2021 Special International Symposium on Concrete Pavements
A Tribute to Dr. Juan Pablo Covarrubias, Sr.
“Challenging the Status Quo of Concrete Pavement Design”
Houston, Texas, USA
March 25, 2021
Schedule
| Title of presentation | Speaker | Speaker’s affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome and introduction | Dr. Jeffery Roesler and Dr. Lev Khazanovich | University of Illinois (USA) and University of Pittsburgh (USA) |
| Welcome Remarks | Dr. Jacob Hiller | Michigan Technological University and President, ISCP (USA) |
| Remarks | Jerry Voigt | ACPA (USA) |
| Opening Remarks | Dr. Juan Pablo Covarrubias, Sr. | TCPavements (Chile) |
| Technical Program Part 1 | ||
| Concrete pavements experiences in Chile | Dr. Michael Darter | ARA, Inc. and Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois (USA) |
| Remarks | Jim Mack | CEMEX, (USA) |
| Short slab development in Chile | Mauricio Salgado | ICH (Chile) |
| Initial performance data and models for slabs with optimized geometry | Dr. Jeffery Roesler | University of Illinois (USA) |
| Remarks | Dr. Shiraz Tayabji | Advanced Concrete Pavement Consultancy (USA) |
| Remarks | Dr. Jamshid Armaghani | Global Sustainable Solutions, LLC (USA) |
| Technical Program Part 2 | ||
| MEPDG to short slabs: how analysis had to Improve | Dr. Lev Khazanovich | University of Pittsburgh (USA) |
| Optipave2 and 12 years of performance predictions and some Case studies | Juan Pablo Covarrubias, Jr. | TCPavements (Chile) |
| Slab curling | Robert Rodden | MEGASLAB (USA) |
| Prerecorded remarks | Eugene Florescu | LaFarge ( France) |
| Prerecorded: Industrial pavements success | Christophe Courtinovis | RINOL (Spain) |
| Prerecorded: Guatemala the first large projects | Estuardo Herrera | Cementos Progreso ( Guatemala) |
| Short Slab performance: North America | Sherry Sullivan and Dr. Feng Mu | FORTA (Canada) and PNA (USA) |
| Short slab global highlights | Nigel Parkes | FORTA (USA) |
| Concluding remarks | Dr. Jeffery Roesler and Dr. Lev Khazanovich | University of Illinois (USA) and University of Pittsburgh (USA) |
About Juan Pablo Covarrubias, Sr.
Juan Pablo Covarrubias, Sr., PhD, FACI, Executive Director-TCPavements®, Chile is the inventor of Thin Concrete Pavement (TCP®), (world patent no. 44820), a revolutionary technology in rigid pavements that has been widely implemented in many countries in the world including initially in Central and South America. TCP typically reduces pavement thickness by 4-10 cm (1.5–4.0 inches) as compared to designs obtained from conventional design methods. He is an internationally recognized concrete and concrete pavement expert who has contributed significantly towards the development of concrete pavement technology in Latin America for more than 40 years. He is the Executive Director of TCPavements®, Chile since 2006. Dr. Covarrubias was an active collaborator in the efforts that led to the founding of ISCP in the late 1990’s and served on its Board of Directors for several terms with distinction and was a Board member of ACI between 2002 and 2005. He was inducted as an ISCP Honorary Member in 2016.