About
Welcome to RAR2025
The 25th anniversary of the Asphalt Rubber<>Rubberized Asphalt Conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on October 14, 15 and 16, 2025 at the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, LNEC. It’s time to mark your calendar to attend and participate in this special 25th anniversary conference.
The details about abstract and paper submission deadlines, acceptance of abstract, paper review and paper acceptance, and presentation acceptance are shown below. The website provides information and details about conference registration and sponsorship.
This is a special anniversary conference so make your plans to attend the conference and take some time to enjoy visiting Portugal and other European countries.
News Updates
Kevin E Trenberth
New Zeland
Opening Session Presentation
Climate Change - Evidence and Consequences
Dr. Kevin E Trenberth
Among many major global environmental concerns (plastic, air pollution, wild fires, climate change), rubberized asphalt has a role to play. The consumption of resources is not sustainable. For climate change, the USA and China, closely followed now by India, are key emitters from fossil fuel burning. The IPCC warns that “Recent changes in climate are widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and unprecedented in thousands of years.” They are caused by human activities. Carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere are over 50% more than pre-industrial (before 1900). 2024 is the warmest year on record, and 2025 is looming to be among the top 3. Warmer oceans increase moisture and promote flooding rains, while where not raining, drought, heatwaves and wildfires proliferate. In the absence of adequate cuts in emissions by most countries, the main advice is to plan for the consequences and build resilience.
Distinguished Scholar
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Honorary Academic, Department of Physics, Auckland University, New Zeland
trenbert@ucar.edu
Tel: +64 27 771 4868
MESAT
(Middle East Society for Asphalt Technology)
partner of RAR2025 Conference
MESAT session is on “Applications of Recycled Tire Rubber in Paving Applications in the Middle East (ME)”. Due to the warm weather in many areas of the ME, there has been significant interest in this technology. Many projects in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, UAE, Egypt, and Iraq have been constructed and a few agencies have issued specifications or standards for this application.
MESAT is sponsoring a session at RAR2025!
Session Moderator:
Professor Kamil Elias Kaloush, Arizona State University
First Presentation:
A Unique Perspective of Asphalt Rubber Implementation in the Region
Prof. Ezio Santagata
Professor of Civil Engineering and Ashghal Chair
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering, Qatar University
Tel: +974 4403 4198
E-mail: ezio.santagata@qu.edu.qa
P.O. Box : 2713 Doha-Qatar
Second Presentation:
Asphalt Rubber Projects and Experiences in the Middle East: AR used in Dubai Expo 2020, Mix design and Performance
Dr. Mohamed El-Basyouny, Ph.D, PMC.
Senior Project Manager/Pavement Specialist
Parsons Fellow Emeritus
Dubai, UAE
Mohamed.Elbasyouny@parsons.com
Tel: +971 4-402-9700 Mobile: +971 56-123-1254
Third Presentation:
Feasibility of rubberized asphalt for hot climates in the UAE
Prof. Ahmed Fatin Faheem Mahmoud
Associate Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Khalifa University
PO. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, UAE
ahmed.mahmoud@ku.ac.ae
T : +971 2 312 5812 ku.ac.ae
Key Dates Deadlines Extended
Act Now: RAR2025 Conference Abstracts, Papers and Presentation
Deadlines Extended so they can be considered for the RCR journals!
The RAR2025 paper deadlines have been extended due to the recent good efforts of Dr. Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri whereby RAR2025 papers will be submitted for possible inclusion in the prestigiously acclaimed Resources, Conservation and Recycling (RCR) and Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances Journals. These well-known journals specialize in scientific research papers on sustainable management and conservation of resources. Special issues in RCR and RCR Advances journals will be devoted to high-quality papers from RAR2025 entitled “Special Issue on Rubberized-Asphalt-Rubber: A Waste-to-Wealth Strategy for Pavement Circularity.” The RAR2025 conference paper submission dates for papers are adjusted so as many papers as possible can be considered and become part of the RCR journals. We urge you to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to have your paper reviewed, accepted and printed in the highly regarded RCR scientific journals.
Key Dates
Abstract Submission
Abstract Approval
Paper Submission
Paper Acceptance
Submission of corrected paper by
July 13, 2025
July 20, 2025
July 27, 2025
August 3, 2025
August 10, 2025
To meet the deadline to print the conference proceedings, August 10, 2025, is the absolute last day for submission of corrected paper.
please use the conference
template and send to:
rar2025@consulpav.com
Abstracts for Presentation
Key Dates
Abstract Submission
Abstract Approval
August 4, 2025
August 11, 2025
To meet the deadline to print the conference proceedings, August 10, 2025, is the absolute last day for submission of corrected paper.
please use the conference
template and send to:
rar2025@consulpav.com
ACCEPTED TOPICS
The Conference is looking for rubberized asphalt and asphalt rubber papers that fall in any of the following categories:
- Studies demonstrating the energy savings and CO2 savings that society derives when asphalt rubber or rubberized mixes are used in pavement strategies.
- Reports on demonstration projects using rubberized or asphalt rubber mixes.
- New methods of testing rubberized asphalt binders.
- PG grading of rubberized asphalt binders.
- Mechanical testing of asphalt mixes (wet, dry, semi-wet, and hybrid) containing rubberized asphalt binders.
- Paving uses of rubberized and asphalt rubber binders with any types of mixes, dense, gap, open, SMA and others.
- Preservation strategies using rubberized asphalt and asphalt rubber binders such as seal coats, slurry seals, all others.
- New innovative methods of making, applying or constructing with rubberized asphalt or asphalt rubber.
- Environmental applications of rubberized asphalt and asphalt rubber such as to reduce noise or saving energy.
- General discussions about scrap tire rubber as applied to rubberized asphalt or asphalt rubber.
- From the above, the RAR2025 Conference casts as broad a net as possible regarding rubberized asphalt rubber papers.
Keynote Speakers
KELVIN WANG
USA
KELVIN C.P. WANG, PH.D., P.E., DIST.M.ASCE
Professor of Civil Engineering and
Director of the Western Transportation Institute (WTI)
Montana State University (MSU)
Dr. Wang started his full-time professional career in 1989 at Arizona DOT. Since 1993, he has been a university faculty with substantial professional society service record such as being ASCE T&DI President in FY 2017. For 30 years, Dr. Wang led his team to tackle the problem of automating survey of pavement distresses. His work profoundly changed the landscape of pavement survey and is closely followed by industry and researchers on a worldwide basis. His pioneering technological contributions include the first development of digital data collection system for pavement in the mid-1990s, 0.5-mm 3D laser imaging of pavements at full-lane coverage & highway speed for data collection, & automated data processing for distresses and safety evaluations based on unique and novel Deep-Learning techniques. His research has extended to the evaluation of airfield, bridge, rail, and other infrastructure elements, and their safety characteristics. His world-leading technologies and AI based solutions are used in several countries. Dr. Wang is widely considered a pioneer in road and airfield pavement evaluation. In 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) bestowed its highest honor to Dr. Wang as a Distinguished Member of ASCE (Dist.M.ASCE). He has won three ASCE awards: Masters in 2010, Turner in 2018, and Laurie in 2024. He is a launching editor-in-chief for the International Journal of Rail Transportation. In 2024, Arizona State University honored Dr. Wang as a Distinguished Alum of its civil engineering program.
KAMIL KALOUSH
USA
PROFESSOR KAMIL KALOUSH
FORTA Professor of Pavement Engineering in The School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment Arizona State University
Professor Kamil Kaloush, from the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University and is the undergraduate civil engineering program chair and FORTA professor of pavement engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, affiliate faculty in the School of Sustainability and founder / past director of the National Center of Excellence on Smart Innovations. He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) and has more than 35 years of experience in pavement research and management services. His areas of expertise include pavement materials design, thermal properties, advanced laboratory testing, field performance evaluation, and pavement management systems.
Professor Kaloush is a globally recognized leader in sustainable engineering, pavement materials, and infrastructure systems. With decades of experience in research, teaching, and professional practice, he has served in a pivotal role in advancing sustainable engineering principles and practices. Professor Kaloush earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from Arizona State University, where he has also been a faculty member dedicated to mentoring the next generation of engineers. His extensive portfolio includes groundbreaking research on pavement sustainability, road safety innovations, and integrating environmentally responsible materials in infrastructure development.
Professor Kaloush stated,” I envision the next years as an opportunity to strengthen our collective impact. My goal is to help foster even stronger connections between the sectors—leveraging cutting-edge research, innovative practices, and strategic policymaking to address the challenges and opportunities of the evolving transportation landscape. Together, we will champion sustainable solutions, embrace emerging technologies, and ensure that roads and infrastructure around the world are safer, more resilient, and more inclusive.”
ELHAM (ELLIE) FINI
USA
Dr. Elham (Ellie) Fini, PH.D.an
Associate Professor at Arizona State University
Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Dr. Elham (Ellie) Fini is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University and an Invention Ambassador at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Additionally, she is a Fulbright Scholar at Aalborg University in Denmark, a Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, and the director of Innovative Built and Regenerative Environments for Advancing Timeless Habitability and Equity (I-BREATHE).
Dr. Elham (Ellie) Fini’s research focuses on advancing the sustainability and health of the built environment, with an emphasis on the design, synthesis, characterization, and atomistic modeling of novel materials. She is the author of the book Bio-Based and Bio-Inspired Pavement Construction Materials (Elsevier) and has published over 200 scholarly works.
Dr. Elham (Ellie) Fini’s contributions have garnered global recognition, with features in BBC’s Women in STEM, Science Nation, Wired magazine, and more. Dr. Fini serves as an editor for the ASCE Journal of Materials and the Journal of Resources, Conservation & Recycling. She has held several key leadership roles, including President of ASCE’s North Carolina Northern Branch, Program Director at the National Science Foundation, Mentor for Quality Education for Minorities, and Advisory Board member for AAAS’s HBCU Innovation Forward initiative. In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field, Dr. Fini has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Mahour Parast
USA
Dr. Mahour Parast
Associate Research Professor at the Del E. Webb School of Construction
Dr. Mahour Parast is an Associate Research Professor at the Del E. Webb School of Construction. His research focuses on supply chain disruption risk, supply chain resilience, and process and product innovation. His scholarly works have appeared in several peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, and Production Planning & Control. He is a member of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), and Academy of Management (AOM). He is also a member of the International Supply Chain Risk Management Network (ISCRiM). He has been the principal investigator of several projects related to supply chain management, technology management, and technological innovation and entrepreneurship from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), VentureWell, and the Qatar Foundation. He has several years of industrial experience as a quality manager and strategic planner in the auto, electric power, and agriculture industries.
KRISHNA PRAPOORNA BILIGIRI
INDIA
PROFESSOR KRISHNA PRAPOORNA BILIGIRI, Ph.D.
Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India
Asphalt-Rubber Ambassador for the Republic of India
Fellow of the International Road Federation (Global)
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India)
Professor Krishna Prapoorna is an internationally accomplished academician with over 20 years of combined research, teaching, and administrative experience in India, USA, and Sweden. He is currently a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IITT), India. His expertise embodies multitude aspects of sustainable and smart transportation infrastructure, innovative materials, performance monitoring, asset management, and circular economy, chiefly supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG). He has been successful in securing several million dollars through sponsored research and consulting projects, traversing several areas of engineering and technology. He has authored / co-authored and contributed over 260 papers in international journals and conferences, and over 90 reports, press articles, newsletters, and guides till date. He has delivered more than 230 presentations in 18 countries.
He has successfully developed over two dozen roadway products and processes that are cutting-edge engineering innovations and been deployed in the form of field demonstration roadway systems on highways and in smart cities. In 2009, he was awarded the International Road Federation (Global) Executive Lifetime Fellowship. In 2010, he was bestowed with the Young Scientist Award by the Board of International Institute of Noise Control Engineering.
Since 2015, he has been serving as the Asphalt-Rubber Ambassador for the Republic of India, a recognition awarded by the rubberized asphalt-rubber conference group. Further, he has been consistently acknowledged as one of world’s 2% most influential scientists by Elsevier and Stanford University (USA) since 2020. In 2023, the ASTM International awarded him with the Editorial Board Member Award for his 10 years of dedicated service to the journal. Further, he was honored with the Institution of Engineering and Technology India Mobility Award 2024 for his contribution to the cause of engineering and technology. In September 2024, he was the first recipient of the Research Excellence Award at IITT since its inception.
Currently, he serves as Director of the Boards of Rubberized Asphalt Foundation and International Road Federation (Global) as well as an Independent Director of Tinna Rubber & Infrastructure Limited (India). He is associated with various international societies such as the USA-based NASEM: TRB, ASTM International, RILEM, ASCE, IRF, iSMARTi, etc. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India). Currently, he is one of the Co-Chairs of the USA-based TRB subcommittee on Pavement Lifecyle, and EU-based RILEM task group chair of the committee focused on field evaluation of alternative pavement design and performance. Further, he is Vice President (South Asia) of the international Society for Maintenance And Rehabilitation of Transport infrastructures (iSMARTi). As recent as December 2024, he was appointed the International Road Federation (Global) Chair of the Sustainable and Resilient Pavements Committee.
Special Awards
RAR2025 will recognize the efforts of distinguished members of our community that have dedicated their efforts to promote the dessimination of knowledge and technologies that promote a more sustainable practices.
Their contributions are fully recognized.
Ângelo Pinto
Brasil
James Ding
China
Fábio Mendes
Colombia
Christophe Loiacono
France
Andreas Ruthmann
Germany
Krishna P. Biligiri
India
Shakir Shatnawi
Jordan
Hugo Bandala
Mexico
Pino Iskander
Indonesia
Kevin Trenberth
New Zealand
Manuel Prates
Portugal
Andrey Vorobiev
Russia
Miguel Coll
Spain
George Way
USA
Jorge Sousa
WORLD
Gerardo Botasso
Argentina
Innovation Awards
Announcing The Call for
RAR2025 Rubberized Asphalt Innovation
Recognition Award Honorees
For the first time in the 25 years of rubberized asphalt conferences, a few selected innovative rubberized asphalt projects will be honored. The sponsoring committee encourages you to submit a rubberized asphalt innovative project, which could be a new scientific development, new product or new application in the field of rubberized asphalt as a candidate for recognition. The sponsoring committee will select award recipients to receive their award and be recognized at the 25 th Rubberized Asphalt in Lisbon, Portugal, October 14 th to 16 th, 2025. Please send your innovative candidate project description to rar2025@consulpav.com by July 14 th , 2025. The innovative candidate project should include a description of the project, name of the innovator (company, agency or university) to be recognized and contact information, email and phone number. The selected innovation award recipientes will be recognized at the banquet with a plaque. The award description will be published in the 25th anniversary proceedings along with award honoree names, project name and recipient names and suitable pictures. The project will also be highlighted on the Rubberized Asphalt Foundation website, RA-Foundation.org. Each selected project is considered a winner in their efforts to advance recycling, sustainability and a more environmentally resilient society.
Technicall Committee
Dr. Jorge Sousa (USA)
Manuel Prates (Portugal)
Dra. Lurdes Antunes (Portugal)
Dra. Fátima Batista (Portugal)
Prof. Luís Quaresma (Portugal)
Prof. Juan Gallego (Spain)
Prof. Herve Di Benedetto (France)
Prof. Peter Sebaaly (USA)
Prof. Rongji Cao (China)
Dr. John A. DAngelo (USA)
Prof. Nader Tabatabaee (IRAN)
Prof. Davide Lo Presti (Italy)
Prof. Gabriele Tebaldi (Italy)
Prof. Ana Rodriguez Alloza (Spain)
Prof. Silvia Caro (Colombia)
Dr. Andrey Vorobiev (Russia)
Prof. Manfred N. Partl (Switzerland)
Dr. Shakir Shatnawi (USA)
Prof. Zhongyin Guo (China)
Manuel Salas Casanova (Spain)
Prof. Luis Picado (Portugal)
Prof. Junan Shen (USA)
Ir. Mohd Hzam Bin Harun (Malaysia)
Prof. Jose Marcobal (Spain)
George B. Way, P.E. (USA)
Prof. Alex Visser (South Africa)
Prof. Kamil Kaloush (USA)
Prof. Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri (Índia)
Prof. Jorge Pais (Portugal)
Prof. Luis Guillermo Loria-Salazar (Costa Rica)
Prof. John Harvey (USA)
Prof. Louay N. Mohammad (USA)
Prof. Ezio Santagata (Italy)
Prof. Sabine Leischne (Germany)
Prof. Jo Sias (USA)
Dr. Mona Nourelhuda (Sudan)
Prof. Márcio Muniz (Brazil)
Prof. Mena I. Souliman (USA)
Prof. Elie Hajj (USA)
Prof. Johannes Hartmut Beckedahl (Germany)
Prof. Michael P. Wistuba (Germany)
Prof. Christina Plati (Greece)
Prof. Mayca Rubio (Spain)
Prof. Angel Sampedro (Spain)
Prof. Hui Li (China)
Prof. Fernando Moreno(Spain)
Dr. Hamidreza Sahebzmani (Iran)
Dr. Haopeng Wang (UK)
Organization Committee
Jorge Sousa
Chairman
Consulpav
George Way
Co-Chairman
RAF
Manuel Prates
Co-Chairman
Fátima Batista
Co-Chairman
LNEC
Luís Quaresma
Co-Chairman
Organization
Sponsors / Suporters
Gold
Sponsors
Venue / Fees
Registration
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The RAR2025 Conference 25th Anniversary
will be held in Lisbon at the
LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL (LNEC)