Kamal Hossain

Associate Professor in Transportation Engineering

• Postdoc (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), PhD (Waterloo), BEng (BUET), PEng
• 3370 Mackenzie, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

Email: kamal.hossain@carleton.ca

Prof. Hossain’s mailbox is located in room 3432 C.J. Mackenzie Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada

Bio

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).

Research Interests

Pavement Performance and Sustainability; Recycled and Alternative Highway Materials; Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation for Highway Pavements; Pavement Design Adaptation for Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles; Performance-based Asphalt Mix Design; Balanced Mix Design (BMD); Mechanics-based Pavement Design Analysis for Changing Climates; Tire-Pavement Interaction; Pavement Asset Management; Pavement Distress Evaluation, Performance and Distress 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) of Municipal and Transportation Infrastructure Design Alternatives; Winter Road Operation; De-icing and Anti-icing Technologies; Snow and Ice Control on Sidewalks, Parking lots and Bike lanes; Road Safety; Cold Region Pavement Design; Development of Energy Harvesting and Smart Pavement; Pavement Recycling Technologies.

Opportunities: Prospective Graduate Students 

• Pavement Research Group at Carleton University, Ottawa seeks applications from prospective graduate students (PhD/MASc) (1) who are highly motivated in research, and developing and generating new knowledge, (2) who have a strong academic record, (3) who have some research or practical experiences in pavement engineering/relevant field. The selected graduate student(s) will be conducting research in one or multiple areas of pavement engineering.
• The applicants who meet these above three criteria are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Kamal Hossain at kamal.hossain@carleton.ca for consideration. If you are interested to join our research team, please send your detailed CV, transcripts, and English language test result (if applicable). Based on review of the applicant’s documents, only selected candidates will be contacted for next step.
• Please know that, if English is not your first language, you need to complete TOEFL or IELTS English language test before you apply. A minimum score of 90 overall with 23 in writing for the TOEFL iBT test and 6.5 overall with 6.5 in writing for the IELTS test is required for recommendation.

Previous Teaching Assignments

• CIVE 4209/3305 Highway Engineering
• CIVE 2004 GIS, Surveying, CAD & BIM
• CIVE 4918 Design Project
• CIVE 5303 Pavements & Materials
• CIVE 5806 Special Topic in Transportation: Advanced Pavement Engineering and Management
• EGEN 5103 Pavements and Materials

Publications

Honours/Awards

• Research Achievement Award 2025, Faculty of Engineering & Design, Carleton University
• Editor’s Choice Paper, ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 2022
• Editor’s Choice Paper, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2022
• Research Excellence Award to PhD Student, Memorial University Graduate Student Union, 2020
• 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 Graduate Student Award (5 times), 2011-2014

Media Coverage/Features (Selected)

• CBC, Climate Change and the Rising Cost of Potholes, March 10, 2023.
• The Vancouver Sun, Interview with Daphne Bramham, Highway Issues in B. C., Nov. 26, 2021.
• The Telegram, Interview with Rosie Mullaely, Pavement potholes, April 23, 2021.
• The Asphalt Institute – Asphalt Academic, Text Interview for the Asphalt Magazine, Fall 2019
• CBC Interview, The State of the Asphalt, November 20, 2019
• VOCM News, MUN Civil Engineer Tackles Driving Conditions Across the Province, November 18, 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
• The Western Star, Text Interview, Bob Byrnes and paving expert say Hansen Highway pavement cracking too soon, January 22, 2019