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2026 FALL CONFERENCE &
Dedication of Route 66 Historic Civil
Engineering Landmark Plaque
Commemorating the Past - Driving the Future
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Thursday, 24 September
2:30 - 3:30 NM Section Meeting: Two Park Square, 6565 Americas Pkwy E, Suite 200, Albuquerque, NM 87110
4:00 - 5:00 Route 66 Historic CE Landmark Plaque Dedication Ceremony: Central Ave / 4th St Intersection, Downtown Albuquerque
6:00 - ?? Dinner: Tomasita's, 4949 Pan American Freeway NE, Albuquerque
Friday, 25 September
7:45 - 8:30 Registration and Breakfast
8:30 - 8:40 Opening Remarks
8:45 - 9:40 Session 1A: Clearing the Air: Sealing Methane Leaks in Oil and Gas Wells; Mahmoud Taha, Ph.D., P.E.; UNM
8:45 - 9:40 Session 1B: Ruidoso FEMA Projects; Bohannan Huston
9:40 - 9:55 Refreshment Break
10:00 - 10:55 Session 2: 2026 Colorado River and Rio Grande Agreements, and Border Wall Wells - What It Means for New Mexico; Elizabeth Anderson, P.E.; Office of the State Engineer
11:00 - 11:35 Session 3: Route 66 - One Hundred Years of History; Roger Zimmerman, Ph.D., P.E.
11:40 - 11:55 Student Awards Presentation
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch/"The Future is Here", Keynote Speech by Kensey Russell, P.E., Region 6 Director
1:20 - 1:35 Induction of New Officers
1:40 - 2:35 Session 4A: Update on the I-40 Reconstruction; Mohammad Azarbayejani, P.E. and Robert Ringwald, AECOM; Mike Worrall, P.E.; Horrocks; Gabriel M Garcia, NM DOT; Patrick Shaw, P.E. and Dart Wofford, AUI
1:40 - 2:35 Session 4B: Update on the Bureau of Reclamation's El Vado Dam and the Corrales Siphon; Jason Casuga, P.E./Alicia Lopez, P.E.; Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District
2:40 - 4:35 Session 5: Ethics Presentation; Bruce Thomson, Ph.D., P.E.
4:40 - 4:45 Closing Remarks
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Special thanks to the following people and organizations: ASCE History and Heritage Committee; City of Albuquerque; Jeanette Walthers, Bohannan Huston Inc; Armando Ramirez and John Miyagishima, Kimley-Horn; Roger Zimmerman; Gaby Guadarrama and the NM Younger Members Group; and Mohammad Saeed and the NM Norther Branch