2026 Dallas N. Little: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	78	620	587	218	199	363	18855

Overview

Dallas N. Little is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of engineering, with a particular focus on civil and structural engineering. Additional areas of study include materials chemistry, building and construction, environmental engineering, and biomaterials.

Little's main topics of work encompass:

Concrete and Cement Materials Research
Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures

The scientist has contributed numerous publications to leading journals in the field. Frequent publication venues include:

Transportation Geotechnics
Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Construction and Building Materials
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
International Journal of Pavement Engineering

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Little are:

"A state-of-the-art review of polymers used in soil stabilization," 2021, Construction and Building Materials
"Analytical tests to evaluate pozzolanic reaction in lime stabilized soils," 2020, MethodsX
"Evaluating the Long-Term Durability of Lime Treatment in Hydraulic Structures: Case Study on the Friant-Kern Canal," 2020, Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
"Evaluating the Durability of Lime-Stabilized Soil Mixtures using Soil Mineralogy and Computational Geochemistry," 2021, Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
"Coupled thermodynamic and experimental approach to evaluate ettringite formation in a soil stabilized with fluidized bed ash by-product: A case study," 2020, Transportation Geotechnics

Frequent collaborators in their research work include:

Yong-Rak Kim
Pavan Akula
Eyad Masad
Narain Hariharan
Saureen R. Naik

Best Publications

Review of Stabilization of Clays and Expansive Soils in Pavements and Lightly Loaded Structures—History, Practice, and Future

Thomas M. Petry;Dallas N. Little

527
Citations
Moisture susceptibility of asphalt mixtures, Part 1: mechanisms

Silvia Caro;Eyad A Masad;Amit Bhasin;Dallas N Little

525
Citations
Stabilization of Pavement Subgrades and Base Courses with Lime

Dallas N. Little

495
Citations
FATIGUE AND HEALING CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT MIXTURES

Yong Rak Kim;D. N. Little;R. L. Lytton

456
Citations
FATIGUE CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE USING VISCOELASTICITY AND CONTINUUM DAMAGE THEORY (WITH DISCUSSION)

Y R Kim;H-J Lee;D N Little

362
Citations
Bitumen Surface Energy Characterization Using a Contact Angle Approach

Arno W. Hefer;Amit Bhasin;Dallas N. Little

326
Citations
Th e Benefi ts of HYDRATED LIME IN HOT MIX ASPHALT

Dallas N. Little;Jon A. Epps

293
Citations
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSTITUTIVE MODELING OF ASPHALT CONCRETE

Y. Richard Kim;Dallas N. Little

276
Citations
Characterization of Aggregate Surface Energy Using the Universal Sorption Device

Amit Bhasin;Dallas N. Little

275
Citations
A thermo-viscoelastic-viscoplastic-viscodamage constitutive model for asphaltic materials

Masoud K. Darabi;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Eyad A. Masad;Eyad A. Masad;Chien Wei Huang

272
Citations
Linear Viscoelastic Analysis of Asphalt Mastics

Yong Rak Kim;D. N. Little

270
Citations
A state-of-the-art review of polymers used in soil stabilization

Jianxin Huang;Reginald B. Kogbara;Narain Hariharan;Eyad A. Masad;Eyad A. Masad

265
Citations
Unique Effects of Hydrated Lime Filler on the Performance-Related Properties of Asphalt Cements: Physical and Chemical Interactions Revisited

Dallas N. Little;J. Claine Petersen

263
Citations
Surface Free Energy to Identify Moisture Sensitivity of Materials for Asphalt Mixes

Amit Bhasin;Dallas N Little;Kamilla Lima Vasconcelos;Eyad A Masad

257
Citations
Limits on Adhesive Bond Energy for Improved Resistance of Hot-Mix Asphalt to Moisture Damage

Amit Bhasin;Eyad A Masad;Dallas N Little;Robert L. Lytton

250
Citations
CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL PROCESSES OF MOISTURE DAMAGE IN HOT-MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENTS

D N Little;D R Jones Iv

246
Citations
Using Surface Energy Measurements to Select Materials for Asphalt Pavement

Dallas N Little;Amit Bhasin

241
Citations
Use of Molecular Dynamics to Investigate Self-Healing Mechanisms in Asphalt Binders

Amit Bhasin;Rammohan Bommavaram;Michael L. Greenfield;Dallas N. Little

237
Citations
Surface Energy Measurement of Asphalt and Its Application to Predicting Fatigue and Healing in Asphalt Mixtures

DingXin Cheng;Dallas N. Little;Robert L. Lytton;James C. Holste

236
Citations
A continuum damage mechanics framework for modeling micro-damage healing

Masoud K. Darabi;Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub;Dallas N. Little

223
Citations
Characterization of microdamage and healing of asphalt concrete mixtures

Zhiming Si;D. N. Little;R. L. Lytton

219
Citations
USE OF SURFACE FREE ENERGY PROPERTIES OF THE ASPHALT-AGGREGATE SYSTEM TO PREDICT MOISTURE DAMAGE POTENTIAL (WITH DISCUSSION)

D Cheng;D N Little;R L Lytton;J C Holste

208
Citations