Group Members

We are looking for new PhD students, postdocs, and master’s students to join the team! See openings.

Staff

Zhanping You

Professor, Michigan Technological University

• Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering


• Personal Website

zyou@mtu.edu

Dongzhao Jin

Research Assistant Professor

• Research Focus: Recycled materials in asphalt pavement; discrete element method in asphalt mixture

dongj@mtu.edu

Graduate Students

Kwadwo Boateng

PhD Candidate

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• Research Focus: Asphalt Material Performance, Rejuvenation of rubber-modified asphalt


• Personal Link

kwadwob@mtu.edu

Lei Yin

PhD Candidate

• Research Focus: Asphalt material testing, Climate change

leiyin@mtu.edu

Kai Xin

PhD Candidate

• Research Focus: Balanced mix design, Recycled materials (glass, rubber) in pavement

kxin@mtu.edu

Meng Wu

PhD Candidate

• Research Focus: Asphalt Material, Rubber Asphalt, Molecular Simulation


• Personal Website

mewu@mtu.edu

Sepehr Mohammadi

PhD Student

• Research Focus: Recycling plastics in asphalts, life cycle assessment (LCA), and developing Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for asphalt

sepehrm@mtu.edu

Zhongda Liu

PhD Student

• Research Focus: Asphalt materials, AI-based pavement distress detection

zhongdal@mtu.edu

Qi Ren

PhD Student

• Research Focus: Pavement materials, Life Cycle Assessment

qir@mtu.edu