Congrats to Shahbaz
Congrats to Shahbaz Khan on completing his master’s thesis and presenting his research seminars recently! Job well done! ARTEL wishes you all the best in your future endeavors.… View More
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MUNPave- A Pavement Condition Evaluation App
This app is capable of evaluating overall condition of a pavement section based on some commonly found distresses. The app takes distress density as input and provides the evaluated condition of the pavement section in terms of probability. The app also suggest necessary treatment based on combination of the distresses.… View More
Congrats to Masud!
Congrats to Masud Rana for completing his Master of Engineering (Thesis) degree this Fall, despite various challenges throughout the year of 2020!
In his master’s, Masud worked on understanding the effects of autonomous vehicles on pavement distress and road safety and how the pavement distresses can be optimized by developing autonomous vehicle movement algorithms.
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Research Excellence Award
Our very own Surya Teja Swarna obtained this year’s “Research Excellence Award” from the graduate student union for his achievements for 2019-2020 academic period. He received this award from Memorial University’s Dean of Graduate Studies. Surya joined just over two years ago and studying “How climate change will affect our roads in Newfoundland and Labrador”.… View More
Congrats to Rayhan and Rakibul
Congrats to Rayhan and Rakibul on completing their master’s theses and presenting their research seminars recently! Job well done! ARTEL wishes you all the best in your future endeavors.… View More
Fellowship Awards
Congrats to Rakibul, Rayhan and Surya!!!! All three received the “Fellow of School of Graduate Studies” award from Memorial University. This award is given to the students who have a proven record of academic excellence during the graduate program in Memorial University. ARTEL wishes you all the best in your future endeavors.… View More
NL Road Survey
Memorial University’s pavement research group (ARTEL) is conducting this anonymous survey to understand public opinion on roadway assets. Please participate in our study if you are or have been a resident of a small community with a population size of less than 5000.… View More
99th TRB-AM, Washington
We are delighted to present our research at the 99th Annual Meeting of TRB, that will be held during January 11-16, 2020 in Washington DC, USA. Thanks to the students and collaborators. In this TRB, we will present the following papers and contribute in the following technical sessions.… View More
64th CTAA-AM, Montreal
Dr. Hossain and Surya Swarna are at the 64th Annual Meeting of Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that took place from Nov. 24 to Nov. 27, 2019. In this meeting, Dr. Hossain presented a paper on the performance of various asphalt rejuvenators, while Swarna presented a paper on the effects of climate change on N.… View More
N.L. Road Issues
Public Lecture
On Nov. 20, 2019, Dr. Kamal Hossain gave an invited public lecture in the speaking of engineering lecture regarding the province’s road conditions, pavement maintenance and the challenges and opportunities for improving road and highway conditions. This lecture is arranged by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, and sponsored by the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL).… View More