Long-Life and Circular Pavement Materials

Dear Colleagues,

The International Symposium on Frontiers of Road and Airport Engineering (iFRAE) 2021 will be hosted on July 12–14, 2021, by the Section of Pavement Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. This conference is co-sponsored by the College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, China.

The iFRAE was started by College of Transportation Engineering of Tongji University. This symposium was first held in 2011 and then biennially since 2015. The theme of the iFRAE 2021 is to promote research in the field of “Circular, Sustainable and Smart Airport and Highway Pavements” and is dedicated to the state-of-the-art and state-of-practice areas of long-life and circular materials for sustainable, cost-effective smart airport and highway pavement construction. This symposium will facilitate the exchange of new ideas in these fields among academicians, engineers, scientists, and practitioners. It includes plenary, keynote and invited speeches, oral presentations, and poster sessions on different topics.

The aim of this Special Issue of Materials is to provide researchers, practitioners, and administrators a unique and rewarding opportunity to present and forward new and emerging ideas. Furthermore, the symposium will also serve as a platform for scientific exchange, creating scientific communities with complementary activities that work in the broader field of pavement engineering.

Participants at the iFRAE 2021 are highly encouraged to submit papers in this Special Issue for possible publication in Materials. Those not attending iFRAE 2021 are also warmly invited to submit a paper to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Hussain Bahia
Prof. Dr. Sandra Erkens
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Xueyan Liu
Prof. Dr. Yue Xiao
Dr. Yue Hou
Guest Editor

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