The 6th Rubber Modified Asphalt Conference will be held October 15-17, 2013 at the Fiesta Resort Conference Center in Tempe, AZ.
The conference is presented by The Scrap Tire Research and Education Foundation, Inc. (STREF), the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA), Rubber Pavements Association (RPA) and the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society. Joining as co-hosts are the Asphalt Institute, National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) and the Federal Highway Administration.
Topics slated for the conference include:
- An analysis of the life-cycle costs of rubber-modified asphalt
- Noise reduction attributed to rubber-modified asphalt cold weather applications
- Performance grading
- Several state case studies
- Terminal blending
- Research on hybrid blends of rubber
- An update on research recently concluded and rubber products used in highway and road maintenance
More information on the grant program can be found at http://stref.org/.