Mike Anderson

Vice President of Research and Lab Services
P.E., CAE
Education | Lab Services
Time at Asphalt Institute: 34 years

Mike Anderson has worked for the Asphalt Institute in Lexington, Kentucky since 1991, starting as a Staff Engineer and currently serving as the VP of Research and Laboratory Services. Mike started his career in the asphalt industry in 1987 with the Kentucky Department of Highways, Division of Materials as asphalt mix design engineer and continuing as a laboratory manager and quality control engineer for H.G. Mays Corporation before joining AI.

In his career at the Asphalt Institute, Mike has been fortunate to have been actively involved with several national research projects including the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) and several SHRP implementation projects as well as seven NCHRP (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) projects involving asphalt material testing and analysis.

He is a member of a several professional organizations including the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT), International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP), and Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA. Mike served AAPT as President in 2008-09 and, since 2013, has served as its Executive Director.

Mike has been an author or co-author of numerous published peer-reviewed technical papers, manuals, and reports, and is a registered professional engineer in Kentucky. In 2023 he became recognized as a Certified Association Executive (CAE).

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Mike Anderson, P.E. Archives - Asphalt magazine The Magazine of the Asphalt Institute

  • Lab Corner: Feeling a little fatigued
    by Mike Anderson, P.E. on December 2, 2025 at 9:12 pm

    Earlier this year, I had some minor surgery that didn’t quite go as planned. I won’t go into all the details but suffice it to say that you don’t want to hear the phrase “unexpected hemorrhaging” from your doctor. The lower blood volume issue got fixed relatively quickly with IV fluids. What did not get The post Lab Corner: Feeling a little fatigued appeared first on Asphalt magazine.

  • Lab Corner: Getting out of a rut
    by Mike Anderson, P.E. on July 15, 2025 at 5:22 pm

    My career in the asphalt industry started with my first interview. My future boss, the Bituminous Engineer for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, asked what I knew about “rutting” and then gave me a paper to read while he stepped out of the room briefly. Up to that point, the only “rutting” I had heard of The post Lab Corner: Getting out of a rut appeared first on Asphalt magazine.

  • Remembering Gary Irvine 
    by Mike Anderson, P.E. on June 14, 2025 at 6:21 pm

    1956-2025 Gary Irvine came to the Asphalt Institute in 1994 after moving his young family from Southern California to a little town in Shelby County, Kentucky between Frankfort and Louisville. To my understanding he made that cross-country move pretty much on faith. At the time we hired Gary, I was a young(ish) staff engineer working The post Remembering Gary Irvine  appeared first on Asphalt magazine.

  • Lab Corner: I Can Drive 55
    by Mike Anderson, P.E. on April 1, 2025 at 3:13 pm

    I think I established this in a previous Lab Corner column, but I am rarely willing to drive much over the speed limit. I was stopped once on the highway going some unknown speed with the radio playing loudly. Unfortunately, Sammy Hagar was on and my cruise control was not. The police were looking for The post Lab Corner: I Can Drive 55 appeared first on Asphalt magazine.

  • Lab Corner: Filtered Out
    by Mike Anderson, P.E. on December 10, 2024 at 6:09 pm

    By Mike Anderson, P.E. My life has started to revolve around filters. I have reminders on my phone to tell me to change my HVAC filter every 75 days. My refrigerator has a water filter reminder that shows up on the door panel. We built a pool this past winter, so now I clean the The post Lab Corner: Filtered Out appeared first on Asphalt magazine.

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