Jim Moulthrop Inducted into AEMA Hall of Fame

Caption: Jim Moulthrop, retired FP2 Executive Director, receives the 2022 AEMA Hall of Fame Award from AEMA President, Bob Huitt. Photo by Tom Kuennen, courtesy of FP2.

Caption: Joined by AEMA President, Bob Huitt, ARRA President, Jonathan Pease, ISSA President, Chuck Ingram and FP2 President, Tim Harrawood, Jim Moulthrop, retired FP2 Executive Director, shows off his many awards. Photo by Tom Kuennen, courtesy of FP2

GLEN ELLYN, IL, March 9, 2022 – At the 49^th Annual Meeting of the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA), February 22-25 in La Jolla, California, Jim Moulthrop, retired FP² Executive Director, was honored for his lengthy and considerable service to the asphalt emulsion industry and to AEMA and was inducted into the AEMA Hall of Fame.

AEMA’s Hall of Fame Award is given to a person who has made a substantial contribution over a long period of time to the development of AEMA or the advancement of the emulsion industry. 

Moulthrop was a pioneer in the asphalt emulsions industry where he remained committed to developing, promoting and supporting initiatives that help preserve America’s infrastructure. Moulthrop was a long-time advocate of the importance of pavement preservation. During his time with AEMA, Moulthrop was instrumental in working with the FHWA to lay the groundwork for broad-based agency support of pavement preservation. He was also instrumental in clarifying federal law to ensure the availability of federal funds for chip seal, fog seal, micro surfacing, slurry seal, hot in-place recycling and cold in-place recycling research and technological advancements.

Some of Moulthrop’s many publications and research highlights included the following:

1. Quality-Related Pay Adjustment Factors for Pavements
2. Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide Flexible Pavement Performance Prediction Models for Montana Volume III--Field Guide Calibration and User’s Guide for the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
   
3. Selecting a Preventive Maintenance Treatment for Flexible Pavements Transportation Research Record, 1999
4. Ride Quality of Jointed, Plain Concrete Pavement with Micro Surfacing: Case Study
   
5. Framework for Selecting Effective Preventive Maintenance Treatments for Flexible Pavements
6. Guide Specifications for the Construction of Chip Seals, Micro surfacing, and Fog Seals Project No. NCHRP 14-37 FINAL REPORT Prepared for NCHRP Transportation Research Board of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Moulthrop was also honored by the Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association (ARRA), International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA) and FP².

ABOUT THE ASPHALT EMULSION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (AEMA):

The Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA), founded in 1973, is an international non-profit trade association of asphalt emulsion producers and sellers, suppliers, users, research personnel, public officials, consulting engineers, and contractors working together to promote the increased and more efficient use of asphalt emulsions.

AEMA is a founding member of the Pavement Preservation & Recycling Alliance along with the Asphalt Recycling & Reclaiming Association and the International Slurry Surfacing Association. PPRA is a partnership of leading industry associations (AEMA, ARRA, ISSA) to advance sustainable, eco efficient, and innovative pavement applications.