Contact Info
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Phone: 847-972-3150
Email: TVanDam@CTLGroup.com
Credentials
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995
M.S. in Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986
B.S. in Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984
Insights
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Tom Van Dam Presents at II Cemento Panama Technical Congress
August 1, 2013 -
Tom Van Dam Presents at IBTTA's Operations and "MAINE"tenance: Charting the Future
May 21, 2013 -
Jessica Slater and Tom Van Dam Present at International Concrete Sustainability Conference 2013
May 7, 2013 -
Tom Van Dam Presents at Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association (WCPA) 2013 Annual Concrete Pavement Workshop
February 14, 2013 -
Tom Van Dam Presents at ACPA 49th Annual Meeting
November 30, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam Presents Webinar to Minnesota Concrete Council
November 15, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam Presents at ACI Fall 2012 Convention
October 24, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam Presents at IBTTA Maintenance and Roadway Operations Workshop
October 15, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam Presents at RC2012 Reunión Del Concreto in Cartagena, Colombia
September 20, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam Presents ACPA Webinar
September 6, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam an Invited Speaker at 2012 Congreso I&D de Argos
August 23, 2012 -
Use of Air-Cooled Blast Furnace Slag as Coarse Aggregate in Concrete Pavements
August 10, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam Presents at 10th International Conference on Concrete Pavements
July 10, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam Presents at International Concrete Crosstie and Fastening System Symposium
June 7, 2012 -
Canned Crush: Guidelines Help MDOT Crank Out Recycling Projects
June 1, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam an Instructor at Integrated Materials and Construction Practices (IMCP) & Overlays for Concrete Pavements Workshop
April 12, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam Presents at 32nd Annual PCCP Conference
March 1, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam an Instructor at Integrated Materials and Construction Practices (IMCP) & Overlays for Concrete Pavements Workshop
February 28, 2012 -
Tom Van Dam a Featured Speaker at Michigan Concrete Association's Winter Conference and Workshop
February 14, 2012 -
Sustainable Concrete Pavements: A Manual of Practice
January 31, 2012 -
Seven Principles for Sustainable Concrete Pavements
October 27, 2011 -
Uncertainty Mounts: The Future of High-Speed Rail Development
September 29, 2011
Thomas Van DamPrincipal Engineer, Materials Consulting
Dr. Van Dam has over 25 years of engineering and materials science experience. He specializes in pavement design, evaluation, materials assessment and sustainability. Major areas of expertise include airport and highway pavement performance and sustainable civil engineering infrastructure.
Prior to joining CTLGroup, Dr. Van Dam directed the materials and sustainability group at a major pavement technology company. He also spent four years as a project manager for an engineering consulting firm where he directed the evaluation and design of air carrier airport pavement projects. Additionally, Dr. Van Dam has worked as a project engineer directing NDT and field surveys for pavement evaluation projects, and as a research engineer for the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory focusing on pavement related research including debonding and bonded overlay pavement performance.
Dr. Van Dam was an Associate Professor at Michigan Technical University for 13 years. There, he directed the University Transportation Center for Materials in Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure and the Transportation Materials Research Center. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses and conducted research in construction materials and pavement analysis, design and rehabilitation. Dr. Van Dam has also instructed courses for the U.S. Peace Corps, FHWA, U.S. Army and National Highway Institute (NHI), among others.