top of page

PUBLICATIONS

MOST UP-TO-DATE PUBLICATIONS LIST: Click here

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

  1. Butt, A.A., Harvey, J., Saboori, A., Ostovar, M., Bejarano, M. & Garg, N. (2021), “Decision Support in Selecting Airfield Pavement Design Alternatives Using Life Cycle Assessment: Case Study of Nashville Airport”, Sustainability, Vol.13, No. 1, p.299. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010299

  2. Lozano, M.T., Kendall, A., Butt, A.A.., Saboori, A., Harvey, J.T. & Kim, C. (2021), “Prioritizing greenhouse gas mitigation strategies for local governments using marginal abatement cost”, Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, Vol.1, No. 2, p. 025005. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/ac1241

  3. Alam, M.R., Hossain, K., Butt, A.A., Caudle, T. & Bazan, C. (2020), “Life cycle assessment of asphalt pavement maintenance and rehabilitation techniques: a study for the City of St. John’s”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol.47, No. 12, p.1320-1326. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2019-0540

  4. Harvey, J.T., Butt, A.A., Lozano, M.T., Kendall, A., Saboori, A., Lea, J.D., Kim, C. & Basheer, I. (2019), “Life cycle assessment for transportation infrastructure policy evaluation and procurement for state and local governments”, Sustainability, Vol.11, No. 22, p.6377. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226377

  5. Balzarini, D., Chatti, K., Zaabar, I., Butt, A.A. & Harvey, J.T. (2019), “Mechanistic-based parametric model for predicting rolling resistance of concrete pavements”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol.2673, No. 7, p. 341-350. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119847611

  6. Estaji, M., Coleri, E., Harvey, J.T. & Butt, A.A. (2019), “Predicting excess vehicle fuel use due to pavement structural response using field test results and finite element modelling”. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, p. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2019.1655563

  7. Butt, A.A. & Birgisson, B. (2016), “Assessment of the attributes-based life cycle assessment framework for road projects”, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol.12, No. 9, p. 1177-1184. https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2015.1086388

  8. Guarin, A., Khan, A., Butt, A.A., Birgisson, B. and Kringos, N. (2016), “An extensive laboratory investigation on the use of bio-oil modified asphalt in road construction”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 106, p. 133–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.12.009

  9. Butt, A.A., Birgisson, B. and Kringos, N. (2016), "Considering the benefits of asphalt modification using a new technical LCA framework", Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, Vol. 22, No. 5, p. 597-607. https://doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2014.914084

  10. Butt, A.A., Toller, S. and Birgisson, B. (2015), "Life Cycle Assessment for the Green Procurement of Roads; A Way Forward", Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 90, p. 163-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.068

  11. Butt, A.A., Mirzadeh, I., Toller, S. and Birgisson, B. (2014), “Life Cycle Assessment Framework for asphalt pavements; Methods to calculate and allocate energy of binder and additives”, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 4, p. 290-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2012.718348

  12. Mirzadeh, I., Butt, A.A., Toller, S. and Birgisson, B. (2014), “Life cycle cost analysis based on the fundamental cost contributors for asphalt pavements”, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 12, p. 1638-1647. https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2013.837494

  13. Butt, A.A., Birgisson, B. and Kringos N. (2012), “Optimizing the Highway Lifetime by Improving the Self-Healing Capacity of Asphalt”, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 48, p. 2190-2200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1192

  14. Butt, A.A., Jelagin, D., Tasdemir, Y. and Birgisson, B. (2010), “The Effect of Wax Modification on the Performance of Mastic Asphalt”, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 86-95. https://trid.trb.org/view/916329

  15. Edwards, Y., Tasdemir, Y. and Butt, A.A. (2010), “Energy saving and environmental friendly wax concept for polymer modified mastic asphalt”, Materials and Structures, Vol. 43, supplement 1, p. 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-010-9603-y

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

  1. Butt, A.A., Harvey, J.T., Fitch, D.T., Reger, D., Balzarini, D., Zaabar, I., Chatti, K., Estaji, M., Coleri, E. and Louhghalam, A. (2020), “Effect of pavement structural response on vehicle fuel consumption: Lessons learned from data collection, processing and analysis”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement, Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 52, p. 502-512. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-52

  2. Butt, A.A., Harvey, J.T., Saboori, A., Kim, C., Lozano, M.T. and Kendall, A.M. (2020), “Lessons learned from the supply curve approach”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 23, p. 216-226. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-23

  3. Butt, A.A., Harvey, J.T., Lea, J., Saboori, A. and Garg, N. (2020), “Recommendations for airfield life cycle assessment tool development”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 4, p. 34-39. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-4

  4. Lozano, M.T., Kendall, A.M., Butt, A.A. and Harvey, J.T. (2020), “Climate action plans: Review and recommendations”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 21, p. 200-208. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-21

  5. Del Barco Carrión, A.J., Parry, T., Keijzer, E., Kalman, B., Mantalovas, K., Butt, A.A., Harvey, J.T. and Lo Presti, D. (2020), “Pavement life cycle management: Towards a sustainability assessment framework in Europe”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 15, p. 142-152. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-15

  6. Harvey, J.T., Lea, J., Saboori, A., Ostovar, M. and Butt, A.A. (2020), “eLCAP: A web application for environmental life cycle assessment of pavements focused on California”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 28, p. 264-273. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-28

  7. Saboori, A., Harvey, J.T., Ostovar, M., Butt, A.A. and Kendall, A.M. (2020), “Comparison of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption between complete streets vs. conventional streets”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 24, p. 227-233. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-24

  8. Saboori, A., Harvey, J. T., Butt, A. A. and Elkashef, M. (2020), “Quantification of potential reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by allowing increased use of reclaimed asphalt pavement in Caltrans projects”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 41, p. 396-403. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-41

  9. Ostovar, M., Butt, A. A., Mateos, A. and Harvey, J. T. (2020), “Life cycle assessment of a thin bonded concrete overlay of asphalt project in Woodland, California”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 38, p. 365-376. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-38

  10. Elkashef, M., Saboori, A., Ostovar, M., Harvey, J. T., Butt, A. A. and Jones, D. (2020), “Sensitivity analysis of the benefits of replacing virgin materials with RAP considering rejuvenator type and hauling distance”, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020, CRC Press, Paper 39, p. 377-385. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003092278/chapters/10.1201/9781003092278-39

  11. Harvey, J.T., Kendall, A., Butt, A.A., Saboori, A., Lozano, M. and Ostovar, M. (2019), “Supply Curves Using LCA and LCCA for Conceptual Evaluation of Proposed Policies to Improve the Environment”, International Society for Asphalt Pavements, (ed), International Symposium on Asphalt Pavement & Environment, Springer, 144-152. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29779-4_14

  12. Balzarini, D., Chatti, K., Zaabar, I., Butt, A.A. and Harvey, J.T. (2019), “Mechanistic-Based Parametric Model for Predicting Rolling Resistance of Flexible Pavements”. International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482476.023

  13. Butt, A.A., Harvey, J.T., Saboori, A., Ostovar, M. and Garg, N. (2019), “Airfield Life Cycle Assessment: Benchmark Study of a Project at JFK International Airport”. International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482476.045

  14. Butt, A.A., Harvey, J.T., Saboori, A., Ostovar, M. and Kendall, A. (2018), “A conceptual framework for urban metabolism of hardscapes”, ASCE - T&DI’s International Conference on Transportation & Development, July 15-18, Pittsburgh, PA. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481561.029

  15. Kim, C., Ostovar, M., Butt, A.A. and Harvey, J.T. (2018), “Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from On-road Vehicles on Highway Construction Work Zones”, presentation at ASCE - T&DI’s International Conference on Transportation & Development, July 15-18, Pittsburgh, PA. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481561.028

  16. Butt, A.A., Reger, D., Harvey, J.T. and Garg, N. (2017), “Airfield Pavement Life Cycle Assessment Framework and Guidelines”, Ed, Qadi et al., ASCE - T&DI’s International Conference on Highway Pavements & Airfield Technology, August 27-30, Loews Downtown Philadelphia, PA. (pp: 241 – 252). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480953.021

  17. Butt, A.A., (2017), “Effect of Pavement Structural Response on Vehicle Fuel Consumption: Phase II Field Data Collection Methods and Preliminary Results”, presentation at ASCE - T&DI’s International Conference on Highway Pavements & Airfield Technology, August 27-30, Loews Downtown Philadelphia, PA.

  18. Butt, A.A., Saboori, A., Ostavar, M., Harvey, J.T. and Kendall, A., (2017), “A life cycle assessment framework for complete streets”, Abstract and presentation at the 9th biennial conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) and the 25th annual conference of the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), June 25-29, Chicago, IL.

  19. Saboori, A., Harvey, J.T., Butt, A.A. and Jones, D., (2017), “Life cycle assessment and benchmarking of end of life treatments of flexible pavements in California”, In Pavement Life-Cycle Assessment (pp. 231-239). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315159324

  20. Guarin, A., Khan, A., Butt, A.A., Birgisson, B. and Kringos, N., (2015), “Forensic Investigation of Surface Dressings Failure in Iceland”, Poster presentation at Transportation Research Board, 94th annual meeting from 11-15 January 2015 in Washington DC, USA.

  21. Birgisson, B., Kringos, N., Guarin, A., Butt, A.A. and Khan, A. (2013), “Forensic investigation of surface dressings failure in Iceland”, Road Research Conference (Rannsóknaráðstefna Vegagerðarinnar 2013), 8 Nov, Harpa, Iceland.

  22. Butt, A.A., Birgisson, B. and Kringos N. (2012), “Optimizing the Highway Lifetime by Improving the Self-Healing Capacity of Asphalt”, Fourth Transport Research Arena, 23-26 April, Athens, Greece.

  23. Butt, A.A., Mirzadeh, I., Toller, S. and Birgisson, B. (2012), “Bitumen Feedstock Energy and Electricity production in Pavement LCA”, ISAP 2012 international Symposium on Heavy Duty Asphalt Pavements and Bridge Deck Pavements, 23-25 May, Nanjing, China.

  24. Mirzadeh, I., Butt, A.A., Toller, S. and Birgisson, B. (2012), "A Life Cycle Cost Approach based on the Calibrated Mechanistic Asphalt Pavement Design Model", European Pavement and Asset Management Conference, EPAM, 5–7 Sep, Malmö, Sweden.

  25. Butt, A.A., Jelagin, D., Birgisson, B. and Kringos, N. (2012), "Using Life Cycle Assessment to Optimize Pavement Crack-Mitigation", Scarpas et al. (Eds.), 7th RILEM International Conference on Cracking in Pavements, Vol. 1, 20-22 June, Delft, Netherlands, p. 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4566-7_29

  26. Butt, A.A., Tasdemir, Y. and Edwards, Y. (2009), “Environmental friendly wax modified mastic asphalt”, II International Conference on Environmentally Friendly Roads, ENVIROAD, 15-16 Oct, Warsaw, Poland

Academic Publications and Technical Reports

  1. Butt, A.A. (2009), “Low Temperature Performance of Wax Modified Mastic Asphalt”, Master Thesis, TRITA-VT 09:04, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

    Butt, A.A. (2012), “Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Pavements including the Feedstock Energy and Asphalt Additives”, Licentiate Thesis, TRITA-TSC-LIC 12-008, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

  2. Butt, A.A. (2014), “Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Roads - Decision Support at the Project Level”, Doctoral (PhD) Thesis, TRITA-TSC-PHD 14-006, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

  3. Al-Qadi, I.L., Ozer, H., Senhaji, M.K., Zhou, Q., Yang, R., Kang, S., Thompson, M., Harvey, J.T., Saboori, A., Butt, A.A., Wang, H. and Chen, X. (2020), “A Life-Cycle Methodology for Energy Use by In-Place Pavement Recycling Techniques”, Research Report No. ICT-20-018, Report from Illinois Center for Transportation for the Federal Highway Administration. https://doi.org/10.36501/0197-9191/20-018

  4. Kendall, A., Harvey, J., Butt, A.A., Lozano, M.T., Saboori, A. and Kim, C. (2020), “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Opportunities for Local Governments: A Quantification and Prioritization Framework”, Research Report: NCST-UCD-RR-20-16, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Davis, CA. https://doi.org/10.7922/G2SJ1HVR

  5. Kendall, A., Harvey, J., Butt, A.A., Lozano, M.T., Saboori, A. and Kim, C. (2020), “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Opportunities for Local Governments: A Quantification and Prioritization Framework”, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Davis, CA. Dataset: https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.25338/B84615

  6. Harvey, J.T., Butt, A.A., Saboori, A., Lozano, M.T., Kim, C. and Kendall, A. (2020), “Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Six Strategies for GHG Reduction in Caltrans Operations”, Technical Memorandum: UCPRC-TM-2019-02, California Department of Transportation. Sacramento, CA. https://doi.org/10.7922/G22R3PZG

  7. Harvey, J., Butt, A. A., Saboori, A., Lozano, M., Kim, C. and Kendall, A. (2019), “Alternate Strategies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Life Cycle Approach Using a Supply Curve”, White paper: UCPRC-WH-2019-01. California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA. https://doi.org/10.7922/G2Z036FF

  8. Butt, A.A., Harvey, J., Reger, D., Saboori, A., Ostovar, M. and Bejarano, M. (2019), “Life-Cycle Assessment of Airfield Pavements and Other Airside Features: Framework, Guidelines and Case Studies”, DOT/FAA/TC-19/2, for Federal Aviation Administration. https://trid.trb.org/view/1583874

  9. Harvey, J.T., Kendall, A., Saboori, A., Ostovar, M., Butt, A.A., Hernandez, J. and Haynes, B. (2018), “Framework for Life Cycle Assessment of Complete Streets Projects”, Technical Report: NCST-UCD-RR-18-39, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Davis, CA. https://trid.trb.org/view/1575792

  10. Butt, A.A., Harvey, J.T., Kendall, A., Li, H. and Zhu, Y. (2018), “Framework for Urban Metabolism and Life Cycle Assessment of Hardscape”, White paper, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Davis, CA. https://trid.trb.org/View/1422206

  11. Jaller, M., Harvey, J., Saremi, S., Ambrose, H. and Butt, A.A. (2018), “Development of a Freight System Conceptualization and Impact Assessment (Fre-SCANDIA) Framework”, Technical Report, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Davis, CA. https://trid.trb.org/view/1540800

  12. Harvey, J., Lea, J.D., Kim, C, Coleri, E., Zaabar, I., Louhghalam, A., Chatti, K., Buscheck, J., and Butt, A.A. (2016), “Simulation of Cumulative Annual Impact of Pavement Structural Response on Vehicle Fuel Economy for California Test Sections”, Technical Report, UCPRC-RR-2015-05, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA. https://trid.trb.org/view/1410978

  13. Butt, A.A., Kringos, N. and Birgisson, B. (2014), “Importance of systems approach for evaluating the life cycle environmental impacts of a road project”, Manuscript for PhD thesis. http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A763860&dswid=1929

  14. Harvey, J.T., Kendall, A., Butt, A.A., Saboori, A., Ostovar, M., Haynes, B. and Hernandez, J. (2021), “Can Complete Streets Deliver on Sustainability?”, Policy Brief, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Davis, CA https://doi.org/10.7922/G26H4FQN

  15. Jones, D., Harvey, J.T. and Butt, A.A. (2020), “High Percentages of Reclaimed Asphalt Affect the Performance of Asphalt Binder”, Research Brief, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Davis, CA. https://doi.org/10.7922/G20V8B20

  16. Butt, A.A., Harvey, J.T., Kendall, A., Li, H. and Zhu, Y. (2020), “A Combined Urban Metabolism and Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Improve the Sustainability of Urban Hardscapes”, Research Brief, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Davis, CA. https://doi.org/10.7922/G2N58JN3

  17. Kendall, A., Harvey, J., Butt, A.A., Lozano, M.T., Saboori, A. and Kim, C. (2020), “Climate Action Plans Should Quantify Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Costs to Achieve Meaningful, Cost-Effective Emissions Reductions”, Policy Brief, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Davis, CA. Dataset: https://doi.org/10.7922/G2CN726F

bottom of page