October 6, 2021: The 12th International Conference on Concrete Pavements (12th ICCP) was held virtually from September 27 – October 1, 2021. The conference is held every 4 years and is the premiere event in the field of concrete pavement research and practice, with a history dating back to 1977. The conference saw 700 registered participants, 10 workshops, nearly 100 papers presented, and a student networking event. Participants from over a dozen countries attended the conference.
Several researchers, including 5 graduate students and 2 pos docs, from Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh participated in the conference. These include (co-authors affiliated with Pitt at the time of the conference or who performed the research while at Pitt are indicated with a *):
- Dr. Lucio Salles de Salles*, Dr. Lev Khazanovich*, and Dr. Jose T Balbo presented a paper on “Re-evaluation of Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement Structural Model,” for which they were awarded the Eldon J Yoder Award for Outstanding Paper of the Conference
- Larissa Stromberg, Dr. Lev Khazanovich*, and Dr. Staffan Hintze presented a paper on “Enhancement Of Sustainable Road Design Towards Compatibility Between Pavement Materials”
- Dr. Julie Vandenbossche* had an invited presentation at a workshop on Fiber-Reinforced Concrete, sponsored by the Fiber Reinforced Concrete Association. The workshop had almost 200 attendees
- Dr. Sushobhan Sen*, Dr. Jeffery Roesler, Dr. Benjamin Ruddell, and Dr. Ariane Middel presented a paper on “Cool Pavements for Sustainable Urban Development”
- Dr. Julie Vandenbossche* and Dr. John DeSantis* presented a paper on “Effects of Interlayer Properties on the Performance of Unbonded Concrete Overlays”
- Nathanial Buettner*, Qianyun Zhang*, Dr. Julie Vandenbossche*, and Jeffrey Oswalt presented a paper on “Investigating the Effects of Superloads on Fatigue Performance in Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements”
- Charles Donnelly* and Dr. Julie Vandenbossche* presented a paper on “Establishing Effects of Superloads on Doweled Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements”
- Peter Bly and Dr. Lev Khazanovich* presented a paper on “Reducing Rigid Pavement Modeling Complexity: An Exercise Using the Principles of Similarity”
- Dr. Sushobhan Sen* moderated a session on Thin Pavements
- Dr. Lucio Salles de Salles* and Dr. Sushobhan Sen* organized a student networking event for grad students from various universities at the conference, including Pitt
- Dr. Lucio Salles de Salles* and Dr. Sushobhan Sen* were part of the organizing committee for the 12th ICCP