After months spent developing special asphalt mixtures inside a lab, a team of researchers at Rowan University’s Center for Research & Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems (CREATES) has rolled out its massive Heavy Vehicle Simulator to determine the life expectancy of new pavements designed for military use.

The only one of its kind in a Northeast academic institution, Rowan’s simulator compresses the wear and tear of 20 years’ worth of heavy traffic in just a few months’ time.

Read the entire article at Rowan Today.