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Greetings from the e-Newsletter Editors
You may have not realized, but ISCP has been sending you
an e-Newsletter like this one every other month for some time now. We started it in 2004, and even though
putting together a bi-monthly newsletter is not a monumental task, it still
takes some time and effort. When we
volunteered to take on this task, we did it to establish a regular channel to
keep members informed of the Society’s activities and to increase ISCP
relevance. Back then, we were graduate students and had a lot more flexible
time for this task. We later invited
Amanda Bordelon to join us, and the three of us have been responsible, along
with ISCP secretary/treasurer Mark Snyder, to ensure that the members and
friends of the Society hear from ISCP at least six times a year. For the vast majority of you that do not know us, Jake
Hiller lives in Houghton, Michigan, USA where he is starting as an assistant
professor at Michigan Technological University. Amanda Bordelon
is currently a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Illinois, USA.
I now work for the University of California Pavement
Research Center in Davis, California, USA. Most of the newsletter work gets done, as
you can probably imagine, via email.
Mark Snyder, who is currently a consultant in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania,
USA, provides us with the society business articles, and oversees the
functioning of the communication committee. We all love the engineering aspects of concrete pavements,
but as engineers, “journalism” does not come naturally for us. We need your patronage. We generally do not get a lot of feedback,
and sometimes we ask ourselves whether or not you read what we write. As you can see from this issue of the
newsletter, there are a lot of things happening at ISCP. We invite you to continue reading our
newsletter, provide us with comments and articles if you can, and become
active in supporting the activities and initiatives of the International
Society for Concrete Pavements as we continue to prosper. Erwin Kohler, Jake
Hiller, and Amanda Bordelon ISCP e-Newsletter
Editors Registration Now Open for 9th International
Conference Registration
materials for the 9th
International Conference on Concrete Pavements in San Francisco,
California, USA from August 17-21, 2008 are now available at: http://www.concretepavements.org/9thiccp/Conference_registration_form.pdf Also, a link to
the exhibitor registration form can be found at: http://www.concretepavements.org/9thiccp/ExhibitorForm.pdf Online
registration for the 9th Conference will also be available in the
near future.
Registration fees
for this conference are as follows: Current (2007)
ISCP Members who renew by Jan 31, 2008: • $600 Member
Registration by May 31, 2008 • $700 Member
Registration June 1-August 8, 2008 • $800 Member
Registration after August 8, 2008 Non-members: • $700
Registration by May 31, 2008 • $800
Registration June 1-August 8, 2008 • $900
Registration after August 8, 2008 Full-Time
Employees of Government Agency: • $200 discount Students: • $350 Student
Registration by May 31, 2008 • $400 Student
Registration June 1-August 8, 2008 • $450 Student
Registration after August 8, 2008 Other: • $2,000 –
Exhibitor Registration • $150 –
Spouse/Guest Registration • $75 – Paper Copy
of Proceedings A limited number
of free student registrations are available on a first-come, first-served
basis through the U.S. Federal Highway Administration for US-based students
who participate in the poster board competition. Student travel stipends may be available
through local chapters of the American Concrete Pavement Association. Interested students should contact the
Poster Board Session coordinator, Elin Jensen at jensen@ltu.edu for additional information. For more
information on the 9th International Conference on Concrete
Pavements, please visit us online at: http://www.concretepavements.org/9thiccp ISCP Elections Open on November 5! ISCP members
should watch for the delivery of an electronic ballot (by e-mail) for the
election of 7 persons to fill expiring Director positions on the ISCP Board
for 2008 – 2012. The Nominating
Committee has prepared a slate of candidates that will be listed on the
ballot, but write-ins are welcome as well.
In addition to the
election of Directors, members will be asked to vote on a proposal from the
Board to modify the ISCP Constitution to include a revised mission statement. Completed ballots
will be accepted by the Secretary-Treasurer for 30 days after distribution. Annual Board and Membership Meeting Scheduled ISCP’s annual
Board and Membership Meeting is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, January
12, 2008 at 17h30 in Washington, D.C. (contingent upon approval of room
request to TRB). The meeting agenda is
expected to include regular business meeting reports, a summary and
discussion of the results of the August 2007 Strategic Planning Meeting,
introduction of new members, and induction of new honorary members. A post-meeting group dinner is also
planned. Final details for the meeting
time/location, agenda and dinner plans will be posted on the ISCP website at www.concretepavements.org. ISCP to Develop Concrete Pavement Graduate Program
Brochures In an effort to
promote educational research opportunities for students across the globe, the
International Society for Concrete Pavements is currently trying to assemble a
list of universities that offer graduate studies and conduct research in the
area of concrete pavements and materials.
We are requesting a one-page profile of the university, research(ers),
and institutes within the university that may help support concrete pavement
research. ISCP will then host these
profiles on their website to serve as a quick tool for students interested in
concrete pavements and materials in order to find information and links to
each university. Currently, ISCP has four university
profiles represented on our site consisting of: ·
Michigan
Technological University (Houghton, Michigan, USA) ·
University
of California-Davis (Davis, California, USA) ·
University
of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois, USA) ·
University
of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) These profiles and the template (MS-Word
document) can be found online at: http://www.concretepavements.org/universities ISCP welcomes
additions from all universities with graduate programs in concrete pavements
and materials and particularly is interested in university profiles outside
the united States. Any questions on
this initiative can be addressed to Dr. Jake Hiller and Dr. Erwin Kohler at newsletter@concretepavements.org. Renew your ISCP Membership for 2008 Now! Membership renewal
notices will be mailed to individual members during the first week of November
(organizational sponsor/member renewals were mailed in early October). Timely
renewal of membership is especially important this year because, in addition
to providing the Society with operating funds, they are a necessary part of
qualifying for discounted registration fees for the 9th International
Conference (the “member” rate
is only available to 2007 members who renew for 2008 by January 31). |