Distinguished Lecture Series
Evening with the Pros Matt Crafton, Crafton Tull, President and CEO; Moderator, Bob Walters, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Chief Engineer (retired); Grady Harvell, AFCO Steel, President; Ralph Hall, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Assistant to the Director; Mike Griffin, Garver Engineers, Director of Aviation September 29, 2011
Speakers with students
AASHTO (American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials) Safety Manual
Karen Dixon, Associate Professor, Oregon State University
March 31, 2011
Karen Dixon and Kevin Hall
Panama Canal Expansion 2014 Richard L. Grenville, Director of Logistics and Business Development with the Tulsa Port of Catoosa March 3, 2011
Heather Nachtmann, Dick Greenville and Kevin Hall War Eagle Bridge Rehabilitation
Chris Wilbourn, Senior Project Manager and Project Engineer of Garver Engineers November 18, 2010
Evening with the Pros
Bob Walters, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Chief Engineer (retired); Bert Parks, Garver Engineering; Scott Bennett, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation; Marcus Hopkins; AFCO Steel and a recent graduate; and Larry Weir, Wawkin-Weir Engineers September 30, 2010
Marcus Hopkins, AFCO Steel System Maturity and Development Lab
Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of the School of Systems & Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology April 23, 2010
Planning for Light Rail in NW Arkansas
Rod Diridon, Executive Director of the Norman Y. Mineta International Institute for Surface Transportation Policy Studies at San Jose State University October 20, 2009
Rod Diridon with Razorback Cap Evening with the Pros Bob Walters, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Chief Engineer (retired); Randy Hathaway, Ph.D., P.E., Deputy District Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Emmanuel Banks, P.E., Assistant Chief Engineer-Operations with Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department; Keith Tencleve, P.E., Project Manager for Garver USA and a recent graduate; Charles Zimmerman, P.E., Vice President of International Design and Construction, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; and James Engstrom, P.E.of H.James Engstrom & Associates, Inc. September 10, 2009
The Increasing Role of Seismic Measurements in Geotechnical and Pavement Studies
Kenneth H. Stokoe, II, Ph.D., P.E., Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department from the University of Texas at Austin February 5, 2009
Jack Buffington with Kenneth Stokoe Opportunities Available to Engineers
Wallace F. Forbes, CFA, President of the Forbes Investors Advisory Institute October 23, 2008 Wallace F. Forbes with MBA students from the Walton College of Business Evening with the Pros
Mike Marlar, P.E., President of Marlar Engineering of North Little Rock; Sherman Smith, P.E., Director of Pulaski County Public Works; Robert Seay, P.E., City Engineer for the City of Hot Springs; Charles Clements, P.E., Division Head, Roadway Design, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department; Natalie Becknell, P.E., Project Engineer at Garver Engineers and a recent graduate; Bill Staggs, P.E., Chief Engineer at North Little Rock Wastewater Utility September 11, 2008
Leadership Ted C. Kennedy, founder of BE&K, Inc. February 21, 2008 Ted Kennedy and Jack Buffington speaking with a student The Best Value Model for Education: Can Everyone Win? Dean T. Kashiwagi, Ph.D., P.E., Director of the Performance Based Studies Research Group and Professor at Arizona State University October 11, 2007 Dean Kashiwagi speaking at lecture Evening with the Pros Mike Marlar of Marlar Engineering of North Little Rock; Kirby Rowland of Garver Engineers; Steve Beam of Crafton & Tull Engineers; Carl Bachelor of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department; and Don Mosley of Wal-Mart. September 13, 2007 Presenters at Evening with the Pros
Students attending lecture
Ed Pohl, Ph.D. and Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez, Ph.D.
Dr. Ramirez-Marquez speaking with a graduate student after the lecture
Bob Walters with James Engstrom and Emmanuel Banks
Charles Zimmerman with Harold Beaver and
Kevin Hall, Department Head of Civil Engineering
Jack Buffington, Wallace F. Forbes and Kevin Hall