> >Dear colleagues: > >I would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the Pavements Track >to be organized at the ASCE Geo-Congress 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia on >February 26th through March 1st, 2006. The main theme of the conference >is Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age. The >Pavements Track is sponsored by the ASCE Geo-Institute Pavements Committee. > >Abstracts should be submitted electronically on the ASCE Geo-Congress 2006 >conference web site ( http://www.asce.org/conferences/geocongress06/). >Your abstract should be received by May 10, 2005 to focus on one of the >themes of the technical sessions listed below. All papers peer-reviewed >and accepted for the Pavements Track will be published in a stand-alone >ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP). > >Technical sessions in the Pavements Track are: > * Numerical Modeling and Analysis for Pavement Systems - Session > keynote speaker: Tom Scarpas of Delft Technological University > > * Use of Sensing Methods and Devices for Pavement Systems - Session > keynote speaker: Soheil Nazarian of University of Texas at El Paso > > * Information Technology on Data Synthesis and Management for Pavement > Systems - Session keynote speaker: Harold von Quintus of Applied Research > Associates >Please also e-mail a copy of your abstract to me ([log in to unmask]) so >that I can keep track of the abstracts and authors for each session. It >is very important that you include the name of the technical session in >your abstracts. If you have already submitted an abstract on the >conference web page and would like it to be included in one of the >Pavements Track sessions, please also e-mail a copy of your abstract to me. > >Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. The >beautiful city of Atlanta would be a great place to be next year February >and March with its warm weather and Southern hospitality. > >Pavements Track organizers: > Halil Ceylan, Iowa State University > Erol Tutumluer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > Eyad Masad, Texas A&M University > >Important deadline for abstract submission: May 10, 2005 > >Best regards, > >Halil > >************** >Halil Ceylan >Assistant Professor of Civil Eng. >482B Town Engineering Bldg. >Iowa State University >Ames, IA 50011-3232 >Phone: (515) 294-8051 >Fax: (515) 294-8216 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] >http://www.ccee.iastate.edu/ >http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/ >http://www.pcccenter.iastate.edu