Est. 2020 · The Flagship Research Hub
PaveLab
Pavement Engineering & Sustainable Materials Group, IIT Indore
Translating fundamental science into field-scale infrastructure — through rheology, recycled materials, and rigorous performance evaluation.
01 · Research
Core Research Thrusts
Five intersecting lines of inquiry advancing pavement engineering from molecular rheology to nation-scale field performance.
Thrust 01
Sustainable Bituminous Mixtures
Engineering low-carbon binders using industrial by-products and recycled materials.
Performance-graded asphalt binders with steel slag, RAP, plastic-waste additives, and warm-mix technologies. Verified through Superpave + Indian climatic protocols.
Thrust 02
Rheological Characterization
From master curves to time-temperature superposition — decoding viscoelastic behavior.
Dynamic shear rheometer studies, fatigue and rutting prediction, oscillatory thixotropy, recovery mechanics for modified binders and mastics.
Thrust 03
Recycling & Circular Infrastructure
RAP, RAS, plastic-waste, and construction debris valorisation for pavement layers.
Closing the loop between waste streams and high-performance road materials — life cycle assessment, cost-benefit modeling, and durability mapping.
Thrust 04
Field Performance Evaluation
Pavement health monitoring under live traffic and Indian climatic gradients.
Non-destructive testing (FWD, GPR, IRI), structural-functional indices, distress mapping, and ML-driven deterioration models on real highway stretches.
Thrust 05
Smart City Pavements & Sensors
Embedded instrumentation, IoT-driven monitoring and predictive analytics.
Piezo and fiber-optic sensors, real-time pavement health dashboards, ML for traffic-pavement coupling and lifecycle optimization.
02 · Impact
Field-Scale Implementations
Beyond the lab — large-scale deployments and continuous performance monitoring with industrial and government partners.
No field implementations listed yet.