NECEPT Research
 

Research Information

NECEPT Can Help Your Organization With:

  • Pavements and Materials-Related Research
  • Forensic Analysis of Pavement Failures

NECEPT’s Asphalt Material & Binder Testing Expertise Includes:

  • Asphalt Mixtures Compliance with PennDOT Balance Mix Design (BMD)
  • Texas Overlay
  • IDEAL-CT (Indirect Tensile Asphalt Cracking Test)
  • IDEAL-RT (Rapid Sheat Rutting Test)
  • HT-IDT (High-Temperature Indirect Tensile Test)
  • Hamburg Wheel Tracker (Measures rutting and moisture susceptibility)
  • Moisture Induced Stress Tester (MiST)
  • Semi-Circular Bend Test (SCB)
  • Dynamic Modulus
  • Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR)
  • Bending Beam Rheometer (BBR)
  • Conduct Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Studies
  • Experimental Research on Highway Materials
  • Laboratory and Field Investigation

 

Facilities & Equipment

Library & Reports

Past Research

 

For Questions Regarding NECEPT’s Research, Contact:

  • Mansour Solaimanian, P.E.
    NECEPT Director
  • Email:  
    superpave@psu.edu
  • Phone:  
    (814) 863-1903
 
 

About

The Northeast Center of Excellence for Pavement Technology (NECEPT) is the Northeast Regional Pavement Center and one of three centers within the Thomas D. Larson PA Transportation Institute and Penn State University’s College of Engineering.

Our mission is to assist the paving industry and state highway agencies by providing essential certification training programs and innovative research to improve the longevity and performance of pavements.

Northeast Center of Excellence for Pavement Technology (NECEPT)

Penn State University

Larson Transportation Institute

142 Sweet Birch Rd, 2 nd Floor

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-863-1293

E-mail: superpave@psu.edu