Decarbonization Pathways for Asphalt Pavement Mixtures in Saudi Arabia: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Senior Fellow- Transportation & Infrastructure Ibrahem Shatnawi is a Senior Fellow in the transportation department at KAPSARC with more than 19 years of experience in…

Ibrahem Shatnawi is a Senior Fellow in the transportation department at KAPSARC with more than 19 years of experience in transportation engineering. He is currently leading the development of An Integrated Transport Model for KSA: Modeling Sustainable Pathways in the Transport Sector. His research focuses on transport policies and technologies for decarbonizing road transport and integrated transport demand modeling to estimate energy demand and emissions.

Before joining KAPSARC, Ibrahem gained extensive experience across both public and private sectors. He worked with the Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi, the Road and Transport Authority in Dubai, and renowned consulting firms such as JACOBS, Michael Baker International, and Parsons Corporation. His career has spanned multiple countries, including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

Ibrahem’s expertise includes public transportation fare strategies, transport policies, travel demand modeling, transportation economic impact studies, intelligent transportation systems, traffic operations, and microsimulation projects. He has served as a project manager for large-scale transportation studies and authored numerous technical reports.

Ibrahem holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, specializing in transportation, from Jordan University of Science and Technology, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, specializing in traffic engineering, from the University of Akron, Ohio, U.S.

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Associate- Transportation & Infrastructure Saif Almutairi is an Associate in the Transportation & Infrastructure program at KAPSARC. As a transport engineer, his interests include…

Saif Almutairi is an Associate in the Transportation & Infrastructure program at KAPSARC. As a transport engineer, his interests include transport policy and economics, transport modeling, and assessing policy changes related to mobility amid the energy transition. His current research focuses on transport system efficiency, advancing transport policy, and evaluating the impact of emerging technologies on the future of mobility. Saif holds an M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering from the University of Southern California.

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• Transportation