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Arizona Pavements and Materials Conference
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Thursday, November 20
 

7:00am MST

Registration – Exhibits Open – Continental Breakfast
Thursday November 20, 2025 7:00am - 8:00am MST
Arizona Ballroom 221
Thursday November 20, 2025 7:00am - 8:00am MST
Arizona Ballroom 221
  Registration

8:00am MST

GENERAL SESSION: Concrete Solutions: Strength, Stability, and Smart Repairs
Thursday November 20, 2025 8:00am - 10:00am MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

GENERAL SESSION: Concrete Solutions: Strength, Stability, and Smart Repairs
Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Farhad Rahimi / Hossein Noorvand
8:00-8:25am
Presentation Title: Ultra High-Performance Spotlight on Arizona DOT
Speaker:
8:30-8:55am
Presentation Title: Road Intersections Solutions: Thin White-Topping
Speaker:
9:00-9:25am
Presentation Title: Crack Mitigation
Speaker: Dan Vojtko
9:30-9:55am
Presentation Title: Concrete Utility Adjustment
Speaker:
10:00-10:30am
Moderators
avatar for Hossein Noorvand

Hossein Noorvand

Research Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
avatar for Farhad Rahimi

Farhad Rahimi

Civil Engineer, City of Phoenix
As a Quality Assurance Manager Consultant for the City of Phoenix, I have been contracted to oversee the quality of light rail projects since October 2019. I have also been working as a Project Manager at QT since July 2019, where I manage multiple projects from initiation to completion... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Dan Vojtko

Dan Vojtko

Group Product Line Manager, Master Builders Solutions
Experienced Product Line Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the chemicals industry. Skilled in Research and Development (R&D), Materials Science, Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Engineering. Strong product management professional with a Masters focused... Read More →
Thursday November 20, 2025 8:00am - 10:00am MST
Ventana Ballroom 241
  General Session

10:00am MST

Networking Break
Thursday November 20, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am MST
Arizona Ballroom 221
Thursday November 20, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am MST
Arizona Ballroom 221
  Networking

10:30am MST

SESSION 3: Evolving Asphalt Materials Specifications in Arizona
Thursday November 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

SESSION 3: Evolving Asphalt Materials Specifications in Arizona
Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Bob McGennis
10:30-10:50am
Presentation Title: Local Mixture and Binder Needs for Pavement Design
Speaker Joe Phillips
10:50-11:25am
Presentation Title:  MAG Mixtures and Binders - Specifications to Unify the Valley
Speaker Alex Carter
11:25 – 12:00pm
Presentation Title:  Case Study – City of Phoenix Specification Development
Speaker Rob Duvall & Parnian Ghasemi
Moderators
avatar for Robert McGennis

Robert McGennis

Asphalt Technical Manager, HF Sinclair
Bob McGennis is the Asphalt Technical Manager for the HF Sinclair Corporation, a position he has held since 1998. He has management authority over quality control, PG binder and asphalt emulsion formulations, raw materials, and technology for the HF Sinclair asphalt group. Bob has... Read More →
Speakers
JP
avatar for Alex Carter

Alex Carter

QC Manager, Vulcan Materials
RD

Robert Duvall

Materials Supervisor, City of Phoenix
Rob Duvall is a Materials Supervisor with the City of Phoenix. Mr. Duvall has 23 years of experience in the construction materials testing field, including 18 years with the City of Phoenix. Mr. Duvall is heavily involved in the materials testing community including the Arizona Technical... Read More →
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Parnian Ghasemi

Materials Manager, City of Phoenix
Parnian earned her Ph.D. in Pavement Engineering from Iowa State University in 2019, concentrating on applying Machine Learning algorithms to predict Pavement Performance and enhance Pavement Design. She holds a Professional Engineer certification in the State of Arizona. Before joining... Read More →
Thursday November 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241
  TRACK 1

10:30am MST

SESSION 4: Geotech Progress: Stabilize, Reinforce, Automate
Thursday November 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
Turquoise 220
SESSION 4: Geotech Progress: Stabilize, Reinforce, Automate
Turquoise 220 Moderator: Claudia Zapata
Presentation Title: Soil Stabilization & Dust Mitigation
Speaker: Coconino County
Presentation Title:  The Impact of Expansive Soils and 
Geohazards on the Performance of the ADOT Highway System
Speaker: Patrice Brun, ADOT
Presentation Title: An AI-Based Model for Predicting Vehicle Tire 
Sinkage into Roadside Soils
Speaker Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei, ASU
Moderators
avatar for Claudia Zapata

Claudia Zapata

Professor, Arizona State University
Long BioCivil Engineer, Associate Professor at the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University (ASU), current Associate Director of the National Center for Infrastructure Transformation (NCIT) under the U.S. Department of Transportation... Read More →
Speakers
CC
PB
avatar for Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei

Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei

Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Dr. Hamed Khodadadi Tirkolaei is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (SSEBE) at Arizona State University (ASU). He received his PhD in geotechnical engineering with a focus on biogeotechnics from Eastern Mediterranean University... Read More →
Thursday November 20, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm MST
Turquoise 220
  TRACK 2

12:00pm MST

LUNCHEON
Thursday November 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm MST
Arizona Ballroom 221
Moderator: 
Lunch Speaker: Steve Trussel
◆ Community Service Awards ◆ Witczak Endowment Students Awards  ◆ Student Poster Awards
Speakers
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Steve Trussel

Executive Director, Arizona Rock Products Association & The Arizona Mining Association
Specialties: Education Community RelationsRegulatory ProcessesGeneral Legislative ProcessesAssociation Management
Thursday November 20, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm MST
Arizona Ballroom 221
  Networking

1:30pm MST

SESSION 5: Pavement Resilience
Thursday November 20, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

SESSION 5: Pavement Resilience
Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Kamil Kaloush 
1:30-2:00pm
Presentation Title: Ultra-Low Carbon Asphalt Dry Process Modifier
Speaker: Doug Carlson and Ellie Fini
2:00-2:30pm
Presentation Title: Fire-Resistant / Thermal Protective Pavements
Speaker: Carlos Obando
Moderators
avatar for Kamil E. Kaloush

Kamil E. Kaloush

Professor, IREF Chairman, Arizona State University | IREF
Kamil Kaloush is a FORTA Professor of Pavement Engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering at ASU. He is also the founder and past director of the National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations, and served as the Associate Director, National... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Elham Fini

Elham Fini

Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Dr. Ellie Fini is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University, an Invention Ambassador at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fulbright Scholar of Aalborg University of Denmark, a Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Global Institute of Sustainability... Read More →
avatar for Doug Carlson

Doug Carlson

Vice President Asphalt Products, Rubberized Asphalt Market Development
avatar for Carlos Obando
Thursday November 20, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241
  TRACK 1

1:30pm MST

SESSION 6: Advancing Transparency
Thursday November 20, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
Turquoise 220
SESSION 6:  Advancing Transparency
Turquoise 220 Moderator: Todd Gonser & Larry Scofield
Presentation Title: Environmental Product Declarations
Update 
Speaker Amlan Mukharjee NAPA
Presentation Title: LCA Tool in Practice
Speaker Haoran Li and Hessam AzariJafari, MIT
Moderators
avatar for Todd Gonser

Todd Gonser

Western Regional Manager, Cutler Repaving, Inc
avatar for Larry Scofield

Larry Scofield

Director of Engineering, IGGA/ACPA
Larry is a graduate from Arizona State University where he received both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering.  Larry retired from the Arizona Department of Transportation where he worked for 29 years.  While with ADOT, he worked in construction, materials... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Amlan Mukharjee

Amlan Mukharjee

Senior Director of Sustainability and Intelligent Construction, National Asphalt Pavement Association
Amlan Mukherjee has extensive background in life cycle assessment for construction materials and has been involved with the development and implementation of the Emerald Eco Label program for the North American asphalt industry since its inception. In his current role he leads the... Read More →
avatar for Hessam Azari Jafari

Hessam Azari Jafari

Executive Director, MIT Electron Conducting Carbon Cement-Based Materials (ec^3) hub & Deputy Director, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, MIT
- Over 14 years of expertise in research and development of the sustainability evaluation of building materials, fuels, and chemicals- Strong abilities in generating innovative ideas and creative problem-solving in life cycle assessment (LCA) and material flow analysis (MFA)- Advanced... Read More →
avatar for Haoran Li

Haoran Li

Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
I am currently working as a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Concrete Sustainability Hub. I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. My research area includes mechanistic-empirical pavement... Read More →
Thursday November 20, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
Turquoise 220
  TRACK 2

2:30pm MST

GENERAL SESSION: Case Studies: Challenges in Construction on a Grand Scale
Thursday November 20, 2025 2:30pm - 3:35pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

GENERAL SESSION: Case Studies: Challenges in Construction on a Grand Scale
Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Parnian Ghasemi and Bob McGennis
2:35-3:35pm
Presentation Title: Caltrans Long-Life Project, I-5 Sacramento
Speaker: Marty McNamara, Granite Construction

Presentation Title: Challenges during construction and quality, Sky Harbor Taxiway U
Speaker: John Kliethermes, Gannet Flemings
Moderators
avatar for Parnian Ghasemi

Parnian Ghasemi

Materials Manager, City of Phoenix
Parnian earned her Ph.D. in Pavement Engineering from Iowa State University in 2019, concentrating on applying Machine Learning algorithms to predict Pavement Performance and enhance Pavement Design. She holds a Professional Engineer certification in the State of Arizona. Before joining... Read More →
avatar for Robert McGennis

Robert McGennis

Asphalt Technical Manager, HF Sinclair
Bob McGennis is the Asphalt Technical Manager for the HF Sinclair Corporation, a position he has held since 1998. He has management authority over quality control, PG binder and asphalt emulsion formulations, raw materials, and technology for the HF Sinclair asphalt group. Bob has... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Marty McNamara

Marty McNamara

Director, Materials Quality at Granite Construction
Marty McNamara, PE has over 28 years of experience in production quality control. He has spent 23 years with Granite Construction Inc and currently serves as the Director of Materials Quality. In this role, Marty is tasked with implementing Granite’s materials quality program companywide... Read More →
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John Kliethermes

Construction Management Leader, Resident Engineer, and Civil Engineer, Gannet Flemings
A Licensed Professional Civil Engineer and Envision certified specialist with invaluable performance inproject delivery in the construction and engineering industries. Specialization in engineering knowledge,resident engineering, logistics, and value engineering in Hard Bid and Alternative... Read More →
Thursday November 20, 2025 2:30pm - 3:35pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241
  General Session

3:40pm MST

END OF CONFERENCE – Grand Prize Drawing
Thursday November 20, 2025 3:40pm - 3:55pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241
Thursday November 20, 2025 3:40pm - 3:55pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241
  General Session
 
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