7:00 a.m. |
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Continental Breakfast (Sponsored by Concrete Solutions, Inc.) |
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8:00 a.m. |
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Welcome and Introductions |
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8:35 a.m. |
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Interactive Demonstration of the FHWA Traffic Noise Model |
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Grant S. Anderson, Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. |
10:35 a.m. |
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Morning Break (Vendor Display Area - Sponsored by Carsonite International and Concrete Solutions, Inc.) |
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11:05 a.m. |
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Public Opinion of I-71 Noise Barrier Effectiveness |
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Lloyd A. Herman, Ph.D., Center for Geotechnical and Environmental Research, Ohio University |
11:30 p.m. |
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Lunch at Hotel (Sponsored by H. W. Lochner) |
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12:45 p.m. |
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Technical Tour (Choice of Tour of Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories operated by IIT Research Institute or Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago - Mainstream Pumping Station in the Tunnel and Reservoir Project) |
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5:00 p.m. |
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Dinner event and Shoreline Sightseeing at Navy Pier (Buses will depart at 5:15 p.m.) |
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10:45 p.m. |
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Buses depart Navy Pier for Hotel |
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7:00 a.m. |
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Continental Breakfast (Sponsored by Industrial Acoustics Company, Inc.) |
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8:05 a.m. |
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Aircraft Community Noise Impact Model (ACNIM) |
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Eric Stusnick, Xin Zhuang, Wyle Laboratories, Inc. |
8:35 a.m. |
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PennDOT's New Noise Video, Roy Osborne Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |
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James P. Cowan, INCE Bd. Cert., McCormick, Taylor & Associates, Inc. |
9:05 a.m. |
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Offering Testimony in Court from the Noise Expert's Point of View |
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James P. Cowan, INCE Bd. Cert., McCormick, Taylor & Associates, Inc. |
9:35 a.m. |
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Highway Noise Barriers and the Landscape |
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Domenick Billera, New Jersey Department of Transportation, Richard Parsons and S. Hetrick, Gannett Fleming Engineers |
10:05 a.m. |
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Morning Break (Vendor Display Area - Sponsored by Sound Zero Corp.) |
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10:35 a.m. |
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Validation of Aircraft Noise Models at Lower Levels of Exposure |
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Juliet A. Page, Kenneth J. Plotkin (presented by Eric Stusnick), Wyle Laboratories, Inc. |
11:05 a.m. |
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NASA Advanced Subsonic Technology Noise Reduction Program |
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Frank Jones, NASA Langley Research Center, Noise Reduction Program Office |
11:30 p.m. |
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Lunch at Hotel (Sponsored by Concrete Solutions, Inc. and Concrete Placement Systems, Inc.) |
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12:45 p.m. |
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Technical Tour (Choice of Tour of O'Hare International Airport Noise Abatement Department or Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago - Mainstream Pumping Station in the Tunnel and Reservoir Project) |
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5:00 p.m. |
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Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland Athletics Baseball Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago or Hollywood Casino 3-hour gaming session in Aurora, IL (Buses will depart at 5:15 p.m.) |
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10:00 p.m. |
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Bus departs from Aurora for Hotel at conclusion of Hollywood Casino event |
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11:00 p.m. |
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Bus departs from Chicago for Hotel at conclusion of White Sox event |
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7:00 a.m. |
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Continental Breakfast (Sponsored by H. W. Lochner, Inc.) |
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8:05 a.m. |
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Stop the Whine! Narrow Band Noise Level Measurements of Three Highway Pavements |
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Domenick Billera, New Jersey Department of Transportation; Bela Schmidt and W. Miller, Louis Berger Associates |
8:35 a.m. |
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A HITEC Evaluation of the US Gypsum Sight and Sound Screen |
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Louis F. Cohn and Roswell A. Harris, University of Louisville; Timothy Tonyan, US Gypsum Research Center |
9:05 a.m. |
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Pensacola Weigh-in-Motion Site Noise Study: A Case History |
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Win Lindeman, Florida Department of Transportation |
9:35 a.m. |
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Noise Characteristics of Pavement Surface Texture in Wisconsin |
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David A. Kuemmel, P.E., Center for Highway and Traffic Engineering, Marquette University; John R. Jaeckel, P.E., and Alexander Satanovsky, P.E., HNTB Corporation; Stephen F. Shober, P.E., and Mitzi M. Dobersek, P.E., Wisconsin Department of Transportation |
10:05 a.m. |
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Morning Break (Vendor Display Area - Sponsored by H. W. Lochner, Inc.) |
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10:35 a.m. |
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Interrupted Flow Reference Energy Mean Emission Levels for the FHWA Traffic Noise Model |
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William Bowlby and Srvinivas Chiguluri, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Vanderbilt University; Roger L. Wayson and M. Martin, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Central Florida; Lloyd A. Herman, Ph.D., Center for Geotechnical and Environmental Research, Ohio University |
11:05 a.m. |
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Use of Contours for Reporting Highway Traffic Sound Levels |
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Michael A. Staiano, Staiano Engineering, Inc. |
11:35 a.m. |
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Sound Phenomenon from the Mayan Ruins |
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Roger L. Wayson, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Central Florida and Michael A. Staiano, Staiano Engineering, Inc. |
Noon |
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Adjournment |
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