Cassie Castorena

Yang, K., Li, R., Castorena, C., Shane Underwood, B., & Cui, H. (2024). A framework to identify fatigue failure of asphalt binders under multiple aging levels using linear amplitude and time sweep testing. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2024.2328132

Costa, R., & Castorena, C. (2024, April 15). Assessing Recycled Binder Availability, Activity, and Contribution at Different Temperatures. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241239966

Mocelin, D. M., Isied, M. M., Costa, R. F. da, & Castorena, C. (2024). Availability adjusted mix design method as a tool to mitigate the adverse effects of RAP on the performance of asphalt mixtures. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135813

Fried, A., Boz, I., Preciado, J., Gulzar, S., Underwood, B. S., Castorena, C., & Habbouche, J. (2024, March 29). Evaluation of Alternative Approaches to Restore the Rheology of Recycled Asphalt Binders. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241235179

Xue, L. G., Gulzar, S., & Castorena, C. (2024, June 25). Linear viscoelastic, viscoplastic, and damage characterization of recycled asphalt binders and mixtures containing recycling agents with long-term aging. MECHANICS OF TIME-DEPENDENT MATERIALS, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11043-024-09721-4

Isied, M., Mocelin, D. M., Preciado, J., Vestena, P., Underwood, B. S., Kim, Y. R., & Castorena, C. (2024, April 13). Mechanical Properties and Performance of Mixtures Containing a High Level of Recycled Materials That Are Designed Using Alternative Approaches. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241238228

Preciado, J., Gulzar, S., Castorena, C., Underwood, B. S., Habbouche, J., & Boz, I. (2024, April 3). Performance Assessment of High Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Asphalt Mixtures with Recycling Agents. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241236483

Gulzar, S., Xue, L., Preciado, J., Fried, A., Castorena, C., Underwood, B. S., … Boz, I. (2024). Phenomenological modeling of aging and rejuvenation on asphalt binder fatigue characteristics. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135929

Duarte, G. M., Yadav, S., & Castorena, C. (2024, May 4). Using Color Measurements to Quantify Aggregate and Asphalt Emulsion Compatibility. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241242754

Gulzar, S., Castorena, C., & Underwood, S. (2023). An investigation into the nonlinear rheological behavior of modified asphalt binders using large amplitude oscillatory shear rheology. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2023.2211211

Preciado, J., Gulzar, S., Fried, A., Castorena, C., Underwood, B. S., Habbouche, J., & Boz, I. (2023, July 3). Benchmarking Recycled Binder Blends Using Statistical Analysis: A Case Study of Virginia and North Carolina. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231178812

Goenaga, B., Underwood, B. S., Castorena, C., & Rogers, P. (2023, January 27). Early Friction and Texture Evolution After an Asphalt Overlay. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221149436

Alvis, M. A., Pape, S., Xue, L. G., & Castorena, C. (2023). Effects of Asphalt Mixture Constituents on the Recycled Binder Contribution. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 4, 036119812311650. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231165021

Mocelin, D. M., Isied, M. M., & Castorena, C. (2023). Influence of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingle (RAS) binder availability on the composition of asphalt mixtures. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139156

Mocelin, D. M., Isied, M. M., Alvis, M. C. A., Kusam, A., Underwood, B. S., Kim, Y. R., & Castorena, C. (2023, April 19). Laboratory Performance Evaluation of Alternative Approaches to Incorporate Recycled Binder Availability into Mixture Design Procedures. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231161601

Fried, A., & Castorena, C. (2023, April 29). Practical Methods to Construct Asphalt Binder Master Curves and Calculate Christensen-Anderson Model Parameters. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231169274

Ding, J., Jeong, J., Lee, K. C., Underwood, B. S., Kim, Y. R., & Castorena, C. (2023, April 11). Repeatability and Reproducibility Analysis for Functional Test Results from Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester Cyclic Fatigue Test. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231159409

Kuchiishi, A. K., Castorena, C., Kim, Y. R., & Underwood, B. S. (2023, April 27). Ruggedness Evaluation of Dynamic Modulus Test Using Small-Scale Test Specimens for Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231165780

Gulzar, S., Fried, A., Preciado, J., Castorena, C., Underwood, S., Habbouche, J., & Boz, I. (2023). [Review of Towards sustainable roads: A State-of-the-art review on the use of recycling agents in recycled asphalt mixtures]. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136994

Goenaga, B., Underwood, B. S., Castorena, C., Cantillo, V., & Arellana, J. (2023). Using continuous traffic counts extracted from smartphone data to evaluate traffic reductions during COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina. Latin American Transport Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.latran.2023.100005

Pape, S., & Castorena, C. (2022). Analysis of the Role of Recycled Material Agglomerations on the Location of Fracture in Asphalt Mixtures. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PART B-PAVEMENTS, 148(2). https://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000382

Pape, S., & Castorena, C. (2022, February 9). Application of Sieve Analysis to Estimate Recycled Binder Availability. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211073324

Yang, K., Li, R., Castorena, C., & Underwood, B. S. (2022). Correlation of asphalt binder linear viscoelasticity (LVE) parameters and the ranking consistency related to fatigue cracking resistance. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126450

Yang, K., Li, R., Underwood, B. S., & Castorena, C. (2022). Effect of laboratory oxidative aging on dynamic shear rheometer measures of asphalt binder fatigue cracking resistance. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.127566

Pape, S. E., & Castorena, C. (2022). Effects of laboratory preheating procedures on recycled binder contribution in asphalt mixtures. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134207

Fried, A., Xue, L. G., Gulzar, S., Preciado, J., Underwood, B. S., & Castorena, C. (2022). Evaluation of Recycling Agent and Extender Dosage Selection Procedures to Restore the High-Temperature Climatic Performance Grade. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2676(6), 302–314. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221074361

Matini, N., Gulzar, S., Underwood, S., & Castorena, C. (2022, March 9). Evaluation of Structural Performance of Pavements under Extreme Events: Flooding and Heatwave Case Studies. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221077984

Saleh, N. F., Braswell, E., Elwardany, M., Rad, F. Y., Castorena, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2022). Field Calibration and Validation of a Pavement Aging Model. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2022.2027416

Mocelin, D. M., & Castorena, C. (2022, March 1). Impacts of recycled binder availability on volumetric mixture design and performance. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2022.2046276

Zeng, Z. 'A., Underwood, B. S., & Castorena, C. (2022). Low-temperature performance grade characterisation of asphalt binder using the dynamic shear rheometer. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 23(3), 811–823. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2020.1774766

Pape, S. E., & Castorena, C. A. (2021, June 17). Assessment of the impacts of sample preparation on the use of EDS for analysing recycled asphalt blending. JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.13036

Gulzar, S., Richard Kim, Y., Castorena, C., & Shane Underwood, B. (2021). COVID-19, Uncertainty, and the Need for Resilience-Based Thinking in Pavement Engineering. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PART B-PAVEMENTS, 147(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000235

Ravichandran, M., & Castorena, C. (2021). Critical Evaluation of Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR)-Based Methods to Measure Asphalt Binder Diffusion. JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION, 49(6), 4014–4031. https://doi.org/10.1520/JTE20200432

Braswell, E., Saleh, N. F., Elwardany, M., Yousefi Rad, F., Castorena, C., Underwood, B. S., & Kim, Y. R. (2021). Refinement of Climate-, Depth-, and Time-Based Laboratory Aging Procedure for Asphalt Mixtures. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2675(2), 207–218. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120957316

Habbouche, J., Boz, I., Underwood, B. S., Castorena, C., Gulzar, S., Fried, A., & Preciado, J. (2021, December 9). Review From Multiple Perspectives for the State of the Practice on the Use of Recycled Asphalt Materials and Recycling Agents in Asphalt Concrete Surface Mixtures. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 2676. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211061130

Ding, J., Lee, K. C., Castorena, C., Kim, Y. R., & Underwood, B. S. (2021, February 22). Use of Resampling Method to Construct Variance Index and Repeatability Limit of Damage Characteristic Curve. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198121994850

Saleh, N. F., Keshavarzi, B., Rad, F. Y., Mocelin, D., Elwardany, M., Castorena, C., … Kim, Y. R. (2020). Effects of aging on asphalt mixture and pavement performance. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120309

Safaei, F., & Castorena, C. (2020). Improved interpretation of asphalt binder parallel plate dynamic shear rheometer fatigue tests. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 21(1), 74–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2018.1438611

Saleh, N. F., Mocelin, D., Yousefi Rad, F., Castorena, C., Underwood, B. S., & Kim, Y. R. (2020). Predictive Framework for Modeling Changes in Asphalt Mixture Moduli with Oxidative Aging. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2674(10), 79–93. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120938775

Adams, J., Castorena, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2019). Construction quality acceptance performance-related specifications for chip seals. JOURNAL OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING-ENGLISH EDITION, 6(4), 337–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2019.05.003

Malladi, H., & Castorena, C. (2019). Field measurements of emulsion application rates and pavement emulsion absorption in tack coats and chip seals. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 218, 701–711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.05.105

Fried, A., Malladi, H., & Castorena, C. (2019). Impact of Crack Sealant on Pavement Skid Resistance. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2673(7), 362–370. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119849590

Rawls, M., & Castorena, C. (2019). In situ measurements of emulsion application rates. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 20(7), 811–819. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2017.1347438

Bozorgi, A., Fried, A., Montoya, B. M., & Castorena, C. (2019). The effect of laboratory compaction method on the resilient behaviour and fabric of aggregate base course materials. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 21(7), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1580606

Rad, F. Y., Elwardany, M. D., Castorena, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2018). Evaluation of Chemical and Rheological Aging Indices to Track Oxidative Aging of Asphalt Mixtures. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2672(28), 349–358. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118784138

Castorena, C., Ilias, M., Adams, J., & Kim, Y. R. (2018). Low-Temperature Emulsion Performance-Graded Specification for Chip Seals. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2672(28), 266–276. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118790133

Malladi, H., Asnake, M., LaCroix, A., & Castorena, C. (2018). Low-Temperature Vacuum Drying Procedure for Rapid Asphalt Emulsion Residue Recovery. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2672(28), 256–265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118791913

Adams, J., Ilias, M., Castorena, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2018). Performance-Graded Specifications for Asphalt Emulsions Used in Chip Seal Preservation Treatments. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2672(12), 20–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118770169

Xie, W., Castorena, C., Wang, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2017). A framework to characterize the healing potential of asphalt binder using the linear amplitude sweep test. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 154, 771–779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.08.021

Adams, J., Castorena, C., Im, J. H., Ilias, M., & Kim, Y. R. (2017). Addressing Raveling Resistance in Chip Seal Specifications. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, (2612), 39–46. https://doi.org/10.3141/2612-05

Wang, C., Castrorena, C., Zhang, J., & Kim, Y. R. (2017). Application of Time-Temperature Superposition Principle on Fatigue Failure Analysis of Asphalt Binder. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0001730

Lee, K., Pape, S., Castorena, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2017). Evaluation of Small Specimen Geometries for Asphalt Mixture Performance Testing and Pavement Performance Prediction. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, (2631), 74–82. https://doi.org/10.3141/2631-09

Rad, F. Y., Elwardany, M. D., Castorena, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2017). Investigation of proper long-term laboratory aging temperature for performance testing of asphalt concrete. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 147, 616–629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.04.197

Safaei, F., & Castorena, C. (2017). Material nonlinearity in asphalt binder fatigue testing and analysis. MATERIALS & DESIGN, 133, 376–389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.08.010

Castorena, C., Pape, S., & Mooney, C. (2016). Blending Measurements in Mixtures with Reclaimed Asphalt Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy with X-Ray Analysis. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, (2574), 57–63. https://doi.org/10.3141/2574-06

Elwardany, M. D., Yousefi Rad, F., Castorena, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2016). Evaluation of asphalt mixture laboratory long-term ageing methods for performance testing and prediction. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 18(sup1), 28–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2016.1266740

Wang, C., Zhang, H., Castorena, C., Zhang, J., & Kim, Y. R. (2016). Identifying fatigue failure in asphalt binder time sweep tests. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 121, 535–546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.06.020

Safaei, F., Castorena, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2016). Linking asphalt binder fatigue to asphalt mixture fatigue performance using viscoelastic continuum damage modeling. MECHANICS OF TIME-DEPENDENT MATERIALS, 20(3), 299–323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11043-016-9304-1

Veytskin, Y., Bobko, C., & Castorena, C. (2016). Nanoindentation and Atomic Force Microscopy Investigations of Asphalt Binder and Mastic. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, 28(6). https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0001532

Veytskin, Y., Bobko, C., & Castorena, C. (2016). Nanoindentation investigation of asphalt binder and mastic viscoelasticity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 17(4), 363–376. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2014.993393

Rawls, M., Im, J. H., & Castorena, C. (2016). Tack Lifter for In Situ Measurement of Effective Emulsion Application Rates. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, (2550), 80–88. https://doi.org/10.3141/2550-11

Safaei, F., & Castorena, C. (2016). Temperature effects of linear amplitude sweep testing and analysis. Transportation Research Record, (2574), 92–100.

Davis, C., & Castorena, C. (2015). Implications of physico-chemical interactions in asphalt mastics on asphalt microstructure. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 94, 83–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.06.026

Veytskin, Y., Bobko, C., Castorena, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2015). Nanoindentation investigation of asphalt binder and mastic cohesion. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 100, 163–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.09.053

Wang, C., Castorena, C., Zhang, J., & Kim, Y. R. (2015). Unified failure criterion for asphalt binder under cyclic fatigue loading. ROAD MATERIALS AND PAVEMENT DESIGN, Vol. 16, pp. 125–148. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2015.1077010

Safaei, F., Lee, J.-sub, Nascimento, L. A. H. do, Hintz, C., & Kim, Y. R. (2014). Implications of warm-mix asphalt on long-term oxidative ageing and fatigue performance of asphalt binders and mixtures. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 15(sup1), 45–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2014.927050

Safaei, F., & Hintz, C. (2014). Investigation of the effect of temperature on asphalt binder fatigue. Asphalt Pavements, vols 1 and 2, 1491–1500. https://doi.org/10.1201/b17219-181

Hintz, C., & Bahia, H. (2013). Simplification of Linear Amplitude Sweep Test and Specification Parameter. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, (2370), 10–16. https://doi.org/10.3141/2370-02

Hintz, C., & Bahia, H. (2013). Understanding Mechanisms Leading to Asphalt Binder Fatigue in the Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR). ASPHALT PAVING TECHNOLOGY 2013, VOL 82, Vol. 82, pp. 465–501. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2013.818818

Hintz, C., & Bahia, H. (2013). Understanding mechanisms leading to asphalt binder fatigue in the dynamic shear rheometer (DSR). Asphalt paving technology 2013, vol 82, 82, 465–501.