Recent publications

Peer-reviewed journals

  • Gao, Ya, M. Hossain, Jones, C. and Heptig, B. Quality Control and Acceptance of Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures. Transportation Research: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2025. https//doi.org/10.1177/03611981251365903
  • Wu, X., Motaharitabari, S., M. Hossain, Kulesza, S. E., & Velasquez, N. (2024). Concrete Pavement Design Analysis Using AASHTOWare Pavement Mechanistic-Empirical Design Software. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2678 (10), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241233279
  • Islam, S., A. Bose, C. Jones, M. Hossain and C. Vahl. Developing an Automated Technique to Calibrate the AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design Software (2020). In Transportation Research Record (TRR) No. 2674 (9); Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Academy of Sciences (NAS), September. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120932567
  • Tavakol, M., Kulesza, S., Jones, C. and Hossain, M. Effect of Low-Quality Recycled Concrete Aggregate on Stabilized Clay Properties. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 32(8), 2020.
  • Islam, S., M. Hossain, Barrett, R., and Velasquez Jr., N. Practical Issues in Implementation of Mechanistic Empirical Design for Concrete Pavements. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B, 145 (3), 04019020, 2019.
  • Islam, S., M. Hossain, Jones, C., Bose, A., Barrett, R., and Velasquez Jr., N. (2019). Implementation of AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design Software for Asphalt Pavements in Kansas. In Transportation Research Record (TRR) No. 2673 (4); Journal of the Transportation Board (TRB), National Academy of Science (NAS), March.
  • Islam, S., M. Hossain, and Miller, R. Evaluation of Pavement Surface Texture at the Network Level (2019). Journal of Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 34 (1).

    Recent peer-reviewed proceedings

  • Wu, X., Hossain, M., Jones, C., Miller, R. Eichman, C. and Jacobson, D. Use of the Traffic Speed Deflectometer Device for Assessment of Pavement Program (No. TRBAM-26-03150).
  • Wu. X., Hossain, M., Velasquez, N., Khresat, G., and Miller. Local Calibration of the AASHTOWare PMED Top-Down Cracking Model for Flexible Pavements. (No. TRBAM-26-01335).
  • Mobasharah, M., S. Quality Control in Balance Mix Design Mixture Production. (TRBAM-26-03923).
  • Wu, X., Hossain, M., Jones, C., Miller, R., Eichman, C. and Jacobson, D. A Temporal Study of Traffic Speed Deflector Device Data (TRBAM-25-03102).
  • Gao, Y., Hossain, M., Jones, C. and Heptig, B. Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Recycled Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures (TRBAM-25-01546).
  • Wu, X., Hossain, M., and Schieber, G. Accelerated Pavement Testing of Chemical Stabilized Full-Depth Reclamation Layer. Poster presented at the 7th International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing of the Transportation Research Board, July 2025.
  • Wu, X., Hossain, M., Jones, C. and Schiever, G. Mechanistic Responses of Chemical Stabilized Full-Depth Reclamation Pavements. Podium Presentation at the 7th International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing of the Transportation Research Board, July 2025.
  • Islam, S., Hossain, M., and Velasquez, N. Inputs for Local Calibration of AASHTOWare Pavements Mechanistic-Empirical Design Software for Rehabilitation. Proc. 10th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements, Guimarães, Portugal, July 2024, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63588-5_48
  • Romanoschi, S., Hossain, M., Miller, R., Houser, S. and B. Heptig. “An 18-Year Update on the Kansas Perpetual Pavement Sections.” Proc. of the NAPA Perpetual Pavement Conference, Louisville, Oct. 2024.
  • Effects of Asphalt Mixture Input on AASHTOWare Pavement Mechanistic-Empirical Design Analysis of New Pavements (Springer), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63588-5_47
  • Effects of REOB on Asphalt Binder’s Rheological Properties (Springer), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-031-63588-7_46
  • Impact of Spatial Subgrade Variability on the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design (Springer), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8217-8_12
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Recycled Concrete Aggregates to Modify Soft Subgrade (Springer), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-97-8229-1_18
  • Balanced Mix Design in Kansas (Springer), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8221-5_3
  • Gao, Y., X. Wu, and M. Hossain. “Evaluation of Coal Combustion Products in Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixture.” Proceedings of the International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, ASCE, 2021.
  • Wu, X., S. Islam, M. Hossain, and G. Schieber. “Mechanistic-Empirical Design of Chemical Stabilized Full-Depth Reclaimed Pavement.” Proceedings of the 100th Annual Meeting of TRB, NAS, Washington, D.C., 2021.
  • Wu, X., Hossain, M. and Schieber, G. “Investigation of Optimum Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavement Overlay Tack Coat Rate via Full-Scale Accelerated Testing.” 2020. htpps://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-55236-7
  • Gao, Y., X. Wu, S. Islam and M. Hossain. “Evaluation of Carbon Char in Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixture.” Proceedings of the International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, ASCE, 2019.