101st Annual

Kansas Transportation Engineering Conference

April 9 and 10, 2019

K-State Student Union Carl R. Ice College of Engineering Manhattan,

Sponsored by

K-State University Transportation Center (KSUTC) Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Kansas County Highway Association (KCHA) Kansas Chapter, American Public Works Association (APWA) Kansas Association for Uniform Traffic Control (KAUTC) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Kansas University Transportation Center (KUTC)

Page 1 of 7 Tuesday, April 9

7:00-8:00 Exhibitor Move-In Main/West Ballroom, Second Floor

8:00-8:50 Registration and Refreshments, Coffee Second Floor Concourse (Registration), Main/West Ballroom (Refreshments), Courtyard Lobby (Coffee) Coffee sponsored by Coughlin Company

8:00-12:00 Trade Show Hours Main/West Ballroom, Second Floor

Session I Forum Hall Burt Morey, P.E., Deputy Secretary and State Transportation Engineer, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS presiding

8:50-9:00 Welcome to Guests

9:00-9:30 KDOT Update Julie Lorenz, Secretary of Transportation, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS

9:30-10:00 FHWA Update Anthony Furst, Chief Innovation Officer, Federal Highway Administration, Salem, Oregon

10:00-10:40 Break with Exhibitors Main/West Ballroom, Second Floor Tuesday break sponsored by GBA

Session II-A Forum Hall Ron Seitz, P.E., Director of Engineering and Design, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS presiding

10:45-11:15 Know Your Resources Aaron Frits, P.E., Road Design Leader, Kansas Department of Transportation, Lawrence, KS Amy Rockers, P.E., Road Support Engineer, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS Tom Rhoads, P.E., Road Design Leader, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS

11:25-11:55 Wichita North Junction Michael Armour, P.E., Special Projects Engineer, City of Wichita, Wichita, KS Don Snyder, P.E., Metro Engineer, Kansas Department of Transportation, Wichita, KS Kelly Farlow, P.E., Team Lead, Professional Engineering Consultants, P.A., Lawrence, KS

Page 2 of 7 Session II-B K/S Ballrooms, Second Floor John Braun, President, Kansas Chapter – APWA, Hays, KS, presiding

10:45-11:15 An Emphasis on Pedestrian Safety Matt Messina, Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS

11:25-11:55 Citywide Feasibility Study – Lincoln, NE David Church, P.E., Senior Traffic Engineer, WSP USA, Inc., Lenexa, KS

12:00-1:15 Professional Engineers in Government (PEG) Luncheon Main/West Ballroom, Second Floor Gary Janzen, P.E., City Engineer/Assistant Director of Public Works & Utilities, City of Wichita, Wichita, KS, presiding

Wichita Stadium Project Paul Gunzelman, P.E., Assistant City Engineer, City of Wichita, Wichita, KS

1:30-4:30 Trade Show Hours Main/West Ballroom, Second Floor

Session III-A Forum Hall Tony Menke, District Construction and Materials Engineer, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS, presiding

1:30-2:00 Implementation of Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) (KTA & Wichita) Aaron Henning, P.E., Maintenance Engineer, City of Wichita, Wichita, KS Brian Clark, WEX Telematics Consultant, WEX Inc., South Portland, Maine Jason Weber, Roadway Operations Manager, Authority, Wichita, KS

2:10-2:40 Tunneling Under the Road – Sewer Force Main Trevor Kaufman, P.E., Design Engineer, Professional Engineering Consultants, Wichita, KS Steve Degenhardt, P.E., Construction Division Manager, City of Wichita, Wichita, KS

Session III-B K/S Ballrooms, Second Floor Sara Peters, P.E., President, Kansas Association for Uniform Traffic Control, Design Manager, GBA System Integrators, Lenexa, KS, presiding

1:30-1:50 Evaluating the Operational Effect of Narrow Lanes and Shoulders for the Highway Capacity Manual Amin Asgharzadeh, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

1:55-2:15 Corrosion of Corrugated Metal Pipe: A Longitudinal Study Luke Augustine, Graduate Research Assistant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Page 3 of 7 2:20-2:40 Graduate Student Presentations

2:40-3:00 Break with Exhibitors Main/West Ballroom, Second Floor Tuesday break sponsored by GBA Call Hall ice cream sponsored by MHS Surveying & Engineering

Session IV Forum Hall

3:00-3:45 Driving Change with UAS Bob Brock, Director of Aviation, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS

3:45-4:30 Future of Transportation in Kansas – Panel Discussion Moderator – Dr. Eric J. Fitzsimmons, P.E., Assistant Professor, Kansas State University Michael White, Executive Director, Kansas Contractors Association Norm Bowers, L.S., P.E., Local Road Engineer, Kansas Association of Counties Larry L. Thompson, P.E., Director of Operations, Kansas Department of Transportation Jason M. Peek, Ph.D., P.E., Public Works Director – City of Topeka, Kansas Chapter of American Public Works Association

5:00-6:00 Social Hour Carl R. Ice College of Engineering Sponsored by Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC

Page 4 of 7 Wednesday, April 10

8:00-8:45 Refreshments and Coffee Main/West Ballroom (Refreshments), Courtyard Lobby (Coffee)

8:00-12:00 Trade Show Hours Main/West Ballroom, Second Floor

Session V Forum Hall Chris Herrick, P.E., Director of Planning & Development and Interim Director of Fiscal & Asset Management, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS presiding

8:45-9:25 Kansas Transportation Task Force Julie Lorenz, Senior Strategic Consultant, Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, MO Chris Herrick, P.E., Director of Planning & Development and Interim Director of Fiscal & Asset Management, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS

9:25-10:05 The In’s and Out’s and Up’s and Down’s of Traffic Fatalities Robert Wunderlich, P.E., Director of Center for Transportation Safety, A&M Transportation Institute, College Station, TX

10:05-10:35 Break with Exhibitors Main/West Ballroom, Second Floor Wednesday break sponsored by

Session VI-A Forum Hall James Simerl, Project Delivery Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration, Topeka, KS, presiding

10:35-11:05 FHWA’s EDC5 Collaborative Hydraulics Initiative Laura Girard, P.E., Hydraulic Engineer, FHWA Resource Center, Baltimore, MD

11:15-11:45 A river tried running through it: A higher look at Highway 81 and the rage of the Ninnescah AJ Wilson, P.E., Area Engineer, Kansas Department of Transportation, Winfield, KS

Session VI-B K/S Ballrooms, Second Floor Justin Mader, P.E., County Engineer, Saline County, Salina, KS, presiding

10:35-11:05 3D Bridge Modeling; Lessons Learned Calvin Reed, P.E., Transportation Division Manager, Professional Engineering Consultants, PA, Lawrence, KS Wesley Nyberg, P.E., Project Engineer, Professional Engineering Consultants, PA, Wichita, KS

11:15-11:45 Emergency Bridge Replacement in the Ozarks Bob Gilbert, P.E., Delivery Leader – Transportation & COO, Bartlett & West, Inc., Jefferson City, MO

Page 5 of 7 11:45-1:15 Lunch (on your own)

Session VII-A Forum Hall Steven Schrock, P.E., Professor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, presiding

1:15-1:45

1:55-2:25 Update of Asphalt Change/ Improvements Steven Houser, P.E., Asphalt Research Engineer, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS

Session VII-B K/S Ballrooms, Second Floor Adam Stodola, P.E., Kansas Transportation Team Leader, Garver, Wichita, KS, presiding

1:15-1:45 KDOT Creating Roadside Habitat for Pollinators – One Highway at a Time Melissa Davidson, Roadside Vegetation Management, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS Scott Shields, Environmental Program Administrator, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS

1:55-2:25 Kansas Stormwater Update Mervin Lare, P.E., Stormwater Compliance Engineer, Kansas Department of Transportation, Marion, KS

Session VIII Forum Hall Dr. Eric J. Fitzsimmons, P.E., Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, presiding

2:35-3:05 NHTSA Update – Drug Impaired Driving Keith Williams, Division Chief, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

3:05-3:35

3:35-3:45 Closing Remarks Dr. Eric J. Fitzsimmons, P.E., Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Future Conference Dates 2020: 102nd Annual, April 14-15, 2020 2021: 103rd Annual, April 13-14, 2021 2022: 104th Annual, April 12-13, 2022 2023: 105th Annual, April 11-12, 2023 2024: 106th Annual, April 9-10, 2024

2019 Conference Planning Committee David Behzadpour, M.S., P.E., Chair, KDOT Eric Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Conference Director, KSU Doug Daugherty, FHWA Rick Kreider, KDOT Page 6 of 7 Bill Legge, KDOT Clay Adams, KDOT Halee Lindstrom, KDOT Debbie Tanking, KDOT Glen Scott, Kansas Turnpike Association Dominque Shannon, KDOT Lisa Harris, KUTC Brett Louk, ACEC-SMH Consultants Nathan Bergman, APWA- Bartlett and West Consultants Kevin Palic, KDOT

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