Appendix B: Team Members

Biographical Sketches

Dr. Shri Bhidé is the chairman of the National Concrete Bridge Council, an association of 11 allied organizations dedicated to the promotion of concrete bridges. Bhidé directs the bridge program at the Portland Cement Association (PCA) in Skokie, IL, which includes conducting research and educational seminars, and disseminating information on design, construction, and performance of concrete bridges. He was instrumental in developing a strategic plan for widespread implementation of high-performance concrete bridges in the United States. His research interests include structural behavior, design aids, and life cycle cost analysis. Before joining the PCA staff in 1998, he worked as a senior structural engineer in Chicago, IL, -based consulting engineering firms. Bhidé is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and holds master's and doctoral degrees in structural engineering from the University of Toronto. He is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois and a licensed professional engineer in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Ohio. He serves on several technical committees of the Transportation Research Board, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Post-Tensioning Institute, and American Concrete Institute.

Barry Brecto is the bridge engineer for FHWA's Washington Division in Olympia, WA. Brecto directs the Federal program for bridges in Washington State, overseeing design, construction, inspection, and maintenance. He is also the lead engineer for the $4.9 billion Alaskan Way Viaduct project, which will replace an aging 2-mile-long urban double-deck viaduct structure with tunnel and bridge alternates in downtown Seattle, WA. Before joining the Washington Division in 1990, Brecto served as the regional structural engineer for FHWA Region 10 in Portland, OR. Brecto holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Washington State University. He is a licensed professional engineer in Oregon. Brecto is a member of the local Associated General Contractors bridge construction task force and has served on AASHTO's and FHWA's high-performance concrete teams since 1996.

Eugene Calvert is principal project manager of the Transportation Engineering and Construction Management Department for Collier County, FL. He has more than 26 years of experience in highway engineering and administration of bridges, city streets, and county highways, including low-volume rural roads. This has included working with consulting engineering firms and Federal, State, regional, and local government agencies for project development, approval, construction, and implementation. He has had numerous technical transportation articles published in regional and national magazines and newsletters, and is a member of the National Association of County Engineers, Transportation Research Board, Institute of Transportation Engineers, National Local Technical Assistance Program, and American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Calvert holds bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the University of Wyoming, and did post-graduate work at the University of Idaho. He is a registered professional engineer and land surveyor in several States.

Harry Capers is the State bridge engineer and manager of the Bureau of Structural Engineering for the New Jersey Department of Transportation in Trenton, NJ. Capers directs all matters pertaining to highway structures and geotechnical engineering, including bridge management, design and inspection of fixed and movable bridges, policies and design standards, scope of work, and capital investments. He is on the AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures and the Movable Bridge Committee, and serves as chairman of the Loads Technical Committee and vice chairman of the Seismic Committee. He is also chairman of the Transportation Research Board's Committee AFF10 on General Structures and serves on Committee AHD35 on Bridge Management Systems. Capers has published and presented over a dozen state-of-the-practice papers on bridge management, construction, and design for various conferences in the United States Japan, and China. Capers has bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY, and a master's degree in public administration from Rutgers University in Newark, NJ. He is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and New York, and a certified public manager in New Jersey.

Dan Dorgan is the State bridge engineer and director of the Bridge Office at the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The Bridge Office is responsible for design of all State highway bridges, and determines the types of structures approved for use on Minnesota State, county, and city road systems. The Bridge Office directs implementation of new structure types and any necessary research on bridge designs and structural materials. Dorgan is a 1974 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, and also holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota. He is a licensed professional engineer in Minnesota. Dorgan represents the Minnesota DOT on the AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures. He also serves on several bridge technical committees, the AASHTO Technical Implementation Group for Prefabricated Structures, TRB Committees AFF20 on Steel Bridges and AFF30 on Concrete Bridges, and the American Segmental Bridge Institute board of directors.

Dr. Eric Matsumoto is assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at California State University, Sacramento, where he has been on the faculty since 2000. Matsumoto teaches structural engineering classes and conducts experimental research focusing on structural concrete. His research includes development of a precast bent cap system for seismic regions, an extension of his Texas Department of Transportation-sponsored dissertation research, as well as development of drill and bond design guidelines for the California Department of Transportation. Matsumoto has a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and bachelor's and master's degrees from Cornell University. Before entering academia, he worked as a structural engineer for Fluor-Daniel and served in the U.S. Air Force. He is a licensed professional engineer in California and serves on technical committees of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute and the National Concrete Bridge Council.

Claude Napier is a structural engineer in FHWA's Virginia Division Office. Napier is responsible for administering the Federal-aid highway bridge program for design, safety inspections, and maintenance, and for bridges, concrete and high-performance materials technology, and research for the State of Virginia. He provides technical assistance and promotes improvements in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance practices of highway bridges, tunnels, and other structures. Before joining the Virginia Division staff in 1988, he served as a structural engineer in FHWA headquarters reviewing designs and specifications for major bridges, and served as design leader for the bridge design standards section. In addition, he was a bridge designer for FHWA and the Virginia Department of Transportation from 1972 to 1981. Napier holds bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia, and serves on several technical committees of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute and the Mid-Atlantic Prestressed Concrete Economical Fabrication Committee and Structural Steel Committee for Economical Fabrication. He also serves on the FHWA Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer team.

William Nickas is the State structures design engineer for the Florida Department of Transportation. He is responsible for initiating and implementing policies, procedures, and standards for use on all structures on the State and Federal highway systems in Florida, which has the fourth-largest inventory of bridges in the Nation and is constructing more than 200,000 square meters of bridges annually. Under Nickas' leadership, the State Structures Office is responsible for research and bridge testing, reviewing major bridge plans, providing geotechnical guidance and support, and developing new technologies and design tools. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Citadel in 1983 and is a professional engineer. He serves as a Transportation Research Board panel chair. He is the voting member for the State of Florida on the AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures. He also serves that group as chairman of the Technical Committee for Concrete Design (T-10), and as a member of the Technical Committee for Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites (T-6), Technical Committee on Movable Bridges (T-8), and Technical Committee for Corrosion (T-9).

Mary Lou Ralls (AASHTO co-chair) is the State bridge engineer for Texas and the director of the Bridge Division at the Texas Department of Transportation. Under her direction, the Bridge Division develops policy, standards, manuals, and guidelines for the design, construction, maintenance, and inspection of the 49,000 on-system and off-system bridges in the State. She serves as chair of the AASHTO Technology Implementation Group's Implementation Panel on Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems, and has been active in the implementation of prefabricated bridges in Texas. Ralls earned bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1981 and 1984, respectively, and became a licensed professional engineer in Texas in 1987. She is a member of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures and is chair of the Transportation Research Board's Division A-Group F Structures Section.

Dr. Henry G. Russell (report facilitator) is an engineering consultant who specializes in concrete design, construction, and research. Russell's recent activities include the use of high- performance concrete in bridge structures, specifications for long-span bridges, and performance of concrete bridge decks. Russell was affiliated with the Portland Cement Association and its subsidiary, Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., in Skokie, IL, for more than 25 years. He managed numerous projects involving field, laboratory, and analytical investigations of concrete performance in long-span reinforced and prestressed concrete bridges. He has authored many papers related to the structural applications of concrete. Russell is a graduate of the University of Sheffield, England, with a Ph.D. in civil and structural engineering. He is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois and serves on technical committees of the American Concrete Institute and the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute.

Benjamin Tang (FHWA co-chair) is principal bridge engineer and team leader for the FHWA Office of Bridge Technology in Washington, DC. Tang serves as the technical expert and review authority for all bridge and structural matters for the Federal-aid bridge program. He is responsible for drafting Federal polices and regulations, as well as developing the national bridge technology program. His focus is promoting the use of high-performance materials and accelerated bridge construction technologies. Tang has spent his entire career in bridge engineering, including bridge inspection, design, construction, and program management. He is a graduate of University of Maryland and holds a master's degree in structural engineering from the University of Illinois. He is a licensed professional engineer in Maryland and serves on several technical committees of the Transportation Research Board and AASHTO.