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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 Greg Byres, Deputy Director of Transportation / State Engineer | |
| 10:30-11:00am | McDOT Overview Jesse Gutierrez, County Engineer / Director, MCDOT | |
| 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: Jhony Habbouche, Asphalt Institute ◆ 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 | What’s in RAP and it’s evolution & usage in City of Phoenix Rob Duval, City of Phoenix | 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 Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Jesús Sandoval-Gil | ||
| 3:30-4:30pm | The Case for Including Mental Health in a Safety Plan and How to Do It Max Margolis | |
| 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 Open Bar, 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 | The Use of Alkali-Activated Materials for Soil Stabilization Nima Farzadnia, University of Alaska Fairbanks | |
| 9:00-9:25am | Crack Mitigation Dan Vojtko | |
| 9:30-9:55am | Recent Advances and Uses of Roller Compacted Concrete for Pavement Construction in the United States & Arizona Corey J. Zollinger, CEMEX USA | |
| 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 Taxiway U: From Travel Lanes to Taxiways Speaker: John Kliethermes, Gannet Flemings | |
| 3:40pm | END OF CONFERENCE – Grand Prize Drawing |
Questions about the event?
Contact Dr. Ramadan Salim at [email protected]
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