Refereed Articles

• Luo, Z., Kim, M., & Hwang, S. (2020). Effect of soil spatial variability on the structural reliability of a statically indeterminate frame. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.
• Akentuna, M., Mohammad, L. N., Kim, M., Cooper, S., & Cooper, S. B. (2020). Improving Durability of Asphalt Pavements in Louisiana through Increased In-Place Field Density. Transportation Research Record.
• Kim, M., Mohammad, L. N., Jordan, T., & Cooper III, S. B. (2018). Fatigue Performance of Asphalt Mixture Containing Recycled Materials and Warm-Mix Technologies Under Accelerated Loading and Four Point Bending Beam Test. Journal of Cleaner Production, 192, 656-664.
• Kim, M., Phaltane, P., Mohammad, L. N., & Elseifi, M. A. (2018). Temperature Segregation and Its Impact on the Quality and Performance of Asphalt Pavements. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering.
• Kim, M., Mohammad, L. N., Phaltane, P., & Elseifi, M. A. (2017). Density and SCB measured fracture resistance of temperature-segregated asphalt mixtures. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology.
• Mohammad, L. N., Hassan, M. M., & Kim, M. (2017). Effects of Paver Stoppage on Temperature Segregation in Asphalt Pavements. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.
• Kim, M., Mohammad, L. N., & Elseifi, M. (2015). Effects of Various Extrapolation Techniques for Abbreviated Dynamic Modulus Test Data on the MEPDG Rutting Predictions. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 23 (3), 353-363.
• Kim, M., Mohammad, L. N., Challa, H., & Elseifi, M. A. (2015). A Simplified Performance-Based Specification for Asphalt Pavements. Road Materials and Pavement Design., doi: 10.1080/14680629.2015.1077005.
• Kim, M., Mohammad, L., & Elseifi, M. (2012). Characterization of Fracture Properties of Asphalt Mixtures as Measured by Semi-Circular Bend Test and Indirect Tension Test. Transportation Research Record.
• Kim, M., & Buttlar, W. (2011). Differential Scheme Micromechanics Modeling Framework for Predictions of HMA Mixture E* and Experimental Validation," ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.
• Kim, M., & Buttlar, W. (2010). Stiffening Mechanisms of Asphalt-Aggregate Mixtures: From Binder to Mixtures. Transportation Research Record.
• Kim, M., Buttlar, W., Baek, J., & Al-Qadi, I. (2009). Field and Laboratory Evaluation of Fracture Resistance of Illinois HMA Overlay Mixtures. Transportation Research Record.

Refereed Proceedings

• Kim, M., Cooper, S. B., Mohammad, L. N., & Baumgardner, G. L. (2018). Asphalt Mixtures Containing RAS and/or RAP: Relationships Amongst Binder Composition Analysis and Mixture Low-Temperature Cracking Performance. 93rd Annual Meeting of Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists.
• Mohammad, L. N., Kim, M., & Elseifi, M. (2012). Correlation between the Laboratory Measured Fracture Resistance and the Field Cracking of Asphalt Pavements. 7th RILEM International Conference on Cracking in Pavements.
• Kim, M., & Buttlar, W. G. (2009). A Two-Phase Sequential Differential Scheme Modeling Approach for Asphalt Mixtures. The 4th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, IV, 499-504.

Presentations of Refereed Papers

• Gao, Y. & Kim, M. (2019). Atomic Absorption Spectrometer for Detection of Contaminant Materials in Asphalt Cement in Comparison with X-ray Fluorescence Analysis. International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, Chicago, Illinois, July 2019, Chicago, Illinois.
• Kim, M., Mohammad, L., Jordan, T., & Cooper III, S. (2018). Fatigue Performance of Asphalt Mixture Containing Recycled Materials and Warm-Mix Technologies Under Accelerated Loading and Four Point Bending Beam Test. 97th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Kim, M., Mohammad, L., Jordan, T., & Cooper III, S. B. (2018). Asphalt Mixtures Containing RAS and/or RAP: Relationships amongst Binder Composition Analysis and Mixture Low-Temperature Cracking Performance. 93rd Annual Meeting of Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Jacksonville, Florida.
• Kim, M., Mohammad, L., Phaltane, P., & Elseifi, M. (2016). Effect of Temperature Segregation on the Quality and Fracture Resistance of Asphalt Pavements. 95th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Kim, M., Mohammad, L., Challa, H., & Elseifi, M. (2015). Permanent Deformation in Flexible Pavements: Laboratory and Field Performance Comparisons. 94th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Kim, M. (2014). Effects of Various Extrapolation Techniques for Abbreviated Dynamic Modulus Test Data on MEPDG Rutting Predictions. 93rd Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Kim, M. (2013). Permanent Deformation of Flexible Pavements: Laboratory and Field Performance Comparisons. 92nd Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Kim, M. (2012). Characterization of Fracture Properties of Asphalt Mixtures as Measured by Semi-Circular Bend Test and Indirect Tension Test. 91st Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Kim, M. (2010). Stiffening Mechanisms of Asphalt-Aggregate Mixtures. 89th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Kim, M. (2009). Field and Laboratory Evaluation of Fracture Resistance of Illinois HMA Overlay Mixtures. 88th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Kim, M. (2009). A Two-Phase Sequential Differential Scheme Modeling Approach for Asphalt Mixtures. The 4th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, New York, New York.

Research Reports

• 2019: Mohammad, L., Cooper Jr., S.B., & Kim, M., Sustainable Materials for Pavement Infrastructure: Design and Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Containing Recycled Asphalt Shingles., submitted to Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
• 2019: Mohammad, L., Kim, M., & Phaltane, P., Effects of Temperature Segregation on the Volumetric and Mechanistic Properties of Asphalt Mixtures., submitted to Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
• 2015: Mohammad, L., Kim, M., & Challa, H., Development of Performance Based Specifications for Louisiana Asphalt Mixtures., submitted to Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
• 2013: Mohammad, L., Kim, M., Raghavendra, A., & Obulareddy, S., Characterization of Louisiana Asphalt Mixtures Using Asphalt Mixture Performance Tests (AMPTs) and MEPDG., submitted to Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
• 2009: Al-Qadi, I., Buttlar, W., Baek, J., & Kim, M., Effectiveness Assessment of HMA Overlay Interlayer Systems Used to Retard Reflective Cracking., submitted to Illinois Department of Transportation.
• 2009: Buttlar, W., Al-Qadi, I., Kim, M., & Kern, J., Creep, Strength, and Dynamic Modulus Testing of Mn/ROAD Materials., submitted to Bloom Companies, LLC.
• 2009: Buttlar, W., & Kim, M., Fracture Energy Characterization of Evotherm Warm-mix Asphalt Using DC(T) Test Device (Phase III)., submitted to MeadWestvaco, Co.

Grants

Research (Not funded):

• 2020: Kim, M. & Tokgoz, B., Measuring Transportation Infrastructure Resilience for the Midstream Industry in Southeast Texas: Impacts of Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Depression Imelda, Principal Investigator, Center for Midstream Management and Science.
• 2020: Kim, M., Tokgoz, B. E., & Hwang, S., Establishing TxDOT Transportation Resilience Planning Scorecard and Best Practices, Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation.

Teaching (Pending):

• 2019: Hwang, S. SMART Construction Lab, Co-Investigator, TEXO.
• 2019: Hwang, S., Luo, Z., & Kim, M., The TEXO Foundation University Construction Department Improvements Fund, Co-Principal Investigator, The TEXO FOUNDATION.