UNM's Department of Civil Engineering Hosts Annual Paving and Transportation Conference

Co-Chairs - Susan Bogus and Rafi Tarefer - Opening General Session

Opening General Session

Transportation Session

The annual Paving and Transportation Conference was held January 6-7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sponsored by UNM’s Department of Civil Engineering and its Alliance for Transportation Research Institute, the conference is in its fifth decade, focusing on critical transportation issues facing New Mexico and the Southwest. Participants typically number approximately 600 from throughout New Mexico and the Southwest and consist of transportation planners, engineers, administrators and policymakers from both the public and private sectors. In recent years, as the country’s national laboratories have focused more on non-defense problems of national interest (including transportation), the conference has seen increased participation from both Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. The conference also attracts all of the largest transportation contractors, consulting engineering firms and other related transportation businesses and industries in New Mexico.