TRB Webinar: Use of Traffic-Speed Deflection Devices in Network-Level Pavement Management Applications

TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, June 8, 2017, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that will explore using traffic speed deflection devices for pavement structural evaluation at the network level. Presenters will focus on findings from a U.S. Federal Highway Administration study that assessed, evaluated, and validated the capacity of deflection devices in order to determine their readiness for implementation. They will also discuss a pooled fund study that demonstrated this technology, and present the major findings, conclusions, and recommendations of these efforts.

This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committees on Pavement Condition Evaluation, Pavement Management Systems, and Pavement Structural Modeling and Evaluation. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual.

Webinar Presenters

• Nadarajah Sivaneswaran, U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Gonzalo Rada, Amec Foster Wheeler
• Gerardo Flintsch, Virginia Tech

Moderated by: Jonathan Groeger, Amec Foster Wheeler


Webinar Outline

1. Introduction
2. Field evaluation: Traffic Speed Deflection Devices (TSDD) accuracy and precision
3. Deflection indices and their application to network-level pavement management systems (PMS)
4. Moving forward: Pooled fund study: objectives and status update
5. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to health, safety, and welfare including core technical.


Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the devices available on the market for traffic speed pavement structural evaluation and understand their capabilities
• Understand device measurements’ accuracy on pavement structural responses of interest
• Describe the use of traffic speed pavement structural evaluation in PMS applications
• Understand how traffic speed pavement structural evaluation affects pavement management decisions

Registration Information

There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $95 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


Professional Development Hour Information

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in October 2016. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.