Dan Flowers Distinguished Lecture Series

The Dan Flowers Distinguished Lecture series was established in 2007 to honor the transportation service of Dan Flowers.  Dan Flowers is a former Director of Arkansas Department of Transportation.  Flowers is a registered professional engineer, a member of the University of Arkansas’ Academy of Civil Engineering, and serves on the Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center’s Professional Advisory Board at the University of Arkansas.

 

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Evening with the Pros

Greg Shipley, P.E., LEED AP President, Morrison Shipley “The Professional Engineer in Private Practice”

David Foster, P.E. (pictured right) Project Manager, APAC Arkansas “The Professional Engineer in Construction”

Harold Beaver, P.E. Retired District Engineer with the Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department “The Professional Engineer in Government”

Wayne Jones, P.E. Wayne Jones Consulting Engineer, LLC “The Professional Engineer in Materials Testing”

Ashley Pifer, PhD, E.I. Project Engineer, Garver “The Young Engineer’s Perspective”

October 28, 2014


Evening with the Pros

Bob Walters welcomed everyone and introduced the speakers.

Scott Bennett, Director of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Dept., spoke on “Graduate School: To Go or Not to Go – and When: Now or Later.”

Nate Bachelor, CEI Engineering, spoke on “The Professional Engineer and Social Media.”

Ross O’Kelley, AECC, spoke on “The Top x Things Your Professors Don’t Tell You About Working as an Engineer.”

Stewart Noland, Crist Engineers, spoke on “It’s Never Too Early to Lead.”

 

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Bob Walters and Student

September 20, 2012


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


 AASHTO (American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials)

Safety Manual

Karen Dixon, Associate Professor, Oregon State University

 March 31, 2011


 Panama Canal Expansion 2014 
 
Richard L. Grenville, Director of Logistics and Business Development

Tulsa Port of Catoosa

 March 3, 2011 


 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


 System Maturity and Development Lab

 Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor 
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

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 October 20, 2009


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

 

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Jack Buffington with Kenneth Stokoe

February 5, 2009


 Opportunities Available to Engineers

Wallace F. Forbes, CFA, President of the Forbes Investors Advisory Institute

October 23, 2008 


  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.

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Ted Kennedy and Jack Buffington speaking with a student

February 21, 2008


 The Best Value Model for Education: Can Everyone Win?

Dean T. Kashiwagi, Ph.D., P.E., Professor at Arizona State University
Director of the Performance Based Studies Research Group

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October 11, 2007 


 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