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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

8:30 – 8:45 CST ¦   Opening Remarks - Kamal H. Khayat, Director, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES), Missouri S&T

Session 1 - Advanced Materials for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

Moderator: Kamal Khayat, Missouri S&T

8:45 – 9:25 CST ¦ Brahim Benmokrane, Professor, Civil & Building Engr., University of Sherbrooke

Canada Recent Canadian Developments related to FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Design Codes, and Applications in Buildings and Bridges

9:25 – 10:05 CST ¦ H. Celik Ozyildirim, Principal Research Scientist, Virginia Transportation Research Council

Fiber Reinforced Concrete Applications in Virginia DOT Bridge Structures

10:05 – 10:30 CST ¦ John Myers, Professor, Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engr., Missouri S&T, Deputy Director, Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation (MCTI)

Standardization, Guide Development and Long-term Durability Performance of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP): An Overview of FRP Advancements in FRP RC Bridges

10:30 – 10:45 CST ¦ BREAK

Session 2 - Advanced Materials for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

Moderator: Jen Harper, Research Director MoDOT

Co-Moderator: John Myers, Professor, Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engr., Missouri S&T, Deputy Director,MCTI

10:45 – 11:25 CST ¦ Mohammed ElGawady, Professor, Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engr., Missouri S&T

Structural Performance of Retrofitted Bridge Elements

11:25 – 12:05 CST ¦ Jason Weiss, Director of the Kiewit Center for Infrastructure and Transportation Research, Professor Civil & Construction Engr., Oregon State University

Toward a New Approach for Quantifying Concrete Durability Performance for Value Added Materials

12:05 – 12:25 CST ¦ Bill Buttlar, University of Missouri, Columbia, Director, MCTI

Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation

12:25 – 12:30 CST ¦ Closing remarks - Jen Harper, Research Director MoDOT

Thursday, March 25, 2021

8:30 – 8:40 CST ¦ Opening Remarks - Kamal H. Khayat, Director, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES), Missouri S&T

Session 3 - Transportation Planning and Resilience

Moderator: Bill Buttlar, University of Missouri, Columbia, Director, MCTI

8:40 – 9:10 CST ¦ Dave Ahlvers, State Construction & Materials Engineer, MoDOT, Jen Harper, Research Director, MoDOT MoDOT

Future Construction Project Investments and Research Priorities

9:10 – 9:30 CST ¦ Suzie Long, Professor and Department Chair, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Using Resilience and Systems Thinking to Mitigate Transportation Network Disruption

9:30 – 9:50 CST ¦ Lizzette Pérez Lespier, Assistant Professor, Congdon School of Supply Chain, Business Analytics, and Info. Systems at the University of North Carolina Wilmington

Diagnostics of Environmental and Resilient Performance of Maritime Transportation Systems

9:50 – 10:10 CST ¦ Sanjay Madria, Director, Wireless to Cloud Computing Lab, Curators' Distinguished Professor, Computer Science, Missouri S&T

Secure Connected Autonomous Vehicles for Safety in Rural Smart Transportation System

10:10 – 10:30 CST ¦ Xianbiao “XB” Hu, Missouri S&T

Autonomous Vehicles for Roadway Infrastructure Maintenance

10:30 – 10:45 CST ¦ BREAK

Session 4 - Advanced Materials for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

Moderator: John T. Kevern, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Executive Cabinet, MCTI

10:45 – 11:05 CST ¦ Xiong Zhang, Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engr., Missouri S&T

A Photogrammetry-Based Method to Determine the Absolute Volume of Soil Specimen during Triaxial Testing

11:05 – 11:25 CST ¦ Imqam H. Abdulmohsin, Assistant Professor, Geosciences, Geological and Petroleum Engr., Missouri S&T

Fly Ash-Based Alkali-Activated Cement to Mitigate Energy and CO2 Emission Impact

11:25 – 11:45 CST ¦ Monday Okoronkwo, Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biochemical Eng., Missouri S&T

Rheological Method of Quantifying the Effects of Multiple Chemical Admixtures on the Early Age Properties of Cement Paste

11:45 – 12:05 CST ¦ David Wang, Post-doctoral Fellow, Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engr., Missouri S&T

Development of Framework of the Predictive Performance-Engineered Mix Design Procedure for Asphalt Mixtures

12:05 – 12:25 CST ¦ Goran Adil, PhD Candidate, Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Can Penetrating Sealers Improve the Durability of Marginal Concrete?

12:25 – 12:30 CST ¦ Closing remarks - Kamal H. Khayat, Missouri S&T