CV of Dr. Kamal Hossain
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Dr. Hossain is an Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa and an Adjunct Professor at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Previously, Dr. Hossain served as an Assistant Professor at Memorial University. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Illinois Center for Transportation of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in USA, and at the Center for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) and Transportation System Solution Laboratory of the University of Waterloo. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (Transportation) from the University of Waterloo. Dr. Hossain's research interests include pavement engineering, pavement materials, and spring and winter road maintenance. He teaches highway and pavement engineering, and infrastructure management courses. Dr. Hossain has contributed to over 80 journal articles, conference papers and technical reports. Dr. Hossain serves in several technical committees and professional associations including United States Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committees on Asphalt Binders (AKM20) and Pavement Maintenance (AKT30), APSE Research Task Force, ASCE Construction Institute Technical Committee on Bituminous Materials (BMC), Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA), and the Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE).
For more information about Dr. Hossain’s research, please visit his research group website: Advanced Road & Transportation Engineering Lab (ARTEL). Dr. Hossain can be reached via email: kamal.hossain@carleton.ca.
Educations/Trainings
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- Post-Doc, Civil Engineering, 2016-2017
- University of Waterloo, Canada
- Post-Doc, Civil Engineering, 2015-2016
- University of Waterloo, Canada
- Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering, 2013-2015
- University of Waterloo, Canada
- Master of Applied Science, Civil Engineering (transferred to PhD program), 2011-2013
- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Civil Engineering, 2005
Research Interests
Pavement Performance and Sustainability; Climate Change Impacts on Transportation Infrastructure and Pavements; Pavement Design for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles; Pavement Asset Management; Pavement Performance Prediction Modeling; Highway Maintenance and Pavement Preservation Technologies; Transportation Asset Management; Transportation Infrastructure Resiliency; Transportation Sustainability; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) for Municipal and Transportation Infrastructure Design Alternatives; Winter Road Operation; De-icing and Anti-icing Technologies; Snow and Ice Control on Walkways, Sidewalks and Parking lots; Road Safety; Cold Region Pavement Design; Tire-Pavement Interaction; Smart Pavement; Pavement Recycling Technologies including WMA, CIR, HIR, FDR; Advanced Characterization of Asphalt and Mastic; Canadian Northern Road Issues
Professional Services
- Associate Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, July 2022 - Present
- Assistant Professor, Carleton University (Sept. 2020 - June 2022), MUN (Sept. 2017 - Aug. 2020)
- Consultant, Multi-Materials Stewardship Board of Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2018 - 2019
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Illinois Center for Transportation, Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2017
- Lecturer, University of Waterloo, Jan. 2016 - Aug. 2016
- Graduate Researcher/Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo, 2011 - 2016
- Project Engineer/Construction Engineer in Construction Industry in Dhaka Bangladesh, 2005 - 2011
Professional Activities
- Standing Committee Member, United States Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Asphalt Binders (AKM20)
- Standing Committee Member, United States Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Pavement Maintenance (AKT30)
- Technical Committee Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on Bituminous Materials
- Research Task Force Lead and Academic Member, The Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE)
- Member, Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), 2017-2018
- Member, Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA)
- Member, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
- Professional Engineering (P. Eng.) Member, Professional Engineers Ontario
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Member, PMI-NL Chapter; VP Communication (2015), PMI-Canada's Technology Triangle Chapter
Other External Services
- Grant Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Switzerland
- Grant Reviewer, Dutch Research Council (NWO), The Netherlands
- Expert Duties, Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Supreme Court of British Columbia
Honours/Awards
- Editor's Choice Paper, ASCE Journal of Cold Region Engineering, 2022
- Editor's Choice Paper, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2022
- Board Member, Junior Editorial Board of Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience, Springer Nature, 2021 - Present
- Best Paper of Pavements Award, ASCE T&DI Pavement Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2019
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2016
- Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
- University of Waterloo Departmental Graduate/Doctoral Awards (5 times), 2011-2014
- Employee of The Year Award & Employee of the Month Award, Bay Development Ltd, 2010
Thesis Supervised
- Swarna, S. (2022). Influence of Climate Change on Pavement Design and Materials in Canada. PhD thesis.
- Islam, T. (2022). Rheology and Surface Free Energy of Modified Asphalt Binder Containing Anti-stripping Additives. Co-supervisor: Dr. C. Bazan.
- Rana, M. (2021). Effect of Autonomous Vehicles on Pavement Distress & Road Safety and Pavement Distress Optimization. Master's thesis.
- Guha, S. (2021). Towards Development of a Pavement Management System for Low Volume Road Networks in Canada. Master’s thesis.
- Khan, S. (2021). Performance Evaluation of Pavements with Cement Stabilized Layer using MEPDG Program and LTPP Data. Master's thesis. Co-supervisor: Dr. C. Bazan.
- Ahmed, R. (2020). Chemical, Rheological and Morphological Properties of Various Rejuvenated Asphalt Binders. Master's thesis.
- Alam, R. (2020). Pavement Life Cycle Assessment: From Case Study to Machine Learning Modeling. Master's thesis. Co-supervisor: Dr. C. Bazan
Media/Features
- The Vancouver Sun, B.C.'s highways must be built to higher standards, with climate change in mind, November 25, 2021
- The Telegram, Road pavement issues in NL, April 23, 2021
- Gazette News, Paving the way: Collaborative asphalt project to improve roads in NL, February 3, 2021
- The Telegram, Interview with Juanita Mercer, December 14, 2020
- Gazette News, Public Lecture on N.L. Road Conditions, November 14, 2019
- CBC Interview, The State of the Asphalt, November 20, 2019
- Feature in "Speaking of Engineering Lecture", Sponsored by Faculty of Engineering and Professional Engineers & Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL), November 20, 2019
- YouTube Link for the “Speaking of Engineering Lecture”. Sponsored by Faculty of Engineering and Professional Engineers & Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL). Have you ever wondered how road conditions in N.L. can be improved? November 20, 2019
- VOCM News, MUN Civil Engineer Tackles Driving Conditions Across the Province, November 18, 2019
- The Asphalt Institute - Asphalt Academic, Text Interview for the Asphalt Magazine, Fall 2019
- The Telegram Interview, It’s pothole season and a Memorial University professor says Newfoundland’s roads can be better, March 15, 2019
- The Telegram, Letter to the Editor: A better option for asphalt testing? March 20, 2019
- VOCM Interview with Darrell Power, Sunday Drive show, Pavement Talk, First 15 minutes, May 5, 2019
- VOCM Interview with Paddy Daly, MUN Civil Engineering Prof Takes On ‘The Pothole Problem’, March 12, 2019.
- CBC Interview with Ted Blades, Pothole issue, Radio broadcast, On the Go, March 14, 2019
- The Western Star, Text Interview, Bob Byrnes and paving expert say Hansen Highway pavement cracking too soon, January 22, 2019
- Gazette News, Text Interview, Infusion for innovation: impact of harsh climate on pavement performance and sustainability, Oct. 16, 2018
- CBC Radio Broadcast, Morning Show, and Text Interview, why line paint just won't stick to Newfoundland streets, June 18, 2018
- CPATT Newsletter, The Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology, University of Waterloo, Issue 11, Spring 2014
- Ontario's Landscape Trade Publication, Safer sidewalks and parking lots, Special Issue for Canada's Snow Fighters, July-Aug 2013
Research Highlights
Journal Articles
- Swarna S T, Hossain K, Bernier A. (2022). Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Canadian Asphalt Pavements; Part 2: Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost Analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133355
- Swarna S T, Hossain K, Mehta Y A, Bernier A. (2022). Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Canadian Asphalt Pavements; Part 1: Adaptation strategies. Journal of Cleaner Production.Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.13231
- Swarna S T, Hossain K, Bernier A. (2022). Pavement Temperature Model for Canadian Asphalt Binder Selection: Introduction to The CPT Model. Road Materials and Pavement Design. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2022.2044892
- Swarna S T, Hossain K. (2022). Climate Change Impact and Adaptation for Highway Asphalt Pavements: A Literature Review. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2021-0209
- Swarna S T, Rana M, Hossain K. (2022). Impact of Climate Change on Pavement Performance in Canada’s Newfoundland Island. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-022-00198-3
- Swarna S T, Hossain K. (2022). Asphalt Binder Selection for Future Canadian Climatic Conditions Using Various Pavement Temperature Prediction Models. Road Materials and Pavement Design. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2021.2019093
- Guha S, Hossain K. (2022). An Economic Approach to Road Condition Assessment Using Road User Feedback: A New Model and its Application. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2021.2022673
- Guha S, Hossain K, Lawlor M. (2022). An Economic Pavement Management Framework for Extremely Budget- and Resource-Constrained Agencies in Canada. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F03611981221084687
- Hossain K, Fu L, El-Hakim M. (2022). Determination of Optimum Salting Rates for Asphalt Pavements in a Canadian Climate. ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CR.1943-5495.0000279
- Khan S, Ashish P K, Kannelli V, Hossain K, Nagabhushana M N, Tiwari D. (2022). Potential Application of Over-Burnt Brick and Fly Ash for Sustainable Inverted Pavement Structure. Construction and Building Materials. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.128298
- Khan S, Nagabhushana M N, Hossain K, Tiwari D, Guruvittal U K, Bazan C. (2022). Performance Evaluation of Fly Ash–Based Inverted Pavement System. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JPEODX.0000363
- Rana M, Hossain K. (2021). Impact of Autonomous Truck Implementation: Rutting and Highway Safety Perspectives. Road Materials and Pavement Design. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2021.1963815
- Rana M, Hossain K. (2021). Simulation of Autonomous Truck for Minimizing Asphalt Pavement Distresses. Road Materials and Pavement Design. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2021.1883469.
- Swarna S T, Hossain K, Pandya H, Mehta Y A. (2021). Assessing Climate Change Impact on Asphalt Binder Grade Selection and its Implications. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211013026
- Ahmed R B, Hossain K, Aurilio M, Hajj R M. (2021). Effect of rejuvenator type and dosage on rheological properties of short-term aged binders. Materials and Structures, 54-109. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-021-01711-z
- Ali A, Dhasmana H, Hossain K, & Hussein A. (2021). Modeling Pavement Performance Indices in Harsh Climate Regions. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering: Part B, Pavements. https://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000305
- Alam R, Hossain K, Bazan, C. (2020). Life Cycle Analysis for Asphalt Pavement in Canadian Context: Modeling and Application. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2020.1866759
- Abdelazim S, Hossain K, El-Hakim M, Volovski M. (2020). Pavement Damage Costs by Truck Class and Economy of Scale Relative to Increased Loading. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2020.1832221
- Ahmed R B, Hossain K, Hajj R M. (2020). Chemical, Morphological, and Fundamental Behavior of Rejuvenated Asphalt Binders. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003564
- Alam R, Hossain K, Bazan C. (2020). A Systematic Approach to Estimate Global Warming Potential from Pavement Vehicle Interaction Using Canadian Long-Term Pavement Performance Data. Journal of Cleaner Production. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123106
- Dhasmana H, Hossain K, Sarakas A A. (2019). Effect of Long-Term Aging on the Rheological Properties of Rejuvenated Asphalt Binder. Road Materials and Pavement Design. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1686051
- Swarna S T, Hossain K, Reddy M A, Pandey B B. (2019). A Mechanistic and Economic Analysis of Two-Lift Concrete Pavements. Road Materials and Pavement Design. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1620843
- Safi F, Al-Qadi I, Hossain K, Ozer H. (2019). Total Recycled Asphalt (TRA) Mixes’ Characteristics and Field Performance. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119849915
- Ahmed R B, Hossain K. (2019). Waste Cooking Oil as an Asphalt Rejuvenator: A State-of-The-Art Review. Construction and Building Materials. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.116985
- Alam R, Hossain K, Butt A A, Caudle T, Bazan C. (2019). Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Techniques: A Study for the City of St. John’s. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2019-0540
- Safi F, Hossain K, Wu S, Al-Qadi I, Ozer H. (2018). Modeling Creep Compliance of Asphalt Mixtures Containing Recycled Materials. Construction & Building Materials. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.06.232
- Hossain K, Karakas A, Hossain Z. (2018).Effects of Aging and Rejuvenation on Surface Free Energy Measurements and Adhesion of Asphalt Mixtures. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002780
- Hossain K. and Hossain Z. (2018). A Synthesis of Computational and Experimental Approaches of Evaluating Chemical, Physical and Mechanistic Properties of Asphalt Binders. In Pavement Analysis and Design by Multi-physics (Edited by R. Lytton et al.). Special Issue of Journal of Advances in Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1795958
- Hosseini F, Hossain K, Fu L. (2017). Bio-based Materials for Improving Winter Pavement Friction. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2016-0460
- Hossain K, Fu L, Lake R. (2016). Optimum Winter Road Maintenance: Effect of Pavement Types. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2016-0010
- Hossain K, Fu L, Law B. (2015). Winter Contaminants on Parking Lots and Sidewalks: Friction Characteristics and Slipping Risks. ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CR.1943-5495.0000083
- Hossain K, Fu L, Donnely T, Lamb Z, Muresan, M. (2016). Field Investigation on the Effectiveness of Pre-wetting Strategy for Winter Road Maintenance. ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CR.1943-5495.0000101
- Hossain, K., Fu, L., & Olesen, A. (2014). Effectiveness of Anti-Icing Operations for Snow and Ice Control of Parking Lots and Sidewalks. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2013-0587
- Hossain K, Fu L, Lu C. (2014). Deicing Performance of Road Salts: Modeling and Applications. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board of National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.3141/2440-10
Contribution to Books
- Hossain K. (2019). Chapter No. 10176, Roadway Pavement Conditions and Various Summer and Winter Maintenance Strategies. Section – Transport Safety and Security. International Encyclopedia of Transportation, Elsevier. In Press. ISBN: 9780081026724. Invited.
- Liu Q, Hossain K, Tighe S. (2019). Field Assessment of Three-Dimensional Surface Texture and Frictional Properties of Experimental Canadian Road Pavements. In Pavement and Asset Management (pp. 73-80). Taylor and Francis, CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-367-20989-6.
- Hossain K, Muresan M, Fu L. (2018). Book Chapter: Chapter 20 - Application Guidelines for Optimal Deicing and Anti-icing. In Sustainable Winter Road Operations (pp. 443-471). Wiley. ISBN: 978-1-119-18506-2. Invited.
Teaching/Courses Taught
- Highway and Pavement Engineering
- Mechanics of Materials
- Engineering and Sustainability
- Infrastructure Management
- Transportation Engineering
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