“With the mix, this is what happens to the road after extended period of time, under the traffic volume,” explains Dr. Sahadat Hossain. He is a Civil Engineering Professor at UTA and is the school’s director of Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability. Dr. Hossain, along with his team of students…
With a background in sustainable waste management, Dr. Hossain said, “We don’t want plastic to go into the landfill.” There are many kinds of plastic, some recyclable and some not recyclable. Dr. Hossain said the idea was pitched to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). They are now working with…
ARLINGTON, Texas — Cracked and worn-out roads can be frustrating to drivers, but at the University of Texas at Arlington, a civil engineering professor and his researchers are hoping to create a long-term solution. Dr. Sahadat Hossain leads the team made up of PhD students and a post-doctoral research associate. They’ve…
A civil engineering professor at University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has found a great way to utilize both recycled and un-recycled plastic waste products to fill in surface cracks and rutting in roads. It’s the first use of what’s called “plastic road” material in Texas.
Over the last three years, Sahadat Hossain, director of the UTA Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability, and his team successfully completed a laboratory investigation examining the reuse of waste plastics in asphalt.
Sahadat Hossain, a UTA Civil Engineering Professor and the Director of the UTA Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability, has received a $950,000 grant from the Dallas district of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Co-principal investigator is Karthikeyan Loganathan, an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. The plastic road is expected…
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and civil engineering professor Sahadat Hossain has found a goldmine in something the world often views as a problem: plastic. Starting with a grant of $950,000 from the Dallas district of the Texas Department of Transportation, Hossain, who is also the sustainability director…
“One word: plastics.” That’s the famous career advice from the movie The Graduate. A professor at UT Arlington must have gotten the same message, because 56 years later he’s making history by using plastics to repair and stabilize Texas roadways in the DFW area. Dr. Sahadat Hossain—a UTA civil engineering professor…
ARLINGTON, Texas — A civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington is using recycled and unrecycled plastic waste products to fill in cracks and reduce rutting in roads. Professor Sahadat Hossain received a nearly $950,000 grant from the Dallas district of TxDOT to implement the “plastic road” material…
A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering professor is using both recycled and unrecycled plastic waste products to fill in surface cracks and reduce rutting in roads—the first use of what’s called “plastic road” material in Texas. Sahadat Hossain, UTA civil engineering professor and director of the UTA Solid…