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Welcome back to the AASHTOWare Pavement e-Newsletter!
We look forward to keeping you up to date on Pavement ME Design (PMED) news, and we encourage you to send us suggestions for articles to be included in upcoming editions of the newsletter. We plan to publish a newsletter each quarter. Enjoy!
Clark Morrison, with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, is the new Chairperson of the Pavement ME Design Task Force. A few words from Clark:
First, I’d like to thank John Donahue for his service to the Task Force.
John Donahue, with the Missouri Department of Transportation, completed his term on the PMED Task Force at the end of June 2020. A few words from John:
The years I served on the PMED task force have flown by. I always felt it was a privilege and an honor to be a part of a working group that continually strove to enhance, fix, and update the most comprehensive pavement design tool in the world.
Version 2.6 of the Pavement ME Design software was released on July 1, 2020. The software can be downloaded from the ME Design website, as in previous year releases. Please send any questions or issues related to downloading of the software to the ME Design website and/or contact the Help Desk.
Task Force Members:
- Clark Morrison, P.E.,
North Carolina DOT, Chairperson - Patrick Bierl, P.E., Ohio DOT
- Felix Doucet, Eng., Quebec MOT
- David Holmgren, P.E. Utah DOT
- Dulce Feldman, P.E. California Department of Transportation
- Hari Nair, P.E., Virginia DOT
- Kumar Dave, P.E., Indiana DOT
- Jeff Neal, P.E., Kansas DOT, SCOA Liaison
- Travis Tackett,
Florida DOT, TAA Liaison - Tom Yu, P.E., FHWA Liaison
- Ryan Fragapane,
AASHTO Project Manager
(202) 624-3632
New Members:
We would like to welcome three new Task Force members this year.
- Dulce Feldman from California Department of Transportation
- Hari Nair from Virginia Department of Transportation
- Kumar Dave from Indiana Department of Transportation
Farewell:
We would like to thank Tara Liske, for her valued contributions to the Task Force as the Transportation Association Canada (TAC) liaison. We wish her well in her new role with the Manitoba Ministry of Transportation.
Starting this year, a series of training webinars will be held to provide users with additional training on the software. The topics of the webinar are selected based on your feedback from the user group meetings, and commonly asked questions we receive. Three webinar topics have been selected for this year so far.
The selected topics are:
- Local Calibration – What steps are needed prior to using the CAT
- Local Calibration – A step-by-step example through the CAT
- Design Examples – Designing for Multiple AC overlays in PMED.
Please be on the lookout for the webinar announcements.
A new version of the Backcalculation tool is available for download. This release includes several bug fixes. The release notes and software download can be accessed at https://me-design.com.
Please send any questions or issues related to using the software to the ME Design website and/or contact the Help Desk Manager, Shobhit Mundra at http://me-design.com/MEDesign/Report.aspx, via email at pavementmedesign@ara.com, or phone 1-217-356-4500.
As a friendly reminder, the Pavement ME Design Task Force is continually taking action to improve the software and welcomes suggestions from users. Suggestions are reviewed and prioritized at each Pavement ME Design Task Force meeting. Submit suggestions to Ryan Fragapane or any Pavement ME Design Task Force member. Feature ideas may now also be submitted through the Pavement ME Design website at http://me-design.com/MEDesign/Report.aspx.
Customer Support for Pavement ME Design:
Shobhit Mundra, pavementmedesign@ara.comPhone: (217) 356-4500
Other ARA Staff:
Chadwick Becker, ARA Co-Project Manager
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