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L anammeUCR PROPOSAL FOR THE ORGANIZATION of apT 2016

L anammeUCR PROPOSAL FOR THE ORGANIZATION of apT 2016 . Ing. Luis Guillermo Loria-Salazar, MSc , PhD General Director, Transportation Infrastructure Program National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models , LanammeUCR University of Costa Rica. COSTA RICA.

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L anammeUCR PROPOSAL FOR THE ORGANIZATION of apT 2016

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  1. LanammeUCR PROPOSAL FOR THE ORGANIZATION ofapT2016 Ing. Luis Guillermo Loria-Salazar, MSc, PhD General Director, TransportationInfrastructureProgram NationalLaboratory of Materials and StructuralModels, LanammeUCR University of Costa Rica

  2. COSTA RICA • Located in Central America. • 52,000 km2 (Texas is 700,000 km2, Mexico is 2,000,000 km2). • 4,000,000 people. • No army since 1948. • 2 million of tourists in 2013. • Biggest INTEL facility in the world • 2011: The happiest country in the world!!!

  3. Traveling to COSTA RICA All major airlines travel to Costa Rica in a daily basis from: • L.A. • San Francisco • Chicago • Phoenix • Houston • Dallas • Fort Lauderdale • Miami • Orlando • New York • Newark • Denver • Madrid • Montreal • Atlanta • Mineapolis • Philadelphia • Charlottee

  4. Traveling to COSTA RICA TOURISM is our MAIN industry… • Hundreds of good hotels • No visa is required for most of the countries • Various conference centers to fulfill any conference need • Several auditoriums at UCR • LanammeUCR auditorium can easily accommodate 150 people, and bigger ones available on campus • The best….The kindness of • costarican people…

  5. Regional Context PanamaChannelhourflight Possible Nicaragua Channel

  6. Local Attraction Three-hour trip between the airport and the best beaches Two-hour drive from the airport to the Arenal Volcano An hour's drive from the airport to the beach

  7. University of Costa Rica • Date of creation: August 26th, 1940 • Total area: 83,613,938.95 m2 • Buildings area: 474.616,55 m2 • 7 regional campuses • 13 colleges, 47 schools • 1 planetary • 98 research units • 37,600 students • 5,256 professors • 2,615 administrative • 104 undergrad programs • 95 master program • 10 PhDs Main campus Regional campuses

  8. ¿What is LanammeUCR? LanammeUCR is the NationalLaboratory of Materials and StructuralModels of the University of Costa Rica. Weworkon: • Appliedresearch • Academics • Technologhy Transfer • Technicalcooperation First latin-americanlaboratoryaccreditedby ISO 17025-2002  80 test accredited

  9. Areas of Expertise • Seismic and Risk Management Engineering. • GeotechnicalEngineering. • StructuralEngineering. • ConstructionMaterialsEngineering. • Ingeniería Vial (PITRA Program– 8114 y 8603 Law).

  10. CURRENT INSTALLED CAPACITY

  11. FacilitiesArea • Two buildings of laboratories and technology transference center: 8,000 m2 • Liberia Campus: 1200 m2 of buildings in a total area of 10,000 m2

  12. Current installed capacity • Nano-Scale evaluation • AFM, Raman, FTIR, DSC, TGA • DMA • Evaluation of components materials • Rheology • Dynamic characterization of materials • Fatigue, E*, RLT, Creep, APA, Hamburg Wheel Track • Performance evaluation: • Instrumentation of natural scale tracks • HVS NANO MICRO MACRO NATURAL SCALE

  13. Current installed capacity NANO MICRO MACRO NATURAL SCALE

  14. PaveLab (PavementsLaboratory) Facilities

  15. PaveLabFacilities > 1 000 000 load repetitions after august 2013

  16. Other conferences organized • XVIII CILA, 2005: IberoamericanAsphaltconference. 600 participants. 200 papers. 24 countries. • I CISEV 2008: Iberoamericanroad safety conference. 150 papers. 600 participants. 27 countries. • HVSIA 2013. 8 countries. • CITRANS: every 2 yrs@LanammeUCR T2 center. • > 300 training courses after 2003. • > 3500 partipants: technicians, engineers and citizens.

  17. APT 2016 • Available dates: May to September (subject to approval of the committee) • Estimated cost: $400 - $500 Proposed chairmans: • Main chairman: Luis G. Loría-Salazar (LanammeUCR) • Co-chair: Gerardo Flintsch (Virginia Tech)

  18. APT 2016 Video

  19. Thank you http://www.lanamme.ucr.ac.cr/ luis.loriasalazar@ucr.ac.cr

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