Call for Abstracts: “Waste Recycling, Upcycling, and Sustainable Transportation”

This year’s workshop will be held in Spokane, WA, July 15-17, 2018, hosted by the Washington State University.. This annual event is focused on resource conservation and recovery issues affecting transportation and associated infrastructure, including but not limited to:
• Recycling, reuse and repurposing of waste and byproducts;
• Upcycling and beneficial uses of waste and byproducts;
• Life-cycle sustainability of transportation infrastructures/systems (including considerations at design, construction, preservation, operations, rehabilitation, and recycling stages);
• Contamination risk management;
• Water quality (e.g., stormwater BMPs);
• multimodal transportation and sustainability practices;
• Renewable energy and alternative use of right-of-way;
• Resiliency and climate change adaptation; and other sustainability and environmental management topics.
Please submit your abstract for presentation or poster no later than April 16, 2018. For a preliminary list of sessions and abstract submittal, go to: https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2gmjaZKQ7S7NuWV. If you need assistance in the process, please contact Dr. Xianming Shi at Xianming.Shi@wsu.edu or Dr. Andy Alden at aalden@vtti.vt.edu.