Articles by Mike Anderson, P.E.

Lab Corner Summer 2011 – Asset recovery in difficult economic times

I have to admit, the title of this article is…

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Fall Lab Corner 2010 – Flow Number

Confined, or unconfined – that is the question Whether ‘tis…

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MSCR: A better tool for characterizing high temperature performance properties

History In 1987, the U.S. Congress budgeted $150 million for…

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Summer 2010 Lab Corner – Using mastercurves to determine temperatures

Asphalt mix design procedures have traditionally used equiviscous temperature ranges…

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Spring 2010 Lab Corner – Mastercurves

Mastercurves or: How I learned to stop worrying and love…

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Lab Corner – Fall 2009 Crack on through – to the other side

[apologies to Jim Morrison... wherever he may be] One of…

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Lab Corner – Summer 2009 Got residue?

Since its publication as a standard in 1939, ASTM D244…

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Kentucky’s evaluation of PG70-22 binders

In 1996, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) established a test…

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Certification: Taking It to the next level

I am a big sports fan. And one of the…

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Asphalt binder testing: the ABCs of DSRs

Chocolate pudding, synthetic rubber, toothpaste, and asphalt. At first glance…

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