Arizona Pavements and Materials Conference: Full Schedule

1:30pm MST

SESSION 1: Asphalt Pavements in Action

Wednesday November 19, 2025 1:30pm - 2:55pm MST

SESSION 1: Asphalt Pavements in Action
Ventana Ballroom 241 Moderator: Mo Rahman
1:30-1:55pm
Presentation Title: The State of SMA Paving in Arizona
Speaker Kevin Robertson
2:00-2:25pm
Presentation Title: Multi-Layer Surface Treatments
Speaker: Jeff Smith
2:30-2:55pm
Presentation Title: Longitudinal Grooving
of Asphalt Pavements
Speaker Larry Scofield

Moderators

Mo Rahman

Technical Marketing Manager, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.

Mo Rahman has 29 years of experience in asphalt materials industry since his undergraduate degree in 1995. He has specialized in asphalt construction materials, production / operations, evaluation / testing, quality control / quality assurance and managing QC lab. He is knowledgeable... Read More →

Speakers

Jeff Smith

Business Development, Cactus Asphalt

Jeff Smith has been an industry professional in Arizona since 1976 working with numerous contracting companies, many associated with Asphalt Rubber and other rubber modified binder materials. Jeff has been involved with sales, marketing, binder formulation, pavement preservation... Read More →

Kevin Robertson

Surface Treatment Engineer, Arizona Department of Transportation

Kevin has been a roadway engineer for more than 28 years in Arizona with the last 11 years being at the Arizona Department of Transportation. He is the Pavement Management Surface Treatment Engineer as part of Asset Management within the Multimodal Planning Division (MPD) at ADOT... Read More →

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 →

Wednesday November 19, 2025 1:30pm - 2:55pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

TRACK 1

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

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

Joe Phillips

Alex Carter

QC Manager, Vulcan Materials

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 →

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

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

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

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 →

Doug Carlson

Vice President Asphalt Products, Rubberized Asphalt Market Development

Carlos Obando

Thursday November 20, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
Ventana Ballroom 241

TRACK 1