Leif Wathne is the Associate Director of the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) in Ames, Iowa. Previously, he served as the American Concrete Pavement Association’s Vice President of Highways and Federal Affairs in Washington DC, where he is responsible for various technical, policy and federal/state agency issues related to concrete highway pavements and sustainability.
He has nearly 20 years of experience with concrete and pavement materials from the consulting side as well as with Federal Highway Administration.
Wathne is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.), and holds a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from University of Connecticut.
He serves on numerous agency and industry panels, committees and task groups.