Pavement Evaluation 2019

Plenary Open Session

Moderator – Edgar de León Izeppi

Inauguration
Ken King
Current status of European standardization in the road surface characteristic area
Leif Sjögren
Integrating Safety into the Transportation Decision Making Process
Priscilla Tobias

Functional Session 1-1

Moderator: Thomas Van

Lessons learned from Florida's profiler certification track
James Greene
Why profiler certification sites are necessary for quality data
Tom Hershberger
Application of Pavement Smoothness Benefit in Pavement Determination
Max Grogg
Short-term changes, long-term changes, and repeatability of localized roughness in jointed PCC pavement
Steve Karamihas

Structural Session 2-1

Moderator: Rob Crandol

Damage assessment of existing asphalt pavements for M-E rehabilitation design in Virginia: a hybrid approach
Jhony Habbouche
Evaluation of ME Results
Dennis Morian
Effect of roughness-induced dynamic load on pavement fatigue life using mechanistic-empirical approach
Seyed-Farzan Kazemi
The long-term pavement performance section of BAB 5 - Current status and outlook
Tim Blumenfeld

Other Session 3-1

Moderator: Amy Simpson

A model for predicting the deterioration of the Pavement Condition Index and the Road Roughness Index
Amnon Ravina
Multi-variable analysis for pavement assessment
Nathan Bech
Quality assessment of 2017 HPMS pavements condition data
Sareh Kouchaki
Evolution of HPMS pavement condition data from 2009 to 2017
Amy Simpson

Pooled Fund 3 (354) – Profilers Technical Session 1

Moderator: David Huft

Sensitivity of inertial profilers to operational conditions on urban and low-speed roadways
Steve Karamihas
Characterization of roughness on urban and low-speed roadways
Steve Karamihas

Structural Session 2-2

Moderator: Senthil Thyagarajan

Assessment of jointed concrete pavements using continuous deflection data
Jerry Daleiden
Using Traffic Speed Deflectometer measurements to estimate the pavement strains under a moving load
Christoffer P. Nielsen
Compaction quality assurance of geomaterials using the Light Weight Deflectometer
Sadaf Khosravifar
Joint pursuit: detecting weak joints using TSD measurements by Basis Pursuit
Samer Katicha

Other Session 3-2

Moderator: Affan Habib

Assessing the impact of data quality on pavement management systems
Ahmad Alhasan
The use of pavement management systems to manage and process the "big data" sets generated from continuous measurement road condition surveys to develop practical maintenance plans and budgets
Graeme Paterson
Implementation of quality management plan for the collection of interstate pavement condition data
Jonathan Groeger
Rutting and faulting data for the interstate highway system: equipment validation
Amy Simpson

Pooled Fund 3 (354) – Profilers Technical Session 2

Moderator: David Huft

Using localized pseudo damage as a characterization tool for longitudinal profiles
Craig Altmann
Investigation of profile-based curl and warp analysis using LTPP profile data
Steve Karamihas

Structural Session 2-3

Moderator: Ross McCarthy

A comparison study of Traffic Speed Deflectometer and Falling Weight Deflectometer on Texas roads
Feng Hong & John Bilyeu
Effect of pavement structural condition on the rate of pavement deterioration
Shivesh Shrestha
Field testing of TSD in New Jersey: deflection analysis and backcalculated moduli
Hao Wang

Other Session 3-3

Moderator: Bouzid Choubane

Forensic evaluation of pavement failure Using GPR and UAV technology
Vahid Ganji
Changes in interstate highway system pavement conditions between 2015 and 2018
Sareh Kouchaki
Application of 3D radar for pavement evaluation
Kenneth Maser

Functional Session 1-2

Moderator: Robert Orthmeyer

Connected vehicle roughness data collection is real and could change our industry
William R. Vavrik
Five years report for functional and structural deterioration of local road pavements in TRUE Project
Kazuya Tomiyama
Striving for smoothness: a case study in ride quality measurement and performance specifications
Alex Bernier
Experiences in the first use of Automatic 3-D Distress Evaluation System for pavement monitoring in Argentina
Gustavo Mezzelani

Other Session 3-4

Moderator: Raja Shekharan

Comparable pavement cracking definitions
Kelvin Wang
The preliminary study on evaluation of Taiwan Freeway No.1 using maintenance condition index
Shih-Huang Cheng
Costa Rica experience in the application of the IRI parameter as criteria for the acceptance of road maintenance and rehabilitation projects
Luis Diego Herra Gómez
Pavement evaluation & maintenance prioritization
Dominic Passanita

Pooled Fund 2 (299) - Rut, Crack, Fault Technical Session 1

Moderator: Andy Mergenmeier

Guidance for quality management of pavement surface condition data collection and analysis
George Chang
Calibration, certification, and verification of transverse pavement profile measurements, project recommendations
Rick Miller, John Ferris, Craig Altmann
Practical methods of comparing vendor provided cracking distress data to agency produced “ground truth” data
Doug Frith

Functional Session 1-3

Moderator: Rohan Perera

3-D sidewalk inspections
John Laurent
Quality assurance process for NCDOT automated data collection
Ryan Finley
Historical advancements in high speed distress data collection
Doug Frith
Road surface measurement spacing based on delaunay triangulation
Craig Altmann

Pooled Fund 3 TPF-5 (385) – TSDD Technical Session 1

Moderator: Gerardo Flintsch

Locating poor joints in composite pavements using TSD
Senthil Thyagarajan

Pooled Fund 2 (299) - Rut, Crack, Fault Technical Session 2

Moderator: Andy Mergenmeier

Proposed standard data format and compression algorithms for 2D/3D pavement surface image
James Tsai
Jointed concrete pavement faulting collection and analysis standards
Shreenath Rao

Functional Session 1-4

Moderator: John Senger

Introduction to continuous friction measurements
Ryland Potter & Graeme Paterson
Implementation of a PFMP for Virginia DOT – preliminary results
Ross McCarthy
Eliminate the deduct staircase: towards continuous distress severity measurement
Michael Nieminen

Pooled Fund 3 TPF-5 (385) – TSDD Technical Session 2

Moderator: Samer Katicha

Use of traffic speed deflection data in Australia
Richard Wix
Implementation of the Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD) for network level pavement management
Ken Maser
Kansas Traffic Speed Deflectometer (and more) experimental findings
Kevin McGhee
Economic impact of including pavement structural condition into pavement management decisions
Shivesh Shrestha

Other Session 3-4

Moderator: Thomas Van

Pavement distress detection using advanced machine learning methods with intensity and depth data
Matthew Connelly-Taylor
Development of a machine learning-based quality control approach for automated pavement condition data
Amir Arshadi & Abbas Kachwalla
Pavement surface evaluation beyond cracking with deep learning
Kelvin Wang

Plenary Closing Session

Moderator: Kevin McGhee

Enabling continuous road monitoring applications using connected vehicle data
Donald K. Grimm
RPUG Business Meeting
Kevin McGhee & Scott Mathison
Final Remarks
Gerardo Flintsch

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Conferences

Wednesday, September 18

Plenary Open Session

Functional Session 1-1

Structural Session 2-1

Other Session 3-1

Pooled Fund 3 (354) – Profilers Technical Session 1

Structural Session 2-2

Other Session 3-2

Pooled Fund 3 (354) – Profilers Technical Session 2

Structural Session 2-3

Other Session 3-3

Thursday, September 19

Functional Session 1-2

Other Session 3-4

Pooled Fund 2 (299) - Rut, Crack, Fault Technical Session 1

Functional Session 1-3

Pooled Fund 3 TPF-5 (385) – TSDD Technical Session 1

Pooled Fund 2 (299) - Rut, Crack, Fault Technical Session 2

Functional Session 1-4

Pooled Fund 3 TPF-5 (385) – TSDD Technical Session 2

Other Session 3-4

Plenary Closing Session