DAY 1 – Tuesday, November 18, 2025
| 8:00-9:00am | Registration Memorial Union, Outside Turquoise Room | |||
| 9:00am-12:00pm | Workshop 1 Session: Balanced Mix Design (BMD): Advancements, Challenges, and Insights from Diverse Perspectives Turquoise Room Moderator 1: Matt Manthey, City of Mesa Presentation 1: Overview of BMD Implementation Status in the US (Speaker: Jhony Habbouche – AI) Presentation 2: Technical and practical aspects; impact of passing #200 sieve on asphalt mixture (Speaker: Peter Sebaaly – UNR) Presentation 3: ADOT’s BMD Update related to spec, field trial, implementation status. (Speakers: Jesus Sandoval / Paul Sharma – ADOT) Break – Refreshments (15 min) Moderator 2: Jhony Habbouche, Asphalt Institute Presentation 4: BMD implementation status, performance of produced and placed mixtures, and what to do when produced mixtures are out of specifications (Speaker: Matt Manthey – Mesa Transpo / EVAC) Presentation 5: Perspective from an asphalt supplier (Speaker: Greg Groneberg – Southwest Asphalt) Panel Discussion): Peter Sebaaly (UNR), Matt Manthey (EVAC), Jesus Sandoval & Paul Sharma & TBD from district (ADOT), and Marc Macintosh (Wright Asphalt). | |||
| 12:00-2:00pm | Lunch at Engrained | |||
| 2:00-5:00pm | Workshop 2 : Innovations in Asphalt Materials and Pavement Preservation Turquoise Room 2:00-2:05 Moderators: Rick Risner, Tim Murphy, Mo Rahman 2:05-2:25 Daniel Darling – New & innovative crack sealing, mastic, patching 2:25-2:45 Mo Rahman – Modified (Hi Mod) liquid asphalt and emulsions 2:45-3:05 Ryan Olson – Slurry & micro seal construction best practices 3:05-3:25 Brad Parker – How do we handle RAP in slurry & micro? 3:25-3:45 Jeff Smith – What’s new in chip seal? 3:45-4:00 Break – Refreshments 4:00-5:00 Panel discussion: Daniel Darling, Mo Rahman, Ryan Olson, Brad Parker, Jeff Smith | |||
| 5:00-5:15pm | Walk to the Pavement Lab at ISTB2 Room 185 | |||
| 5:30-8:00pm | Consortium Open House with Students’ Posters, Research Updates, and Field Equipment Demos Refreshments available 850 S. McAllister Ave. ISTB2 Room 185 Pavement Laboratory |
DAY 2 – Wednesday, November 19, 2025
| 8:00-9:00am | Registration | Exhibits Open – Continental Breakfast Arizona Ballroom 221 | |
| OPENING SESSION: Ventana Ballroom 241 | ||
| 9:00-9:20am | ASU Welcome Address | |
| 9:30-10:00am | Federal Highway Administration | |
| 10:00-10:30am | ADOT Overview | |
| 10:30-11:00am | McDOT Overview | |
| 11:00-11:30am | Arizona Transportation Institute & Southwest Pavement Technology Consortium Update Hasan Ozer, ASU | |
| 11:30-12:00pm | Lunch Preparation Arizona Ballroom 221 | ◆ STUDENT POSTER SESSION ASSEMBLY – Group 1 Turquoise Ballroom |
| 12:00-1:30pm | LUNCHEON: Arizona Ballroom 221 Moderator: Lunch Speaker: AI Update ◆ Recognition of Sponsors and Exhibitors ◆ Industry Students Awards: FORTA and Terracon | |
| TRACK 1 | TRACK 2 | |
| SESSION 1: Asphalt Pavements in Action Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Mo Rahman | SESSION 2: Environmental Exposures and Public Health Turquoise 220 Moderator: Ellie Fini, Associate Professor, ASU | |
| 1:30-1:55pm | The State of SMA Paving in Arizona Kevin Robertson | PM 2.5 / PM 10 Dynamic Predictive Modeling, Neurology & Health |
| 2:00-2:25pm | Multi-Layer Surface Treatments Jeff Smith | Worker Safety & Thermal Exposure |
| 2:30-2:55pm | Longitudinal Grooving of Asphalt Pavements Larry Scofield | Panel Discussion |
| 3:00-3:30pm | Networking Break Arizona Ballroom 221 | ◆ STUDENT POSTER SESSION ASSEMBLY – Group 2 Turquoise Ballroom |
| GENERAL SESSION: Panel Discussion Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Jesús Sandoval-Gil | ||
| 3:30-4:30pm | Mental Health Challenges Brandan Anderson | |
| 4:30-6:30pm | ◆ RECEPTION ◆ BEST IN ARIZONA PAVEMENT AWARDS Arizona Ballroom Presenter and Moderator: Tim Murphy, Murphy Pavement Technology, Inc. Please join us in celebrating Best in Arizona pavement project winners. Student Posters, Door Prizes, Refreshments, All conference attendees are invited to attend. |
DAY 3 – Thursday, November 20, 2025
| 7:00-8:00am | Registration – Exhibits Open – Continental Breakfast Arizona Ballroom 221 | |
| GENERAL SESSION: Concrete Solutions: Strength, Stability, and Smart Repairs Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderators: Farhad Rahimi / Hossein Noorvand | ||
| 8:00-8:25am | Ultra High-Performance Concrete Spotlight on Arizona DOT | |
| 8:30-8:55am | Road Intersections Solutions: Thin White-Topping | |
| 9:00-9:25am | Crack Mitigation Dan Vojtko | |
| 9:30-9:55am | Concrete Utility Adjustment | |
| 10:00-10:30am | Networking Break Arizona Ballroom 221 | |
| TRACK 1 | TRACK 2 | |
| SESSION 3: Evolving Asphalt Materials Specifications in Arizona Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Bob McGennis | SESSION 4: Geotech Progress: Stabilize, Reinforce, Automate Turquoise 220 Moderator: Claudia Zapata | |
| 10:30-10:50am | Local Mixture and Binder Needs for Pavement Design Joe Phillips | Soil Stabilization & Dust Mitigation Coconino County |
| 10:50-11:25am | MAG Mixtures and Binders – Specifications to Unify the Valley Alex Carter | The Impact of Expansive Soils and Geohazards on the Performance of the ADOT Highway System Patrice Brun, ADOT |
| 11:25 – 12:00pm | Case Study – City of Phoenix Specification Development Rob Duvall & Parnian Ghasemi | An AI-Based Model for Predicting Vehicle Tire Sinkage into Roadside Soils Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei, ASU |
| 12:00-1:30pm | LUNCHEON: Arizona Ballroom 221 Moderator: Lunch Speaker: Steve Trussel ◆ Community Service Awards ◆ Witczak Endowment Students Awards ◆ Student Poster Awards | |
| SESSION 5: Pavement Resilience Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Kamil Kaloush | SESSION 6: Advancing Transparency Turquoise 220 Moderators: Todd Gonser & Larry Scofield | |
| 1:30-2:00pm | Ultra-Low Carbon Asphalt Dry Process Modifier Doug Carlson & Ellie Fini | Environmental Product Declarations Update Amlan Mukharjee NAPA |
| 2:00-2:30pm | Fire-Resistant / Thermal Protective Pavements Carlos Obando | LCA Tool in Practice Haoran Li & Hessam AzariJafari, MIT |
| GENERAL SESSION: Case Studies: Challenges in Construction on a Grand Scale Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Parnian Ghasemi & Bob McGennis | ||
| 2:35-3:35pm | Caltrans Long-Life Project, I-5 Sacramento Speaker: Marty McNamara, Granite Construction Challenges during construction and quality, Sky Harbor Taxiway U John Kliethermes, Gannet Flemings | |
| 3:40pm | END OF CONFERENCE – Grand Prize Drawing |
Questions about the event?
Contact Dr. Ramadan Salim at [email protected]
Contact Zeynep Elabiad at [email protected]