Background

Education

Ph.D., North Carolina State University. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. Civil Engineering. December 2011.

Dissertation: “Multiscale Constitutive Modeling of Asphalt Concrete”

Committee: Dr. Y. Richard Kim, Dr. Murthy N. Guddati, Dr. Roy Borden, Dr. Ranji Ranjithan, and Dr. Christopher Bobko

Master of Science, North Carolina State University. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. Transportation Materials. May 2006.

Thesis: “Experimental Investigation and Constitutive Modeling of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures in Uniaxial Tension”

Committee: Dr. Y. Richard Kim, Dr. Murthy N. Guddati, and Dr. Roy Borden

Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University. Department of Civil Engineering. Transportation Focus. May 2003.

Positions Held

2022-Present
Professor, North Carolina State University. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.

2023-2026
Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs, North Carolina State University. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.

2017-2022
Associate Professor, North Carolina State University. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.

2017 (April)-2017 (July)
Visiting Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente, del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture (DIATI).

2012-2017
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University. School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering.

2008-2012
Research Scientist, North Carolina State University. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. Transportation Materials.

2003-2008
Graduate Research Assistant, North Carolina State University. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.Transportation Materials.

2006-2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.

2001-2003
Undergraduate Research Assistant, North Carolina State University. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.Transportation Materials.

Service

Professional Membership

Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE)

Associate Member American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute

ASCE Transportation Development Institute

Transportation Research Board

Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists

Committee Membership

TRB AKN12: Standing Technical Committee on Asphalt Pavement Design and Constructionhttps://www.mytrb.org/OnlineDirectory/Committee/Details/7324

ISAP 2014 Scientific Committee

TDI 2nd Congress on Integrated Transportation and Development Scientific Committee

Arizona Pavements/Materials Conference Committee

Friend to TRB ADD 40: Transportation Sustainability Committee

Co-Organizer Dallas Little Honorary Symposium at 2011 ASCE EMI Conference

Peer Reviewer

ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics

ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Journal of the Transportation Research Board

International Journal of Pavement Engineering

Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists

Environmental Science and Technology

Construction and Building Materials

International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology

Mechanics of Materials

Journal of Composite Materials

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Professional Development

MGE@MSA Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Institute Certification; Tempe, Arizona

Introduction to Faculty Careers: A Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows; Raleigh, North Carolina

American Concrete Pavement Association Professor’s Seminar; Chicago, Illinois