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Research Highlights
- PI/Co-PI of total external funding = $17.0M (as PI = $15.1M)
- Authored 444 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles (193J, 251C) including two best paper awards
- Published 1 textbook and 6 book chapters; Edited 6 books and journal special issues; published 48 major research reports
- Supporting/supported 92 students (24 Ph.D., 29 M.S., 4 Postdocs, 1 Editorial Assistant, 35 undergraduate students); Graduated 18 PhDs and 26 MS students
- Established a strong externally funded research and scholarly program at UNM, essentially from scratch, principally in the area of pavement materials and design
- Led the New Mexico DOT in the calibration and implementation of a newly developed mechanistic-empirical ME pavement design guide
- Contributed significant new knowledge and engineering tools in the state of New Mexico's airfield pavement evaluation and rehabilitation design procedure
- Delivered speeches/presented at more than 100 national/international conferences & symposia
Major Research Areas
Pavement Materials & Design
- Characterization and modeling of pavement materials
- Pavement geomechanics and mechanistic design
- Airfield pavement dynamics and rehabilitation
- Nanoscale measurements of material properties
Advanced Geomechanics
- Pavement foundation and transportation soils
- Constitutive laws of engineering materials
- Non-destructive testing methods
- Multi-scale material characterization
Sustainable Infrastructure
- Sustainable pavements through recycling
- Life cycle assessment of pavement systems
- Environmental impact reduction strategies
- Green construction materials development
Advanced Modeling
- Molecular dynamics and neural networks
- Finite element modeling and simulation
- AI and machine learning applications in pavement management
- Atomic Force Microscopy and FTIR data modeling