NUST INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Department: Department of Transportation Engineering Research Publications

Research Publications

2025

  2. Gulrez Farooq, Arshad Hussaina, Qiu Yanjunb, Haibo Dingb and Arslan Shamim, “Performance evaluation of Marshall and Superpave asphalt mix design methods: a volumetrics-analysis based approach” Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, ISSN:2204-2245  Feb 2025

2024

  1. Hasnain Gardezi, Muhammad Ikrama, Muhammad Usama, Mudassir Iqbal, Fazal E. Jalal, Arshad Hussain, Xingyue Li, “Predictive modeling of rutting depth in modified asphalt mixes using gene-expression programming (GEP): A sustainable use of RAP, fly ash, and plastic waste” Construction and Building Materials, ISSN: 0950-0618, Volume 443, Sep 2024.
  2. Muneer, Qamar, Arshad Hussain, Muhammad Asif Khan, Muhammad Faisal Habib, and Afaq Khattak. “An exploratory analysis of factors leading to prevalence of distracted driving behavior in Pakistan." Case Studies on Transport Policy (2024): 101257.
  3. Sajid, Zeerak Waryam, Arshad Hussian, Muhammad Umer Amin Khan, Fahad K. Alqahtani, and Fahim Ullah. “Technical, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Reclaimed Asphalt and Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate Pavements." Sustainability 16, no. 12 (2024): 4911.
  4. Bangash, Muhammad Abbas, Arshad Hussain, Nangyaley Khan, and Yanjun Qiu. “Optimizing Waste Management and Enhancing Asphalt Performance: A Sustainable Approach using Discarded Baby Diapers and Face Masks." International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology (2024).
  5. Khattak, Afaq, Jianping Zhang, Pak-Wai Chan, Feng Chen, Arshad Hussain, and Hamad Almujibah. “Wind Shear and Aircraft Aborted Landings: A Deep Learning Perspective for Prediction and Analysis." Atmosphere 15, no. 5 (2024): 545.
  6. Zubair, Muhammad Umer, Osama Farid, Muhammad Usman Hassan, Taha Aziz, and Sameer Ud-Din. “Framework for Strategic Selection of Maintenance Contractors." Sustainability 16, no. 6 (2024): 2488.
  7. Ullah Khan, Irshad, Muhammad Asif Khan, Sameer-Ud-Din, and Sajid Raza. “Assessment of Emergency Services Accessibility to Universities: A Case Study of Islamabad, Pakistan." In International Conference on Transportation and Development 2024, pp. 372-385. 2024.
  8. Hashmi, Habib Talha, Sameer Ud-Din, Muhammad Asif Khan, Jamal Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Arshad, and Muhammad Usman Hassan. “Traffic Flow Optimization at Toll Plaza Using Proactive Deep Learning Strategies." Infrastructures 9, no. 5 (2024): 87.
  9. Khan, Muhammad Hasnain Ayub, Turab H. Jafri, Sameer Ud-Din, Haji Sami Ullah, and Muhammad Naqeeb Nawaz. “Prediction of soil compaction parameters through the development and experimental validation of Gaussian process regression models." Environmental Earth Sciences 83, no. 4 (2024): 129.
  10. Zubair, Muhammad Umer, Muhammad Ahmed Javed, Sameer Ud-Din, Muhammad Asif Khan, Asad Ali, and Malik Saqib Mahmood. “High-Profile Convoy Disruptions: Exploring Socioeconomic and Environmental Ramifications of Road Closures." Sustainability 16, no. 13 (2024): 5278.
  11. Wang, Xingwang, Hainian Wang, Chonghui Wang, Ponan Feng, Muhammad Irfan, Junfeng Gao, Zhen Leng, and Chen Zhang. “Real-time monitoring of asphalt pavement structure fatigue response based on tri-axis accelerometer." International Journal of Pavement Engineering 25, no. 1 (2024): 2308158.

2023

  1. Khan, Shayan Ali, Zeerak Waryam Sajid, Arshad Hussain, Mansoor Ahmed Malik, Fazal Hussain, and Muhammad Abubakar Khan. “Enhancing HMA properties with polypropylene-based face mask integration: A qualitative comparison of wet mixing and dry mixing techniques." Eco Cities 4, no. 1 (2023).
  2. Agha, N., A. Hussain, A. S. Ali, and Y. Qiu. “Performance Evaluation of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Containing Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Using Wet and Dry Mixing Techniques. Polymers 2023, 15, 1211
  3. Khattak, Muhammad Muzzamil Hussain, Muhammad Asif Khan, Sameer Ud Din, Muhammad Zaheer Khan, and Muhammad Faisal Habib. “Examining equity of walking accessibility to green spaces: a case study of Islamabad." Ain Shams engineering journal 14, no. 12 (2023): 102556.
  4. Jawad Mehmood, Sameer Ud-Din, Fawad Mehmood, and Jawed Iqbal. “Evaluation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Peshawar In Pakistan By Comparison With International Standards.” International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research 12, no. 8 (2023).
  5. Hanif, Khadeja, Kamran Ahmed, Sameer Ud-Din, Hassan Ashraf, and Muhammad Haroon. “Assessing the Impact of Unconventioanal Median U-turn on Urban Arterial Road." (2023).

2022

  1. Khan, Jamal Ahmed, Muhammad Bilal Khurshid, Arshad Hussain, and Asif Azam. “A Multidimensional Analysis of Factors Impacting Mobility of Open-Access Multilane Highways." Infrastructures 7, no. 10 (2022): 143.
  2. Abadeen, Ali Zain Ul, Arshad Hussain, Veerappan Sathish Kumar, Gunasekaran Murali, Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin, and Hassan Riaz. “Comprehensive self-healing evaluation of asphalt concrete containing encapsulated rejuvenator." Materials 15, no. 10 (2022): 3672.
  3. Ding, Haibo, Haopeng Zhang, Hong Zhang, Dongrui Liu, Yanjun Qiu, and Arshad Hussain. “Separation of wax fraction in asphalt binder by an improved method and determination of its molecular structure." Fuel 322 (2022): 124081.
  4. Awan, Hamad Hassan, Arshad Hussain, Muhammad Faisal Javed, Yanjun Qiu, Raid Alrowais, Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed, Dina Fathi, and Abdullah Mossa Alzahrani. “Predicting marshall flow and marshall stability of asphalt pavements using multi expression programming." Buildings 12, no. 3 (2022): 314.
  5. Atif, Muhammad, and Arshad Hussain. “Laboratory Investigation of Microwave Healing Characteristic of Hot Mix Asphalt Incorporating Steel Slag and Fly Ash."
  6. Dong, Sheng, Afaq Khattak, Irfan Ullah, Jibiao Zhou, and Arshad Hussain. “Predicting and analyzing road traffic injury severity using boosting-based ensemble learning models with SHAPley Additive exPlanations." International journal of environmental research and public health 19, no. 5 (2022): 2925.
  7. Abdul Basit, Hafiz, Afaq Khattak, Qalab Abbas, Sardar Arsalan Abbas, and Arshad Hussain. “Assessment of Risk-Taking Behavior of Young Motorcyclists at Un-Signalised Intersections–A Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling Approach." Promet-Traffic &Transportation 34, no. 1 (2022): 135-147.
  8. Zhang, Shuguang, Afaq Khattak, Caroline Mongina Matara, Arshad Hussain, and Asim Farooq. “Hybrid feature selection-based machine learning Classification system for the prediction of injury severity in single and multiple-vehicle accidents." PLoS one 17, no. 2 (2022): e0262941.
  9. Saad Khan Awan, Hamza Marjan, Arshad Hussain. “Performance Evaluation of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Modified Bitumen and Mixtures.” Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences (2022).
  10. TH Khan, S Ud-Din, M Saqib, MJ Iqbal, and N Ali. “Potential of Modal Shift and Park & Ride Scheme – BRT PESHAWAR.” International Journal of Engineering Technology and Scientific Innovation,(2022).
  11. Motuba, Diomo, Muhammad Asif Khan, Babak Mirzazadeh, and Muhammad Faisal Habib. “Using Panel Data Analysis to Evaluate How Individual Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions Affected Traffic in the US during the First Three Months of the COVID Pandemic." COVID 2, no. 9 (2022): 1193-1206.
  12. Zahid, Awais, Sarfraz Ahmed, and Muhammad Irfan. “Experimental investigation of nano materials applicability in Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA)." Construction and Building Materials 350 (2022): 128882.
  13. Hussain, Fizza, Yasir Ali, and Muhammad Irfan. “Quantifying the differential phase angle behaviour of asphalt concrete mixtures using artificial neural networks." International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology 15, no. 3 (2022): 640-658.
  14. Saleem, Nasir, Jiechao Gao, Muhammad Irfan, Elena Verdu, and Javier Parra Fuente. “E2E-V2SResNet: Deep residual convolutional neural networks for end-to-end video driven speech synthesis." Image and Vision Computing 119 (2022): 104389.

2021

  1. Saleem, Babar, Arshad Hussain, Afaq Khattak, and Azam Khan. “Performance evaluation of bacterial self-healing rigid pavement by incorporating recycled brick aggregate." Cement and Concrete Composites 117 (2021): 103914.
  2. Khattak, Afaq, and Arshad Hussain. “Hybrid DES-PSO framework for the design of commuters’ circulation space at multimodal transport interchange." Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 180 (2021): 205-229.
  3. Ali, Asad, Sameer Ud-Din, Syed Saad, Syed Ammad, Kumeel Rasheed, and Fawad Ahmad. “Artificial neural network approach to study the effect of driver characteristics on road traffic accidents." In 2021 international conference on data analytics for business and industry (ICDABI), pp. 277-280. IEEE, 2021.
  4. Ali, Asad, Sameer Ud Din, Muhammad Jawed Iqbal, and Afaq Khattak. “An Alternative Approach for Predicting the Accident Involvement Probability for Drivers in Peshawar City Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Technology 4, no. 1 (2021): 79-84.
  5. Khichi, Muhammad Javed Iqbal Akhter, Naeem Shahzad, and Muhammad Irfan. “Exploring Synergies Between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Policies in Pakistan." In Handbook of Climate Change Management: Research, Leadership, Transformation, pp. 2025-2048. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021.
  6. Irfan, Muhammad, and Akash Khan. “An Analytical Study of Opportunities and Challenges of Pakistan-China Relations (2008-2019)." International Journal of Social Science Archives (IJSSA) 4, no. 1 (2021): 1-15.
  7. Hussain, Fizza, Yasir Ali, and Muhammad Irfan. “Alternative Approach for Predicting the Phase Angle Characteristics of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures Based on Recurrent Neural Networks." Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 33, no. 9 (2021): 04021215.
  8. Khichi, Muhammad Javed Iqbal Akhter, Naeem Shahzad, and Muhammad Irfan. “Exploring Synergies Between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Policies in Pakistan." In Handbook of Climate Change Management: Research, Leadership, Transformation, pp. 2025-2048. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021.
  9. Ali, Yasir, Fizza Hussain, Muhammad Irfan, and Abdul Salam Buller. “An eXtreme Gradient Boosting model for predicting dynamic modulus of asphalt concrete mixtures." Construction and Building Materials 295 (2021): 123642.
  10. Hussain, Fizza, Yasir Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Murtaza Ashraf, and Shafeeq Ahmed. “A data-driven model for phase angle behaviour of asphalt concrete mixtures based on convolutional neural network." Construction and Building Materials 269 (2021): 121235.

2020

  1. Iqbal, Maria, Arshad Hussain, Afaq Khattak, and Kamran Ahmad. “Improving the aging resistance of asphalt by addition of polyethylene and sulphur." Civ. Eng. J 6, no. 5 (2020): 1017-30.
  2. Mehmood, Jawad, Muhammad Jawed Iqbal, and Nasir Ali. “Impact of Proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Peshawar on Modal Shares of Private Modes." In International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures and Construction Materials, pp. 1347-1356. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2020.
  3. Khan, Muhammad Asif. “Impact of public transit and walkability on quality of life and equity analysis in terms of access to non-work amenities in the United States." PhD diss., North Dakota State University, 2020.
  4. Irfan, Muhammad, Hafız Zahoor, Muhammad Abbas, and Yasir Ali. “Determinants of labor productivity for building projects in Pakistan." Journal of Construction Engineering, Management & Innovation 3, no. 2 (2020): 85-100.
  5. Gao, Junfeng, Hainian Wang, Yin Bu, Zhanping You, Xiang Zhang, and Muhammad Irfan. “Influence of coarse-aggregate angularity on asphalt mixture macroperformance: skid resistance, high-temperature, and compaction performance." Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 32, no. 5 (2020): 04020095.
  6. Irfan, Muhammad, Hafız Zahoor, Muhammad Abbas, and Yasir Ali. “Determinants of labor productivity for building projects in Pakistan." Journal of Construction Engineering, Management & Innovation 3, no. 2 (2020): 85-100.

2019

  1. Khurshid, Muhammad Bilal, Nadeem Anwer Qureshi, Arshad Hussain, and Muhammad Jawed Iqbal. “Enhancement of hot mix asphalt (HMA) properties using waste polymers." Arabian Journal for science and Engineering 44 (2019): 8239-8248.
  2. Khattak, Afaq, Arshad Hussain, and Fahad Ibrahim. “A PHD-DES Framework for the Performance Assessment of Multi- Lane Highways Under Random Traffic Flow." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 44 (2019): 8615-8628.
  3. Hayat, Asif, Arshad Hussain, and Hassan Farooq Afridi. “Determination of in-field temperature variations in fresh HMA and corresponding compaction temperatures." Construction and Building Materials 216 (2019): 84-92.
  4. Hussain, Arshad, Fazal Haq, Nauman Javaid, and Muhammad Bilal Khurshid. “Restricted zone of superpave mix design and its impact on resilient modulus and permanent deformation." Civil Engineering Journal 28, no. 1 (2019).
  5. Khan, Junaid, Arshad Hussain, Fazal Haq, Kamran Ahmad, and Kamran Mushtaq. “Performance evaluation of modified bitumen with replaced percentage of waste cooking oil & tire rubber with bagasse ash as modifier." Civ. Eng. J 5, no. 3 (2019): 587.
  6. Ali, Yasir, Muhammad Irfan, Abdul Salam Buller, Hammad A. Khan, and Hafiz MF Gul. “A binary logistic model for predicting the tertiary stage of permanent deformation of conventional asphalt concrete mixtures." Construction and Building Materials 227 (2019): 116608.
  7. Zhang, Xiang, Hainian Wang, Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan, Junfeng Gao, and Muhammad Irfan. “Traffic open time prediction of fog seal with sand using image processing technology." Construction and Building Materials 209 (2019): 9-19.
  8. Irfan, Muhammad, Yasir Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Iqbal, and Hainian Wang. “Rutting and fatigue properties of cellulose fiber-added stone mastic asphalt concrete mixtures." Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 2019 (2019): 1-8.
  9. Zhang, Chen, Hainian Wang, Zhanping You, Junfeng Gao, and Muhammad Irfan. “Performance test on Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene (SBS) modified asphalt based on the different evaluation methods." Applied Sciences 9, no. 3 (2019): 467
  10. Khan, Muhammad Asif, Anwaar Ahmed, and Wasim Irshad Ul Haq Kayani. “Optimal Timing for Lane (s) Addition to an Existing Highway: A Benefit–Cost Approach." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 44 (2019): 4169-4182.

2018

  1. Tahir, Hassan Bin, Muhammad Irfan, Arshad Hussain, Yasir Ali, and Etikaf Hussain. “Predicting the permanent deformation behaviour of the plant produced asphalt concrete mixtures: A first order regression approach." Construction and Building Materials 189 (2018): 629-639.
  2. Haq, Fazal, Arshad Hussain, and Muhammad Bilal Khurshid. “Optimization of Reclaimed Asphalt and Ft Paraffin for Permanent Deformation And Moisture Damage Of Asphalt Mixes." Stavební obzor-Civil Engineering Journal 27, no. 3 (2018).
  3. Gardezi, Hasnain, and Arshad Hussain. “Volumetric Optimization and Moisture Sensitivity Analysis of Crumb Modified Stone Mastic Asphalt." International Journal of Engineering and Technology 10, no. 5 (2018).
  4. Khattak, Afaq, Jiang Yangsheng, and Arshad Hussain. “Design of passengers’ circulation areas at the transfer station: An automated hybrid simulation-differential evolution framework." Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 87 (2018): 293-310.
  5. Haq, Fazal, Arshad Hussain, and Kamran Mushtaq. “Effect of increasing sasobit on permanent deformation and moisture damage of asphalt mixes." Applied Mechanics and Materials 877 (2018): 241-247.
  6. Gardezi, Hasnain, and Arshad Hussain. “Effect of crumb rubber on properties of bitumen of grade 60/70." Available at SSRN 3108429 (2018).
  7. Kamran, Shakir Malik, Khurshid Muhammad Bilal, Iqbal Jawed, and Adeel Muhammad. “Multicriteria Decision Making (MCDM) for evaluation of different transportation alternatives: A case of Rawalpindi bypass Pakistan." Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics 3, no. 3 (6) (2018): 38-54.
  8. Muhammad, Adeel, Khurshid Muhammad Bilal, and Shakir Malik Kamran. “Work zone traffic management in rehabilitation of M-2." Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics 3, no. 3 (6) (2018): 99-108.
  9. Ud-Din, Sameer. “Analysis of loss of control-inflight parameters for aircraft maneuvering in general aviation." (2018).
  10. Ud-Din, Sameer, and Yoonjin Yoon. “Analysis of loss of control parameters for aircraft maneuvering in general aviation." Journal of Advanced Transportation 2018 (2018): 1-19.
  11. Khan, Ihsan Ullah, EunSu Lee, and Muhammad Asif Khan. “Developing a highway rail grade crossing accident probability prediction model: a North Dakota case study." Safety 4, no. 2 (2018): 22.
  12. Motuba, Diomo, Babak Mirzazadeh, and Muhammad Asif Khan. Using Big Data and Travel Time Analysis to Enhance the Calibration and Validation External/Internal and External/External Models for a Small MPO Travel Demand Model. No. 18-06448. 2018.

2017

  1. Wali, Behram, Anwaar Ahmed, Shahid Iqbal, and Arshad Hussain. “Effectiveness of enforcement levels of speed limit and drink driving laws and associated factors–Exploratory empirical analysis using a bivariate ordered probit model." Journal of traffic and transportation engineering (English edition) 4, no. 3 (2017): 272-279.
  2. Rafiq, Waqas, Arshad Hussain, Muhammad Bilal Khurshid, and Muhammad Humair. “Laboratory Evaluation of Asphalt Mixes Containing Various Percentages of Recycled Asphalt Pavement." Asian Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences Vol 6 (2017): 1.
  3. Hussain, Arshad, S. Din, M. Adam Khan, Fazal Haq, and Rida Asim. “Moisture Damage and Fatigue Evaluation of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Containing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) and Polythene Bags (LDPE)." Asian J. Nat. Appl. Sci 6 (2017): 63.
  4. Motuba, Diomo, and Muhammad Asif Khan. Accessibility Analysis of Emergency Services to K-12 Schools in North Dakota-Using Virtual Sensor Data. No. 17-06552. 2017.

2016

  1. Hussain, Arshad., H. B. Tahir, M. Zaeem Sheikh, Abdu. Waheed, and Muhammad Bilal Khurshid. “Evaluation of resilient modulus of HMA mixtures from highway construction projects in Pakistan." J. Basic Appl. Res. Int 17 (2016): 290-301.

Previous Papers

  1. Rafiq, Waqas, Arshad Hussain, and Muhammad Humair. “Performance Evaluation of Asphalt Mixes Containing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement." Journal of Basic and Applied Research International 12, no. 4 (2015): 243-248.
  2. Rafiq, Waqas. “Rutting susceptibility and moisture damage of hot mix asphalt containing recycled asphalt pavement." PhD diss., NUST, 2015.
  3. Yousaf, Adnan, Arshad Hussain, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Babar Khan, and Anwaar Ahmed. “Performance evaluation of asphaltic mixtures using bakelite." Life Science Journal 11, no. 7s (2014).
  4. Hussain, Arshad, Yan Jun Qiu, and Chang Fa Ai. “Determination of textural depth for stone matrix asphalt." Applied Mechanics and Materials 303 (2013): 2589-2592.
  5. Hussain, Arshad, and Qiu Yanjun. “Effect of reclaimed asphalt pavement on the properties of asphalt binders." Procedia Engineering 54 (2013): 840-850.
  6. Arshad, Hussain, and Yan Jun Qiu. “Evaluation of Dina aggregates for pavement construction in Pakistan." Advanced Materials Research 548 (2012): 239-242.
  7. Arshad, Hussain, and Yan Jun Qiu. “Evaluation of asphalt mixes containing reclaimed asphalt pavement." Applied Mechanics and Materials 178 (2012): 1522-1525.
  8. Arshad, Hussain, and Yan Jun Qiu. “Evaluation of Local Asphalt Binders under Superpave Specification." Applied Mechanics and Materials 178 (2012): 1509-1512.
  9. Hussain, Arshad, and Qiu Yanjun. “Effect of reclaimed asphalt pavement on the properties of asphalt binders." Procedia Engineering 54 (2013): 840-850.
  10. Hussain, Arshad, and Qiu Yanjun. “Laboratory evaluation of asphalt mixtures containing various percentages of reclaimed asphalt pavement." Asian Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences 1, no. 2 (2012): 156-163.
  11. Arshad, Hussain, and Yan Jun Qiu. “Evaluation of asphalt mixes containing reclaimed asphalt pavement." Applied Mechanics and Materials 178 (2012): 1522-1525.
  12. Hussain, Arshad, and Qiu Yanjun. “Evaluation of asphalt mixes containing reclaimed asphalt pavement for wearing courses." In Proceedings of the International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering, pp. 43-48. 2012.
  13. Jabeen, Zohra, Arshad Hussain, and Lubna Tabassum. “Influence of Aging on The Penetration Performance of Waste Polymer Modified Asphalt Binder."
  14. Atif, Muhammad, and Arshad Hussain. “Laboratory Investigation of Microwave Healing Characteristic of Hot Mix Asphalt Incorporating Steel Slag and Fly Ash."
  15. Hussain, Arshad, and Yanjun Qiu. “Comparison of Volumetric Properties of Marshall and Superpave Mixtures in Pakistan."

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