Past Outreach
Over the past ten years the RMRC has hosted and/or sponsored a number of workshops, forums, conferences and other outreach events. In 1999, the RMRC hosted a one-and-a-half day regional workshop on recycled materials in Albany, NY that was attended by more than 100 people from the Northeast. This was followed in 2001 by the Beneficial Use of Recycled Materials Transportation Applications conference held in Crystal City, VA. The conference attracted more than 160 experts from 15 countries. The conference resulted in 97 papers being published in proceedings by the Air and Waste Management Association.
In 2004, the RMRC hosted a forum on Water Movement and Reactive Transport Modeling in Roads, a two-and-a-half day event that brought together an international group of experts to discuss modeling of water in the highway environment. RMRC staff have worked with federal agencies to provide forums as well. In 2003, the RMRC hosted and co-organized the TRB ADC60 Summer Meeting in Portsmouth, NH. The theme of the meeting was Beneficial Use, Sustainability, and Pollution Prevention in Transportation Infrastructure, and resulted in seven technical papers and an editorial in a special issue of Resources, Conservation and Recycling. In 2006, the RMRC and the U.S. EPA co-sponsored a forum on water modeling that served to follow up on the work done during the 2004 modeling workshop.
RMRC staff have also organized and hosted four Regional Recycled Materials Workshops that covered the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Western regions of the United States. The workshops brought together State DOT Materials Engineers, State DOT Environmental Specialists, State EPA Beneficial Use Specialists, and FHWA Divisional Office personnel and US EPA personnel to learn about appropriate recycled materials use for each region of the country. Each workshop was the same in that attendees were given a “tool box” of information so as to allow them to develop their own recycling expertise within their state. The toolbox was made up of research products developed by the RMRC as well as guidance documents developed by FHWA and industrial associations. Each workshop had four recycled material modules that focused on material/application combinations that were of specific interest to that region of the country. The RMRC had experts develop and present these modules so that the attendees will get timely information and will be able to gain from the experience of the presenters. The workshops also had talks about the environmental aspects of using recycled materials, and about how different state DOTs have developed successful programs for incorporating recycled materials. Each member of the RMRC staff attended at least two of the workshops. Follow-up surveys were sent to workshop participants to get their feedback regarding the effectiveness of the workshop as well as suggestions for how to improve it. These suggestions were incorporated to improve each subsequent workshop.
Recycled Asphalt Shingles in Hot Mix Asphalt: Case Studies of New State Specifications and Implementation. This webinar will be held on June 15, 2010. For more information, please click here>>
RMRC Earth Day Webinar - April 22, 2008
Click on the presenters' names below to download presentations from the
FHWA-RMRC Earth Day Webinar.
• Benson
• Gardner
• Melton
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