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2007 Transportation Short Course:
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Speaker Information and Needs

Session 3
Maintenance
Tuesday, October 16
Room: 206 MSC

Speaker: Jaime Gandara
Title: Engineering Assistant
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Road-Mixed Emulsion Treatmetns - A Case Study
Presentation Summary: Overview of the use of emulsion-treated bases in various projects within the San Anotnio district.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Over the past year and a half I have been involved with various projects. Particularly I have been involved with specification specific testing and sampling. I have assisted int eh development of an emulsion-treated base mix design procedure. recently I have been involved in the coordination of testing and sampling with The Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems.
A/V Needs: podium with microphone, LCD projector
Moderator: Toribio Garza, Jr.
Title: Deputy Director
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Back to Basics in Maintenance
Presentation Summary: How maintenance operations are returning to the basics.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: 21 years experience in Pharr and Corpus Christi Districts. Coordinated all maintenance matters as former Director of Maintenance - Pharr District
A/V Needs: podium with microphone, LCD projector
Speaker: German Claros
Title: Research Engineer
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Fog Seal Effectiveness
Presentation Summary: Report the effectivenes of fog seal as pavement maintenance strategy
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Have worked in the pavements field for the last 30 years with extensive experience on pavement maintenance.
A/V Needs: walk-around microphone, LCD projector
Speaker: Tammy Sims
Title: Special Projects Engineer
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Ice & Snow Strategies - What Other States are Doing (Part 1)
Presentation Summary: Report on the National Snow and Ice Peer Exchange in Columbus, Ohio
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Attended Peer Exchange. Statewide oversight for snow and ice operations.
A/V Needs: podium with microphone
computer to run Power Point Presentation
Speaker: Michael Taylor
Title: Director of Operations
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Amarillo, TX
Presentation Title: Ice and Snow Strategies - What Other States are Doing
Presentation Summary: Other states strategies compared to Texas (Amarillo)
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Amarillo District handles more ice and snow days than other districts. We have issues compared to other states that recieve snow.
A/V Needs: podium with microphone, LCD projector
computer
Speaker: Catherine Hejl
Title: Director of Maintenance
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Bryan, TX
Presentation Title: Managing Maintenance Budgets - Squeezing More Blood from the Turnip
Presentation Summary: Describing how the Bryan district plans and spends their maintenance budget.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: I have been managing the Bryan District Maintenance budget since 2004.
A/V Needs: podium with microphone, LCD projector
Do I need to bring my own laptop or will one be available.
Speaker: Mary Perez
Title: Director Natural Resources Management
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Environmental Coordination on Maintenance Projects - Don't Get Caught Without It!
Presentation Summary: Presentation discusses environmental requirements for maintenance projects.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Have worked at TxDOT in the environmental area for over 13 years in both a district and currently in Enviornmental Affairs Division.
A/V Needs: podium with microphone, LCD projector
PPT presentation
Speaker: Gilbert Jordan
Title: District Maintenance Superintendent
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: El Paso, TX
Presentation Title: Runway Repair in a Contingency Environment
Presentation Summary: Airport runway repair in a contingency environment
Bio/Expertise Highlights: 30 years with TxDOT, working in the follwoing positions, Assistant Maintenance Section Supervisor, Maintenance Section Supervisor, and presently as District Maintenance Superintendent. Extensive knowledge of pavement repairs 32 years with the U.S. Navy Seabees (Reserves) most recent position Command Master Chief (senior enlisted military advisor) for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Twenty-Two in Iraq stationed in the Al Anbar Provience. Extensive knowledge of heavy construction in a contingency environments.
A/V Needs: walk-around microphone, LCD projector
Speaker: Thomas Schwerdt
Title: Paint Chemist
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Austin, TX
Presentation Title: Anti-Graffiti Materials - A Tagger's Nightmare
Presentation Summary: Discussion of a new antigraffiti coating which actually works, following an overview of current practices for dealing with graffiti.
Bio/Expertise Highlights: Tom Schwerdt is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry prior to pursuing graduate studies in Chemistry at Texas A&M. Tom is also a NACE Level III Certified Paint Inspector. His interest in corrosion protection started with an internship at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in White Oak, MD prior to UD. Tom joined The Coatings Laboratory (an independent paint laboratory in Houston) in the mid 90's and quickly became involved in the coatings field, joining the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) and becoming active in coatings testing standards on ASTM committee D01 while performing formulation, failure analysis and general testing on a wide variety of coatings. He has also been active volunteering in Community Radio, including more than four years as the Operations Director of KEOS. After nearly a decade (and one company buyout) at The Coatings Laboratory, he currently works as a paint chemist at the Texas Department of Transportation Materials Lab, focusing on protective coating systems for steel, traffic striping and antigraffiti coatings.
A/V Needs: walk-around microphone, LCD projector
PC with powerpoint, remote PP control with integrated laser pointer.
Moderator: Paul Montgomery
Title: Director of Maintenance
Company: Texas Department of Transportation
Location: Lufkin, TX
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