Committees

The IICTG committees include Steering Committee (up to 16 members) and Technical Committee (up to 40 members).
Both Committees consist of international professionals and experts in geotechnical engineering, pavement engineering, construction equipment, testing, monitoring, and cloud data management related to intelligent construction technologies. Only the Steering Committee has voting rights. Details about the responsibilities of committee members are described in the Bylaws.

There are also standing Task Groups for specific tasks. Task Group leaders can be from Steering Committee or Technical Committee. There are no restrictions for Task Group members.

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Committee Members

Name/Affiliation IICTG Roles Bio
George Chang, Director of Research, Transtec Group, USA President and Executive Steering Committee

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Antonio Gomes Correia, Professor, U. of Minho, Portugal Vice President and Executive Steering Committee

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Guanghui Xu, Professor, SW Jiaotong U., China Treasurer/Secretary and Executive Steering Committee

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Soheil Nazarian, Professor, UTEP, USA Technical Affair and Executive Steering Committee

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Xinzhou Yang, CEO, ChinaRoads, China Vice President and Steering Committee

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Alex Visser, Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, U of Pretoria, South Africa Steering Committee

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Curt Turgeon, State Pavement Engineer, MNDOT, USA Steering Committee

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Dongsheng Wang, Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Steering Committee

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Heinz Brandl, Emeritus Prof., Technical U of Vienna, Austria Steering Committee

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Jianming Ling, Executive Dean, Tongji University, China Steering Committee

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Lance Parve, Sr. Project Engineer, Design-Construction/CIM Coordinator, WisDOT, USA Steering Committee

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Mike Arasteh, Materials Engineer, US FHWA, USA Steering Committee

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Jean-Pierre Magnan, Professor, IFSTTAR, France Steering Commmittee

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Connie Yew, Team Leader, Construction Management, FHWA, USA Steering Commmittee

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Musharraf Zaman, Professor, University of Oklahoma, USA Steering Commmittee

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Dietmar Adam, Professor, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Steering Commmittee

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Antonio Nieves, Construction Engineer, FHWA, USA Technical Committee

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Bill Laing , Project Manager, Volvo Construction Equipment, USA Technical Committee

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Bo Tian, Researcher III, Research Institute of Highway, Ministry of Transportation, China Technical Committee

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Don Mathews, Technical Service Manager, Pavement Recycling System, USA Technical Committee

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Ebi Fini, Construction Engineer, Caltrans, USA Technical Committee

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Erol Tutumluer, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Technical Committee

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Fredrik Akesson, Manager, Atlas Copco/Dynapac, Sweden Technical Committee

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Hui Gao, Professor, Heilongjiang Institute of Engineering, China Technical Committee

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Jimmy Si, Transportation Engineer, TxDOT, USA Technical Committee

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Johannes Pistrol, Head of Research Group on Soils Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Technical Committee

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Jun Huang, Professor, SW Jiaotong U., China Technical Committee

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Kevin Garcia, Road and Paving Construction Segment Manager, Trimble, USA Technical Committee

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Lei Zhang, Research Fellow, China Transport Research Institute, China Technical Committee

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Mike Winter, head of Ground Engineering and Honorary Chief Scientist, TRL, UK Technical Committee

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Paul Angerhofer, Product manager, MOBA, USA Technical Committee

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Rebecca Embacher, Advanced Materials and Technology Engineer, MNDOT, USA Technical Committee

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Tim Hoffman, Product Manager Rollers, Atlas Copco/Dynapac, USA Technical Committee

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Tim Kowalski, Hamm Applications Support Manager, Wirtgen America, USA Technical Committee

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Todd Mansell, Training Consultant, Caterpillar, USA Technical Committee

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XiangChen Hou, Professor/Dean of School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Technical Committee

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XiuPu Zhao, VP, ChinaRoads, China Technical Committee

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YanJun Qiu, Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University, China Technical Committee

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YinPing Ding, Chief Engineer, Dalian City Construction Group, China Technical Committee

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Yuhui E, Sr. Engineer, Liaonin Province Transport Quality & Safety , China Technical Committee

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ZeHua Luo, Chief Editor, China Construction Machinery Technology & Management, China Technical Committee

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Min Liu, Professor, NC State University, USA Technical Committee

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Dehu Yu, Dean of Civil Engieering School, Qingdao University of Technology, China Technical Committee

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Mingsheng Wang, Dean of Civil Engieering School, Shijiazhuang Tiedao Unversity , China Technical Committee

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Kei Uchiyama, General Manager, Sakai Heavy Industry, Japan Technical Committee

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Task Group A – Administration and Finance

  • Deal with administrative tasks.
  • Interface with NCPP regarding the finance

Task Group B – Meeting Programs

  • Determine the theme/topics-for-call-for-presentation for each conference.
  • Invite speakers and develop meeting agenda.

For IICTG 2017:

  • Curt Turgeon, State Pavement Engineer, MNDOT, USA
  • Rebecca Embacher, Advanced Materials and Technology Engineer, MNDOT, USA

For IICTG 2019:

  • Prof. Guanghui Xu, Southwest University, China
  • XiuPu Zhao, VP, ChinaRoads, China
  • ZeHua Luo, Chief Editor, China Construction Machinery Technology & Management, China

Task Group C – Sponsorship and Industry Participation

  • Reach out to vendors for exhibits and financial sponsorship for each biannual conference.
  • Coordinate the exhibits layout/arrangement for each conference.

For IICTG 2017:

  • Todd Mansell, Training Consultant, Caterpillar, USA

For IICTG 2019:

  • Mr. Renwu Xie, VP, ChinaRoads, China

Task Group D – Communication

  • Maintain the website.
  • Batch emails for conferences and other notices.

Task Group E – Nomination

  • Nominate candidates for steering committee and technical committee members as well as officers as per Bylaws.

Members are:

  • George Chang, Director of Research, Transtec Group, USA
  • Antonio Gomes Correia, Professor, U. of Minho, Portugal
  • Guanghui Xu, Professor, SW Jiaotong U., China
  • Soheil Nazarian, Professor, UTEP, USA