Civil Engineer, Geotechnical Engineering

Areas of Practice:

• Geotechnical Engineering
• Pavement Design and Analysis
• Infrastructure Maintenance and Management
• Soil Mechanics
• Geomechanics
• Civil Infrastructure Systems
• Tunnels
• Numerical Modeling Techniques

Professional Memberships:

• The Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI)
• Member, Transportation Research Board
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Steering Committee Member, Geo-Institute Pavements Committee
• Member, Transportation and Development Institute Infrastructure Systems Committee
• Member, International Society of Asphalt Pavements
• Member, Technical Committee on Constitutive Modeling of Asphaltic Materials
• Member, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
• Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Geomechanics
• Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Pavement Engineering

Highlights:

• National Reseach Council − Enhancements to the Superpave software for volumetric mix design and field quality control and assurance.
• Development of interactive pavement management systems for highway (State of Delaware) and airfield (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) pavements
• Analysis of weather-induced soil profile moisture changes beneath unpaved roads (for Midgetman missile deployment).
• Co-Principal Investigator – “Calibration of Rutting Models for HMA Structural and Mix Design,” National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 9-30A, 2005-2008.
• Co-Principal Investigator – “Cost Allocation Study for the Maryland Transportation Authority,” Maryland Transportation Authority, 2005-2007.
• Principal Investigator – “Implementation of the NCHRP 1-37A Design Guide,” Maryland State Highway Administration, 2004-2005.