Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R)
U.S. Department of Transportation

Diana Furchtgott-Roth is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R). She seeks to ensure that research, development and technology activities and budgets across the Department are fully aligned with the Department’s strategic goals and key areas of interest, and that Departmental statistics are reliable and of the highest quality. Ms. Furchtgott-Roth focuses on the deployment of innovation in America’s transportation system, with the goal of lowering barriers in the development of new technology.

Prior to joining DOT, she was Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury. She has been a senior fellow and director of Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and an adjunct professor of economics at The George Washington University. She previously served as Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor; Chief of Staff of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers; Deputy Executive Director of the Domestic Policy Council; and Junior Staff Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. Ms. Furchtgott-Roth is the author of five books and was a columnist for MarketWatch.com and Tax Notes. She received her BA in economics from Swarthmore College and her M.Phil. in economics from Oxford University.

 

Atorod Azizinamini, Ph.D., P.E.
Robotics and Automation: International Perspective
Vasant Surti Professor of Civil Engineering; Director of Moss School of Construction and Sustainability; Director of ABC-UTC; Director of Preeminent Institute for Resilient and Sustainable Coastal Infrastructure
Florida International University

Dr. Atorod Azizinamini, is the Vasant Surti Professor of Civil Engineering. He is also the Director of Moss School of Construction and Sustainability; Director of ABC-UTC; Director of Preeminent Institute for Resilient and Sustainable Coastal Infrastructure and the Director of Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center at Florida International University.  He has led several major multi-disciplinary bridge engineering related initiatives. He is a founder of two major transportation field organizations: the National Bridge Research Organization at University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Center for Accelerated Bridge Construction at Florida International University.

He has provided significant service and contributions to the field of bridge engineering. As chairman of ASCE Bridge Technical Administrative Committee (Bridge TAC), he had the responsibility of overseeing eight ASCE bridge committees. He helped to organize and chaired or Co-Chaired the FHWA Bridge Engineering conferences in 2010 (Orlando, FL), 2008 (Baltimore, MD), 2005 (San Diego, CA), 2004 (San Antonio, TX), 2002 (Salt Lake City, UT), and 2000 (Baltimore, MD).

He holds several patents in bridge engineering and developed and successfully assisted in the commercialization of Folded Plate Girder Technologies. He has received several noteworthy major competitive grants, including the $2M SHRP2 R19A project, which led to development of the first comprehensive document devoted to Service Life Design of Bridges. He has published more than 200 technical papers in the structural engineering and transportation fields and has taught more than 40 short courses on the design and construction of super- and sub-structures to practicing bridge professionals.

He has produced more than 50 graduate students at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels. He has received a number of awards and honors, including the 2011 AISC Special Achievement Award. In October of 2015, he was awarded 2015 White House Champion of Change: Transportation Innovator, in a ceremony held at White House.

 

Michael P. Culmo, P.E.,
AASHTO LRFD Guide Specifications for ABC
Chief Technical Officer
CME Associates, Inc.

Bruce Johnson, P.E.
Design of Bridges for Service Life and Upcoming AASHTO Guide
Oregon State Bridge Engineer and Vice Chair of AASHTO Committee on Bridges and Structures
Oregon Department of Transportation

Eugen Brühwiler, Ph.D.
European Experiences and Latest Development in Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC)
Professor and Structural Engineer
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland