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Asphalt Team Oversees Cost Effective Solutions

The asphalt technology team helps oversee national asphalt research projects to achieve cost-effective results.

Our staff works with Expert Task Groups (the ETGs)-which include representatives of the States, industry, and universities-to review ongoing national asphalt research projects that are funded directly by the FHWA or through the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP).

The ETGs provide technical recommendations directly to the FHWA, in the case of the Federally funded research. For NCHRP funded research, the ETGs provide input to the TRB Superpave Committee, which in turn advises the FHWA and AASHTO on the planning and conduct of the research programs.

Currently active ETGs include the Superpave Binder ETG, coordinated by John D'Angelo of our staff; and the Mixture and Aggregate ETG, coordinated by John Bukowski.

Some specific goals and target deadlines for the current national research program are:

Development of new aggregate/mixture test procedures by July 2001;
Adoption of revised binder and mix design specifications by AASHTO in September 2001;
Verification of a simple performance test for Superpave in 2002;
Complete State adoption of the Superpave binder and mix design specifications by 2005.

For more information about the national asphalt research program, see Superpave Implementation Update (381 kb, PDF), the NCHRP web site, and the TRB Superpave Committee's Long-Range 2005 Asphalt Strategic Plan.

Design and Analysis Materials and Construction Technology Management and Preservation Surface Characteristics Construction and Materials Quality Assurance Environmental Stewardship	Asphalt Pavements Current Projects and Activities Asphalt Pavement Recycling with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) 11/19/2007 Memo: Proposed Pooled Fund Study: "Implementation of the Simple Performance Tester for Superpave Validation" Expert Task Group on Superpave Mixtures and Aggregates Technology Mobile Asphalt Pavement Mixture Laboratory Foamed Recycled Asphalt Pavement The Louisiana Experience Slurry/Micro-Surface Mix Design Procedure Project Superpave Regional Centers Superpave Implementation Update Recycling Team activities RD&T Recycling Information Warm Mix Asphalt Technologies and Research Crumb Rubber NIOSH Activities Research Asphalt Research Publications TechBrief: Phosphoric Acid as an Asphalt Modifier Guidelines for Use: Acid Type, FHWA-HRT-08-061 2008 Warm Mix Asphalt: European Practice, FHWA-PL-08-007 2008 Highway Quality Compendium, FHWA-IF-07-012 2007 A Quick Check of Your Highway Network Health, FHWA-IF-07-006 2007 Petrographic Methods of Examining Hardened Concrete: A Petrographic Manual, FHWA-HRT-04-150 2006 View all Asphalt Publications Software DRIP 2.0 - Drainage Requirements in Pavements Software (.zip, 5 mb) User's Manual SuperPave Models and Software Superpave Mixture Design Guide: WesTrack Forensic Team Consensus Report NHI Training 131064 Introduction to Mechanistic Design for New and Rehabilitated Pavements 131063 Hot Mix Asphalt Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation 131032 Hot-Mix Asphalt Construction 131044 Hot-Mix Asphalt Production Facilities 131045 Hot-Mix Asphalt Materials, Characteristics and Control 131050 Asphalt Pavement Recycling Technologies 131053 - Superpave Fundamentals (not currently offered) 131023 Highway Materials Engineering Other Training Asphalt Training Hot Mix Asphalt for the Undergraduate Asphalt Team Oversees Cost Effective Solutions The asphalt technology team helps oversee national asphalt research projects to achieve cost-effective results. Our staff works with Expert Task Groups (the ETGs)-which include representatives of the States, industry, and universities-to review ongoing national asphalt research projects that are funded directly by the FHWA or through the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). The ETGs provide technical recommendations directly to the FHWA, in the case of the Federally funded research. For NCHRP funded research, the ETGs provide input to the TRB Superpave Committee, which in turn advises the FHWA and AASHTO on the planning and conduct of the research programs. Currently active ETGs include the Superpave Binder ETG, coordinated by John D'Angelo of our staff; and the Mixture and Aggregate ETG, coordinated by John Bukowski. Some specific goals and target deadlines for the current national research program are: Development of new aggregate/mixture test procedures by July 2001; Adoption of revised binder and mix design specifications by AASHTO in September 2001; Verification of a simple performance test for Superpave in 2002; Complete State adoption of the Superpave binder and mix design specifications by 2005. For more information about the national asphalt research program, see Superpave Implementation Update (381 kb, PDF), the NCHRP web site, and the TRB Superpave Committee's Long-Range 2005 Asphalt Strategic Plan.	Events International Warm Mix Asphalt Conference Marriott Nashville Airport Hotel, Nashville, TN November 11-13, 2008 View all Upcoming Pavements Events More Information Pavement Materials Pavement Publications Percent Within Limits Contacts John D'Angelo Office of Pavement Technology 202-366-0121 E-mail John Jack Youtcheff Turner Fairbank (Materials) 202-493-3090 E-mail Jack Tom Harman Resource Center (Baltimore) 410-962-0134 E-mail Tom Katherine Petros Turner Fairbank (Modeling) 202-493-3154 E-mail Katherine
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