DEVELOPMENT OF A FATIGUE-BASED ASPHALT BINDER PURCHASE SPECIFICATION FOR AIRFIELD ASPHALT By ROSTYSLAV SHAMBOROVSKYY A thesis submitted to the Graduate School-New Brunswick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Master of Science Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering Written under the direction of Dr. Ali Maher And approved by _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ New Brunswick, New Jersey May, 2016