Arizona Pavements and Materials Conference: Full Schedule

1:30pm MST

SESSION 2: Environmental Exposures and Public Health

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

SESSION 2: Environmental Exposures and Public Health
Turquoise 220 Moderator: Ellie Fini
Presentations: PM 2.5 / PM 10 Dynamic Predictive
Modeling, Neurology & Health
Speakers
Presentation Title: Worker Safety & Thermal Exposure
Speakers
Panel Discussion

Moderators

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 →

Wednesday November 19, 2025 1:30pm - 2:55pm MST
Turquoise 220

TRACK 2

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

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

Coconino County

Patrice Brun

ADOT

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

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

Todd Gonser

Western Regional Manager, Cutler Repaving, Inc

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

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 →

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 →

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