SCAPA Technical Director Kimberly Lyons Hittin' the Road!

 

Last month SCAPA's new Technical Director, Kimberly Lyons, made her debut at the 2019 SC Highway Engineers Conference, this month she has hit the road running. Kimberly spent much of the past few weeks on the road visiting SCAPA members and touring member plants and facilities.

Above Photos Courtesy of NCAT

On May 8th, Kimberly was afforded the opportunity to walk the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) Test Track and learn more about the research NCAT is doing to make roads safer and more durable. Researchers and sponsors took a 1.7-mile walk to examine the 46 experimental asphalt pavement sections. A portion of which was sponsored by South Carolina.

According to the NCAT website, "NCAT’s Test Track–the only high-speed, full-scale accelerated pavement testing facility in the world–is a 1.7-mile oval with experimental sections sponsored by highway agencies and the transportation industry." The site also states that, "This real-world laboratory allows for cutting-edge experimentation while avoiding the risk of failure on actual roadways."

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SCAPA is also proud to announce that on May 14th, Kimberly Lyons, was honored to be chosen and graduate from the Future Leaders program from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Georgia. Where she worked and attended the program before moving back to South Carolina.