Monday, September 15, 2014
Plenary Session 1
Moderator: Edgar de León Izeppi
- Welcome
Jose Gomez (VCTIR), Timothy Sands (Virginia Tech) - US Keynote Speaker
Pete Stephanos - International Keynote Speaker
Richard Wix
Plenary Session 2
Moderator: Gerardo Flintsch
- Pavement Evaluation: Right measures? Right quality? Right analysis? Right quantity? What is the benefit?
Thomas Van (Federal Highway Administration), Rudy Blanco (Pathway Services), Rohan Perera (Soil and Materials Engineers), Bouzid Choubane (Florida Department of Transportation), John Andrews (Maryland State Highway Administration), Briane Ferne (Transportation Research Laboratory)
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Functional Session 1: Longitudinal Profile
Moderator: Magdy Mikhail
- Update on Profiler Pooled Fund
Magdy Mikhail - Evaluate Pavement Roughness Using Acceleration and Vehicle Speed Data
Huanghui Zeng - Road Cracking Detection by Using Smartphone Accelerometer
Koichi Yagi - A Pavement Longitudinal Inertial Profiler Based on 1mm 3D Surface Data
Kelvin Wang - Achieving High Correlations of Inertial Profilers with Reference Profilers at the Smart Road
Paul Toom
General Session 1: Never Technologies
Moderator: Li Ningyuan
- Automatic Detection of Broken Slab on Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement (JPCP) Using Sensor-derived Vibration Data
Yiching Wu - High Friction Surface Treatment Aggregate Durability Study
David Merritt - Road National Virtual Library
Agustin Oseguera - Implementation of a multi-modal mobile sensor system for surface and subsurface assessment of roadways
Ming Wang
Functional Session 2: 3D Systems
Moderator: Andy Mergenmeier
- Automated Pavement Analysis
Ray Mandli - Using 3D transverse profiles (4000 points) and IMUs to measure road geometry to generate high resolution DTM models of pavement surfaces
John Laurent - Distress Image Library for Precision and Bias Analysis of Fully Automated Pavement Cracking Survey
Kelvin Wang - Advancing Pavement Evaluation to Support MAP 21
Jerome Daleiden
Structural Session 1: GPR in Structural Evaluation
Moderator: David Kaulfers
- Integration of GPR and core data laboratory testing for forensic investigation of roadway pavement features
Cherif Amer-Yahia - Combining TSD and NM-GPR for rapid road investigations: Preliminary work
Wayne Muller - Implementation of GPR Mapping of New Asphalt Density
Ken Maser - North Dakota County Roads Pavement Network Structural Condition Assessment: Integration of GPR and FWD Data
Ken Maser
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Functional Session 3: Pavement Friction
Moderator: George Chang
- An update on HFST for Horizontal Curves
David Merritt - New Test Method for Pavement Frictional Properties
John Andrews - Road Network Pavement Management Program
Ross McCarthy - Friction Studies – from Passive to Intelligent Tires
Saled Taheri
Structural Session 2: Evaluation of deflection devices
Moderator: Doug Chalman
- Evaluation of the TSD in Germany
Dirk Jansen - Evaluation of Accuracy and Precision of Several Highway Speed Deflection Devices
Soheil Nazarian - How do 1st and 2nd generation Traffic Speed Deflectometers compare? – Results of a UK trial
Brian Ferne - Verification of Traffic Speed Deflectometer measurements using Instrumented Pavements in South Africa
Louw Kannemeyer
Functional Session 4: Macrotexture
Moderator: Kevin McGhee
- Monitoring Pavement Surface Texture and Friction, a Case Study
Nima Kargah-Ostadi - Evaluating Pavement Texture Uniformity in Connecticut
John Henault - Filtering and spike removal methodology for high-speed laser texture measurements
Samer Katicha - Virtual Surface for Runways, Multi-Lane Highways, Bridge Decks at True 1mm Resolution
Joshua Li
Structural Session 3: Current applications
Moderator: Larry Scofield
- Continuous deflection measurements with the Curviameter for project and network management
Carl Van Geem - Survey and Analysis of the Pavement Structure at Network and Project Levels
J. Antonio Rmaos Garcia - Evaluating the performance of new and in-serivce pavements in Italy using high-speed non-destructive testing
Stefano Drusin - TSD acceptance testing in Australia
Richard Wix
Functional Session 5: Pavement Management
Moderator: Akyiaa Hosten
- Variability of Pavement Surface Evaluations
Jerome Daleiden - Using Automatically Collected Data to Improve Pavement Performance Evaluation and Rehabilitation Programming
Li Ningyuan - Data Driven Monitoring and Management of Pavements based on large amounts of surface and subsurface sensor data
Salar Shamsabadi - Development of a Pavement Management Solution with Camera Based Distress Characterization
Dennis Scott
Structural Session 4: Future applications
Moderator: Trenton Clark
- Network Level Pavement Structural Evaluations – A Way Forward
Nadarajah Sivaneswaran - Network structural surveys in the UK – current status and future European developments
Brian Ferne - Network Level Structural Evaluation with the TSD device
Samer Katicha - Investigation of Applicability and Use of a Pavement Response Model with High Speed Deflection Devices
Raj Siddharthan
Plenary Session 3
- RPUG Door Prizes and Awards Meeting
Doug Chalman - FHWA Report
Robert Rozycki - Theme Summaries
John Andrews, Brian Ferne - Closing Remarks
Kevin McGhee