2025 AMAP March Educational Workshop

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 to Thursday, March 6, 2025

Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas DFW Airport South

4650 West Airport Freeway
Irving, TX 75062-5825
United States

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Event Details

Join AMAP for our 2025 March Educational Workshop at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas DFW Airport South in Irving, Texas. This event offers an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and organizations in the industry while gaining valuable insights from educational sessions led by renowned industry experts.

Topics include:

Asphalt Binder Chemistry
Asphalt Emulsions
Binder Rheology
Modified Binders
Pavement Preservation
Polymers for Asphalt Modification
Specification Implementation
And more!

Online registration is now closed. To late register, please call 630.403.6887 or contact info@modifiedasphalt.org.

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Agenda

March 4
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Registration
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Welcome Reception
March 5
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration Open
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Welcome Tanya Nash
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM	Session 1: Regional and Texas Perspectives Overview of the Texas Experience with Modified Binders \| Travis Patton, TXDOT
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Session 1: Regional and Texas Perspectives TXDOT Binder Certification and Test Methods \| Pravat Karki, TXDOT
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Session 1: Regional and Texas Perspectives Update on Item 300 \| Amit Bhasin, University of Texas - Austin
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Session 1: Regional and Texas Perspectives Specification Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities \| Jim Warren, TXAPA
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Session 1: Regional and Texas Perspectives HP in Texas: Testing and Specifications \| Amit Bhasin, University of Texas - Austin
11:00 AM - 11:30 PM	Session 1: Regional and Texas Perspectives HP in Texas: A Contractor's Perspective \| Robert Lee, CRH Materials
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 1: Regional and Texas Perspectives Panel Discussion \| Amit Bhasin, University of Texas - Austin; Jim Warren, TXAPA; Robert Lee, CRH Materials
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Session 1: Regional and Texas Perspectives Holistic Pavement Sustainability - An Industry Perspective \| Chait Bhat, Asphalt Institute
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM	Session 2: Modified Binder Chemistry Asphalt Binder Chemistry \| Dwayne Johnson, Paragon
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM	Session 2: Modified Binder Chemistry Asphalt Emulsions \| Chris Lubbers, Kraton Corporation
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Break
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Session 2: Modified Binder Chemistry Polymers for Asphalt Modification \| Richard Blackwell, Kraton Corporation
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Session 2: Modified Binder Chemistry Asphalt Modifiers – An Overview \| Dennis Muncy, Ingevity
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM	Session 2: Modified Binder Chemistry Evolution of Binder Specifications \| Tanya Nash, ATS
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Cocktail Reception
March 6
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Session 3: Binder Testing Binder Rheology – What and Why \| Gina Paroline, Anton Paar
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Session 3: Binder Testing Binder Rheology – How \| Gina Paroline, Anton Paar
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Session 4: From Binder to Mix Preparation and Handling of Modified Binders \| Mike Worden, Associated Asphalt
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Session 4: From Binder to Mix Handling and Laydown of Modified Asphalt Mixtures \| Mike Worden, Associated Asphalt
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Session 4: From Binder to Mix Modification of Hamburg for PG76+ Binders \| Fujie Zhou, Texas A&M University
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Session 4: From Binder to Mix Pavement Preservation \| Andre Smit, TXDOT
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Session 4: From Binder to Mix Update on Texas Implementation of BMD \| Edith Arambula, Texas A&M
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Closing Remarks

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