The Latest AAPT News
(Updated May 2, 2007)





  • 82nd AAPT Annual Meeting and Technical Sessions

    The 2007 Annual Meeting was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in San Antonio, on March 11-14, 2007. There were 266 attendees from 17 countries around the world, representing suppliers, consultants, contractors, universities, government agencies and other researchers. Their common interest is research into materials and methods on how to build better roads.

    Highlights:

    A Government Industry Forum was held on Sunday, March 11. The following subjects were discussed: 1) How to Market Recycling of HMA Successfully; 2) Specification Considerations for Using RAP in HMA; 3) Alternatives to Hot Mix Recycling; 4) National Asphalt Roadmap.
    The Technical Session included 23 papers, which were grouped into the following 5 sessions: 1) Quality Control in Construction 2) Advancements in Testing of Asphalt Binders 3) Hot Mix Asphalts Properties and Performance, 4) Predictive Modelling for Asphalt Mixtures and Pavements and 5) Asphalt Mixture Testing Methodologies.
    Finally, there was a Symposium Session, titled "Innovative Construction Practices."
    Each of the sessions included presentations by experts in the field followed by open discussions. The papers and discussions will be published in Volume 76 of the AAPT Journal. There were 57 paper offers for the March 2007 AAPT Meeting. The Board of Directors developed the technical sessions from these offers.




  • AAPT's Annual Meeting

    The next Annual Meeting will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 27-30, 2008.

  • Future meetings:
    April 28-30, 2008 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
    March 16-18, 2009 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)




  • Former AAPT Executive Secretary Beverly Winnie Has Passed Away

    Beverly Winnie, the AAPT Executive Secretary from 1987 to 2003, passed away suddenly on February 16, 2005. Bev was a very instrumental part of AAPT for over 15 years and we will greatly miss her. She left behind her beloved husband, John, her mother, 4 children, 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.




  • AAPT Has Moved to New Offices

    AAPT's offices have moved, but while our address has changed, our phone number and email address have remained the same. New address:

    AAPT
    4711 Clark Ave Suite G
    White Bear Lake, MN 55110




  • AAPT has received generous gifts for the AAPT Scholarship Fund. Scholarships for 2005 were awarded to Edith Arambula,Texas A&M University; Audrey Copeland, Vanderbilt University; Lucas-Jan Ebels, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa); and Rodrigo Delgadillo, University of WI-Madison. Applications for the 2006 scholarship should be sent to the AAPT office not later than May 1, 2006. The scholarship will be awarded July 15, 2006.