Date and Location
Registration
Organizers and Sponsors
Workshop Overview
Topics and Speakers
Workshop Format
Proceedings
Location
Accommodations and Travel
Contacts

New! Final program [PDF]
New! Madison accommodations and travel information [PDF]

Date and Location

September 16-17, 2010
Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Registration

The registration fee is $100 for all participants except students ($50). There is no registration deadline, but registration at the door is $150.

• Please address questions to Raul Velasquez at ravelasquez@wisc.edu
• Please register by visiting http://www.peopleware.net/2723 and scrolling down to the "International Workshop on Asphalt Binders and Mastics" link

Organizers

Sponsors

Workshop Overview

Characterization of asphalt binders in practice is largely limited to developing specifications based on empirical tests that allow the user to select the appropriate binder for a given environmental condition.

In the last 15 years, there has been an increased emphasis on the development and use of a performance-based approach to select asphalt binders for use in mixtures subjected to a variety of different loading and environmental conditions. Consequently, the characterization of asphalt binders has evolved to incorporate test methods and models that address various dimensions pertaining to mixture properties and performance. Understanding the damage evolution and mechanical response of asphalt binders has also been increasingly recognized as an important first step to fully characterize the mechanical response and long-term performance of asphalt mixtures. The interactions between binder and fillers or fine aggregates make it equally important to investigate the mastic phase in asphalt mixtures.

This international workshop is being organized by the Working Group 07 on Bitumen and Mastics of the Technical Committee on Constitutive Modeling of the International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP). The main objective of this workshop is to serve as a platform for exchange of information on the state-of-art in various aspects of modeling and characterization of bitumen and mastics. The workshop will also facilitate the development of a vision and needs statement for the technical committee and future research in this area.

Topics and Speakers

Workshop Format

There will be a 45 minute time slot devoted to each topic. This includes about 25 minutes for presentation on state of the art on the topic followed by a 20-minute discussion. The last presentation will be two hours and will include time for brainstorming and developing agenda for future discussions.

Proceedings

The proceedings will be distributed to the participants in the form of a CD or made available for download after the workshop. The proceedings will include presentations in PDF format, an abstract for each presentation, and a bibliography of readily available references in each topical area. The bibliography will be developed based on inputs from the presenters and participants during the workshop.

Location

University of Wisconsin–Madison will be hosting this event. Madison is a medium size city surrounded by 3 beautiful lakes and a lot of green areas.

Madison’s airport has frequent flights to major hubs like Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York, and other cities and is only 15 minutes by car from campus. Madison has a very vibrant downtown that is extremely safe and very diverse in authentic restaurants. Join us to taste Wisconsin beer and cheeses.

Accommodations and Travel

(Download this information in PDF format.)

Below a list of hotels and B&Bs that are frequently used by visitors to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. When making reservations at any hotel in Madison, be sure to mention you are visiting the university in case there is a discounted rate.
The two closest hotels are the Doubletree and the Best Western InnTowner, but several other hotels and B&Bs listed below can also be found.

Bed & Breakfast Inns

• Mansion Hill Inn
  424 N. Pinckney St, Madison, WI 53703
  (608) 255-3999 • (800) 798-9070
  

• Arbor House - An Environmental Inn
  3402 Monroe St, Madison, WI 53711
  (608) 238-2981

Hotels

• Best Western InnTowner
  2424 University Ave., Madison, WI 53726
  (608) 233-8778 • (800) 258-8321
  

• Concourse Hotel
  1 West Dayton St., Madison, WI 53703
  (608) 257-6000 • (800) 356-8293
  

• Doubletree
  525 W. Johnson St., Madison, WI 53703
  (608) 251-5511
  

• The Edgewater
  666 Wisconsin Ave., Madison, WI 53703
  (608) 256-9071 • (800) 922-5512
  

• Best Western Inn on the Park
  22 South Carroll St., Madison, WI 53703
  (800) 279-8811
  

• Campus Inn
  601 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53703
  (800) 589-6285
  

• University Inn
  441 N. Frances St., Madison, WI 53703
  (800) 279-4881
  

• Best Western Inn on the Park
  22 South Carroll St., Madison, WI 53703
  (800) 279-8811 • (608) 285-8000
  

• Hilton Hotel
  9 East Wilson St., Madison, WI 53703
  (608) 255-5100
  

• The Madison Hostel
  141 S. Butler St., Madison , WI 53703
  (608) 441-0144

Tips to get from Chicago to Madison

There are many airlines that fly from Chicago to Madison. It is a very short flight of about 30 minutes. However, there is a very good bus service of approximately 3.5 hours that leaves from both Midway and O’Hare Airports. They have between 4-5 trips every day. The buses are very comfortable.

Detailed bus schedule for the Van Galder Bus Company.

Ticket prices for bus service between Chicago-Madison:

Contacts

Professor Hussain Bahia
bahia@engr.wisc.edu

Professor Amit Bhasin
a-bhasin@mail.utexas.edu

Dr. Raul Velasquez
ravelasquez@wisc.edu

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