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AASHTO appoints new leaders to several committees
February 15th, 2024
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently appointed several new leaders to various committees within its organization. Cameron Kergaye, director of research and innovation at the Utah Department of Transportation, has been named to a two-year term as vice chair of the AASHTO Special Committee on Research and Innovation, as well as […]
New members named to AASHTO committees
September 26th, 2023
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently named five new members to its Special Committee on Research and Innovation, along with the appointment of a new chair to its AASHTO Census Transportation Solutions technical service program, overseen by the AASHTO Committee on Planning. Photo courtesy of AASHTO. Samantha Biddle – deputy secretary of the […]
Christopher honored with 2018 Koerner award and lecture series
February 1st, 2019
The Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA), led by a Koerner awardee selection task force, chose Barry R. Christopher, Ph.D., P.E., as the recipient of the 2018 Robert M. Koerner Award and Lecture Series. The award and lecture series is named for Robert M. Koerner, Ph.D., the founder and director emeritus of the Geosynthetic Institute and professor […]
Barry R. Christopher honored with 2018 Koerner award and lecture series
September 11th, 2018
The Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA), led by a Koerner awardee selection task force, selected Barry R. Christopher, Ph.D., P.E., as the recipient of the 2018 Dr. Robert M. Koerner Award and Lecture Series. The award and lecture series is named for Dr. Robert M. Koerner, Ph.D., the founder and director emeritus of the Geosynthetic Institute […]
TRB releases report on resilience after natural disasters in transportation infrastructure
June 12th, 2018
On June 11, 2018, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) released a prepublication, unedited version of “Synthesis 527: Resilience in Transportation Planning, Engineering, Management, Policy, and Administration” by Aimee Flannery, Maria A. Pena and Jessica Manns. The draft report documents resilience efforts and how they are organized, understood and implemented […]
TRB releases research on geosynthetics and pavement performance
July 31st, 2017
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) has made available online the document “Quantifying the Influence of Geosynthetics on Pavement Performance.” The research report develops a methodology for quantifying the influence of geosynthetics on pavement performance for use in pavement design and analysis. This project focused on the use of […]