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Tech Presence at MidCon

Michigan Tech faculty, staff and students participated in the annual Mid-Continent Conference on August 14^th and 15^th in Madison, Wisconsin. MidCon is co-hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University and is held in Madison, WI and Ames, IA on alternating years. The conference showcases university research and current transportation initiatives. Michigan Tech representatives delivered seven presentations and one poster during the two-day conference. The University Transportation Center for Materials in Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (UTC-MiSTI) sponsored a Michigan Tech exhibit, distributing a variety of publications including Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI) and UTC-MiSTI Research Project Summaries; CEE, UTC-MiSTI, Rail Transportation Program, LTAP and TTAP Newsletters; and Graduate Student recruiting material. Participants included:

Technical Presentations

Survey of Local Agency PMS (Pavement Management System) Implementation in Midwest States

Terrance McNinch and Fernando de Melo e Silva (presented by Tim Colling)

Laboratory Evaluation of Rheological Properties of Warm Mix Asphalt Using Sasobit

She Wei Goh, Yu Lui, Vivianna Terrest Ortiz and Zhanping You

Common Sense Solutions for Intersection Safety

Tim Colling and Terrance McNinch

Fast testing of Specific Gravities and Absorption of Fine and Course Aggregates: An Overview and Update

Julian Mills-Beale and Zhanping You

An Overview of the MiSTI Center

Elizabeth Hoy

Validation of RoadSoft Deterioration and Strategy Evaluation Models, and Development of Parent Deterioration Curves

Terance McNinch, Jianping Dong, John Keifer and Tim Colling

Deleterious Chemical Effects of Concentrated Deicing Solutions on Portland Cement Concrete

Lawrence Sutter, Karl Peterson, Gustavo Julio-Betancourt, Doug Hooton and Dan Johnston

Poster Session

A New Method to Determine the Tertiary Flow in the Repeated Load Test

Shu Wei Goh and Zhanping You

August 19, 2008