Materials Testing

4/15/2020

For materials lab supervisor, road safety is personal

As in her job with ADOT, Kelly Baum gets to play in dirt to make sure the materials used in construction projects are up to the task.

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Materials Testing

Students from Copper King Elementary School in Phoenix learned how math and science skills are used to build roads and other infrastructure while touring an ADOT Materials Lab.

5/4/2019

Students get hands-on look at science behind highways

A visit to the ADOT Materials Lab in Phoenix demonstrated how what taught in science, technology, engineering and mathematics helps those who build and maintain state highways.

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Engineering

Materials Testing

2/22/2018

What goes into a highway? A bridge? Ask a materials engineer

Materials engineers evaluate everything from the rocks that go into cement to the reflective beads used in paints that stripe roadways to the bolts that help hold bridges together.

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Engineering

Materials Testing

3/20/2014

The Science of Transportation: Sieve Analysis

You might think that highway construction is all about big machinery, heavy-duty vehicles, massive structures and materials by the ton – but it’s not.

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Materials Testing

Video

Sign sheeting samples are put to the test in the Arizona sun.

7/19/2012

Signs are put to the test underneath Arizona's sun

Hard to believe, but after more than 200 blog posts we’re still surprised by some of the things we find out here at ADOT. For example, did you know there’s a small yard adjacent to an ADOT field office parking lot filled with dozens of sign samples?

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Materials Testing

1/27/2012

Materials testing is important when building a road

Yesterday we told you about ADOT’s Pavement Materials Testing group and how it is responsible for testing aggregate and creating asphalt friction course mix designs.

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Materials Testing