**Meet the editors**

José Luis Rivera-Armenta was born in Tampico, Mexico, in 1971. He has a BSc in chemical engineering (1994), an MSc in Petroleum Technology and Petrochemicals (1998), and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (2002) at the Technological Instituto of Madero City (ITCM). Since 2003 he has been a full-time professor in postgraduate programs at ITCM and project manager of several

projects sponsored by the National Technologic of Mexico and CONA-CYT. Since 2005 he has been a member of the National Research System in CONACYT level 1. He is responsible for the injection and extrusion, and thermal analysis laboratory at the Petrochemical Research Center at ITCM. He has advisored eight PhD, 15 master's degree and three bachelor theses. He also supervised three posdoctorate students. He has had 48 articles and five book chapters published.

Beatriz A. Salazar Cruz, PhD since 2014, has been an associate member of MATCO since 2016, and an associate professor since 2012 of the Technological Institute of Madero City. She has had experience in the chemical process industry from 1995 to 2008 (Dynasol Elastomers) developing projects with SBS, SBR and SEBS polymers, and characterizing and innovating the quality of products

in a wide range of applications: asphalts, adhesives and compounds. She is the author or coauthor of several scientific publications in English and Spanish, and author or coauthor of several book chapters. She has taught several rheology courses and is a collaborator of several projects supported by the National Technologic of Mexico and CONACYT. She has advisored a master's degree thesis and also supervised engineering students.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Asphalts with Environmental Focus 1**

**Sustainable Modifiers 3** Ragab Abd Eltawab Abd El-latief

**Section 2 Evaluation of Asphalt Performance 19**

**Asphalt Structure 21** Ahmet Sertac Karakas

Bagdat Teltayev

Chapter 1 **Asphalt Modified with Biomaterials as Eco-Friendly and**

Chapter 2 **Aging Effects on Mechanical Characteristics of Multi-Layer**

Chapter 3 **Novel Applications with Asphaltene Electronic Structure 41**

Chapter 5 **The Enhancement of Asphalt Concrete Surface Rigidity Based on Application of Shungite-Bitumen Binder 81**

Chapter 6 **Evaluation of Structural and Thermal Properties of Rubber and HDPE for Utilization as Binder Modifier 109** Farzaneh Tahmoorian, Bijan Samali and John Yeaman

Podolsky Vladislav Petrovich, Lukashuk Alexandr Gennadievich, Tyukov Evgeny Borisovich and Chernousov Dmitry Ivanovich

Chapter 4 **Fatigue Destruction of Asphalt Concrete Pavement: Self-Organization and Mechanical Interpretation 61**

Eva M. Deemer and Russell R. Chianelli
