New Doctor interviews
New doctors at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment can present their work here.
The school operates within the entire built environment process, from idea, planning and design to technical solutions, production and management, while applying a sustainability perspective throughout. Our research ans education covers both technology and natural sciences as well as social sciences and the humanities.
Below are this year's interviews, earlier interviews can be found in the archive, via the navigation menu.
NEW DOCTOR
A Mechanistic Framework for Evaluating the Performance of Asphalt Pavements Subjected to Frost Heave and Thaw Settlement
The motivation for Saeed Vosoughian's doctoral dissertation stems from the significant and persistent challenges associated with pavement performance in cold regions. Seasonal freezing and thawing of frost-susceptible soils induce ground surface deformations that lead to premature deterioration of asphalt pavements.
Despite extensive empirical knowledge and practical mitigation measures, there remains a lack of comprehensive mechanistic models capable of linking subsurface frost action to the structural response and damage evolution of asphalt layers. The research was therefore undertaken to bridge that gap.
