Rafiqul A. Tarefder
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National Committees

  • Board Member, Int. Association for Computer Methods, and Advances in Geomechanics, 2019-
  • National Council Member and Marshall (elected in 2022), Chi Epsilon, 2014-
  • Advisory Board Member, European Cooperation of Science and Technology (COST) for GPR Research, 2012 – 2016.
  • Appointed Member, Nation Research Council, Transportation Research Board's standing committee on
    • AFS80: Stabilization of Geomaterials and Recycled Materials, 2016-20
    • AFP50: Seasonal Climatic Effects on Trans. Infrastructure, 2013-20
    • AFS90: Chemical and Mechanical Stabilization, 2010-16
    • DAWG: Data Analysis Working Group (steering committee), 2012-16
  • TRB Representative at Idaho State University, 2004-06
  • AFS50 (1): Applications of Nontraditional Computing Tools including Neural Nets, 2007-
  • AF000 (2): Pavement Materials and the Urban Climate, 2011-
  • Member, American Society for Testing and Materials
    • D04.22 on Effect of Water and Other Elements on Bituminous Coated Aggregates, 2006-
    • E56.02 on Physical and Chemical Characterization, 2014-
    • G04.01 on Test Methods, 2014-
  • Technical Research Advisory Panel Member, Texas Department of Transportation, 2003–2004

Scientific & Technical Committees

  • Scientific Committee, 16th International Conference of IACMAG, July 1-4, 2020
  • Technical Committee, 4th Geo-China Int. Conf., Shandong, China, July 25-27, 2016
  • Scientific Committee, 6th Int. Conf. on Bituminous Pav., Greece, June 10-12, June 2015
  • Int. Advisory Committee, First Int. Conf. on Science, Eng. & Env., Japan, Nov 19-21, 2015
  • Int. Scientific Committee, 3rd Int. Conf. on Trans. Infrastructure, Italy, Ap 22-25, 2014
  • Scientific Committee, IJPC Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, Dec 9-10, 2013
  • Technical Committee, Bangladesh Society of Geotechnical Eng. Conf., Dec 20-22, 2009
  • Session Chair, Int. ICCE-26 July 15-21, 2018 in Paris, France, Infra 6, 2018
  • Session Chair, Int. Con. On Human Factors, Software, and Systems Eng., session 44, 2017
  • Poster Session Chair, Chemical and Cementitious Stabilization, TRB 2015
  • Session Chair, Paving and Transportation Conference, Albuquerque, 2010, 2011
  • Session Chair, Int. Conf. on Engr. and Meta-Engineering: 2010, April 6-9, 2010, Florida
  • Session Chair, Earth and Space Conference Long Beach, California, 2008