{"id":6037,"date":"2020-11-30T12:25:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/?post_type=cu-people&p=6037"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:39:31","slug":"dr-kamal-hossain","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/artel\/people\/dr-kamal-hossain\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Kamal Hossain, Associate Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Profile Summary<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dr. Hossain is an Associate Professor at Carleton University, Ottawa. 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 (UIUC) 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).<\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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<\/p>\n

Professional Services<\/strong><\/h4>\n