Jolina Karam

Jolina Karam is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Scholar at Arizona State University (ASU) in Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering. More specifically, her research is focused on Transportation, Pavement and Materials. Jolina is originally from Lebanon, where she pursued her Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a Minor in Engineering Management at Notre Dame University (NDU). Recently, she has completed her PhD at ASU. Her dissertation focused on studying the effects of different modifiers introduced into asphalt crack sealants. By adding different modifiers, their effect on the sealant with respect to climate was of interest. Other projects she has been working on include cool pavement applications and Urban Heat Island effects mitigation in asphalt pavements, and the implementation of recycled aerogels into asphalt pavements as part of the National Center of Infrastructure Transformation (NCIT).
Jolina is the winner of the WTS International and WTS Metro Phoenix Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship for the year 2024. She also received the International Road Federation (IRF) Fellowship in 2020, the Matthew E. Witczak Endowment and Engineering Graduate Fellowship for 2019, as well as the Fulton Fellowship for 2019 and 2020 at ASU for academic excellence as well as successful performance and achievements.