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Dr. Ala R. Abbas
Assistant Professor
Office: 209D ASEC
Tel- 330.972.8242
Fax- 330.972.6020
Email: abbas@uakron.edu
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Education
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2004, Washington State
University
- M.S., Civil Engineering, 2001, Washington State University
- B.S., Civil Engineering, 1999, University of Jordan
Professional Experience
- 08/05 – Present, Assistant Professor, Department
of Civil Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH
- 10/04 – 08/05, Highway Research Engineer, Soil and Land Use Technology,
Inc., Beltsville, MD
- 01/03 – 07/04, Highway Research Fellow, Turner-Fairbank Highway
Research Center, Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA
- 09/01 – 12/02, Research Assistant, Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department, Washington State University, Pullman,
WA
- 08/99 – 08/01, Teaching Assistant, Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department, Washington State University, Pullman,
WA
- 04/99 – 07/99, Site Engineer and Quality Control Manager,
TAC Group, Amman, Jordan
- 06/98 – 07/98, Research Trainee, Ground Engineering and
Materials Science Department, University of Cantabria,
Santander, Spain
Awards
- Eisenhower Graduate Research Fellowship in
Transportation Engineering, Federal Highway Administration, 2004
- Eisenhower
Graduate Research Fellowship in Transportation Engineering, Federal
Highway Administration, 2003
- National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
research and education scholarship for the year 2001/2002
- Outstanding
Teaching Assistant Award for the Year 2000, Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department, Washington State University
Research Interests
- Modeling of geomaterials
- Pavement material characterization
- Pavement surface
characterization
- Pavement response and performance modeling
Courses Taught
- Highway Materials (4300:468/568)
Selected Publications
- Abbas, A., Masad, E., Papagiannakis,
T., and Shenoy, A. (2005), “Modeling Asphalt Mastic Stiffness
Using Discrete Element Analysis and Micromechanics-Based
Models,” International Journal of
Pavement Engineering, Vol. 16, pp. 137-144.
- Abbas, A., Papagiannakis,
A.T., and Masad, E. (2004), “Linear and Non-Linear Viscoelastic
Analysis of the Microstructure
of Asphalt Concretes,” Journal
of Materials in Civil Engineering,
ASCE, Vol. 16, pp. 133-139.
- Abbas, A.R., Papagiannakis, A.T., and Masad,
E.A. (2003), “Microstructural Analysis of
the Constitutive Behavior of
Asphalt Concretes,”
ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication
No. 123, Geo-Institute, Reston
VA, pp. 102-110.
- Saadeh, S., Masad,
E., Stuart, K., Abbas, A., Papagiannakis, T.,
and Al-Khateeb,
G.
(2003),
“Comparative Analysis
of Axial and Shear Moduli
of Asphalt Mixes,” Journal
of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists,
Vol.
72, pp. 122-153.
- Papagiannakis,
A.T., Abbas, A.R., and Masad, E.A. (2002), “Micromechanical
Analysis of
Viscoelastic Properties of
Asphalt Concretes,” Journal
of the Transportation Research
Board, Record No. 1789, pp. 113-120.
- Abbas, A., Choi, B.C., Masad, E., and Papagiannakis,
T. (2002), “The
Influence of Laboratory
Aging Method on the
Rheological
Properties of
Asphalt Binders,” Journal
of Testing and Evaluation, American
Society
of Testing
and Materials, Vol. 30,
No. 2, pp. 171-176.
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