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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.

Jean-Pascal Planche & Yogesh Kumbargeri to Present at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting, January 7–17, 2024 in Washington, DC

January 3, 2024

Jean-Pascal Planche & Yogesh Kumbargeri to Present at Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting, January 7–11, 2024 in Washington, DC

WRI is partnering with Energy Capital Startup Challenge Finalist to recycle wind turbine blades!

December 6, 2023

Western Research Institute is partnering with Energy Capital Startup Challenge finalists Cam and Jess Anderson to recycle turbine blades at scale, using WRI’s patent-pending technology!