Conference presentations of the 9th Dresden Asphalt Days 2025

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Block 0: Welcome and introduction

Welcome to Dresden
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Alexander Zeißler

Current research and development in asphalt road construction: From innovative materials to digital technologies
Dr.-Ing. Ulrike Stöckert

Block A: Measuring methods

Further developments in rheological bitumen testing technology
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Büchner

Possibilities of FTIR characterization for bitumen and bituminous binders
Dr.-Ing. Sandra Weigel

Polymer performance in binders - chemical-rheological bitumen characterization
Stefan Oest M.Eng.

Block B: Bitumen

Ageing behavior of biogenic binders
Dipl.-Ing. Maximilian Lorenz

Determination of the rheological and chemical properties of bitumen
Dipl.-Ing. Erik Kamratowsky

Endless reuse cycle of bitumen
Jule Dominik M.Sc. & Simon Schröder M.Sc.

Bitumen substitution with lignin
Timo Gottschling M.Sc.

Block C: Asphalt

Green asphalt through the use of biochar: Challenges and potentials
Dr. Daniel Großegger

The influence of bitumen-mineral interactions on bitumen ageing in asphalts
Daniel Horn M.Sc.

FEM- and ALE-based simulation of long-term pavement behavior under moving loads and thermal influences
Dr.-Ing. Ahmad Chihadeh

Influence of combined emission reduction measures on asphalt performance and exposures
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Pahirangan Sivapatham (for Tim Schrödter M.Sc.)

Friday, December 12, 2025

Block D: Sustainability / Service life

Road engineering assessment of the potential of temporary hard shoulder releases to extend the predicted service life of heavily used roads
Johannes Rau M.Sc.

Automated optimization of asphalt road structures with regard to ecological and economic sustainability
Julian Kohlmeier M.Sc. (for Paul Leopold M.Sc.)

Asphalt pavements with synchronized service lives
Dipl.-Ing. Artur Picht

Analysis of energy consumption in asphalt mixing plants and EPD tool for asphalt mixes
Dipl.-Ing. Paul Schönauer

Block E: Road condition

Pave4Climate
Dipl.-Ing. Josef Keller

Relationships between the condition parameters according to ZEB and load-bearing capacity measurement results of the TSD
Barbara Esser M.Sc.

ROADIT1.0 - Project overview
Lorenz Spillecke M.Sc.