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Dr. Hossain gives a talk at the pavement engineering research symposium organized by the University of Waterloo on April 26, 2019. In this talk, he described how asphalt performance can be evaluated when you use almost 100% recycled aggregates in the asphalt mixture design.… View More

Dr. Hossain gives an interview with The Telegram on 14 March 2019 regarding NL road conditions including potholes, ruts and cracking problems. In this over a half-an-hour interview, various issues related to our roads and potential solutions have been discussed. Once again, please know that, Memorial’s pavement research team will be very pleased to collaborate with provincial/municipal transportation departments for developing an improved pavement design, construction, and management system for our very own province.… View More

Memories from an exciting day for our new research group!!! Few weeks ago we got the privilege to receive an invitation from our provincial minister of transportation Honourable Steve Crocker to present our ongoing works on pavement engineering research here at MUN, and to discuss how we can work together to improve our road conditions here in NL.… View More

ARTEL thanks Chris and Omega for their excellent works for the last few months.  As co-op student, they have contributed in two exciting projects, entitled “Can we improve Road Safety in City of St. John’s Roads? “and “Effect of Autonomous Vehicle and Connected Traffic System on the Pavement Design (Literature Review)”.… View More

Friends who drive; drive safe. Don’t swerve around potholes. If possible and situation allow, slow down to pass over the potholes. PC: Collected from the Institute of Asphalt Technology Twitter account.… View More

Dr. Hossain gives an interview with the Western Star on Hansen Highway cracking on 18 January 2019. In this over half-an-hour interview , various issues related to pavement durability, pavement mixture design and testing systems have been discussed. A recommendation to the department of transportation and works has also been made to conduct forensic investigation of this highway section, so lessons learned can be utilized to reduce such failure in future years.… View More

My straight views  Thanks to Dr. Shalaby for his persistence efforts to talk about road safety issues in Canada. I echo with you. I want to add that I feel it’s the time, conceptually, we need to strongly call for a full FHWA in Canada.… View More