About the Hesp Research Group

The AASHTO SOM voted to adopt the Extended Bending Beam Rheometer (eBBR) test...[read more]

Professor Hesp and his students won the Elaine Thompson Award for their paper Physical Hardening in Asphalt...[read more]

The pothole season has finally ended! Once again Professor Hesp was in high demand for interviews...[read more]

Postdoctoral Fellow Migle Paliukaite spoke at the 6th International Conference on Bituminous Mixtures and Pavements in Thessaloniki, Greece...[read more]

It was with sadness and joy that Prof. Hesp said goodbye to several students: Bidur Ghimire, John Ikpugha, Isaac Omari and David Sowah-Kuma...[read more]

Professor Hesp visited the Technical University of Gdansk in Poland, Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia and the Estonian Road Administration...[read more]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Subcommittee on Materials (AASHTO SOM) voted to adopt the DENT test...[read more]

The CommonWealth Magazine published an article on how some states are dealing with the presence of recycled engine oil bottoms (REOB) in the asphalt cement supply...[read more]

The Double-Edge-Notched Tension (DENT) test was featured in an article in REVISTA CONSTRUYENDO CAMINOS...[read more]

Want to build better roads that are less harmful to our environment and economy due to reconstruction costs and traffic delays?...[read more]

Kelli-anne Johnson and Michaela Thomas presented their research results at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board...[read more]

Professor Hesp, M.Sc. student Samuel Abiodun and Professor Emeritus Gus Shurvell traveled to Brazil, to present their work at the Petrobras...[read more]

The Queen’s Summer Work Experience Program (SWEP) has been kind to the Hesp Research Group this year and provided partial funding for as many as six new summer positions!...[read more]

Colleen Kinross and Ryan Bricker presented their summer 2012 research results at the 2013 Airports and Highways Pavements Conference...[read more]

The pothole season has been with us again and for that reason Professor Hesp was interviewed by Wei Chen of CBC’s Ontario Morning...[read more]

Senior Bituminous Engineer Seyed Tabib of the Materials and Engineering Research Office of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation...[read more]

Major funding has been secured in the form of research grants and contracts...[read more]

At the invitation of the Polish Asphalt Paving Association (www.PSWNA.pl), undergraduate student Ryan Bricker...[read more]

Professors Simon Hesp and Gus Shurvell are the recipients of a Best Paper Award...[read more]

Undergraduate student Andrew McIntyre, graduate student Senthil Kumar, and Professor Simon Hesp were invited...[read more]

The City of Kingston has continued with the implementation of Ontario Standard Test...[read more]

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has reached agreement with industry to implement LS-299...[read more]

Undergraduate student Syed Rubab accompanied Professor Hesp to Quebec City, to present results on...[read more]

The City of Kingston has continued with the implementation of Ontario Standard Test Methods...[read more]

Undergraduate students Jennifer Erskine and George Warburton accompanied Professor Hesp to Lima, Peru...[read more]