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California

Imad Basheer, Caltrans – California DOT
Kee Foo, Caltrans – California DOT
Reimond Garcia, Caltrans – California DOT
Allen King, Caltrans – California DOT
David Lim, Caltrans – California DOT
Leo Mahserelli, Caltrans – California DOT
Deepak Maskey, Caltrans – California DOT
Tom Pyle, Caltrans – California DOT
Dulce Rufino, Caltrans – California DOT
Hamed Sadati, Caltrans – California DOT
Raghubar Shrestha, Caltrans – California DOT
Ragu Thangavelautham, Caltrans – California DOT

FHWA

Seyed Farhad Abdollahi, Genex Systems / Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
William “Tripp” Baker, Ph.D., Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center / FHWA
Michelle Cooper, Federal Highway Administration
Jason Dietz, Federal Highway Administration
Monica Jurado, Federal Highway Administration
Aaron Leavitt, Federal Highway Administration
Mohammad Wasif Navqi, ATI, INC. / Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Tom Yu, Federal Highway Administration

Georgia**

John Hancock, Georgia DOT
Jacob Walker, Georgia DOT

Idaho

John Arambarri, Idaho DOT
Sikha Bhusal, Idaho DOT
Chad Clawson, Idaho DOT
Mike Copeland, Idaho DOT
Tyler Coy, Idaho DOT
Dana Dietz, Idaho DOT
Mark Hayes, Idaho DOT
James Szatkowski, Idaho DOT
Mir Tamim, Idaho DOT
Adrienne Woods, Idaho DOT

Illinois

Max Barry, Illinois Tollway
Jay Behnke, Illinois Tollway
Ross Bentsen, Illinois Tollway
Dan Gancarz, Illinois Tollway
Mark Gawedzinski, Illinois DOT
Brian Hill, Illinois DOT
John Lavallee, Illinois Tollway
Brian Pfeifer, Illinois DOT
Supraja Reddy, Illinois Tollway
Signe Reichelt, Illinois Tollway
John Senger, Illinois DOT
Heather Shoup, Illinois DOT
Andrew Stolba, Illinois DOT
Jake Sumeraj, Illinois Tollway
Charles Wienrank, Illinois DOT
Cindy Williams, Illinois Tollway
Tom Wilson, Illinois Tollway

Iowa

Chris Brakke, Iowa DOT
Ashley Buss, Iowa DOT
Jeff De Vries, Iowa DOT

Michigan

Chris Byrum, Michigan DOT
Jason Clark, Michigan DOT
Andre Clover, Michigan DOT
Robert Green, Michigan DOT
Tyler Hunt, Michigan DOT
Kevin Kennedy, Michigan DOT
Nathan Maack, Michigan DOT
Lindsey Renner, Michigan DOT
Ryan Snook, Michigan DOT
Timothy Stallard, Michigan DOT

Minnesota

Tim Andersen, Minnesota DOT
Ceren Aydin, Minnesota DOT
Emil Bautista, Minnesota DOT
Terry Beaudry, Minnesota DOT
Kaye Bieniek, Minnesota Local Road Research Board – Olmstead County
Tom Burnham, Minnesota DOT
Melissa Cole, Minnesota DOT
Shongtao Dai, Minnesota DOT
Lauren Dao, Minnesota DOT
Rebecca Embacher, Minnesota DOT
James Foldesi, Minnesota Local Road Research Board – St. Louis County
John Garrity, Minnesota DOT
Jacob Gave, Minnesota DOT
Robert Golish, Minnesota DOT
Jim Grothaus, Minnesota Local Road Research Board – U of M
Duaine Hill, Minnesota DOT
Kyle Hoegh, Minnesota DOT
Bernard Izevbekhai, Minnesota DOT
Eddie Johnson, Minnesota DOT
Elliot Keyes, Minnesota DOT
Mercedes Kuznia, Minnesota DOT
Maria Masten, Minnesota DOT
Clark Moe, Minnesota DOT
Joe Nietfeld, Minnesota DOT
Paul Nolan, Minnesota DOT
Tom Nordstrom, Minnesota DOT
Paul Oehme, Minnesota Local Road Research Board – Chanhassen
Joseph Podolsky, Minnesota DOT
Jason Richter, Minnesota DOT
Matthew Rottermond, Minnesota DOT
Linda Taylor, Minnesota DOT
Curt Turgeon, Minnesota DOT
Joel Ulring, Minnesota DOT
Dave Van Deusen, Minnesota DOT
Raul Velasquez, Minnesota DOT
Michael Vrtis, Minnesota DOT
Michael Wallace, Minnesota DOT
Mark Watson, Minnesota DOT
Ben Worel, Minnesota DOT
Eyoab Zegeye, Minnesota DOT
Tom Zimmerman, Minnesota DOT

Mississippi

Alex Middleton, Mississippi DOT
Heath Patterson, Mississippi DOT
Cindy Smith, Mississippi DOT
Tucker Stafford, Mississippi DOT
Griffin Sulllivan, Mississippi DOT

Missouri

Jason Blomberg, Missouri DOT
Lydia Brownell, Missouri DOT
Paul Denkler, Missouri DOT
Jacob Graessle, Missouri DOT
Willie Johnson, Missouri DOT
Dan Oesch, Missouri DOT
Phillip Ruffus, Missouri DOT
Brett Trautman, Missouri DOT
Zachary Troesser, Missouri DOT
Jonathan Varner, Missouri DOT
Brandon Voyles, Missouri DOT
KJ Villanueva-Kaeo, Missouri DOT

Montana

DJ Berg, Montana DOT
Randy Boysen, Montana DOT
Wes Dess, Montana DOT
Billy Hancock, Montana DOT
Cameron Kloberdanz, Montana DOT
Matt Needham, Montana DOT
Paul Rieger, Montana DOT
Pete Servel, Montana DOT
Miles Yerger, Montana DOT

Nebraska

Bruce Barrett, Nebraska DOT
Mark Fischer, Nebraska DOT
Nikolas Glennie, Nebraska DOT
Lieska Halsey, Nebraska DOT
Wally Heyen, Nebraska DOT
Mike Mattison, Nebraska DOT
Matthew Park, Nebraska DOT
Robert Rea, Nebraska DOT
Tom Renninger, Nebraska DOT
Brendon Schmidt, Nebraska DOT
Alex Silvey, Nebraska DOT

New York**

Edward Collins, New York State DOT
Derrick Curran, New York State DOT
Bryan Keibel, New York State DOT

North Dakota

Andy Ayash, North Dakota DOT
Amy Beise, North Dakota DOT
Brian Bennes, North Dakota DOT
Adam Berglund, North Dakota DOT
David Bruins, North Dakota DOT
Curt Dunn, North Dakota DOT
Nathan Haaland, North Dakota DOT
Darin Lindblom, North Dakota DOT
Matt Linneman, North Dakota DOT
Jared Loegering, North Dakota DOT
Matt Luger, North Dakota DOT
TJ Murphy, North Dakota DOT
Arlen Norris, North Dakota DOT
Aaron Perez, North Dakota DOT
Carey Schreiner, North Dakota DOT
Colter Schwagler, North Dakota DOT
Korby Seward, North Dakota DOT
Kaylin Tomac, North Dakota DOT
Stephanie Weigel, North Dakota DOT
Tyler Wollmuth, North Dakota DOT

Wisconsin

Haluk Sinan Coban, Wisconsin DOT
Ned Grady, Wisconsin DOT
Mumtahin Hasnat, Wisconsin DOT
Myungook Kang, Wisconsin DOT
Pete Kemp, Wisconsin DOT
Dan Kopacz, Wisconsin DOT
Erik Lyngdal, Wisconsin DOT
Tirupan Mandal, Wisconsin DOT
Barry Paye, Wisconsin DOT
David Staab, Wisconsin DOT
Pouya Teymourpour, Wisconsin DOT

**Agencies only participating on the ICT Team/Veta initiatives.

Associate Members

Academia Members

Edith Arambula, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Ahmet Aydilek, University of Maryland
Manik Barman, University of Minnesota – Duluth
Başak Bektaş, Minnesota State University – Mankato
Fatih Bektaş, Minnesota State Univeristy - Mankato
Thomas Bennert, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), Rutgers University
Aaron Budge, Minnesota State University – Mankato
Bill Buttlar, University of Missouri - Columbia
Tara Cavalline, UNC-Charlotte
Bora Cetin, Michigan State University
Halil Ceylan, Institute for Transportation (ISU)
Sai Sandeep Chitta, Michigan Technological University
Bouzid Choubane, Michigan State University
Surya Congress, Michigan State University
Barbara Dai, Michigan Technological University
John Daniels, UNC-Charlotte
Eshan Dave, University of New Hampshire
Sattar Dorafshan, University of North Dakota
Tuncer Edil, University of Wisconsin
Mohamed Elkashef, Pavement Research Center (University of California)
Amy Epps Martin, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Jongwan Eun, University of Maryland
Bryon Fuchs, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (NDSU)
Daba Gedafa, University of North Dakota
Majid Ghayoomi, University of New Hampshire
Oliver Giraldo-Londono, University of Missouri - Columbia
Elie Hajj, University of Nevada - Reno
Adam Hand, University of Nevada - Reno
Majeed Hayat, Marquette University
Jialuo He, TriDurLE (Washington State University)
Akram Jawdhari, South Dakota State University
Bill Jin, Michigan State University
David J. Jones, Pavement Research Center (University of California)
Mingu Kang, University of St. Thomas
Lev Khazanovich, University of Pittsburgh
Ali Khosravi, Auburn University
Emin Kutay, Michigan State University
Bill Likos, University of Wisconsin
Rita Lederle, University of St. Thomas
Rajib Mallick, Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (UTEP)
Mihai Marasteanu, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Angel Mateos, Pavement Research Center (University of California)
Kim Moreland, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Raquel Moraes Puchalski, National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) (Auburn University)
Somayeh Nassiri, Pavement Research Center (University of California)
Soheil Nazarian, Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (UTEP)
Vincent Ogunro, UNC-Charlotte
Andrew Peterson, SD State's Local Transportation Assistance Program
Anand Puppala, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Farhad Reza, Minnesota State Univeristy - Mankato
Dannial Rodriguez, Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (UTEP)
Mohammadhossein Sadeghiamirshahidi, Michigan Tech Transportation Institute
David Saftner, University of Minnesota – Duluth
Xianming Shi, TriDurLE (Washington State University)
Xijun (Jeff) Shi, Texas State University
Jo Sias, University of New Hampshire
Nabil Suleiman, University of North Dakota
Peter Taylor, Institute for Transportation (ISU)
Cesar Tirado, Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (UTEP)
Anthony Torres, Texas State University
Nam Tran, National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) (Auburn University)
Quang Tran, Michigan Tech Transportation Institute
Steve Tritsch, Institute for Transportation (ISU)
Julie Vandenbossche, University of Pittsburgh
Greg Vavra, SD State's Local Transportation Assistance Program
Baolin Wan, Marquette University
Feng Wang, Texas State University
Hao Wang, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), Rutgers University
Leif Wathne, Institute for Transportation (ISU)
Randy West, National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) (Auburn University)
James Wilde, Texas State University
Chris William, Asphalt Materials & Paving Program (Iowa State University)
Mohammad Yamin, Minnesota State Univeristy - Mankato
Fan Yin, National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) (Auburn University)
Zhanping You, Michigan Tech Transportation Institute
Runhua Zhang, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Fujie Zhou, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Association Members

Daron Brown, Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute
Abbey Bryduck, Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA)
Steve Cross, Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Assoc. (ARRA)
Fred Corrigan, Aggregate & Ready Mix Association of Minnesota
Josh Gilman, Portland Cement Association
Paul Imbrock, Indiana Soybean Alliance
Dan Labo, Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota
Kenneth Nunley, Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute
Hadi Rashidi, National Stone Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA)
Paul Tennis, Portland Cement Association
Jackie Spoor, Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association
Brandon Strand, Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA)
Jason Wielinski, Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association (ARRA)
Brett Williams, National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
Richard Willis, National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
Michelle Wilson, Portland Cement Association
Matt Zeller, Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota

Private Industry Members

Riaz Ahmad, iENGINEERING Corporation
Allen Akowicz, Pacific Geosource
Eric Baker, Astec Industries
Dave Barry, Kontur
Brent Bergman, Surface Systems and Instruments, Inc. (SSI)
Robert Betsold, All States Materials Group
Rod Birdsall, All States Materials Group
Justin Black, Minnesota Paving and Materials
Andrea Blanchette, Terracon
TJ Bland, E-Chem
Raymond Breer, E-Chem
Mike Byrnes, Mathy Construction Company
Douglas Carlson, Liberty Tire Recycling
Adam Carmichael, Infrasense, Inc.
George Chang, The Transtec Group, Inc.
Denis Charland, Fugro USA Land, Inc.
Paul Collins, Kontur
Maure Creager, CertainTeed by Saint-Gobain
Katie DeCarlo, HRG Lab
Bill Dempsey, CertainTeed by Saint-Gobain
Jolee Dominowski, Dow Chemical Company
Ervin Dukatz, Flyereld Consulting
Colin Durante, Pavement Technologies, Inc
Michael Durante, Pavement Technologies, Inc.
Tyler Eckenrode, Flint Hills Resources, LP
Glenn Engstrom, Aggregate Ready Mix of Minnesota
Jonathan Fischer, Owens Corning
Michael Fresithler, Bio-Based Spray Systems, LLC
Kevin Garcia, Trimble, Inc.
Alf Gardiner, Braun Intertec
Amanda Gilliland, The Transtec Group
Jonathan Groeger, iENGINEERING Corporation
Andrew Hanz, MTE Services
Chris Hollenback, HRG Lab
Ken Holton, Pavement Technologies, Inc
Daniel Jones, Earth Science Systems, LLC
Dennis Kelley, J. Rettenmaier USA LP
Joe Korzilius, SRF Consulting
Tim Kowalski, Wirtgen America
Narsingh Laikram, Wirtgen America
Brett Lambden, Husky Energy, Inc.
Cael LaPlante, Flint Hills Resources
Devin Laubhan, Trimble, Inc.
Chad Longcore, J. Rettenmaier USA LP
Todd Mansell, Caterpillar Paving Products, Inc.
Ken Maser, Infrasense
John McConahy, Surface Tech
Luke Meyer, Bio-Based Spray Systems, LLC
Danial Mirzaiyanrajeh, Solmax
Kiran Mohanraj, The Transtec Group, Inc.
Evan Monroe, Topcon Positioning Systems
Brian Nagel, Caterpillar Paving Products, Inc.
Monte Niemi, First State Tire Recycling
KC Northup, CertainTeed by Saint-Gobain
Charles Oden, Earth Science Systems, LLC
Matthew Offenberg, Owens Corning
Eric Olson, Solmax
Heidi Olson, Braun Intertec
Matt Oman, Mathy Construction
Brian Orr, BASF
Avni Patel, CertainTeed by Saint-Gobain
James Preston, Topcon Positioning Systems
John Puls, Ingios
David L. Rettner, American Engineering Testing, Inc.
Roger Roberts, GSSI
Timo Saarenketo, Roadscanners USA, Inc.
Steve Santa Cruz, Surface Tech
Nick Schaefer, Surface Systems and Instruments, Inc. (SSI)
Dan Schellhammer, Surface Cycle
Guy Sisler, Husky Energy, Inc.
Rob Sommerfeldt, GSSI
Dave Stanczak, Asphalt Materials, Inc.
Dan Swiertz, Asphalt Materials, Inc.
Hassan Tabatabaee, Cargill Industrial Specialties
Kim Tolzmann, Minnesota Paving and Materials
Brett Towns, Tricor Refining
Michael Traxel, Colorbiotics
Chris Trboyevich, SRF Consulting
David White, Ingios Geotechnics, Inc.
George White, Pavia Systems
Jason Wielinski, ARRA
Chris Winiecki, Payne and Dolan, Inc.