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Appendix D: Scan Team Members

Team Contact Information

(Information current at time of scan)

David C. Gibbs (FHWA cochair)
Division Administrator
Federal Highway Administration Utah Division
2520 West 4700 South, Suite 9A
Salt Lake City, UT 84118
Phone: (801) 963–0182
Fax: (801) 963–0093
E-mail: david.gibbs@fhwa.dot.gov

Randell H. Iwasaki (AASHTO cochair)
Deputy Director, Maintenance and Operations
California Department of Transportation
1120 N Street, (MS 49)
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 654–6823
Fax: (916) 654–6608
E-mail: randell_iwasaki@dot.ca.gov

Kenneth W. Fults (report facilitator)
Senior Research Fellow
Center for Transportation Research, Suite 200
College of Engineering Research
University of Texas at Austin
3208 Red River
Austin, TX 78705-2650
Phone: (512) 232 –3081
Fax: (512) 232 –3070
E-mail: kenfults@yahoo.com

Robert J. (Bob) Bernhard
Director, Ray W. Herrick Laboratories
Codirector, Institute for Safe, Quiet, and Durable Highways
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
140 South Intramural Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2031
Phone: (765) 494 –2141/2133
Fax: (765) 494 –0787
E-mail: bernhard@ecn.purdue.edu or bernhard@purdue.edu

James F. (Jay) Bledsoe
Systems Analysis Engineer
Missouri Department of Transportation
PO Box 270
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751 –3634
Fax: (573) 526 –8052
E-mail: bledsj@mail.modot.state.mo.us

Douglas D. Carlson
Executive Director
Rubber Pavements Association
1801 South Jentilly Lane, Suite A-2
Tempe, AZ 85281-5738
Phone: (480) 517 –9944
Fax: (480) 517 –9959
E-mail: dougc@rubberpavements.org

Representing: Rubber Pavements Association

Christopher (Chris) Corbisier
Civil Engineer, Noise Specialist
Federal Highway Administration, HEP
400 Seventh Street, SW.
Washington, DC 20590
Phone: (202) 366 –1473
Fax: (202) 366 –3409
E-mail: chris.corbisier@fhwa.dot.gov

Thomas M. Hearne, Jr.
Pavement Analysis Engineer
Pavement Management Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
716 West Main Street
Albemarle, NC 28001
Phone: (704) 983 –4019
Fax: (704) 983 –5095
E-mail: thearne@dot.state.nc.us

Kevin W. McMullen
President
Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association
2423 American Lane, Suite #1
Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 240 –1020
Fax: (608) 240 –1019
E-mail: kmcmullen@wisconcrete.org

Representing: American Concrete Pavement Association

David E. Newcomb
Vice President, Research & Technology
National Asphalt Pavement Association
5100 Forbes Boulevard
Lanham, MD 20706
Phone: (301) 731 –4748
Fax: (301) 731 –4621
E-mail: dnewcomb@hotmix.org

Representing: National Asphalt Pavement Association

John H. Roberts
Executive Director
IGGA/ACPA CPR Division
P.O. Box 58
Coxsackie, NY 12051
Phone: (518) 731 –7450
Fax: (518) 731 –7490
E-mail: jroberts@pavement.com

Representing: International Grooving & Grinding Association (IGGA)/American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) Concrete Pavement Restoration (CPR) Division

Judith (Judy) L. Rochat
Physical Scientist
U.S. Department of Transportation
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Acoustics Facility
55 Broadway, DTS-34
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: (310) 833 –1711 (primary location) or (617) 494 –6338 (Cambridge)
Fax: (310) 833 –1711 (call first)
E-mail: rochat@volpe.dot.gov

Larry A. Scofield
Researcher
Arizona Transportation Research Center, MD 075R
Arizona Department of Transportation
2739 East Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Phone: (602) 712 –3131
Fax: (602) 712 –3400
E-mail: lscofield@dot.state.az.us or lscof29749@aol.com

Mark E. Swanlund
Pavement Design Engineer
Federal Highway Administration
HIPT-20, Room 3118
400 Seventh Street, SW.
Washington, DC 20590
Phone: (202) 366 –1323
Fax: (202) 493 –2070
E-mail: mark.swanlund@fhwa.dot.gov

Team Biographical Information

David C. Gibbs (FHWA cochair) is the division administrator for the FHWA Utah Division. He is responsible for managing and directing the Federal-Aid Highway Program with the transportation partners in Utah. In this capacity, Gibbs approves statewide environmental and engineering policies and programs. He also has a key role in advancing implementation technology and innovation with the transportation partners in Utah. Gibbs has served with FHWA for 28 years. Before becoming division administrator, he served as the assistant division administrator in the Texas Division (1995-2000) and as the director of engineering and operations for the Region 3 Office of FHWA (1993-1995) in Baltimore, MD. Gibbs has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Florida and is a licensed professional engineer in Florida.

Randell "Randy" Iwasaki (AASHTO cochair) is the deputy director of maintenance and traffic operations for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Iwasaki is responsible for managing the operation of more than 50,000 miles of State highway stretching from Mexico to Oregon and from the Pacific Ocean to Nevada and Arizona. He also is responsible for the department's research on and application of new types of pavements on California highways, including rubberized asphalt. Iwasaki has served with Caltrans for more than 20 years in a variety of high-profile management and engineering positions, including directing the department's operation in the San Francisco Bay Area where he was instrumental in initiating the $2.6 billion replacement of the east span of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge. Iwasaki, a licensed civil engineer, earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a master's degree in engineering from California State University, Fresno. Iwasaki belongs to the American Public Works Association and is a board member of the Foundation for Pavement Preservation.

Kenneth Fults (report facilitator) is a senior research fellow at the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) at the University of Texas at Austin. Fults is chair of Transportation Research Board Committee A2B03, “Flexible Pavement Design;” a founding member of TRB A2B09, “Accelerated Pavement Testing;” a member of AASHTO/ARTBA/AGC Task Force #45, “Asset Management Data Collection Guide;” and chair of an expert task group on pavement smoothness protocols. Before joining the CTR research staff in October 2003, Fults was the director of the Materials and Pavements Section of the Texas Department of Transportation with a staff of more than 200 and a budget in excess of $20 million a year. He retired with more than 33 years ’ service in August 2003. He was chair of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Materials Tech Section 5a, “Pavement Measurement Technologies;” a 10-year member of the AASHTO Joint Task Force on Pavements; and a 6-year panel member on NCHRP 1-37A, “Development of a Mechanistic Pavement Design Guide.” Fults has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University in College Station. He is a licensed professional engineer and registered public land surveyor in Texas.

Dr. Robert J. Bernhard is professor of mechanical engineering, director of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, and director of the Institute for Safe, Quiet, and Durable Highways at Purdue University. The Institute for Safe, Quiet, and Durable Highways has funded research efforts focused on understanding the fundamental sources of tire/pavement interaction noise and implementing improved solutions for this problem. The Purdue Tire/Pavement Test Apparatus (TPTA) is located at the Herrick Labs. Since joining the faculty of Purdue University, Bernhard’s research activities include investigations of tire noise, traffic noise, numerical noise control design methods, noise source identification, active noise and vibration control, and machinery noise control applications. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University in 1973, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1976, and his Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Iowa State University in 1982. He served as president of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA (INCE-USA) in 1994, and has served as secretary general of the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE) since 2000. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, a member of the Transportation Noise Committee (A1F04) for the Transportation Research Board, and a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Jay Bledsoe is the transportation management systems engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation in Jefferson City, MO. He is responsible for the collection, processing, storage, and reporting of all pavement and traffic data, and the storage and reporting of bridge and safety data. Other responsibilities include maintenance of the Transportation Management Systems database, and all mapping, GIS, and GPS activities in the department. Bledsoe has more than 26 years’ experience with MoDOT. He has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is a registered professional engineer in Missouri. Bledsoe serves as a member of the AASHTO Joint Task Force on Pavements and the NCHRP panel for Project 1-43, A Guide for Pavement Friction.

Douglas Carlsonis the executive director of the Rubber Pavements Association. He is a graduate of Arizona State University in business administration. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and Reserve from 1986 to 1997 as a combat engineer. Carlson has served the Rubber Pavements Association since 1998 as government relations director and deputy director. He is a member of American Society for Testing Materials and American Public Works Association, and serves as treasurer for the Arizona Highway Users Alliance. He is pursuing a master’s degree in engineering at Arizona State University. He has authored and coauthored several papers on asphalt rubber-related topics published by the Journal of Solid Waste Technical Management (JSWTM), the Third Joint UNCTAD/IRSG Workshop on Rubber, the Environment International Rubber Forum, Asphalt Rubber 2003, and the Arizona Department of Transportation. Carlson also serves as a reviewer for papers submitted for publication in various technical journals, including American Society of Civil Engineers journals and JSWTM, and for proposals submitted to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on topics related to crumb rubber and tire recycling. He is a member of the newly formed Tire Cluster, an EPA and industry group dealing with scrap tire issues. Carlson also serves on the board of directors for the Recycled Tire Research and Engineering Foundation.

Christopher Corbisier is a noise specialist on the FHWA Noise Team in Washington, DC. He helps develop national highway traffic noise policies and oversee the implementation of FHWA’s noise program. The policies cover the analysis and abatement of highway traffic noise, including the use of specific pavement types and textures in analysis and as an abatement measure. He completed FHWA’s 2-year Professional Development Program, including assignments with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), FHWA Florida Division Office, and Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Acoustics Facility. Corbisier was a member of an FDOT noise barrier insertion loss study that measured and modeled 12 existing noise walls to determine their resulting noise reduction. Corbisier has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Central Florida. He is a member of the Transportation Research BoardCommittee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration.

Thomas Hearne is a pavement analysis engineer for the Pavement Management Unit of the North Carolina Department of Transportation in Albemarle, NC. He is responsible for evaluating and investigating pavement structural conditions. His research emphasis includes nondestructive materials testing and evaluation of pavement smoothness during construction. He served as a roadway pavement design engineer and an area materials engineer before joining the Pavement Management Unit in 1990. Hearne is a graduate of the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, and holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Florida. He is a licensed professional engineer in North Carolina, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the AASHTO Joint Task Force on Pavements, and serves on several technical committees of the Transportation Research Board. He is chairman of NCHRP Project Panel D10-67, “Texturing of Concrete Pavements.”

Kevin W. McMullen is president of the Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association (WCPA) in Madison, WI. He is responsible for design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation technical issues and promotional activities for the concrete pavement industry in Wisconsin. He served as an industry advisor to Marquette University research titled “Noise and Texture on Portland Cement Concrete Pavements, Results of a Multi-State Study,” and served on the FHWA Technical Working Group on pavement noise and texture during the 1990s. McMullen has worked for WCPA for 8 years. Before that, he was pavement design engineer in the Central Office of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for 5 years, and also worked as a consulting engineer. He has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He is a licensed professional engineer in Wisconsin, sits on the board of directors of the Wisconsin Highway Research Program, and is a member of three technical committees of the Transportation Research Board. He is a former member of the board of directors of the American Concrete Pavement Association.

Dr. David E. Newcomb joined the National Asphalt Pavement Association in October 1999 as vice president–research & technology. Before that, he was an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota and the technical director of the Minnesota Road Research Project since 1989. Before moving to Minnesota, he taught at the University of Nevada-Reno for 2.5 years. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1986, after working at the New Mexico Engineering Research Institute for 3 years. Newcomb received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Texas A&M University in 1977 and 1979, respectively.

John H. Roberts is the executive director of the International Grooving and Grinding Association (IGGA), and the vice president of the American Concrete Pavement Association’s (ACPA) Concrete Pavement Restoration Division. As executive director, he is responsible for managing and directing all activities associated with the proper use and advancement of concrete pavement preservation and restoration. In this capacity, Roberts is also responsible for managing and developing innovative technologies, such as diamond grinding of pavement for noise abatement. Roberts serves on several TRB, NCHRP, and FHWA-sponsored committees and is a board member of the Foundation for Pavement Preservation. Before joining IGGA/ACPA, Roberts worked for Ebasco Services, Inc., on projects ranging from radioactive cleanups to reconstruction of the Manhattan Bridge. Roberts also was the owner of a concrete contracting company in New York, where he specialized in the construction of bridges, pavements, and structures. Roberts has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Judith L. Rochat is a physical scientist in the Acoustics Facility at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. She conducts research in many areas of transportation noise, including prediction, measurements, and analysis. Her work includes 1) support for the FHWA Traffic Noise Model (TNM), a computer program used to predict noise in the vicinity of highways and design highway noise barriers; 2) quiet pavement measurements/analysis for U.S. State departments of transportation; 3) support for FHWA’s Quiet Pavement Pilot Program (QPPP); and 4) support for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Integrated Noise Model (INM), a computer program used to predict noise near airports. Rochat received a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, in 1990; a master’s degree in acoustics from Pennsylvania State University in 1994; and a Ph.D. in acoustics from Pennsylvania State University in 1998. She is a member of the Acoustical Society of America, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration Committee (A1F04) of the Transportation Research Board, where she serves as the chairman of the Highway Noise subcommittee.

Larry Scofield is a researcher with the Arizona Transportation Research Center (ATRC). He manages the research conducted in the materials, construction, and maintenance areas for the Arizona Department of Transportation. He developed the work plan for the Arizona Quiet Pavement Pilot Program, and is conducting the research grade noise measurements for this program, which consists of both near-field and far-field acoustic measurement techniques. Scofield has worked for the Arizona Department of Transportation for the past 27 years. He has worked in construction, materials, and for the past 20 years at ATRC. Scofield has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Arizona State University. He participates in numerous Transportation Research Board and National Cooperative Highway Research Program activities.

Mark Swanlund is a pavement design engineer for the FHWA Office of Pavement Technology in Washington, DC. Swanlund directs FHWA activities related to pavement surface characteristics. His priority activities include pavement evenness, tire/road noise, and pavement texture and friction. Before joining the Office of Pavement Technology in 1998, he served as the FHWA regional pavement engineer in Baltimore, MD, and in FHWA’s Colorado Division Office. Swanlund has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Washington State University, and is a licensed professional engineer in Colorado. He serves on several committees of the Transportation Research Board, and is the English-speaking secretary of PIARC Technical Committee C1, Pavement Surface Characteristics.

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