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PUBLICATIONS

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Peer-reviewed Journal Publications (* represents corresponding author)
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  1. Hessam AzariJafari*, Fengdi Guo, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Carbon uptake of concrete in the US pavement network”; Resources, Conservation, and Recycling; Vol. 167; No. 105397 (2021) (Link).

  2. Hessam AzariJafari*, Geoffrey Guest, Randolph Kirchain, Jeremy Gregory, Ben Amor; “Towards comparable environmental product declarations of construction materials: insights from a probabilistic comparative LCA approach”; Building and Environment; Vol. 190; No. 107542 (2021) (Link).

  3. Kaveh Safari, Hessam AzariJafari*; “Challenges and opportunities of integrating BIM and LCA: methodological choices and framework development”; Sustainable Cities and Society, No. 102728, (2021) (Link).

  4. Mahjoob Noparast, Milad Hemmatian, Ali Ashrafian, Mohammad Javad Tahari, Hessam AzariJafari*; “Integrating non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm for implementing the circular economy concept in the concrete industry”; Sustainable Production and Consumption; (2021) (Link).

  5. Amir Ali Shahmansouri, Habib Akbarzadeh, Hessam AzariJafari*; “Life cycle assessment of concrete mixtures incorporation zeolite in sulfate aggressive environment”; Construction and Building Materials; Volume 268;(2020); No. 121136 (Link).

  6. Hessam AzariJafari*, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Potential contribution of deflection-induced fuel consumption to US greenhouse gas emissions”; Journal of Transportation Research Record; Volume 2674; (2020); Issue 8; 931-937 (This work received coverage from over 180 media sources including AAAS, Yahoo, and American Scientist, ranked #3 out of 3181 in media share) (Link)

  7. Xin Xu, Hessam AzariJafari*, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “An integrated model for quantifying the impacts of pavement albedo and urban morphology on building energy demand”; Energy and Buildings, Volume 211; (2020) No. 109759 (Link).

  8. Hessam AzariJafari*, Ammar Yahia, Ben Amor; “Removing Shadows from Consequential LCA through a Time-Dependent Modeling Approach: Policy-Making in the Road Pavement Sector”; Environmental Science and Technology; Volume 53; Issue 3; (2019): 1087-1097 (Link).

  9. Mohsen Ghasemi, Haleh Rasekh, Javad Berenjian, Hessam AzariJafari*; “Dealing with the challenge of workability loss in natural pozzolan incorporated SCC: a study of natural zeolite and pumice”; Construction and Building Materials, Volume 222, (2019): 424-436 (Link).

  10. Hessam AzariJafari*, Mohammad Javad Taheri, Haleh Rasekh, Maedeh Javaheri, Javad Berenjian; “Ternary blended cement: an eco-friendly alternative to improve resistivity of high-performance self-consolidating concrete against elevated temperature”; Journal of Cleaner Production; Volume 223; (2019): 575-586 (Link).

  11. Miguel F. Astudillo*, Hessam Azarijafari; “Estimating the global warming emissions of the LCAXVII conference: connecting flights matter”; International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment; (2018): 1-5 (Link).

  12. Hessam AzariJafari*, Ammar Yahia, Mourad Ben Amor; “Assessing the individual and combined effects of uncertainty and variability sources in comparative LCA of pavements”; International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment; (2017): 1-15 (Link).

  13. Hessam AzariJafari*, Azim Tajadini, Motahareh Rahimi, Javad Berenjian; “Reducing variations in the test results of self-consolidating lightweight concrete by incorporating pozzolanic materials”; Construction and Building Materials; Volume 166 (2018): 889-897(Link).

  14. Hessam AzariJafari*, Ali Kazemian, Motahareh Rahimi, Ammar Yahia; “Effects of pre-soaked Super Absorbent Polymer on Fresh and Hardened Properties of Self-Consolidating Lightweight Concrete”; Construction and Building Materials; 113 (2016) 215-220 (Link).

  15. Hessam AzariJafari*, Ammar Yahia, Mourad Ben Amor; “Life cycle assessment of pavements: Reviewing research challenges and opportunities”; Journal of Cleaner Production 112, No. 4 (2016): 2187-2197 (Link).

  16. Hessam AzariJafari*, Javad Berenjian, Mohammad Shekarchi, Babak Ahmadi; “Enhancing workability retention of concrete containing natural zeolite by superplasticizers’ combination”; ACI Special publication SP-302-15 (2015): 416-424 (Link).

  17. Hessam AzariJafari*, Ali Kazemian, Babak Ahmadi, Javad Berenjian, and Mohammad Shekarchi. "Studying effects of chemical admixtures on the workability retention of zeolitic Portland cement mortar." Construction and Building Materials 72 (2014): 262-269 (Link).

  18. Ali Akbar Ramezanianpour, Ali Kazemian*, Elham Radaei, Hessam AzariJafari, and Mohammad Ali Moghaddam. "Influence of Iranian low-reactivity GGBFS on the properties of mortars and concretes by Taguchi method." Computers and Concrete 13, No. 4 (2014): 423-436 (Link).

     

 
 
Selected Peer-reviewed Proceedings

  1. Hessam AzariJafari*, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Pavement Reflectivity and Its Dynamics in Consequential LCA of Building Energy Demand”; LCA 2020; September 2020; USA.

  2. Hessam AzariJafari*, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Developing a Harmonized and Probabilistic Tool for Comparative Analysis of the Environmental Product Declarations: A Case Study of Concrete Embodied Carbon”; LCA 2020; September 2020; USA.

  3. Hessam AzariJafari*, Xin Xu, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Context-specific assessment of pavement environmental performance in different climate conditions”; International Symposium on Pavement, Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment; Sacramento; June 2020; USA.

  4. Hessam AzariJafari*, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Enabling Comparability of Environmental Product Declarations Through Harmonization: A Case Study of Concrete”; LCA XVX; Tucson; September 2019; USA.

  5. Hessam AzariJafari*, Xin Xu, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “An integrated model for quantifying the impacts of pavement albedo and urban morphology on building energy demand”; LCA XVX; Tucson; September 2019; USA.

  6. Hessam AzariJafari*, Azim Tajadini, Motahareh Rahimi, Javad Berenjian; “Variation in the Test Results of Self-Consolidating Lightweight Concrete Containing Ternary Blended Cement” (Best Student Paper in Emerging Concrete Technology); Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board; Washington D.C; January 2018; USA.

  7. Hessam AzariJafari, Ammar Yahia, Mourad Ben Amor; “Let’s be more precise on infrastructure decision-making: Developing a dynamic consequential LCA model for pavements”; LCA XVII; Portsmouth; October 2017; USA.

  8. Ashkan Aghaalian, Amir Hosein Faraji, Motahareh Rahimi, Hessam Azarijafari; " The effects of cork granulates on properties of self-consolidating concrete"; 10th ACI/RILEM International Conference on Cementitious Materials (ICCM), October 2017, Montreal.

  9. Hessam AzariJafari, Ammar Yahia, Mourad Ben Amor; “Life cycle assessment of concrete and asphalt pavements: a case study in the province of Quebec (Canada)”; LCA XV; October 2015; Vancouver; Canada.

  10. Ali Rahimi, Reza Kerachian, Hessam AzariJafari; “Properties of green concrete made with alkali- activated materials and its commercialization policy in Iran”; 1st International Conference on Green Economic; May 2014; Tehran; Iran (in Persian).

  11. Mohsen Ghasemi, Javad Berenjian, Hessam AzariJafari; “Studying effect of chemical admixtures on self consolidating concrete incorporating pumice and zeolite powder”; 1st National Congress on Construction Engineering and project Assessment; May 2014; Gorgan; Iran (in Persian).

  12. Mohsen Ghasemi, Javad Berenjian, Hessam AzariJafari; “An investigation on slump loss and its compensating methods on compressive strength of self-consolidating concrete incorporating Pumice ”; 1st National Congress on Construction Engineering and project Assessment; May 2014; Gorgan; Iran (in Persian).

  13. Mohsen Ghasemi, Javad Berenjian, Hessam AzariJafari; “Effect of Pumice replacement rate on setting time and hardened properties of self- consolidating concrete ”; 1st International Congress on Urban Development Based on Technology ; March 2014; Kordestan; Iran (in Persian).

  14. Mohammad Khanmohammadi, Hamed Hataminia, Hessam AzariJafari, Fatemeh Sadat Akhavan Hejazi; “Effect of  mineral additives on properties of self-compacting mortars used in narrow elements”; 2nd International Conference on Cement Industry, Energy and Environment (CIEE); November 2013, Tehran; Iran (in Persian).

  15. Mohsen Ghasemi, Javad Berenjian, Hessam AzariJafari; “Investigation on effective parameters on slump loss of concrete containing water-reducing additives and compensation methods”; 5th  National Conference of Concrete, October 2013, Tehran, Iran (in Persian).

  16. Mohsen Ghasemi, Javad Berenjian, Hessam AzariJafari; “Investigation on effective parameters on slump loss of concrete containing water reducing additives and compensation methods”; 5th  National Conference of Concrete, October 2013, Tehran, Iran (in Persian).

  17. Mohammad Shekarchi, Mahdi Chini, Hessam AzariJafari, Seyfollah Gorji; “Effect of physical and chemical properties of GGBFS on Mechanical and durability properties of Portland slag cement mortar”; 5th  National Conference of Concrete, October 2013, Tehran, Iran (in Persian).

  18. Hessam AzariJafari, Jafar Rashidi, Motahareh Rahimi, Javad Berenjian; “Obtaining structural lightweight concrete by use of super absorbent polymer”; 5th  National Conference of Concrete, October 2013, Tehran, Iran (in Persian).

  19. Hessam AzariJafari, Javad Berenjian, Mohammad Shekarchi, Babak Ahmadi; “An Approach to Evaluate Superplasticizer’s Performance, Part I: Zeta potential”; 5th National Conference of Concrete, October 2013, Tehran, Iran (in Persian).

  20. Hessam AzariJafari, Javad Berenjian, Mohammad Shekarchi, Babak Ahmadi; “An Approach to Evaluate Superplasticizer’s Performance, Part II: Adsorption Isotherm”; 5th  National Conference of Concrete, October 2013, Tehran, Iran (in Persian).

  21. Hessam Azari Jafari, Javad Berenjian, Mohammad Shekarchi, Babak Ahmadi; “Synergistic Effect of Chemical Admixtures on Workability of Mortar Containing Zeolite powder”; 1st International RILEM Conference on Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials and the 7th RILEM Conference on Self-Compacting Concrete, September 2013, Paris, France.

  22. Reza Bani Ardalan, Siavash Fakhretaha, Hessam Azari Jafari, Nicolas Ali Libre, Mohammad Shekarchi; “Investigation of Inert and Pozzolanic Powders of Properties of Self-Consolidating concrete”; 4th  National Conference of Self Compacting Concrete;  February 2013; Tehran; Iran (in Persian).

  23. Hessam Azari Jafari, Mohammad Shekarchi, Javad Berenjian, Babak Ahmadi; “An Investigation on Synergistic Effect of Retarders and Superplasticizers on Workability Zeolite blended Cement Mortars”; 4th National Conference of Concrete; October 2012; Tehran; Iran (in Persian).

  24. Saeed Hesami, Mohammad Javad Taheri, Hessam AzariJafari; “Value engineering usage in tunneling, Case study: Haraz spillway tunnel”; first Asian and ninth Iranian Tunneling Symposium; November 2011; Tehran; Iran (in Persian).

  25. Hessam Azari Jafari, Heydar Dashti; “Economical Comparison of Self Compacting and Conventional Concrete for Concrete Structures Buildings”; National Congress of Self Compacting Concrete; April 2011; Kerman; Iran (in Persian).

 
Professional Papers and Technical Publications

  1. Hessam Azarijafari, Sean Monkman, Julie Buffenbarger “The Eco Concrete Competition Lessons learned by (and from) students, Concrete International Magazine, American Concrete Institute, USA, 2019

  2. Jean-Martin Lessard, Hessam Azarijafari, Arezki Tagnit-Hamou, “Eco Concrete competition: LCA tool, rules and guidelines”, American Concrete Institute, USA. https://www.concrete.org/students/studentcompetitions/ecoconcretecompetition.aspx

  3.  ACI Committee 130, Concrete Sustainability Guideline, “Chapter 7 - Concrete at the End of Service Life”, American Concrete Institute (Under revision by Technical Activity committee), USA, 2017
    https://www.concrete.org/committees/ballotsclosed.aspx?BallotID=6826&Committee_Code=C0013000

  4. Hessam AzariJafari, Javad Berenjian, Azim Tajadini, Reza Mehralizadeh, Mojtaba Kohandelnia; “Effects of ternary blended cements on fresh and hardened properties of self-consolidating lightweight concrete”; Cement monthly magazine; ISSN: 1735-4390; No. 194 (2014): 88-99.
     

Oral and Poster Presentations

  1. Hessam Azarijafari, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Life Cycle Carbon Uptake of the United States Pavement Network”, Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board; Washington D.C; January 2021; USA.

  2. Hessam Azarijafari, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Studying geographical and temporal dynamic aspects in consequential LCA of building energy response to pavement albedo change”, International Symposium for Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST); Online conference; June 2020; USA.

  3. Hessam Azarijafari, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Nation-wide analysis of excess fuel consumption due to pavement structural performance”, Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board; Washington DC; January 2020; USA.

  4. Hessam AzariJafari, Jeremy Gregory, Randolph Kirchain; “Assessing the comparability of concrete Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) through a probabilistic analysis”; ACI Fall Convention; Cincinnati; October 2019; USA.

  5. Jeremy Gregory, Hessam AzariJafari, Hugo Uvegi, Randolph Kirchain, Elsa Olivetti; "Meeting greenhouse gas targets and enabling a circular economy through sustainable concrete in the built environment"; MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab Conference, April 2019, Cambridge, USA (Poster Presentation).
  6. Hessam AzariJafari, Ammar Yahia; "Life cycle assessment of uncracked and cracked structural concrete elements in marine environments: Calculation of reference flows based on concrete lifespan"; ACI 228 & 130 Cracking and Durability in Sustainable Concretes session, ACI Fall Convention, October 2017, Anaheim, USA (Invited Speaker).
  7. Hessam AzariJafari, Ammar Yahia, Mourad Ben Amor; “Dynamic assessment of pavement rolling resistance and its environmental consequences: a case study of concrete and asphalt in Quebec”; Rencontres étudiantes du CRIB; June 2017; Sherbrooke; Canada (Oral Presentation in English).
  8. Hessam AzariJafari, Ammar Yahia, Mourad Ben Amor; “Évaluation des impacts environnementaux des chaussées par le développement d’une nouvelle approche d’analyse du cycle de vie”; Forum Environnement et développement durable en Estrie; June 2017; Sherbrooke; Canada (Présentation Orale en français).
  9. Hessam AzariJafari, Ammar Yahia, Mourad Ben Amor; “Comparative life cycle environmental impacts of asphalt and jointed plain concrete pavement”; 22nd Annual CEGSS Conference; June 2015; Montreal; Canada (Oral Presentation).
  10. Hessam AzariJafari, Ammar Yahia, Mourad Ben Amor; “Comparative attributional life cycle assessment of asphalt and concrete pavements”; Rencontres étudiantes du CRIB; June 2015; Sherbrooke; Canada (Oral Presentation).
  11.  Hessam AzariJafari, Javad Berenjian, Mohammad Shekarchi, Babak Ahmadi; “Fundamental Approaches to Evaluate Superplasticizer’s Performance in cementitious medium”; 15th Annual Conference of Concrete and Earthquake, ACI Iran Chapter, January 2013, Tehran, Iran (Oral Presentation).
 
Public Communication and Media Coverage

  1. “3 Questions: Hessam AzariJafari on mitigating climate change with reflective pavements”, MIT Office of Sustainability, 2020. https://sustainability.mit.edu/article/3-questions-hessam-azarijafari-mitigating-climate-change-reflective-pavements.

  2. “Stiffer roadways could improve truck fuel efficiency”, MIT News Office, 2020 (translated into 7 languages and cited in different news-press). http://news.mit.edu/2020/stiffer-roadways-improve-truck-efficiency-emissions-0611.

  3. Hessam AzariJafari, “Les impacts environnementaux des chaussées : une question de dynamique!”, Agence Science Presse, 2018. https://www.sciencepresse.qc.ca/blogue/liride/2018/04/03/impacts-environnementaux-chaussees-question-dynamique .
Professional Presentations

  1. Hessam AzariJafari; “How to engage ACI local chapter with student chapters: a case study of Sherbrooke University”; Chapter Officer Roundtable; ACI Fall Convention, October 2017, Anaheim, USA (Invited Speaker).

  2. Hessam AzariJafari; “Promoting students’ engagement in ACI Student chapter by infusion of creativity”; ACI Student Forum; ACI Fall Convention, October 2017, Anaheim, USA.

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