PhD Theses Road Engineering / Sealing Components Laboratory
In progress: Bitumen Based Intrinsically Icephobic Road Surfaces
Farrokh Tarpoudi Baheri
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dimos Poulikakos
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Lily Poulikakos
In progress: Sustainable Fully Recycled Asphalt Concrete
Maria Chiara Cavalli
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Edoardo Mazza, ETH
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Lily Poulikakos, Empa
In progress: High Performance Aggregates for Sustainable Road Pavements
Nicholas Conzelmann
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Müller, ETH
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Lily Poulikakos, Empa
Completed 2017: Activated crack healing of bituminous materials
Etienne Jeoffroy
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Manfred Partl, Empa; Prof. Dr. André Studart, ETH
Completed 2018: Real-Time In-situ Quality Evaluation of Asphalt Pavements during installation
Ehsan Ghafooriroozbahany
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Partl, Empa
Co-Supervisors: Prof. Denis Jelagin and Dr. Alvaro Guarin, KTH
Completed 2016: Low Temperature Pavements with Foam Bitumen
Biruk Hailesilassie
Supervisor: Prof. Björn Birgisson, KTH, Stockholm
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Partl, Empa
Completed 2015: Advanced methodology for optimization of mixture design of asphalt concrete containing reclaimed asphalt pavement material
Sara Bressi
Supervisor: Prof. André- Gilles Dumont, EPFL
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Partl, Empa
Completed 2012: Non-destructive-detection of Chlorides and Moisture in Multi-Layer Structural Elements such as Concrete Bridge Decks using High Frequency Electromagnetic Waves
Alexis Kalogeropoulos
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eugen Brühschwiler, EPFL; Prof. Dr. Jan van der Kruk, Forschungsanstalt Jülich; Dr. Johannes Hugenschmitt, Empa
Funding: SNF
Completed 2011: A Fundamental Ivestigation of Interfacial Moisture Content ans Adhesive Deterioration of Asphalt Aggregate Bond in Porous Asphalt
Lily Poulikakos
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jan van Mier, ETH
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Partl, Empa
Funding: SNF
Completed 2011: Influence of Water and Climate on the Interlayer Bond on Asphalt Pavements
Christiane Raab
Supervisor: Prof. A. O. Abd El Halim, Carleton University, Ottawa
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Partl, Empa
Completed 2010: Effect of Vehicle-Road Dynamic Interaction on Road Damage
Martín Arraigada
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Silvia Angelone, Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Partl, Empa
Completed 2010: Geophysics and Non-destructive Testing for Transport Infrastructure with Special emphasis on Ground-Penetraiting Radar
Johannes Hugenschmitt
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Alan Green and Prof. Dr. Hansruedi Maurer, ETH; Prof. Dr. Eugen Brüschwiler, EPFL
Completed 2007: Experimental Characterization of Interlayer Shear Resistance in Flexible Pavements
Gilda Ferrotti
Supervisor: Prof. Francesco Canestrari, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Partl, Empa