Dr. Jenny Liu, professor of civil, architectural, and environmental engineering, was invited to give two presentations titled “Preliminary Study of HDPE Modified Asphalt” and “Integrating Quality Assurance in Balanced Mix Design for Durable Mixtures” during American Society of Civil Engineering’s (ASCE) Construction Institute (CI) and Construction Research Council (CRC) joint conference March 9-12 in Arlington, Virginia. As the chair of ASCE Bituminous Materials Committee, she also chaired one technical session and the committee meeting during the conference.