Invited Talks and Presentations

Since 2021

  1. “Implications of Climate Change on Aging of Asphalt Mixtures” 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Workshop on Climate Change Effects on Asphalt Mixture Performance Prediction: What are the Gaps and Challenges?, Washington, D.C., January 2024.
  2. “Macrotexture Impact on Safety Analysis” 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Pavement Friction Management, Continuous Pavement Friction Measurement, and Safety Analysis Workshop, Washington, D.C., January 2024.
  3. “Understanding Long-Term Pavement Performance Impacts from Extreme Weather Events” FHWA/VTRC Resilient Pavement Peer Exchange, December 2023 (Co-Prepared with T. Cavalline, UNCC)
  4. “Pavement Surface Texture and Friction to Improve Highway Safety” 64th Illinois Bituminous Paving Conference, Champaign, IL, December 2023
  5. “Use of Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Concrete for Improved Durability” Tran-SET Summit, Virtual (Arkansans State University), November 2023
  6. “Understanding Long-Term Pavement Performance from Extreme Weather Events” 25th Econtro de Asfalto, Online (Brazil), October 2023
  7. “Research in Pavement Mechanics and Systems” Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, July 2023.
  8. “Achieving Pavement Sustainability through Recylced Asphalt and Predictions of Long Term Performance” XXI Ibero-Latin American Congress of Asphalt CILA 2022, Uruguay, November 25, 2022.
  9. “Using Recycled Products” 1st International Symposium on Sustainability in Pavement Construction, Bolivia, August 30, 2022.
  10. “Resilience Fundamentals and Their Application in Pavement Systems” Webinar on Strategies to Improve Pavement Resilience, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, June 20, 2022.
  11. “Viscoelastic Continuum Damage Model – Development and Use” University of Rowan, CREATES Center, Graduate Seminar, March 23, 2022.
  12. “Thinking Big: Perspectives on the Role of Tacit Knowledge in Graduate Education” University of Arkansas Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Seminar. March 3, 2022.
  13. “Cross-Scale Investigations of Asphalt Binders and Mastics” Kent Seminar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, February 24, 2022.
  14. “Using Recycling Products” Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference and Equipment Show, Denver Colorado, February 9, 2022.
  15. “Balanced Mix Design Plus (BMD+)” Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference and Equipment Show, Denver, Colorado, February 8, 2022.
  16. “Layer Coefficient Study on Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Mixtures” 4th Annual FORTA-FI Meeting, Sarasota FL, February 2, 2022.
  17. “Using Pavement Analysis Tools to Evaluate Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Concrete” 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, AKM30(1) Meeting on Mix Design and Structural Design Integration, Washington, D.C. January 11, 2022.
  18. “BMD+ Modelling to Support Development of Performance-based Specifications and BMD Methods” 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, AKM40(1) Meeting on Models for Asphalt Pavement Materials, Washington, D.C. January 10, 2022.
  19. “Education and Training to Solve Pavement Engineering Problems,” Grow Your Career Webinar, The Lebanese Forces Engineers and Architects Career and Guidance Office, Virtual, December 18, 2021.
  20. “Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Concrete: Overview, Mechanisms, and Applications,” 18th IRF World Meeting and Exhibition, Dubai, November 7-10, 2021.
  21. “Evaluating Recycling Agents for used in Asphalt Concrete Mixtures,” Penn State Engineering: Transportation Asset and Infrastructure Management Conference, Virtual, October 26, 2021.
  22. “NCDOT RP2020-17: Evaluation of Inverted Pavement for North Carolina Roadways,” North Carolina Aggregates Association Meeting, Virtual, September 16, 2021.
  23. “Ruggedness and Interlaboratory Studies for Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT) Small Scale Dynamic Modulus: Phase 1 Ruggedness Study Update” AMPT User Group Meeting. Virtual, February 17, 2021.

2016-2020

  1. “Integrated Performance Based Engineering of Pavements and Materials as a Pathway to Pavement Resilience,” TEIET2020, Transportation Division, Dept. of Civil Engineering, WIT Warangal, November 24, 2020.
  2. “Pavement Preservation: Application for Performance-Based Decision Making,” Seminario Internacional del Asfalto 2020, Brazil, November 16, 2020.
  3. “Use of Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Concrete for Improved Durability,” American Public Works Association-Florida Chapter, October 7, 2020.
  4. “Teaching the Use/Limitations of Climate Models in Transportation Related Graduate Course,” Global Teaching Climate Change and Civil Infrastructure, Workshop organized by ICnet Global, June 30, 2020
  5. “Integrated Performance Based Engineering of Pavements and Materials as a Pathway to Pavement Resilience,” Encontros Semanais da Rede de Tecnologia em Asfalto, Petrobras, Brazil, June 19, 2020.
  6. “Potential Impacts from Automated and Connected Vehicles on Flexible Pavement Performance,” 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2020
  7. “Climate Change and the Challenges of Creating a more Adaptive and Flexible Pavement Engineering Paradigm,” SIIV Winter School 2019, Moena, Italy, December 2019.
  8. “Pavement Preservation and Rehabilitation: Theory, Need, and Example Cases,” Mexico Institute of Transportation and Development, Queretaro, Mexico, June 2019.
  9. “Performance Based Engineering and Analysis for Sustainable Pavement Evaluation,” National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico, May 2019.
  10. “Automated Vehicles: Implications to Pavement Performance,” Committee meeting AFD40, Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2019.
  11. “Recent Research Studies and Improvements on MSCR,” 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2019
  12. “Damage Evolution Behaviors from Binders to Mixtures,” 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2019 (Co-Prepared with C. Castorena)
  13. “Analyzing Pavements for the Impact of Climate Change,” Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, December 2018.
  14. “Mechanics Across Length Scales and its Role in Developing Sustainable and Resilient Pavements,” Chang’an University, Xi’an, China, July 2018.
  15. “Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Flexible Pavement Performance,” 32nd ANPET Congress, Association of National Association of Research and Education in Transportation, Gramado, Brazil, November 2018.
  16. “Cross-Scale Characterization and Modeling of Asphalt Concrete,” 32nd ANPET Congress, Association of National Association of Research and Education in Transportation, Gramado, Brazil, November 2018.
  17. “Unintended Consequences of Autonomous/Semi-Autonomous Trucking on Transportation Infrastructure,” 2018 Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2018.
  18. “Mechanics Across Length Scales and its Role in Developing Sustainable and Resilient Pavements,” Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China, December 2017.
  19. “Long Lasting Asphalt Binder Systems and Evolving Binder Specifications,” Arizona Pavements/Materials Workshop on Sustainable Pavements. March 2017.
  20. “Resilient and Sustainable Pavements through Multiple-Scale Modeling,” Politecnico di Torino, Noon Talk Seminar Series, Torino, Italy, July 2017.
  21. “Climate Change Threats to Transportation Infrastructure in the United States,” Green Pavements 2017, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2017.
  22. “Pavements Research at ASU and its Relevance to Arizona,” Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference, November 2016.
  23. “State of the Art and Practice in Fatigue Cracking Evaluation of Asphalt Concrete Pavements,” Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists and Asphalt Institute Webinar. October 2016. (Co-Developed and Delivered with A. Braham)
  24. “Experimental Implications of Defining the Microstructure in Multiscale Simulations,” International Workshop on the Genome of Stone-based Civil Infrastructure Materials, June 2016.
  25. “Pavement Engineering in an Uncertain Future,” Transportation Research Congress Young Investigators Forum, June 2016.
  26. “Impacts of Autonomous Trucking on Pavement Infrastructure,” 1st PAG Technology and Transportation Summit, October 2016.
  27. “Pavement Infrastructure in an Uncertain Future,” University of Arizona Seminar series, January 2016.

2015 and Before

  1. “Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Concrete: Overview, Mechanisms, and Applications,” 4th IRF Middle East Regional Congress, December 2015.
  2. “Arizona Update on Multiple Stress Creep Recovery and AASHTO M332 Evaluation,” Pacific Coast Conference on Asphalt Specifications, Reno Nevada, October 2015.
  3. “Research in Pavements at ASU,” Arizona Department of Transportation Research Summit, September 2015.
  4. “Multiple Length and Time Scale Studies in Asphalt Concrete,” Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, July 2015.
  5. “Basics of Asphalt Modeling, Part 3: Viscoelastic Models to Decipher and Unify Asphalt Stiffness Measures,” Transportation Research Board Straight to Recording Webinar, July 2015.
  6. “Arizona Update on MSCR and AASHTO M332 Evaluation,” Rocky Mountain Asphalt User Producer Group Meeting, San Antonio Texas, March 2015.
  7. “Multiaxial Viscoelastic Continuum Damage Model under Compressive and Tensile Deviatoric Loading,” 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2015.
  8. “Fibers in Pavements,” Arizona Pavement/Materials Conference, November 2014.
  9. “Constitutive Modeling of Asphalt Concrete: A Multiscale Perspective,” University of Arizona Seminar series, Tucson, AZ, October 10, 2014.
  10. “Uniaxial Fatigue Testing of Rubberized Asphalt Mixtures,” Technical Advisory Board Meeting for Rubber Pavements Association, Tempe, AZ, May 2013.
  11. “Constitutive Modeling of Asphalt Concrete: A Multiscale Perspective,” Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, November 2013.
  12. “What Lies Ahead in Asphalt Pavement Technology,” Arizona Department of Transportation Highway Materials Workshop – Asphalt Module. February 2013.
  13. “Enhancing the Durability of Asphalt Pavements: Use of Models to Enhance Durability,” Workshop at Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2013.
  14. “Sustainable Construction Practices,” Arizona Department of Transportation Resident Engineers Meeting, Tempe, Arizona, November 2012. (Co-Developed and Delivered with M. Asmar)
  15. “Application of Multiscale Constitutive Techniques for Performance Modeling of Asphalt Concrete,” Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering External Advisory Board Meeting, Tempe, AZ, July 2012.
  16. “Constitutive Modeling of Asphalt Concrete: A Multiscale Perspective,” Arizona State University ITE Student Chapter Seminar, Tempe, AZ, October 2012.