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16th Annual ICAR Symposium Omni Austin Hotel-Southpark May 12 - 14, 2008 Austin, Texas
Aggregates: Asphalt Concrete, Portland Cement Concrete, Bases and Fines
SCHEDULE
| Monday, May 12, 2008 |
| 2:30 PM | NSSGA Research and Product Development Committee |
| 5:00 PM | Reception |
| 6:30 PM | ICAR Advisory Board of Directors Meeting |
| Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
| 7:00 - 9:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 7:00 AM | Aggregates Foundation for Technology, Research, and Education Board Meeting |
| 10:00 AM | Opening Session
Speaker: ICAR Reflections, David W. Fowler, Director, ICAR
Speaker: Aggregates Foundation for Technology, Research, and Education Outlook, Sherrod B. "Mike" Clarke, Jr, Vulcan Materials Company, Chairman, AFTRE Board of Trustees
Speaker: Aggregate Related Pavement Surface Defects - Are There Lessons We Can Learn?, Chris Rogers, Consultant, Formerly with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation |
| 12:00 - 1:15 PM | Award Luncheon MC: Dallas N. Little Texas A&M University
The ICAR/AFTRE Distinguished Researcher Award will be presented to D. Stephen Lane, Virginia Transportation Research Council |
| 1:15 PM | Session A1: Characterizing Aggregates for Hot Mix Asphalt Chair: John Yzenas, Edward C. Levy Company
Discrete Element Analysis of the Influence of Mixture Design and Aggregate Properties on Asphalt Mixture Performance Enad Mahmoud, Eyad Masad and Soheil Nazarian
Aggregates in Warm Asphalt Mixtures Dallas N. Little and Amit Bhasin, Texas A&M University
Moisture Damage in Asphalt Mixtures Containing Marginal Aggregates Mansour Solamanian, Pennsylvania State University |
| 1:15 PM | Session A2: Aggregates in Concrete, I Chair: Robin Graves, Vulcan Materials Company
The Perfect Product: Customizing Processes at a limestone Quarry to Develop Market Opportunities Tom Matthews, Blue Mountain Minerals
Characterization of Natural Microfines Associated with Concrete Aggregates Jose F. Munoz, Jessica M. Sanfilippo, Steven M. Cramer, M. Isabel Tejedor, Marc A. Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Three Dimensional Particulate Analysis By Vision Thomas M. Canty and Paul O'Brien, J.M. Canty Co. |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:20 PM | Session B1: Aggregates in Base Courses Chair: Randy Weingart, Luck Stone Corporation
Laboratory Characterization of Asphalt-Treated Granular Bases Louay N. Mohammad, Louisiana State University
A case study of a Cement-stabilized Aggregate Base Course on SC-5 in York County, South Carolina Tim McConnell, Portland Cement Association
Drainable Bases Caroline Herrera, Texas Department of Transportation
ICAR Base Characterization Research Dallas N. Little, Texas A&M University |
| 3:20 PM | Session B2: Aggregates in Concrete, II Chair: Don Powell, Vulcan Materials Company
Blended Fine Aggregates in Pavement Concrete Alison Trachet, The University of Texas at Austin, Eric P. Koehler, W.R. Grace and Co., and David W. Fowler, The University of Texas at Austin
Optimization of Aggregates in Concrete Mixtures Michael de Moya Hahn, Marc Rached, David W. Fowler, The University of Texas at Austin, and Eric P. Koehler, W.R. Grace and Co.
Advanced Characterization Methods Applied to Ottawa Sand Enad Mahmoud, Leslie Gates, Eyad Masad, Texas A&M University, and Edward J. Garboczi, National Institute for Standards and Technology
ASTM C1260 Proficiency Study Ryan Barborak, Texas Department of Transportation |
| 5:30 PM | Reception |
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| 7:00 - 7:45 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 10:00 AM | Session C1: Department of Transportation/Federal Agency Panelists Discuss Current Aggregates-Related Issues in Their Organizations Chair: Sam Johnson, Martin Marietta Materials
Panel Members: Sheila Beshears, Illinois DOT Bob Rees, Indiana DOT Will Stalcup, Missouri DOT Kenneth Hobson, Oklahoma DOT German Claros, Texas DOT Bob Rothwell, Wyoming DOT Bryce Simons, New Mexico DOT |
| 10:00 - 10:20 AM | Break
| | 10:20 - 11:45 AM | >Session D1 - Testing Chair: Steve Lenker, NSSGA
Comparison of Aggregates Analyses by X-Ray Computed Tomography and the Aggregates Imaging System (AIMS) Eyad Masad, Texas A&M University
A Flakiness Test for Fine Aggregate Chris Rogers, Consultant, and Bob Gorman, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Crushed Rock as Sand in Concrete - the Swedish Experience Mikael Westerholm, Hans-Erik Gram, and Björn Lagerblad, Swedish Cement and Concrete Research Institute |
| 11:45 AM | Adjourn 16th ICAR Symposium |
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