A close up view of a tire on top of pavement.

Designing Infrastructure to Endure

Driven by Mechanics, Informed by Data, Validated by Performance

Welcome to the Jayme Research Group!

Dr. Angeli Jayme is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at ASU. She leads her research group in understanding pavement behavior and its inherent role to balance user and environmental demands, address the emergence of new technologies, and uphold high levels of safety and reliability. Her research group focuses on asphalt material characterization, pavement mechanics, damage quantification, rehabilitation and maintenance planning, smart infrastructure, energy harvesting, and advanced mobility.

Research Thrusts

Transportation infrastructure serves as the foundation for all economies and an artery system that connects many communities. The ultimate outcome for advanced numerical modeling and data-driven approaches is to create tools that aid transportation agencies in their design and analysis measures to serve the public—especially addressing current and new challenges.

Learn more about our research

Check out our publications on Google Scholar and Research Gate. More details on ASU’s Pavements and Materials Program here.

Updates

Jayme received an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Faculty Fellowship and participated in the July 2025 workshop.

Interested in joining our group?

Highly motivated individuals with strong quantitative/computational and communication skills who are interested in pursuing a CEE PhD and MS degree(s) at ASU and conduct transportation infrastructure research are encouraged to apply here! Please indicate your desire to work with Dr. Angeli Jayme in your application.

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Material Design and Evaluation

It is essential to push transportation infrastructure systems, such as pavements, to become smart commodities that work hand-in-hand with technology advancements. One of the levers is mix design of asphalt concrete materials. Our group evaluates material capacity and design thresholds to ensure they perform across a suite of rigorous testing and innovatively address a combination of demands. Check out ASU’s Advanced Pavements Laboratory.

Pavement Structural Mechanics

Akin to system designs, pavements are subjected to complex interactions of many components, namely tire-pavement contact, material and layer configurations, and environmental conditions. Numerical modeling is a powerful tool that enables an in-depth and flexible evaluation of pavement structures, providing insights on three-dimensional pavement behavior. Our group utilizes a two-pronged modeling approach of tire-pavement interaction and pavement structural analysis to evaluate how pavements react to current and emerging stressors.

Tire Rolling Loss – Mechanical + Thermal

Damage Quantification

In reality, pavements fail due to bulk weakening rather than damage due to a single-point critical response (used in conventional design and analysis). Our group aims to explore and merge damage evolution techniques with the structural analysis of tire-pavement interaction. Understanding the governing mechanisms of damage enables strategic identification and planning of design and rehabilitation techniques—ultimately promoting long lasting pavement structures.