Research Civil Engineer
Engineer Research & Development Center
Clinton, MS, United States
Dr. Charles E. Williams Jr. joined the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in 2022 as a Research Civil Engineer in the Airfields & Pavements Branch (APB). Prior to joining ERDC, Dr. Williams was the Public Works Director and City Engineer for the City of Jackson, Mississippi, where he managed city facilities, infrastructure improvements, and a workforce of more than 250 professional and maintenance personnel. Dr. Williams received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama in 2013.
Dr. Williams primary role at ERDC is to provide technical expertise in the area of inspecting airfield and road pavement structures to ensure their adequate performance to carryout peacetime and wartime missions safely for the warfighter. Dr. Williams serves as the project engineer over the Pavement Repair Materials Certification Program. The pavement repair material program test various cementitious and polymeric materials to rapidly repair airfield pavements where “time to return-to-service” is critical for successful mission outcomes. Dr. Williams also has served as a Co-PI on a Rapid Assessment of Port Facility Pavements project for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC). This project focused on evaluating the efficacy of a Digital Highway Data Vehicle (DHDV) and MIRA Tomographer technologies on Naval port facility pavements to identify real-time pavement surface conditions and pavement thicknesses. Dr. Williams just recently completed a field demonstration at Ramstein AB, Germany for the USAF evaluating potential European manufactured rapid setting cementitious repair materials for airfield concrete pavements.
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GHG Emissions during Flexible Pavement Life Cycle - Data Gaps and Remedial Measures
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM MT
Rapid Automation for Airfield Pavement Surface Inspection
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM MT