Asphalt Sustainability

College of Engineering

'Maintaining our highways is critical: they underpin our national infrastructure while providing avenues of travel for people and goods, but maintaining them costs billions. Dr. Amy Epps Martin, a professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M, and her fellow researchers, are developing laboratory tools to increase the amount of reclaimed asphalt pavement and shingles used in highways, reducing taxpayer dollars spent towards new road materials while ensuring their long…