Refereed Journal Articles & Reports

  • Laboratory Evaluation of Sulfur-Modifield Warm Mix. Adam Taylor, Nam Tran, Richard May, David Timm, Mary Robbins, and Buzz Powell. Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists. Vol. 79, 2010. pp. 403-441.
  • Correlating Laboratory Fatigue Endurance Limits to Field-Measured Strains. James R. Willis, David Timm, Adam Taylor, Nam Tran, and Andrea Kvasnak. Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologist, 2011.
  • Evaluation of the Effect of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Aggregate Bulk Specific Gravity on Voids in Mineral Aggregate. Andrea Kvasnak, Randy West, J. Michael, L.G. Loria, E. Hajj, and Nam Tran. Transportation Research Record, No. 2180, TRB, Washington, D.C., 2010, pp 30-35.
  • Testing of Moderate and High RAP Content Mixes: Laboratory and Accelerated Field Performance at the National Center for Asphalt Technology Test Track, Randy C. West, Andrea Kvasnak, Nam Tran, Raymond Powell, and Pamela Turner, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2126, 2009, pp. 100-108.
  • Strategies for Design and Construction of High-Reflectance Asphalt Pavements. Nam Tran, Buzz Powell, Howard Marks, Randy West, and Andrea Kvasnak. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2098, 2009, pp. 124-130.
  • Evaluation of AASHTO Rut Test Procedure Using the Asphalt Pavement Analyzer. Nam Tran, Randy West, Buzz Powell, and Andrea Kvasnak. Accepted for publication in Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, 2009.
  • Analysis of Field Compactability Using Accumulated Compaction Pressure Concept, Fabricio Leiva-Villacorta and Randy West, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2057, 2008. pp. 89-98.
  • Relationships Between Laboratory Measured Characteristics of HMA and Field Compactability, Fabricio Leiva-Villacorta and Randy West, Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Vol. 77, 2008.
  • Evaluating Georgia's Compaction Requirements for Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures, Randy C. West, Jason R. Moore, David M. Jared, and Yiping Wu. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2001, 2007, pp. 93-101. 
  • Refinement of Mix Design Criteria for 4.75 mm Superpave Mixtures. Randy C. West, Michael Rausch, and Osamu Takahashi, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Asphalt Pavements, Quebec City, August 2006.
  • Evaluating Tack Coat Applications and the Bond Strength Between Pavement Layers, Randy C. West, Jason R. Moore, and Jingna Zhang, the 2006 Airfield and Highway Pavement Speciality Conference, ASCE, May 2006, pp. 578-588.
  • Evaluation of Effect of Sampling Location on Laboratory-Measured Quality Control Parameters. Pamela Turner and Randy West. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1946, 2006, pp. 163-170.
  • Construction and Performance of Georgia's Permeable Surface Mixes on the 2006 NCAT Pavement Test Track. Powell, R. Buzz. TRB 88th Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, January 2009.
  • Evaluation of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) for Airfield Pavements. Prowell, Brian D., Donald E. Watson, Graham C. Hurley, and E. Ray Brown. Airfield Asphalt Pavement Technology Program, Auburn University, Project Report 04-04, 2009.
  • Determination of Georgia DOT Design Inputs for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design. Watson, Donald E. Presented at the 88th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (Submitted for publication), Washington, DC, 2009.
  • Repeatability of Asphalt Strain Measurements Under Falling Weight Deflectometer Loading. Willis, J. Richard and David H. Timm. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2094, pp. 3-11, Washington, DC, 2009.
  • Construction and Field Performance of Hot Mix Asphalt with Moderate and High RAP Contents. West, Randy, Nam H. Tran, Andrea Kvasnak, Buzz Powell, and Pamela Turner. Accepted for presentation and publication at the 8th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields, Champaign, IL, 2009.
  • Comparing Field Performance Under a Heavy Vehicle Simulator to Rutting Performance at the NCAT Pavement Test Track. Powell, R. Buzz. 3rd International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, October 2008.
  • Installation and Performance of a Fiberglass Georgia Interlayer on the NCAT Pavement Test Track. Powell, R. Buzz. 6th RILEM International Conference on Cracking in Pavements, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM and Proceedings Volume, June 2008.
  • Modeling Rutting Performance on the NCAT Pavement Test Track. Powell, R. Buzz TRB 87th Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, January 2008.
  • Evaluation of the Use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement in Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures. Watson, Donald E., Andriana-Vargas Nordcbeck, Jason Moore, David Jared, and Peter Wu. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2051, pp. 64-70, Washington, DC, 2008.
  • Verification of Superpave Ndesign Compaction Levels For Georgia. Watson, Donald E., Jason Moore, Justin Heartsill, David Jared, and Peter Wu. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2057, pp. 75-82, Washington, DC, 2008.
  • A Synthesis of Construction Practices for Accelerated Loading Facilities in the United States. Willis, J. Richard and R. Buzz Powell. Proceedings of the International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Madrid, Spain, February 2008.
  • A Synthesis of Practical and Appropriate Instrumentation Use for Accelerated Pavement Testing. Willis J. Richard. Proceedings of the International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Madrid, Spain, February 2008.
  • Repeatability of Asphalt Strain Measurements under Full-Scale Dynamic Loading. Willis, J. Richard and David H. Timm. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2087, pp. 40-48, Washington, DC, 2008.
  • Improved Porous Friction Courses (PFC) on Asphalt Airfield Pavements. Cooley Jr., L. Allen, R. C. Ahlrich, Donald E. Watson, and Prithvi S. Kandal. Airfield Asphalt Pavement Technology Program, Auburn University, Project Report 04-06, 2007.
  • Forensic Investigation of a Rich-Bottom Pavement under Dynamic Loading. Willis, J. Richard and David H. Timm. Proceedings of the International Conference for Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials, Athens, Greece, 2007.
  • Predicting Field Performance on the NCAT Pavement Test Track. Powell, R. Buzz. Dissertation, Auburn University, 2006.
  • Prioritization Procedures for Proposed Transportation Improvement at the Metropolitan Level. Turochy, Rod E. and J. Richard Willis. Transportation Research Board 2006 Annual Conference CD-ROM, 2006.
  • Quality Assurance of Hot-Mix Asphalt: Comparison of Contractor Quality Control and Georgia Department of Transportation Data. Turochy, Rod E., Willis, J. Richard, and Frazier Parker. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1946, pp. 47-54, Washington, DC, 2006.
  • Analysis of Temperature Data for the National Center for Asphalt Technology Test Track. Watson, Donald E., Jingna Zhang, and R. Buzz Powell. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1891, pp. 68-75, Washington, DC, 2004.
  • Comparison of Superpave and Marshall Mix Performance in Alabama. Watson,  Donald E., E. Ray Brown, and Jason Moore. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1929, pp. 133-140, Washington, DC, 2005.
  • Determining Air Voids Content of Compacted Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures. Xie, Hongbin and Donald E. Watson. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1891, pp. 203-211, Washington, DC, 2004.
  • Laboratory Performance Testing of Open-Graded Friction Course Mixtures. Watson, Donald E., L. Allen Cooley, Jr., Kathryn Ann Moore, and Kevin Williams. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1891, pp. 40-47, Washington, DC, 2004.
  • Verification of Voids in Coarse Aggregate Testing: Determining Stone-On-Stone Contact of Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures.  Watson, Donald E., Eyad Masad, Kathryn Ann Moore, Kevin Williams, and L. Allen Cooley, Jr. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1891, pp. 182-190, Washington, DC, 2004.
  • Field Performance Testing on the NCAT Pavement Test Track. Powell,  Buzz. International Conference on Highway Pavement Data, Analysis and Mechanistic Design Applications, 2003.
  • Laboratory Performance Testing for the NCAT Pavement Test Track. Powell, Buzz. TRB 82nd Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, January 2003.
  • Representative Sampling for Construction Quality Control at the 2000 NCAT Pavement Test Track. Powell, Buzz. TRB 82nd Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, 2003.
  • MMLS3 Testing at the NCAT Test Track. Smit, André de Fortier, Fred Hugo, Dale Rand, and R. Buzz Powell. TRB 82nd Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, 2003.
  • An Updated Review of SMA and Superpave Projects. Watson, Donald E. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1832, pp. 217-223, Washington, DC, 2003.
  • Refinement of New Generation Open-Graded Friction Course Mix Design. Watson, Donald E., Kathryn Ann Moore, Kevin Williams, and L. Allen Cooley, Jr. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1832, pp. 78-85, Washington, DC, 2003.
  • NCAT Test Track Design, Construction, and Performance. Watson, Donald E. National Transportation Symposium, National Center for Asphalt Technology, 2002.
  • A General Overview of Research Efforts at the NCAT Pavement Test Track. Brown, E. Ray, and R. Buzz Powell. International Symposium on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, 2001.
  • Instrumentation at the National Center for Asphalt Technology Test Track. Freeman, Reed, H. Tommy Carr, Tom McEwen, and R. Buzz Powell. US Army Corps of Engineers, ERDC TR-01-9, 2001.
  • Open-Graded Friction Course. Watson, Donald E. Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Vol. 69, pp. 391-423, 2000.
  • Evaluation of Open-Graded Friction Course Mixtures Containing Cellulose Fibers. Cooley, Jr., L., Allen, E. Brown, R., and Watson, D. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1723, pp. 19-25, Washington, DC, 2000.
  • Measure of Viscosity for Quality Assurance of Asphalt Binder of Recycled Hot Mix Asphalt Using Dynamic Shear Rheometer. Watson, Donald E. Georgia Department of Transportation, 2000.
  • Fine Aggregate Angularity Round Robin Testing. Watson, Donald E. Presented at the Southeastern Asphalt User/Producer Group Annual Meeting, Panama City, FL, 1999.
  • Georgia Department of Transportation's Experience with Microsurfacing. Watson, Donald E. and David Jared. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1616, pp. 42-46, Washington, DC, 1998.
  • Georgia DOT's Progress in Open-Graded Friction Course Development. Watson, Donald E., Andrew Johnson, and David Jared. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1616, pp. 30-33, Washington, DC, 1998.
  • Georgia's Experience with Recycled Roofing Shingles in Asphaltic Concrete. Watson, Donald E., Andrew Johnson, and Hem R. Sharma. Transportation Research Board Vol. 1638, pp. 129-133, Washington, DC, 1998.
  •  Effect of Aggregate Degradation on Specimens Compacted by Superpave Gyratory Compaction. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1590, pp. 1-9, Washington, DC, 1997.
  • Georgia's Experience with Crumb-Rubber in Hot Mix Asphalt. Brown, Dan R., David Jared, Chris Jones and Donald E. Watson. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1583, pp. 45-51, Washington, DC, 1997.
  • The Superpave Gradation Restricted Zone and Performance Testing with the Georgia Loaded Wheel Tester. Watson, Donald E., Andrew Johnson, and David Jared. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1583, pp. 106-111, Washington, DC, 1997.
  • Summary of Georgia's Experience with Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures. Watson, Donald E. Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1996.
  • Development and Use of Georgia Loaded Wheel Tester. Collins, Ronald, Donald E. Watson, and B. Campbell. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1492, pp. 202-207, Washington, DC, 1995.
  • Performance of Recycled Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures in Georgia. Kandhal, Prithvi S., S.S. Rao, Donald E. Watson, and B. Young. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1507, pp. 67-77, Washington, DC, 1995.
  • Review of Control Strip Procedures. Watson, Donald E. Georgia Department of Transportation, 1991.
  • Georgia's Use of Non-Chlorinated Solvents for Bituminous Extraction. Watson, Donald E. Georgia Department of Transportation, 1989.
  • Determination of Shear And Bulk Moduli of Viscoelastic Solids from the Indirect Tension Creep Test. Kim, J., H. Lee and N. Kim, 2010, Journal of Engineering Mechanics ASCE, Vol. 136, No. 9, pp. 1067-1075.
  • Application of the Viscoelastic Continuum Damage Model to the Indirect Tension Test at a Single Temperature. Kim, J. and R. C. West, 2010, Journal of Engineering Mechanics ASCE, Vol. 136, No. 4, pp. 1-10.
  • Performance of Polymer-Modified Asphalt Mixture with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement. Kim, S., A. Sholar, T. Byron, G. and J. Kim, 2009, Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2126, pp. 109-114.
  • Forensic Investigation and Validation of Energy Ratio Concept. Timm, D., G. A. Sholar, J. Kim, and R. Willis, 2009,Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2127, pp. 43-57.
  • Determination of Viscoelastic Poisson’s Ratio and Creep Compliance from the Indirect Tension Test. Lee, H. and J. Kim, 2009, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering ASCE, Vol. 21, No. 8, pp. 416-425.
  • Viscoelastic Analysis of Flexible Pavements and Its Reological Effects on Top-Down Cracking. Kim, J., R. Roque and T. Byron, 2009, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering ASCE, Vol. 21, No. 7, pp. 324-332.
  • Integration of Thermal Fracture in the HMA Fracture Model. Kim, J., R. Roque and B. Birgisson, 2008, Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Vol. 77, 631-662.
  • Determination of Accurate Creep Compliance and Relaxation Modulus at a Single Temperature for Viscoelastic Solids. Kim, J., G. A. Sholar and S. Kim, 2008 Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering ASCE, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 147-156.
  • Interpreting Dissipated Energy from Complex Modulus Data. Kim, J., R. Roque and B. Birgisson, 2006. International Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 223-245.
  • Obtaining Creep Compliance Parameters Accurately from Static or Cyclic Creep Tests. Kim, J., R. Roque and B. Birgisson, 2005, Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 2, No. 8.