WHRP Technical Oversight Committees

Flexible pavements | Rigid pavements | Structures | Geotechnics

Wisconsin Highway Research Program (WHRP) Technical Oversight Committees (TOC) are composed of representatives from WisDOT, FHWA, academia, industry and consulting engineers who work together to identify research needs, oversee and guide research projects and implement the results of research in four areas of focus.

Flexible Pavements

Casey Wierzchowski, Chair
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Erik Lyngdal, Co-Chair
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Matthew Bertucci
WisDOT – Northeast Region

Stacy Glidden
Lastrada Partners

Devin Harings
WisDOT - Northwest Region

Carl Johnson
Stark Asphalt

Albert Kilger
Behnke Materials Engineering, LLC

Dan Kopacz
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Matt Oman
Mathy Construction

Nick Perna
Federal Highway Administration

Jhuma Saha
​WisDOT

Deborah Schwerman
Wisconsin Asphalt Pavement Association

Dan Swiertz
Asphalt Materials, Inc.

Cheng Thao
Walbec Group

Danny Xiao
University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Runhua Zhang
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Rigid Pavements

Tirupan Mandal, Chair
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Andrea Breen
Zignego Ready Mix, Inc.

Taylor Christianson
WisDOT – North Central Region

Adam Johnson
WisDOT

Aleksandra Graff
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Jaime Hernandez
Marquette University

Peter Kemp
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Craig Lobner
Lakeside Engineers

Nick Perna (non-voting)
Federal Highway Administration

Heath Schopf
Vinton Construction Company

Jackie Spoor
Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association

Bu Wang
University of Wisconsin – Madison

Structures

James Luebke, Chair
WisDOT Bureau of Structures

Joe Balice (non-voting)
Federal Highway Administration

Ruth Coisman
WisDOT Bureau of Structures

Jared Marugg
Kraemer North America

Tadd Owens
CORRE

Dave Pantzlaff
Ayres Associates

Jose Pincheira
University of Wisconsin – Madison

Scott Reay
WisDOT Bureau of Structures

Laura Shadewald
WisDOT Bureau of Structures

Andrew Smith
WisDOT Bureau of Structures

Anthony Stakston
WisDOT Bureau of Structures

Habib Tabatabai
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Baolin Wan
Marquette University

Geotechnics

David Staab, Chair
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Sinan Coban, Co-Chair
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Joe Balice (non-voting)
Federal Highway Administration

Gretchen Bohnhoff
Milwaukee School of Engineering

Scott Breen
Arcadis U.S., Inc.

Kevin Brusso
Jacobs

Michael Dickey
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Paulo Florio
WisDOT

Travis Giese
WEMA

Bill Likos
University of Wisconsin – Madison

Hani Titi
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Tri Tran
WisDOT Bureau of Technical Services

Andrew Zimmer
WisDOT - Southeast Region