66th Illinois Bituminous Paving Conference

2025 Program

Attendee List

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Award Winners

• Lara Diab received the Marshall Thompson Student Research Award
• Ramez Hajj received the IAPA Bituminous Innovative Research Award 
• Kelly Senger received the Barry Dempsey Bituminous Technical Contribution of the Year Award 
• Patrick Koester received the Imad L. Al-Qadi Leadership in Bituminous Engineering Award 
• Bill Pine received the Lifetime Achievement Award 

Workshop

Flexible Pavement Smoothness: Construction, Performance, Measurements and Rolling Resistance [Part 1, 2, 3, 4]

• Bill Pine, Heritage Group. Focus: HMA Production & Best Practices
• Hyung Lee, Applied Research Associates. Focus:  Pavement Performance
• John Senger, Illinois Department of Transportation. Focus: Measuring Techniques
• Imad Al-Qadi, Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois. Focus: Rolling Resistance Effect on Fuel Consumption 

Conference

Illinois Department of Transportation Update
Justan Mann, Deputy Director of Highways, IDOT

Illinois Tollway Update
Cindy Williams, Deputy Chief of Program Implementation, Illinois Tollway

Towards Zero-Emission Road Construction: The Use of Recycled Materials in Pavement Structures
Sigurður Erlingsson, VTI, KTH, Univ. of Iceland

Continuous and Contactless Friction Measurements  
Mohammad Fakhreddine, ICT/Illinois 

Life-Cycle-Based Pavement Friction Management and Treatment Selection for IDOT and Local Roadways
Yanfeng Ouyang, ICT/Illinois

Balanced Mix Design Implementation and Future of Volumetric/Performance-Based Mix Design
Tom Bennert, Rutgers University 

Mix Design Optimization and Artificial Intelligence
Uthman Mohamed Ali, ICT/Illinois

Prediction of Mix Performance from Modified Binder Properties 
Kelly Senger, IDOT
Gafar Sulaiman, ICT/Illinois

Lab and Field Evaluation of Extended Life HMA Sections and Implications on Pavement Design
Ramez Hajj, ICT/Illinois

Trichloroethylene Status and Future of Binder Extraction/Recovery
Andrew Hanz, MTE Services

I-CART Expansion
John Senger, IDOT

IDOT HMA Technical Update
Brian Hill, IDOT