2024 TRC Conference Presentations

2024 TRC Conference Presentations

General Session
ARDOT WelcomeDirector Lorie Tudor, P.E., ARDOT
Federal Highway Administration UpdateVivien Hoang, FHWA
Creating Equitable Traffic Safety through a Vision Zero ApproachDean Scott, NHTSA
TRB 101: What You Need To Know About The Transportation Research
Board
Stephen Maher, TRB
From the Flintstones to the Jetsons: How Transportation Affects the Protection of Roadway WorkersCindy Williams, ATSSA
Sarah Stillman, ATSSA
Safety Advances for Roadway Workers Panel Moderated by Deric
Wyatt
Spencer Stillman, Time Striping
Matt Emberton, ARDOT
Eddie Tanner, ARDOT
Safe Systems Planning and Operations
Lighting in the Balance: The Highs and Lows Roadway LightingRonald Gibbons, VTTI
2024 Solar Eclipse Traffic Management PlanNicci Tiner, Garver
Four Minutes of Darkness, Lessons Learned from the 2024 Solar
Eclipse
Michael Kelly, ARDOT
The Safe Systems Pyramid: A New Framework For Traffic SafetyRachael Thompson Panik, Georgia Institute of Technology
A Crash Course on Arkansas’ DataAnthony Dao, ARDOT
Stuck No More! ARDOT’s Incident Management On I-40Edward Holcomb, Garver
Nicci Tiner, Garver
Road Safety AuditsWalt Catlett, Catlett Engineering
Safety Is No Accident
Making Work Zones SaferHenry Brown, University of MO, Columbia
Traffic Incident Management and TIM Training FacilityLieutenant Brad Perkins, AHP
TSMO Safety Innovation at ARDOTHussain Alfaraj, ARDOT
Safety Assessment For Every Roadway (SAFER)Katy Harlan, MODOT
High Crash Work-ZonesTyrone Dillard, AHP
Charting a Course to Safer Streets: Fayetteville’s $25 Million Safe Streets 4 All InitiativeDane Eifling, City of Fayetteville
Chris Brown, City of Fayetteville
Matt Mihalevich, City of Fayetteville
Right Vs Wrong: Reducing Wrong-Way Crashes In Arkansas
Using Passive And Active Systems
Joe Hawkins, ARDOT
Technology And Innovation
EnViewer to EnQuery: Seeing is Believing! Behind the Scenes of
Arkansas Road Projects
Linda DeMasi, ARDOT
Marisol Filares, ARDOT
Robert Reed, ARDOT
Digital Engineering QC – A New WayJosh Kleitsch, Olsson
Safety Analysis Process: Core Module #7Walt Catlett, Catlett Engineering
142+ HoursValarie Nichols, ARDOT
Kaili Teeter, ARDOT
What Can Right of Way Engineering Do For You?Genevieve Haller, DelDOT
ARDOT Real-Time GNSS NetworkEric Benson, ARDOT
Stuck in Traffic? We Know Why! A Look at ARDOT’s Resources
to Analyze Congestion on Arkansas’ Highways?
Sharon Hawkins, ARDOT
Christopher Pipkin, ARDOT
Bridge Tech
ARDOT’s New Bridge Inspection TechnologyCaleb Lambert, ARDOT
Jake Norris, ARDOT
Why Bridge Load Ratings are ImportantTim Armbrecht, Michael Baker Intl.
Rehabilitation of the Garrison Avenue Bridge in Fort Smith,
Arkansas
Ed Liberati, Hydro-Technologies
Utilizing Contractual BIM in your Structures Workflow, Design to ConstructionDaniel Jensen, Michael Baker Intl.
TRC1903 – Investigating Concrete Deck Cracking in Continuous
Steel Bridges
Ernie Heymsfield, UAF
A View From Below: The ARDOT Dive Team InitiativeNate Brown, ARDOT
Tori Elliott, ARDOT
wikiHow to Repair a Bridge in Arkansas?Kevin Weston, ARDOT
Infrastructure Materials
FHWA – Mobile Asphalt Technology CenterMichael Huner, FHWA
Effect of Lag and Dwell Time on Balanced Mix Design TestingRam Veeraraghavan, FHWA
Partnering Pavement PerformanceTisha Reynolds, ARDOT
New Friction/Polishing Test for Asphalt MixturesWade Collins, Pavement Technology Inc.
Earthquake-Induced Soil Liquefaction and Transportation
Structures
David Baska, Terracon
Understanding Alkali-Silica Reaction Susceptibility of
Aggregates Used in Concrete
Chandni Balachandran, FHWA
Practical Applications of the TFHRC ASR Management ToolsJose Muñoz, FHWA