Konsta Mikael Sirvio defended his doctoral thesis

Dr Konsta Mikael Sirvio defended his doctoral thesis “Advances in predictive maintenance planning of roads by empirical models” successfully. Professor Juho Rousu acted as the Custos. Professor Juha Röning and Dr Cesar Queiroz acted as opponents. The instructor of the thesis was Dr Jaakko Hollmén.

Tough questions covered the applicability of empirical models beyond flexible pavements and in new situations with autonomous vehicles, as well as methodological aspects such as genetic algorithms.