Referenced Journal Articles & Reports

  • Powell, R. Buzz. Construction and Performance of Georgia's Permeable Surface Mixes on the 2006 NCAT Pavement Test Track. TRB 88th Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, January 2009.
  • Prowell, Brian D., Donald E. Watson, Graham C. Hurley, and E. Ray Brown. Evaluation of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) for Airfield Pavements. Airfield Asphalt Pavement Technology Program, Auburn University, Project Report 04-04, 2009.
  • Powell, R. Buzz. Construction and Performance of Georgia's Permeable Surface Mixes on the 2006 NCAT Pavement Test Track. TRB 88th Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, January 2009.
  • Tran, Nam H., Buzz Powell, Howard Marks, Randy West, and Andrea Kvasnak. Strategies for Design and Construction of High-Reflectance Asphalt Pavements. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2098, pp. 124-130, Washington, DC, 2009.
  • Tran, Nam H., Randy West, Buzz Powell, and Andrea Kvasnak. Evaluation of AASHTO Rut Test Procedure Using the Asphalt Pavement Analyzer. Accepted for presentation and publication at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Minneapolis, MN, 2009.
  • Watson, Donald E. Determination of Georgia DOT Design Inputs For Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design. Presented at the 88th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (Submitted for publication), Washington, DC, 2009.
  • Willis, J. Richard, and David H. Timm. Repeatability of Asphalt Strain Measurements Under Falling Weight Deflectometer Loading. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2094, pp. 3-11, Washington, DC, 2009.
  • West, Randy, Nam H. Tran, Andrea Kvasnak, Buzz Powell, and Pamela Turner. Construction and Field Performance of Hot Mix Asphalt with Moderate and High RAP Contents. Accepted for presentation and publication at the 8th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields, Champaign, IL, 2009.
  • Powell, R. Buzz. Comparing Field Performance Under a Heavy Vehicle Simulator to Rutting Performance at the NCAT Pavement Test Track. 3rd International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, October 2008.
  • Powell, R. Buzz. Installation and Performance of a Fiberglass Geogrid Interlayer on the NCAT Pavement Test Track. 6th RILEM International Conference on Cracking in Pavements, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM and Proceedings Volume, June 2008.
  • Powell, R. Buzz. Modeling Rutting Performance on the NCAT Pavement Test Track. TRB 87th Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, January 2008.
  • Watson, Donald E., Adriana Vargas-Nordcbeck, Jason Moore, David Jared, and Peter Wu. Evaluation of the Use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement in Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2051, pp. 64-70, Washington, DC, 2008.
  • Watson, Donald E., Jason Moore, Justin Heartsill, David Jared, and Peter Wu. Verification of Superpave Ndesign Compaction Levels For Georgia. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2057, pp. 75-82, Washington, DC, 2008.
  • Willis, J. Richard and R. Buzz Powell. A Synthesis of Construction Practices for Accelerated Loading Facilities in the United States. Proceedings of the International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Madrid, Spain, February 2008.
  • Willis, J. Richard. A Synthesis of Practical and Appropriate Instrumentation Use for Accelerated Pavement Testing. Proceedings of the International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Madrid, Spain, February 2008.
  • Willis, J. Richard and David H. Timm. Repeatability of Asphalt Strain Measurements under Full-Scale Dynamic Loading. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2087, pp. 40-48, Washington, DC, 2008.
  • Cooley Jr., L. Allen, R.C. Ahlrich, Donald E. Watson, and Prithvi S. Kandhal. Improved Porous Friction Courses (PFC) on Asphalt Airfield Pavements. Airfield Asphalt Pavement Technology Program, Auburn University, Project Report 04-06, 2007.
    Volume II</a> <li>Willis, J. Richard and David H. Timm. <a href=">A Forensic Investigation of Debonding in a Rich-Bottom Pavement. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 2040, pp. 107-114, Washington, DC, 2007.
  • Willis, J. Richard, and David H. Timm. Forensic Investigation of a Rich-Bottom Pavement under Dynamic Loading. Proceedings of the International Conference for Advanced Characterisation of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials, Athens, Greece, 2007.
  • Powell, R. Buzz. Predicting Field Performance on the NCAT Pavement Test Track. Dissertation, Auburn University, 2006.
  • Turochy, Rod E., and J. Richard Willis. Prioritization Procedures for Proposed Transportation Improvement at the Metropolitan Level. Transportation Research Board 2006 Annual Conference CD-ROM, 2006.
  • Turochy, Rod E., Willis, J. Richard, and Frazier Parker. Quality Assurance of Hot-Mix Asphalt: Comparison of Contractor Quality Control and Georgia Department of Transportation Data. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1946, pp. 47-54, Washington, DC, 2006.
  • Watson, Donald E., Jingna Zhang, and R. Buzz Powell. Analysis of Temperature Data for the National Center for Asphalt Technology Test Track. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1891, pp. 68-75, Washington, DC, 2004.
  • Watson, Donald E., E. Ray Brown, and Jason Moore. Comparison of Superpave and Marshall Mix Performance in Alabama. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1929, pp. 133-140, Washington, DC, 2005.
  • Xie, Hongbin, and Donald E. Watson. Determining Air Voids Content of Compacted Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1891, pp. 203-211, Washington, DC, 2004.
  • Watson, Donald E., L. Allen Cooley, Jr., Kathryn Ann Moore, and Kevin Williams. Laboratory Performance Testing of Open-Graded Friction Course Mixtures. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1891, pp. 40-47, Washington, DC, 2004.
  • Watson, Donald E., Eyad Masad, Kathryn Ann Moore, Kevin Williams, and L. Allen Cooley, Jr. Verification of Voids in Coarse Aggregate Testing: Determining Stone-On-Stone Contact of Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1891, pp. 182-190, Washington, DC, 2004.
  • Powell, R. Buzz. Field Performance Testing on the NCAT Pavement Test Track. International Conference on Highway Pavement Data, Analysis and Mechanistic Design Applications, 2003.
  • Powell, R. Buzz. Laboratory Performance Testing for the NCAT Pavement Test Track. TRB 82th Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, January 2003.
  • Powell, R. Buzz. Representative Sampling for Construction Quality Control at the 2000 NCAT Pavement Test Track. TRB 82th Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, 2003.
  • Smit, André de Fortier, Fred Hugo, Dale Rand, and R. Buzz Powell. MMLS3 Testing at the NCAT Test Track. TRB 82th Annual Meeting, Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, 2003.
  • Watson, Donald E. An Updated Review of SMA and Superpave Projects. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1832, pp. 217-223, Washington, DC, 2003.
  • Watson, Donald E., Kathryn Ann Moore, Kevin Williams, and L. Allen Cooley, Jr. Refinement of New Generation Open-Graded Friction Course Mix Design. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1832, pp. 78-85, Washington, DC, 2003.
  • Watson, Donald E. NCAT Test Track Design, Construction, and Performance. National Transportation Symposium, National Center for Asphalt Technology, 2002.
  • Brown, E. Ray, and R. Buzz Powell. A General Overview of Research Efforts at the NCAT Pavement Test Track. International Symposium on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, 2001.
  • Freeman, Reed, H. Tommy Carr, Tom McEwen, and R. Buzz Powell. Instrumentation at the National Center for Asphalt Technology Test Track. US Army Corps of Engineers, ERDC TR-01-9, 2001.
  • Watson, Donald E. Open-Graded Friction Course. Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Vol. 69, pp. 391-423, 2000.
  • Cooley, Jr., L. Allen, E. Ray Brown, and Donald E. Watson. Evaluation of Open-Graded Friction Course Mixtures Containing Cellulose Fibers. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1723, pp. 19-25, Washington, DC, 2000.
  • Watson, Donald E. Measure of Viscosity for Quality Assurance of Asphalt Binder of Recycled Hot Mix Asphalt Using Dynamic Shear Rheometer. Georgia Department of Transportation, 2000.
  • Watson, Donald E. Fine Aggregate Angularity Round Robin Testing. Presented at the Southeastern Asphalt User/Producer Group Annual Meeting, Panama City, FL, 1999.
  • Watson, Donald E., and David Jared. Georgia Department of Transportation's Experience with Microsurfacing. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1616, pp. 42-46, Washington, DC, 1998.
  • Watson, Donald E., Andrew Johnson, and David Jared. Georgia DOT's Progress in Open-Graded Friction Course Development. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1616, pp. 30-33, Washington, DC, 1998.
  • Watson, Donald E., Andrew Johnson, and Hem R. Sharma. Georgia's Experience with Recycled Roofing Shingles in Asphaltic Concrete. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1638, pp. 129-133, Washington, DC, 1998. Effect of Aggregate Degradation on Specimens Compacted by Superpave Gyratory Compaction. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1590, pp. 1-9, Washington, DC, 1997.
  • >Brown, Dan R., David Jared, Chris Jones, and Donald E. Watson. Georgia's Experience with Crumb-Rubber in Hot Mix Asphalt. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1583, pp. 45-51, Washington, DC, 1997.
  • Watson, Donald E., Andrew Johnson, and David Jared. The Superpave Gradation Restricted Zone and Performance Testing with the Georgia Loaded Wheel Tester. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1583, pp. 106-111, Washington, DC, 1997.
  • Watson, Donald E. Summary of Georgia's Experience with Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures. Presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1996.
  • Collins, Ronald, Donald E. Watson, and B. Campbell. Development and Use of Georgia Loaded Wheel Tester. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1492, pp. 202-207, Washington, DC, 1995.
  • Kandhal, Prithvi S., S.S. Rao, Donald E. Watson, and B. Young. Performance of Recycled Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures in Georgia. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1507, pp. 67-77, Washington, DC, 1995.
  • Watson, Donald E. Review of Control Strip Procedures. Georgia Department of Transportation, 1991.
  • Watson, Donald E. Georgia's Use of Non-Chlorinated Solvents for Bituminous Extraction. Georgia Department of Transportation, 1989.