Kamal Hossain
Associate Professor in Transportation Engineering
- Postdoc (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), PhD (Waterloo), BEng (BUET), PEng
- 3370 Mackenzie, 杏吧原创 University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
Email: kamal.hossain@carleton.ca
Prof. Hossain鈥檚 mailbox is located in room 3432 C.J. Mackenzie Building, 杏吧原创 University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada
Bio
Dr. Hossain is an Associate Professor at 杏吧原创 University, Ottawa. Previously, Dr. Hossain served as an Assistant Professor at Memorial University. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Illinois Center for Transportation of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in USA, and at the Center for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) and Transportation System Solution Laboratory of the University of Waterloo. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (Transportation) from the University of Waterloo. Dr. Hossain鈥檚 research interests include pavement engineering, pavement materials, and spring and winter road maintenance. He teaches highway and pavement engineering, and infrastructure management courses. Dr. Hossain has contributed to over 80 journal articles, conference papers and technical reports. Dr. Hossain serves in several technical committees and professional associations including United States Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committees on Asphalt Binders (AKM20) and Pavement Maintenance (AKT30), APSE Research Task Force, ASCE Construction Institute Technical Committee on Bituminous Materials (BMC), Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA), and the Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE).
Research Interests
Pavement Performance and Sustainability; Recycled and Alternative Highway Materials; Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation for Highway Pavements; Pavement Design Adaptation for Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles; Performance-based Asphalt Mix Design; Balanced Mix Design (BMD); Mechanics-based Pavement Design Analysis for Changing Climates; Tire-Pavement Interaction; Pavement Asset Management; Pavement Distress Evaluation, Performance and Distress Prediction Modeling; Highway Maintenance and Pavement Preservation Technologies; Transportation Asset Management; Transportation Infrastructure Resiliency; Transportation Sustainability; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) of Municipal and Transportation Infrastructure Design Alternatives; Winter Road Operation; De-icing and Anti-icing Technologies; Snow and Ice Control on Sidewalks, Parking lots and Bike lanes; Road Safety; Cold Region Pavement Design; Development of Energy Harvesting and Smart Pavement; Pavement Recycling Technologies.
Opportunities: Prospective Graduate Students
- Pavement Research Group at 杏吧原创 University, Ottawa seeks applications from prospective graduate students (PhD/MASc) (1) who are highly motivated in research, and developing and generating new knowledge, (2) who have a strong academic record, (3) who have some research or practical experiences in pavement engineering/relevant field. The selected graduate student(s) will be conducting research in one or multiple areas of pavement engineering.
- The applicants who meet these above three criteria are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Kamal Hossain at kamal.hossain@carleton.ca for consideration. If you are interested to join our research team, please send your detailed CV, transcripts, and English language test result (if applicable). Based on review of the applicant’s documents, only selected candidates will be contacted for next step.
- Please know that, if English is not your first language, you need to complete TOEFL or IELTS English language test before you apply. A minimum score of 90 overall with 23 in writing for the TOEFL iBT test and 6.5 overall with 6.5 in writing for the IELTS test is required for recommendation.
Previous Teaching Assignments
- CIVE 4209/3305 Highway Engineering
- CIVE 2004 GIS, Surveying, CAD & BIM
- CIVE 4918 Design Project
- CIVE 5303 Pavements & Materials
- CIVE 5806 Special Topic in Transportation: Advanced Pavement Engineering and Management
- EGEN 5103 Pavements and Materials
Publications
Honours/Awards
- Research Achievement Award 2025, Faculty of Engineering & Design, 杏吧原创 University
- Editor’s Choice Paper, ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 2022
- Editor’s Choice Paper, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2022
- Research Excellence Award to PhD Student, Memorial University Graduate Student Union, 2020
- Best Paper of Pavements Award, ASCE T&DI Pavement Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2019
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2016
- Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
- University of Waterloo Graduate Student Award (5 times), 2011-2014
Media Coverage/Features (Selected)
- CBC, Climate Change and the Rising Cost of Potholes, March 10, 2023.
- , Highway Issues in B. C., Nov. 26, 2021.
- , Pavement potholes, April 23, 2021.
- The Asphalt Institute – Asphalt Academic, , Fall 2019
- VOCM News, , November 18, 2019
- The Telegram Interview, , March 15, 2019
- The Telegram, ,March 20, 2019
- VOCM Interview with Darrell Power, Sunday Drive show, , First 15 minutes, May 5, 2019
- The Western Star, Text Interview, , January 22, 2019