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23rd Arizona Pavements and Materials Conference
Tuesday December 8, 2026 2:00pm - 4:30pm MST
Workshop 2 : Southwest Pavement Technology Consortium Showcase
Turquoise Room 
Moderator: Tim Murphy

Speakers:
Hasan Ozer, The Consortium’s Progress Report: Accelerating Innovation and Implementation of Durable Pavement Solutions
Parnian Ghasemi: Implementation Spotlight – Revising the MAG Asphalt Mixture Specifications through a Collaborative Effort.

Panel Discussion: How Agency-Industry-Academia Alignment Builds Better Roads – The Performance Payoff.
Panelists: Matt Manthey, Parnian Ghasemi, Alex Carter, Dominick Martinez.
Moderators
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Timothy R. Murphy

President / Owner, Murphy Pavement Technology, Inc.
Tim Murphy, President, Murphy Pavement Technology, Chicago, IL, 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tim provides teaching, training, troubleshooting, and testifying on asphalt related projects around the nation and provides certification training from asphalt mix design to process control through construction around the nation. Providing quality and quantity audits are ongoing for... Read More →
Speakers
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Matt Manthey

Pavement Management Supervisor, City of Mesa - Transportation
Matt Manthey is the Pavement Management Supervisor for the City of Mesa, where he oversees pavement management and preservation efforts focused on maintaining and extending the life of the City’s roadway network.
Mr. Manthey has been with the City of Mesa for 15 years. Prior to joining the City, he spent 15 years in the construction materials testing and inspection industry, most recently with AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering... Read More →
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Hasan Ozer

Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Hasan Ozer is an associate professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. His research focuses on pavement materials characterization, pavement design and analysis, and development of rehabilitation and preservation programs. Ozer develops computational... Read More →
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Parnian Ghasemi

Civil Engineer III- Materials Manager, City of Phoenix
Parnian earned her Ph.D. in Pavement Engineering from Iowa State University in 2019, concentrating on applying Machine Learning algorithms to predict Pavement Performance and enhance Pavement Design. She holds a Professional Engineer certification in the State of Arizona. Before joining... Read More →
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Alex Carter

Technical Services Manager, Vulcan Materials
Alex Carter is an accomplished quality and technical services leader with over two decades of experience in asphalt and aggregate materials production. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Alex currently serves as Technical Services Manager at Vulcan Materials Company, where he oversees statewide... Read More →
Tuesday December 8, 2026 2:00pm - 4:30pm MST
Turquoise Room

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