Multi-Step Relaxation Characterization and Viscoelastic Modeling to Predict the Long-Term Behavior of Bitumen-Free Road Pavements Based on Polymeric Resin and Thixotropic Filler

Prof. Dr. Zoltan Major studied mechanical engineering with a specialization in materials and manufacturing and graduated from the University of Miskolc in Hungary. He was employed at the Institute for Mechanical Technologies as a Researcher until 1994. From 1994 to 2008, he was employed as a Researcher and later as a University Assistant at the Institute for Materials Science and Testing of Plastics at the Montanuniversität Leoben in Austria and served as Senior and Key Researcher at the Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH. His PhD addresses the characterization of the impact behavior of plastics using the fracture mechanics approach. From 2003 to 2009, he was a Senior and Key Researcher at the Polymer Competence Center Leoben. Since 2009, he has been working as the Head of the Institute of Polymer Product Engineering (IPPE) at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria) and investigating the various aspects of design and dimensioning of advanced polymeric components. His research activities cover the fields of experimental mechanics, mechanics of materials, integrative multi-scale simulations, design, and additive manufacturing of polymers. He is a member of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) TC4 Polymers and Composites committee and Secretary of ESIS Austria Group. He is also the Chairman of the IMEKO TC15 Experimental Mechanics group and leads the WG2 Characterization and Simulation in the European Lightweight Cluster Alliance (ELCA).