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Yogesh Kumbargeri and co-authors received the Emmons Award!

April 10, 2025

During the last Annual meeting of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT), the Walter J. Emmons Award for year 2022 was revealed. WRI is proud to announce that it has been given to Yogesh Kumbargeri, Jean-Pascal Planche, Jeramie J Adams, Michael D Elwardany and Gayle King, for the paper entitled “Effect of Binder Chemistry and Related Properties on Low Temperature Performance Parameters of Asphalt Binders”.

The race for Rare Earth Elements is speeding up in Laramie!

March 25, 2025

The race for Rare Earth Elements is speeding up in Laramie, Wyoming!! Western Research Institute is proud to inform that American Rare Earths Limited has started a new project with us.

New WRI leaflet just released!

March 12, 2025

Our new leaflet has just been released!! Western Research Institute is a proud Wyoming-based non-profit R&D organization active since 1924 The team is managed by CEO Didier "DDA" Lesueur and is organized in 2 groups led by VP Jeramie Adams and VP Justin Martin.

Yogesh Kumbargeri to Present at Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT) Annual Meeting, March 10-12, 2025 in Reno, NV!

March 8, 2025

Yogesh will be presenting “Multi-pronged approach for effective performance characterization of unmodified and polymer modified alternative binders” during the lectern Technical Session 1 in the morning of Tuesday, March 11, 9:15AM-Noon in the Whitney Peak Ballroom at Whitney Peak Hotel.

Jeramie Adams presented WRI’s upcycling technology for Recycled Asphalt Shingles!

January 16, 2025

Jeramie Adams, Vice-President of the RenuMAT group (RENewable Upcycling Materials and Asphalt Technologies) at Western Research Institute, was invited to the Annual Meeting of the Asphalt Institute in Orlando in December 2024.

Yogesh Kumbargeri & Didier Lesueur to Present at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 104th Annual Meeting, January 5-9, 2025 in Washington, DC

December 9, 2024

Yogesh Kumbargeri & Didier Lesueur to Present at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 104th Annual Meeting, January 5-9, 2025 in Washington, DC

PARC 2025 kick off! 62nd Petersen Asphalt Research Conference: July 14-17, 2025!

December 5, 2024

We are kicking off the crafting of PARC 2025! The 62nd PARC will be held in the beautiful Laramie, WY from July 14-17, 2025!

WRI celebrates 100 years of cooperative research!

November 26, 2024

Western Research Institute originated in 1924 as the US Department of Interior Bureau of Mines Petroleum Research Laboratory.

Jean-Pascal Planche Receives the Asphalt Institute's Roll of Honor

April 18, 2024

Jean-Pascal Planche Receives the Asphalt Institute's Roll of Honor

Western Research Institute Announces New CEO Dr. Didier Lesueur

April 2, 2024

The board of directors of Western Research Institute is pleased to announce that it has hired Dr. Didier Lesueur as the next chief executive officer. Dr. Lesueur will replace Dr. Jean Pascal Planche, who will retire in June 2024, after distinguished service as WRI’s CEO since 2020 and as vice president before that.