Winners of the Earl Kee Award

Winners of Earl Kee Award for Best First Time Presenter
Note: Prior to 2007, the award was called the Earl Kee Award for Best Paper Presented by a New Author.

2022	Brandon Feener, Sina Varamini, Christopher Barnes, Adam Marlin, Fujie Zhou, “Industry Standardization of Asphalt Mixture Sampling, Preparation, and Aging for Performance Testing”
2021	Surya Swarna, Kamal Hossain, Alyssa Bernier, “Selection of Appropriate Binder Grade for Changing Climate and Its Influence on Pavement Performance”
2020	John A. Noël, Pavel Kriz, M. Rezwan Quddus, “Effects of Alternate Aging Methods on Neat and Blended Asphalt Binders”
2019	Thomas W. Johnson, Leila Hashemian, Sidharth Patra & Azar Shabani “Application of Nano-Sized Materials in Asphalt Materials”
2018	Martin Jasso, Gabriel Skronka, Ota Vacin, “The Effect of High Stress on Asphalt Binders and Hot Mix Asphalt”
2017	Adam Marlin, Mohamed Hegazi, Leanne Whiteley-Lagace, “A Review of Distress and Roughness Performance Models in Nova Scotia’s Pavement Management System”
2016	Justin P. Suda, Anthony Yeung, “High Float Emulsion Residue: Its Unique Rheology and Microstructure”
2015	Jamie-Lee Freeston, Graeme Gillespie, Simon A.M. Hesp, Migle Pauliukaite, Russell Taylor, “Physical Hardening in Asphalt”
2014	Éric Lachance-Tremblay, Michel Vaillancourt, Daniel Perraton, “Evaluation of the Performance of an Asphalt Mix with Crushed Glass”
2013	Darel Mesher, Bryan Palsat, Dave Palsat, Chuck McMillan, Brad Hogg, “A Comparison of Ride Improvements for Various Pavement Rehabilitation Treatments in Western Canada
2012	Rielle Haichert, Diana Podborochynski, Ania Anthony and Curtis Berthelot, “Mechanistic Performance of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Materials as a Base Layer”
2011	Chris Dechkoff, Brent Marjerison, Ania Anthony, Jean-Martin Croteau, Marcel Gareau, “The Evaluation of a Fibre-Reinforced Sandwich Chip Seal in Saskatchewan”
2010	Christian Babuin, Alan Reggin, Bryan Palsat, Ed Clark, “Pavement Rehabilitation Design and Performance Monitoring of a Rut Resistant Asphalt Concrete Mix in an Urban Setting”
2009	Amma Djane, Steve Manolis, Selena Lavorato, Michael Greco, Ludomir Usarowski, Paul Lum, “Evaluation of Foamed Asphalt Stabilized Mixes with Improved Mechanistic Properties”
2008	Steve Manolis, Tony DeCoo, Paul Lum, Michael Greco, “Cold Weather Paving Using Hyper Therm Warm-Mix Asphalt Technology”
2007	Marta Juhasz, Chuck McMillan, “Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation’s Experience with Asphalt Rubber”
2006	René Maldonado, Michael Falkiewicz, Gabriel Bazi, & Ken Grzybowski, “Asphalt Modification with Polyphosphoric Acid”
2005	William J. Pine, Vince Aurilio, Paul Lum, “The Bailey Method Achieving Volume Metrics and HMA Compactability” Saskatchewan”
2004	Zvjesdan Lazic, “Innovative Road Maintenance Treatments – Micropatching with TCM 8000”
2003	Ania M. Anthony, Curtis F. Berthelot, “Rutting Performance of the SHRP SPS-9 Test Site in Saskatchewan”
2002	John D’Angelo, Raj Dongré, “Superpave Binder Specifications and Their Performance Relationship to Modified Binders”
2001 –	Daryl MacLeod, Susanna Ho & Ludo Zanzotto, “IMpact of Chemical Modification on the Composition and Properties of Asphalt Binders”
2000 –	William Buttlar, Angela S. Waldhoff, Jiwon Kim, “Investigation of Thermal Cracking at MN/Road using the Superpave IDT”
1999 –	Félix Doucet , Yves Savard, Claude Lupien, Pierre Langlois, “Stiffness and Fatigue Resistance Characterization of Asphalt Mizes used at the C-SHRP Experimental Site on Highway 10”
1998 –	Stephen Goodman, Ian Richards, A.O. Abd El Halim, Ralph Haas, “Consolidation Fluid Flow: A New Way to Model Asphalt Compaction”
1997 –	Jack Youtcheff & Vince Aurillio, “Moisture Sensitivity of Asphalt Binders: Evaluation and Modelling of the Pneumatic Adhesion Test Results”
1996 –	Stephen G. Burns & D.R. MacLeod, “Microsurfacing of the Cabot Trail” AND Michael A. Corbett & Stephen Q.S. Lee “A General Test Method for Hot Mix Asphalt Evaluation using Asphalt Ignition”
1995 –	Dale Decker, “An Industry Discussion on Superpave Implementation”
1994 –	Abd El Halim Omar Abd El Halim, Ahmad Aljassar, Said Easa, Yasser Hassan, Ralph Haas, “Transverse Cracking: Analytical, Experimental and Field Investigations”
1993 –	Barry Bisson, FRank R. Wilson, Eric D. Hildebrand, “Linking the Disciplines of Engineering and Economics in Highway Design”
1992 –	Robert Burlie, Romualdo d’Ippolito, Carl Woodman, Michael Mackay, David Hein & John Emery “Asphalt Technology for Urban Pavement Construction and Maintenance”
1991 –	F. Guitard, P. Carreau, J.P. Blanche, “Étude comparative des propriétés rhéologiques d’un bitume conventionnel et de bitumes polymères”
1990 –	G. Taverner, E. Thompson, W. Doering, “Hot In-Place Recycling of Airfield Pavements at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, Alberta”
1989 –	Ken R. Fyvie, John Van Valkenburg, “Hot In-Place Recycling of Runaway 15-33 Prince George Airport, B.C. – A Case Study”