Oct. 15, 2024
Where rubber meets the road
Mizzou researchers are devising a way to demonstrate how rubber-based asphalt reduces greenhouse emissions.
May 30, 2024
Ask a Mizzou expert: Why do potholes form on roads?
As the nation’s drivers zig and zag to try to avoid potholes, University of Missouri expert Punya Rath explains the science behind these street craters. A member of the Mizzou Asphalt Pavement and Innovation Lab (MAPIL), Rath specializes in researching asphalt materials.
July 20, 2023
Driving innovative solutions for advancing use of ‘plastic’ roads
In partnership with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), researchers from the Mizzou Asphalt Pavement and Innovation Lab (MAPIL) recently created a real-world test road using recycled materials like scrap tires and plastic waste along a portion of Interstate 155 in the Missouri Bootheel.
Dec. 14, 2021
Buttlar furthers work to add plastic wastes to asphalt mixtures
Mizzou Engineering’s Bill Buttlar and partners from Dow are looking at ways to incorporate plastic waste streams into asphalt mixtures.