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CONTENTS Welcome to the 8th
Conference History of the
International Conferences on Concrete Pavements Statistics on
Conference Participants Awards ISCP Needs Your Help!
ISCP WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS Federal
Highway Administration American
Concrete Pavement Association American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials Colorado-Wyoming
Chapter – ACPA Colorado
Department of Transportation Concrete
Reinforcing Steel Institute |
Greetings from the
President
At this
conference we will also continue to pay homage to the many engineers,
scientists and technologists, the pioneers, who came before us and
contributed to the many innovations and best practices. More work is still
needed to continue to optimize the practices for concrete pavements and it is
a challenge to all of us to carry on the work of the pioneers. The future of
concrete pavement technology is bright. Concrete pavements, with an excellent
service record in both highway and airport applications, will continue to be
an important pavement alternative. Finally, as
you participate in the technical discussions over the next few days, please
take some time and interact with your fellow attendees and develop long
lasting relationships. And most of all take some time to also enjoy the
magnificent Enjoy the 8th
Conference. Please contact Mark, Dan or me or the Purdue University
Conference staff if we can make your stay here more enjoyable. stayabji@concretepavements.org Continuing Education Units at the Attendees
of the 8th International Conference will be eligible for Continuing Education
Units (CEU) through
This year’s
International Conference on Concrete Pavements will mark the 8th
in this series of successful conferences held every four years and the second
conference organized by the International Society for Concrete
Pavements. The first six conferences
were organized by
Over the history
of this series of conferences on concrete pavements, a wide representation of
industry, government, academics, and nationalities has become heavily
involved in the planning and participation.
This section of the newsletter would like to give participants a quick
view of who will be participating in this year’s Conference.
Four awards will
be bestowed on papers and posters at this year’s international
conference. One new award is sponsored
by the ACPA Concrete Pavement Education Foundation (CPEF) to honor the late
Robert G. Packard and will be presented for the best paper on concrete
pavement analysis and design. The second new award is named after professor
B.F. McCullough and will be awarded for the best student poster presentation
at the Conference’s Research In-Progress poster session. In
addition to the Packard and McCullough awards, the 8th
International Conference on Concrete Pavements will also continue sponsoring
two other awards for technical papers: the Eldon J. Yoder Award for
Outstanding Paper of the Conference and the Bengt
F. Friberg Award for Outstanding Paper by a Young
Author. A historical look
at the award namesakes and winners from the previous conferences is
summarized below. Eldon (Eldy) J. Yoder Professor Yoder
served as a professor of civil and highway engineering at the Professor Yoder
was also very active in the development of continuing education programs in
the highway field. He was the
organizer for a series of TRB-sponsored conferences on low-volume roads as
well as the first two International Conferences on Concrete Pavements. He was initiating plans for the third
conference of this series at the time of his death in 1983. In memory of his contributions to our
field, the Third International Conference on Concrete Pavements was dedicated
to him and an award set up in his name for the outstanding paper for each of
these conferences has been awarded at every conference since. Previous Eldon J. Yoder award recipients ·
Third Conference on Concrete Pavement Design and Rehabilitation, “Concrete
Pavement Evaluation System (COPES)-Nationwide Prediction Model Demonstration”
by M.I. Darter, J.M. Becker, and M.B. Snyder ·
Fourth Conference on Concrete Pavement Design and Rehabilitation, “Effect of Design
Features on Concrete Pavement Performance” by K.D. Smith, D.G. Peshkin, M.I. Darter, and A.L. Mueller. ·
Fifth Conference on Concrete Pavement Design and Rehabilitation, "Guideline
Recommendations for Timing Contraction Joint Sawing of ·
Sixth International Conference on Concrete Pavement Design and
Materials for High Performance, T.J. Pasko for recognition of his contributions to concrete
pavement research ·
Seventh International Conference on Concrete Pavements, “Development and
Calibration of a Mechanistic Design Procedure for Jointed Plain Concrete
Pavements” by M.I. Darter, L. Khazanovich, M.B. Snyder, S. Rao, and J. Hallin “Performance of “Measurement and
Analysis of Slab Curvature in JPC Pavements Using Profiling Technology” by D.
Sixbey, M. Swanlund, N. Gargarin, and J.R. Mekemson Bengt F. Friberg Bengt F. Friberg
was born in He joined
American Concrete Institute (ACI) Committtee 325,
Concrete Pavements, when it was formed in 1948 and was extensively involved
in committee activities for nearly four decades. Several sections of ACI 325.7R-88 "Recommedations for Designing Prestressed Concrete
Pavements," were based on Friberg's
research. He is also responsible for
the most widely used techniques for analyzing the behavior of groups of dowel
in jointed concrete pavements. Today, Bengt F. Friberg is
internationally recognized for his contributions to the technology of highway
and airport pavements, especially in the areas of dowels, subgrade friction,
and prestressed slabs. He holds more than a dozen In 1991, he was
named an Honorary Member of the ACI “for significant contributions of theory
and knowledge on the distribution of forces on dowels in concrete pavements
and for the development of the technology used in building economical prestressed concrete pavements." Mr. Friberg has passed away, but his many contributions to
concrete pavement engineering are still with us today and continue to be
relevant. In memory of Bengt F. Friberg and his many
contributions to the highway design and analysis professions, an award was
set up in his name at the 7th International Conference on Concrete Pavements
to recognize the outstanding paper by a younger author at each
conference. This award will be
presented during the conference closing. Previous Bengt F. Friberg award recipients ·
Seventh International Conference on Concrete Pavements, “The Measured
Response of Ultra-Thin and Thin Whitetopping to Environmental Loads” by J.M. Vandenbossche “Effects of Temperature
and Moisture on the Response of Jointed Concrete Pavements” by C. Rao, E.J. Barenberg, M.B. Snyder, and S.K. Schmidt “Investigation of
the Optimum Time for Cutting Joints in Concrete Roads” by M. Löfsjögârd Robert (Bob) G. Packard Bob Packard is
most widely known for the concrete pavement thickness design procedures he
developed while working at PCA. A
recipient of many awards and recognitions, Bob was awarded the
Hartmann-Hirschman Award by ACPA in 1997, in recognition of his leadership in
developing design procedures for concrete airfields, highways and local roads
and for expanding the transportation community's knowledge of concrete
pavement engineering. Bob served on the
program committee for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th International Conferences on
Concrete Pavements (then organized by Purdue University) and published papers
in the proceedings from the 1st to 5th International Conferences on Concrete
Pavements. He was also actively involved in technical committees of the
Transportation Research Board, the American Concrete Institute, the American
Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Society of Testing and
Materials. Bob passed away
on B. Frank McCullough Dr. Frank
McCullough is known nationally and internationally as the "Father of
Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement" for his pioneering and
continuing development work in Continuously Reinforced, Post Tensioned, and Precast Concrete pavements. His research and design in
the area of pavement has led to numerous specifications, design methods, and
construction procedures for concrete pavement used by the Texas Department of
Transportation and countless transportation agencies around the In 1957, Dr.
McCullough was employed at the Texas Highway Department as a Design-Research
Engineer. He was determined to become a transportation researcher and
professor, and enrolled in evening classes at the To honor Dr.
McCullough’s contribution to the concrete pavement field, the International
Society for Concrete Pavements will initiate the B.F. McCullough Award for
the best student poster presentation from the 8th International Conference’s
Research In-Progress poster session.
The growth and
success of ISCP depends upon its ability to provide its members with valuable
services. To that end, the officers
and board members are soliciting YOUR input to assist in identifying and
prioritizing member needs and useful products and services. Please take a few
minutes to think about how ISCP can better serve the profession in general
and the membership in particular! Then
go to the ISCP website (www.concretepavements.org)
and click on the “Forum” tab. Then
click on the first discussion item (“Member Input to Improve Society Value”),
read the original message, click “reply”, and leave your message! (NOTE: if you
haven’t yet registered, you will need to do so before you can participate in
the Forum! See the article below in
this newsletter for further instructions.) Register to use the ISCP online electronic forum! The ISCP
electronic forum provides members with an opportunity to share information,
obtain up-to-date information on Society activities, to discuss technical
issues and Society matters, and to vote on various issues. If you’re not a registered user, you’re
missing out on one of the benefits of Society membership! To register, do
the following: 1. Go to the ISCP webpage at www.concretepavements.org and
click on the “Forum” tab on the left side of the homepage. 2. Click on the “Register” link and
follow the instructions for either a Global (access to any EZBoard message board) or Local (ISCP message board only)
registration (either will work).
Remember your selected login name and password – you’ll need it for
all future visits to the forum. 3. After you complete the
registration form, an e-mail will be sent to the address you provided. Click on the link within the e-mail to
validate your registration. 4. That’s all – you’re ready to use
the forum! If you have any
questions regarding the registration or use of the forum, please contact Mark
Snyder at msnyder@concretepavements.org
or by phone at 412-221-8450. January 2006 Meeting Date: A New On-Line Poll The January 2005
Annual Meeting was held on the Saturday evening before the Annual Meeting of
the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C., USA. While this meeting date and time seemed to
work well, a Sunday evening meeting might be more convenient for many ISCP
members. Which meeting
date would YOU prefer for 2006? Please
vote using the ISCP electronic forum (on the ISCP website at www.concretepavements.org).
The ISCP Quarterly Newsletter is edited and maintained by Jake
Hiller and Dr. Erwin Kohler. Any
suggestions or additions to future newsletters are welcomed at newsletter@concretepavements.org.
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