Upcoming NAPA Webinar on Nov. 15

With tight budgets and competitive markets, everyone is looking for ways to reduce costs and maintain or improve the performance of pavements. It is widely recognized that using reclaimed asphalt pavements (RAP) in mixes will reduce costs and improve the environmental sustainability of asphalt pavements. However, the effect of RAP on pavement performance is not widely understood.

Questions are often asked about:

• How much RAP can I add before changing binder grade?
• How will this affect the performance of the pavements?
• Is there something else I can do to improve the performance?

This webinar will show you how Indiana partnered with the industry on research to answer these questions, which resulted in increasing the amount of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) that can be added to asphalt mixes. You will learn:

• What research was conducted to characterize plant produced mixes at different percentages of RAP.
• The results of this research.
• How the Indiana DOT implemented this research.

Webinar Date: November 15

Webinar Time: 2:00 p.m. EST

Fees: $75 for NAPA Members**; $135 for Non-Members

**NAPA Members must be logged into the NAPA Web site in order to receive the Discounted Promotion Code, or you can contact Sandy Lucchesi at [email protected] for the discount code.

Meet the speakers

Matt Beeson is the Asphalt Engineer with the Indiana Department of Transportation in the Office of Materials Management. He began his career with INDOT in 2007 as an engineer in the Planning Department in Greenfield District before coming to Materials Management in 2008. He participates in numerous INDOT committees responsible for specifications and test methods related to asphalt materials, directs testing of asphalt materials and in-house research related to asphalt materials, and coordinates statewide certification programs related to asphalt materials. Beeson received the Governor's Public Service Achievement Award in 2011 for his work researching and implementing the use of increased recycled materials in asphalt mixtures. He received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, and is a registered Professional Engineer with the State of Indiana. Matt is a Hoosier native and currently resides in Indianapolis with his wife and two children.

Rebecca McDaniel is Technical Director of the North Central Superpave Center at Purdue University, a position she has held since 1995. In that position, she is responsible for research into various aspects of asphalt materials, mixtures and pavements, including use of recycled materials, tire-pavement noise, friction and surface characteristics, and more. McDaniel holds bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and a bachelor's degree in English from Indiana University.  She is a registered professional engineer in Indiana. McDaniel is the president of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists and a vice-chair of ASTM Committee D04 on Road and Paving Materials. She also chairs an expert task group for the Long Term Pavement Performance Program and is a member and past-chair of several Transportation Research Board Committees.