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  1. BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF REFLECTIVE TEACHERS: INSIGHTS FROM THE PALERMO PEER MENTORING PROGRAM AND ITS IMPACT ON TEACHING QUALITY

    Article • March 2026, IATED Academy, S.L.

    Davide Lo Presti

  2. Investigating end-of-life allocation approaches for bituminous mixtures

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, November 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  3. Enhancing the Sustainability of Asphalt Mixtures: A Focus on Operational Factors and Dataset for Environmental Product Declarations

    Article • Sustainability, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  4. Aging resistance in model bio-based binders for road materials: a study of rosin esters and vegetable oil combinations

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  5. Advanced Mixing Rheometry for Dynamic Shear Rheometer Testing of Highly Heterogeneous Bituminous Binders

    Article • Journal of Testing and Evaluation, January 2025, ASTM International

    Davide Lo Presti

  6. Summary of Rilem Technical Committee TC 279-WMR Activities

    Article • RILEM Technical Letters, September 2024, Rilem Publications SARL

    Davide Lo Presti

  7. Investigating the Ability of Road Specifications to Discriminate the Rutting Behavior of Rubberized Asphalt Mixtures in Italy

    Article • Infrastructures, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  8. Modelling the Environmental and Economic Life Cycle Performance of Maximizing Asphalt Recycling on Road Pavement Surfaces in Europe

    Article • Sustainability, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  9. Unveiling the Benefits of Engineered Crumb Rubber for Asphalt Mixtures via Performance-Related Characterization: Rutting Behavior

    Article • July 2023, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  10. Validation of a Novel Sensing Approach for Continuous Pavement Monitoring Using Full-Scale APT Testing

    Article • Journal of Transportation Engineering Part B Pavements, March 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Davide Lo Presti

  11. Rheological investigation on the ageing performance of bio-recycled asphalt binders and mixtures

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, February 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  12. Recycling Plastic into Roads

    Article • Journal of Testing and Evaluation, February 2023, ASTM International

    Augusto Cannone Falchetto, Davide Lo Presti

  13. Bituminous Binder and Bituminous Mixture Modified with Waste Polyethylene

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  14. Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Mixtures with WMR

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  15. Editorial

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport, December 2022, Emerald

    Davide Lo Presti

  16. Rheological properties of asphalt binder modified with waste polyethylene: An interlaboratory research from the RILEM TC WMR

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, November 2022, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  17. Rubberised stone mastic asphalt mixtures: a performance-related evaluation

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  18. A critical review of life cycle assessment benchmarking methodologies for construction materials

    Article • Sustainable Materials and Technologies, September 2022, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  19. Feasibility of using more polishable aggregates in dense-graded asphalt surface mixture: Case study of dolomite

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, August 2022, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  20. Investigating Tools for Sustainability Assessment of Road Pavements in Europe

    Article • May 2022, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  21. Machine learning techniques to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt pavement

    Article • Matériaux et Constructions, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  22. RILEM TC 279 WMR round robin study on waste polyethylene modified bituminous binders: advantages and challenges

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  23. Performance-based characterization of recycled polymer modified asphalt mixture

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, December 2021, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  24. Organic Compounds Evaluation from Fumes Generated in Laboratory by Bio-recycled Asphalt Mixtures

    Article • Journal of Testing and Evaluation, November 2021, ASTM International

    Davide Lo Presti

  25. Experimental Investigation on Water Loss and Stiffness of CBTM Using Different RA Sources

    Article • September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eshan Dave, Davide Lo Presti

  26. From Laboratory Mixes to Full Scale Test: Rutting Evaluation of Bio-recycled Asphalt Mixes

    Article • September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  27. Improved Testing Setup for Real-Time Monitoring of PMBs During Manufacturing and Rotational Viscosity Measurements

    Article • September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  28. On the Assessment and Optimisation of the Processing Conditions of Tyre-Rubber Modified Bitumen

    Article • September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  29. Organic Compounds Evaluation from Fumes Generated in Laboratory by Bio-recycled Asphalt Mixtures

    Article • September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  30. Application of textile fibres from tire recycling in asphalt mixtures

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, September 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  31. Can crumb rubber modifier effectively replace the use of polymer- modified bitumen in asphalt mixture?

    Article • Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, September 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  32. Rutting analysis of different rubberised stone mastic asphalt mixtures: from binders to mixtures

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, July 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  33. Using a hazard-independent approach to understand road-network robustness to multiple disruption scenarios

    Article • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, April 2021, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  34. Rheological characterisation of cold bitumen emulsion slurries

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  35. European National Road Authorities and Circular Economy: An Insight into Their Approaches

    Article • Sustainability, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  36. Optimisation of liquid rubber modified bitumen for road pavements and roofing applications

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, July 2020, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  37. Using a random road graph model to understand road networks robustness to link failures

    Article • International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, June 2020, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  38. Thermo-rheological analysis of WMA-additive modified binders

    Article • Matériaux et Constructions, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  39. Are we correctly measuring the rotational viscosity of heterogeneous bituminous binders?

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, February 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  40. Quality control of manufacturing and hot storage of crumb rubber modified binders

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, February 2020, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  41. Quantitative assessment of the parameters linked to the blending between reclaimed asphalt binder and recycling agent: A literature review

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, February 2020, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  42. Toward the Development of Load Transfer Efficiency Evaluation of Rigid Pavements by a Rolling Wheel Deflectometer

    Article • Infrastructures, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  43. Evaluation of Load transfer in rigid pavements by Rolling wheel deflectometer and Falling weight deflectometer

    Article • Transportation Research Procedia, January 2020, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  44. From Laboratory Mixes Evaluation to Full Scale Test: Fatigue Behavior of Bio-Materials Recycled Asphalt Mixtures

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  45. Monitoring Road Pavement Performance Through a Novel Data Processing Approach, Accelerated Pavement Test Results

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  46. Simulating Deflection of a Jointed Rigid Pavement Under Rolling Wheel Deflectometer (RAPTOR) Loading

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  47. Data Compression Approach for Long-Term Monitoring of Pavement Structures

    Article • Infrastructures, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  48. Effect of two novel bio-based rejuvenators on the performance of 50% RAP mixes – a statistical study on the complex modulus of asphalt binders and asphalt mixtures

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti, Zahra Sotoodeh Nia, Laurent Porot

  49. A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  50. Non- petroleum- Based Binders for Paving Applications: Rheological and Chemical Investigation on Ageing Effects

    Article • August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  51. Full-scale validation of bio-recycled asphalt mixtures for road pavements

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, August 2019, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  52. Performance of a sustainable asphalt mix incorporating high RAP content and novel bio-derived binder

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Zahra Sotoodeh Nia, Davide Lo Presti, Laurent Porot

  53. Recommendation of RILEM TC237-SIB on fragmentation test for recycled asphalt

    Article • Matériaux et Constructions, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  54. Binder and Mixture Fatigue Performance of Plant-Produced Road Surface Course Asphalt Mixtures with High Contents of Reclaimed Asphalt

    Article • Sustainability, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  55. The effect of prolonged storage time on asphalt rubber binder properties

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, June 2019, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  56. Microstructure and rheological response of laboratory-aged SBS-modified bitumens

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  57. Quality-control procedure for dry-process rubberised asphalt mastics

    Article • May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Armando Astolfi, Davide Lo Presti

  58. On the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt and degree of blending with recycling agents

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  59. Intrinsic adhesive and cohesive assessment of the moisture sensitivity of bio-rejuvenated recycled asphalt binders

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  60. Bio materials with reclaimed asphalt: from lab mixes properties to non-damaged full scale monitoring and mechanical simulation

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti, Laurent Porot

  61. SUP&R DSS: A sustainability-based decision support system for road pavements

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2019, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  62. Life cycle assessment of low temperature asphalt mixtures for road pavement surfaces: A comparative analysis

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, November 2018, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  63. Recommendation of RILEM TC237-SIB: protocol for characterization of recycled asphalt (RA) materials for pavement applications

    Article • Matériaux et Constructions, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eshan Dave, Davide Lo Presti

  64. A comparative life-cycle assessment of asphalt mixtures for railway sub-ballast containing alternative materials

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, October 2018, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  65. Effect of ageing on the morphology and creep and recovery of polymer-modified bitumens

    Article • Matériaux et Constructions, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  66. Recommendation of RILEM TC237-SIB on cohesion test of recycled asphalt

    Article • Matériaux et Constructions, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eshan Dave, Davide Lo Presti

  67. The effects of laboratory ageing on rheological and fracture characteristics of different rubberised bitumens

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, August 2018, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  68. Design considerations of high RAP-content asphalt produced at reduced temperatures

    Article • Matériaux et Constructions, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  69. Use of bitumen-stabilised ballast for improving railway trackbed conventional maintenance

    Article • Géotechnique, June 2018, Emerald

    Davide Lo Presti

  70. Towards storage-stable high-content recycled tyre rubber modified bitumen

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, May 2018, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  71. Novel performance-based technique for predicting maintenance strategy of bitumen stabilised ballast

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, February 2018, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  72. Cold Recycling of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eshan Dave, Davide Lo Presti

  73. A new procedure to determine the rheological properties of RAP binder and corresponding bituminous blends

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, November 2017, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  74. Effects of Laboratory Aging on Properties of Biorejuvenated Asphalt Binders

    Article • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, October 2017, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Davide Lo Presti

  75. New simplified approach for obtaining a reliable plateau value in fatigue analysis of bituminous materials

    Article • Engineering Failure Analysis, September 2017, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  76. Effect of waste metallic particles on asphalt induction heating

    Article • July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  77. Evaluación del efecto rejuvenecedor de bio-materiales sobre ligantes para mezclas con alto contenido de asfalto recuperado

    Article • Materiales de Construcción, July 2017, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Davide Lo Presti

  78. Optimisation of bitumen emulsion properties for ballast stabilisation

    Article • Materiales de Construcción, June 2017, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Davide Lo Presti

  79. Evaluation of the fracture performance of different rubberised bitumens based on the essential work of fracture

    Article • Engineering Fracture Mechanics, June 2017, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  80. Fatigue and Healing Properties of Low Environmental Impact Rubberized Bitumen for Asphalt Pavement

    Article • Coatings, May 2017, MDPI AG

    Davide Lo Presti

  81. A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, May 2017, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  82. A Framework for Defining a Sustainability Rating System for Railway Track-Beds

    Article • April 2017, ASME International

    Davide Lo Presti

  83. Improving the rheometry of rubberized bitumen: experimental and computation fluid dynamics studies

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, April 2017, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  84. Review and comparison of freely-available tools for pavement carbon footprinting in Europe

    Article • March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  85. Rolling resistance and traffic delay impact on a road pavement life cycle carbon footprint analysis

    Article • March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  86. Linear viscoelastic properties of high reclaimed asphalt content mixes with biobinders

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  87. Reclaimed asphalt binders and mortars fatigue behaviour

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  88. Feasibility and preliminary design of a new railway line in the Dolomites area of Veneto Region

    Article • March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  89. Functional and durability properties evaluation of open graded asphalt mixes

    Article • March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  90. Rolling resistance impact on a road pavement life cycle carbon footprint analysis

    Article • March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  91. Bitumen stabilized ballast: A potential solution for railway track-bed

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, October 2016, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  92. Rolling resistance contribution to a road pavement life cycle carbon footprint analysis

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  93. Towards 100% recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road surface courses: binder design methodology and case studies

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, September 2016, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  94. Linear and nonlinear fractional hereditary constitutive laws of asphalt mixtures

    Article • Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, July 2016, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

    Davide Lo Presti

  95. Performance of asphalt mixes with high recycling rates for wearing layers

    Article • June 2016, Czech Technical University in Prague - Central Library

    Davide Lo Presti

  96. Time dependent viscoelastic rheological response of pure, modified and synthetic bituminous binders

    Article • Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti

  97. Mechanistic procedure for parameter determination of multiplicative decomposition based constitutive models

    Article • International Journal of Pavement Engineering, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  98. Effect of mixing time on reclaimed asphalt mixtures: An investigation by means of imaging techniques

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, November 2015, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  99. Rubberised bitumen manufacturing assisted by rheological measurements

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  100. Tests Campaign Analysis to Evaluate the Capability of Fragmentation Test to Characterize Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Material

    Article • August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Davide Lo Presti, Eshan Dave, Andrea Graziani

  101. Reclaimed Asphalt Test Specimen Preparation Assisted by Image Analysis

    Article • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, August 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Davide Lo Presti

  102. An investigation on using pre-treated tyre rubber as a replacement of synthetic polymers for bitumen modification

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  103. Binder design of high RAP content hot and warm asphalt mixture wearing courses

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  104. Toward more realistic viscosity measurements of tyre rubber–bitumen blends

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, September 2014, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  105. Laboratory Mix Design of Asphalt Mixture Containing Reclaimed Material

    Article • Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Davide Lo Presti

  106. Recycled Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: A literature review

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, December 2013, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  107. Tyre rubber-modified bitumens development: the effect of varying processing conditions

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  108. Fundamental characterisation of reclaimed asphalts: the importance of testing homogeneous specimens

    Article • Road Materials and Pavement Design, April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Davide Lo Presti

  109. Microstructural Study of Asphalt Mixture Containing Reclaimed Material

    Article • Advanced Materials Research, December 2012, Trans Tech Publications

    Davide Lo Presti

  110. Definition of a laboratory optimization protocol for road bitumen improved with recycled tire rubber

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, December 2012, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti

  111. Manufacturing Terminal and Field Bitumen-Tyre Rubber Blends: The Importance of Processing Conditions

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, October 2012, Elsevier

    Davide Lo Presti