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 Dr. Randy West, P.E.
Director
Ph.D. University of Florida
MSCE Auburn University
BCE Auburn University
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Work Experience:
1988 - 1995 Florida Dept. of Transportation;
1995 - 2003 APAC, Inc.; 2003 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Asphalt mix design, specifications and test methods, quality assurance, automated
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 Dr. Raymond (Buzz) Powell, P.E.
Assistant Director/Test Track Manager
Ph.D. Auburn University
MSCE Auburn University
BCE Auburn University
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Work Experience:
1986 - 1997 Alabama Dept. of Transportation;
1997 - 1999 REGIS Engineering Solutions, Inc.;
1999 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Accelerated pavement testing, pavement performance measurement, pavement construction
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 Dr. Michael Heitzman, P.E.
Senior Researcher/Special Assistant to the Director
Ph.D. Iowa State University
MS University of Missouri-Rolla
BSCE University of Missouri-Rolla
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Work Experience:
1981 - 1998 Federal Highway Administration;
1998 - 2007 Iowa Dept. of Transportation;
2007 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Mechanistic pavement design, porous pavements, friction |
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 Mr. Donald Watson, P.E.
Instructional Manager, Manager of the Southeast Superpave Center
BCET, Southern Polytechnic State University
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Work Experience:
1971 - 2001 Georgia Dept. of Transportation;
2001 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Pavement forensics, pavement rehabilitation |
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 Mr. Jason Moore, P.E.
NCAT Lab Manager
MCE Auburn University
BCE Auburn University
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Work Experience:
2005 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: HMA testing and asphalt mix design, bond strength testing |
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 Dr. Alessandra Bianchini, P.E.
Lead Researcher
Ph.D. New Mexico State University
BSCE University of Udine
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Work Experience:
1999 - 2004 USAF;
2004 - 2007 New Mexico State Univ.;
2008 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Tire/pavement noise and pavement performance, air field pavements |
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 Dr. Jaeseung Kim
Lead Engineer
Ph.D. University of Florida
MECE University of Florida
BSCE Myongji University
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Work Experience:
2000 - 2005 University of Florida;
2005 - 2008 Florida Department of Transportation;
2008 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Mechanistic design, pavement design and analysis, bituminous materials |
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 Dr. Andrea Kvasnak
Lead Researcher
Ph.D. Iowa State University
MSCE University of Vermont
BS University of Florida
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Work Experience:
2007 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Warm Mix Asphalt testing and performance, asphalt recycling |
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 Dr. Nam Tran
Lead Researcher
Ph.D. University of Arkansas
MSCE University of Arkansas
BSCE Hanoi Construction University
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Work Experience:
1996 - 2000 Kumagai Gumi Co., LTD.;
2003 - 2007 University of Arkansas;
2007 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Advanced asphalt materials characterization, pavement thermodynamics, interlayer
bond strength |
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 Mr. Grant Julian
Assistant Research Engineer
BCE Auburn University
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Work Experience: 2008 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Reclaimed asphalt pavement and asphalt mix design |
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 Mr. Jason Nelson
Assistant Research Engineer
BS Animal Dairy Sciences, Auburn University
BCE Auburn University
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Work Experience: 2007 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Aggregate testing, project scheduling, PC and network systems |
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 Mr. Adam Taylor
Assistant Research Engineer
MSCE Auburn University
BSCE Auburn University
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Work Experience: 2003 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Pavement distress |
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 Ms. Pamela Turner
Assistant Research Engineer
BSCE University of Kentucky
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Work Experience:
1996 - 2004 Asphalt Institute;
2004 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Binder testing, asphalt binder rheology, extraction and recovery tests |
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 Mr. Brian Waller
Assistant Research Engineer
BME Auburn University
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Work Experience: 2005 - present NCAT
Areas of Special Interest: Tire-pavement noise, pavement stress and strain instrumentation |
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 Mr. Blaine Guidry, P.E.
Assistant Research Engineer
BCE Auburn University
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Work Experience:
2008 - present NCAT
2007-2008 Alabama Department of Transportation
2004-2007 TTL, Inc.
Areas of Special Interest: construction techniques, permeable pavements, aggregates |
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 Dr. Richard Willis
Lead Researcher
Ph.D. Auburn University
MCE Auburn University
BCE Auburn University
B.S. in Physical Sciences Freed-Hardeman University
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Work Experience:
2006 - present NCAT
2004-2005 - Auburn University Highway Research Center
Areas of Special Interest: perpetual pavements, mechanistic-empirical pavement design, accelerated pavement
testing, pavement instrumentation, mixture performance testing |
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