CREATES was honored to receive the 2020 NJ DOT Implementation Award for the project "Environmental Impacts of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements." The award was bestowed as part of the 22 Annual NJDOT Research Showcase, held virtually this year. A complete review of presentations and poster sessions can be found on the... read more →
Nov
23
Nov
05
Please join Dr. Cheng Zhu as he presents the 4th installment of the CREATES Webinar Fall Series. November 19th, Noon - 1pm Register to join at https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/onstage/g.php?MTID=ec5d7081e12afa6b2bcdfc7269b223c7d Pavements in cold climate regions undergo extreme weather conditions that affect their performance and ability to withstand traffic loading. During the low... read more →
Oct
27
CREATES is working to find the answers to those questions, plus many more about traffic signal performance, driver fatigue analysis, environmental sustainability, and the effectiveness of pedestrian safety campaigns. “We’re more than just pavements,” said Mehta, professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Rowan University and founding director of... read more →
Oct
01
The proposed projects make it possible to become competitive and will serve as a major step towards catching up with the world’s movement towards claiming a major stake in the arctic region and help secure our northern borders in the arctic region; thus, deterring any potential national security threats due... read more →
Sep
28
The CREATES Team recently shared data with the Department of Defense's "Value Proposition" resulting from the research of Cold Weather Pavement Testing, in partnership with the ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. A presentation of the Objectives, Benefits and Impact of this collaboration can be found in the DoD... read more →
Aug
25
Dr. Cheng Zhu has been awarded the project Summary and Inclusion of Rock Slope Stabilization Techniques into GeoTechTools by the ASCE Geo-Institute. The objective of the project is to summarize state-of-the-art technologies used for rock slope stabilization and incorporate them into GeoTechTools (GTTs). Three major stabilization techniques, altering slope geometry,... read more →
Jun
02
Dr. Yusuf Mehta and Dr. Daniel Offenbacker will host a Lunchtime Webinar on June 10, 2020 from Noon - 1:30pm. EVALUATION OF PRECAST CONCRETE PAVEMENT SYSTEMS, PHASE I: Identify Existing Precast Concrete Pavement Systems and State Specifications The CREATEs Team will discuss the types of precast pavement systems, past construction... read more →
May
07
CREATEs has the technical expertise and state-of-the-art facilities necessary to evaluate performance of manufactured and bio-based materials in civil engineering applications. The Center’s resources bridge the gap between fundamental and readily implementable research. CREATEs labs are certified by the AASHTO resource accreditation. In addition, our researchers are capable of conducting a broad range of petrographic... read more →
Jan
03
The CREATEs Team was broadly represented at the 2020 Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. A link to all CREATEs' lectern presentations is available at CREATES_TRB_Presentations Ahmed Saidi and Dr. Daniel Offenbacker Parisa Hosseini and Dr. Mohammad Jalayer
Nov
04
At the 21st Annual NJDOT Research Showcase held by the Rutgers University Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Tranportation (CAIT), Post-Doctoral Fellow Daniel Offenbacker presented his research on Design and Performance Evaluation of Fiber-reinforced Hot Mix Asphalt entitled "Laboratory Evaluation of Fiber-Reinforced Hot-Mix Asphalt" as part of an Innovation Breakout Session. In addition,... read more →