.ASCE, National Technical University Of Athens
- Hasan Ozer, A.M.ASCE, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Steering Committee
- John Rushing, US Army Corps of Engineers
- Jeff Gagnon, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Tom Harman, Federal Highway Administration (FAA)
- Geoff Rowe, Abatech
- Rick Boudreau, Boudreau Eng Inc.
- Audrey Copeland, National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
- Leif Wathne, American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) & ISCP Director
- Luis G. Loría-Salazar, University of Costa Rica, PITRA-LanammeUCR
- Tan Yiqiu, Harbin Institute of Technology
The T&DI, one of the ASCE‘s nine specialty Institutes, is a specialty membership organization focused on transportation and development professionals, and the transportation and development industry. T&DI combines the talents and perspectives of its members to promote professional excellence in all aspects of transportation engineering, urban planning, and development.
For the Preliminary Program, Scientific Committee, and Conference Website, please go to: https://www.pavementsconference.org
For QUESTIONS, Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET, please contact:
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E-mail: registrations@asce.org