Conference Agenda

Thursday, December 4

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:40 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks
Bob Parsons, Professor, University of Kansas

Early Morning Session

8:40 - 8:55 a.m. | Welcome & CEAE Update
Caroline Bennett, Department Chair, University of Kansas

8:55 - 9:25 a.m. | KDOT Update
Greg Schieber, KDOT

9:25 - 9:50 a.m. | KTA Update (pdf)
Cody Vandevord, KTA

9:50 - 10:20 a.m. | Break

Late Morning Session

10:20 - 10:50 a.m. | Operationalizing the Safe System Approach Through Real-Time Digital Work Zone Data (pdf)
Bradon Hundley, HaulHub

10:50 - 11:40 a.m. | Highly Modified, Thin Lift Overlays on Urban Arterial Roadways (pdf)
Mark Blow, Asphalt Institute

11:40 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. | Lunch

12:50 - 1:20 p.m. | Awards

Early Afternoon Sessions

1:20 - 1:50 p.m. | Establishing Iowa’s Otta Seal Implementation Guidelines: Advancing Toward Broader Applications
Halil Ceylan, Iowa State University

1:50 - 2:20 p.m. | Debunking Asphalt Myths (pdf)
Mark Blow, Asphalt Institute

2:20 - 2:50 p.m. | Break

Late Afternoon Session

2:50 - 3:20 p.m. | From PRI to IRI - The Nevada Experience (pdf)
Steven Hale, Nevada DOT 

3:20 - 3:50 p.m. | Shoulder Stabilization with Geosynthetics (pdf)
Jie Han, University of Kansas