• Pavement design and performance evaluation systems
  
• Laboratory and field non-destructive testing
  
• Highway maintenance management systems
  
• Construction materials, including alternative materials and upgrading techniques of low quality materials
• Computer applications in pavement engineering
  

Current Research and Activities

A statewide study on subgrade soil moisture monitoring for pavement design and evaluation for the State of Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). The objective of this project is to establish seasonal shift factors for pavement layer moduli as a function of material properties and environmental conditions.

WINFLEX 2000. A mechanistic based overlay design system for flexible pavements. The system is being implemented in a software that runs under Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT.

Evaluation of the Impacts of Increasing Truck Weights in Idaho, with Richard Nielsen and Mike Kyte. Pilot routes are designated to allow heavier trucks to operate in Idaho. Impacts on the highway infrastructure (pavements and bridges are being evaluated). Phase I completed in December 1999; Phase II is underway.

Development and Performance Prediction of Idaho Superpave Mixes, with Eyad Masad of Washington State University. The objective of this project is to develop specifications for Superpave mixes in Idaho and to develop a procedure for performance prediction.

Economic Impacts of Various Truck Vehicle Taxation Scenarios in Idaho, with Jim Jones of the Agricultural Economics Department, Richard Nielsen and Mike Kyte.

Dr. Fouad Bayomy, PhD, PE
Civil Engineering Department
Buchanan 131
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441022
Moscow, ID 83844-1022
(208) 885-6784
(208) 885-6608, fax
bayomy@uidaho.edu