Amit Bhasin

Amit Bhasin

The University of Texas at Austin

Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

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Austin, TX 78712-0273

Phone: 512-***-****

Email: abqc28@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Civil Engineering (May 2006)

Texas A&M University, USA

M.E. Civil Engineering (August 2003)

Texas A&M University, USA

B.Tech. Civil Engineering (May 1997)

Institute of Technology, UP, INDIA

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Visiting Assistant Professor, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M

University (September 2007 to July 2008)

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental

Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (August 2008 to present)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Engineer (Civil), Engineers India Limited (India), (July 1997 to December 1999)

Project Coordinator, Madhucon Projects Limited (India), (January 2000 to June 2001)

Design Engineer, Samveshak (India), (June 2001 to May 2002)

Graduate Assistant Research, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University

(June 2002 to May 2006)

Associate Research Scientist, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University

(May 2006 to July 2008)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Recipient of National Outstanding Achievement Award by Management Studies

Promotion Institute, New Delhi, 1999

Conferred upon by Bharat Excellence Award, New Delhi, 2000

Recipient of annual AAPT Scholarship sponsored by the Association of the Asphalt

Paving Technologists, 2004

Nominated for K.B. Woods best paper award in design and construction by the

Transportation Research Board, 2007

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Recipient of the best paper award by the International Scientific Committee at the

6th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and

Technological Control, Italy, 2009

National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award,

2011

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY SOCIETIES

Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers

Committee Member, Pavements Committee, Geo-Institute, ASCE

UNIVERSITY AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Departmental Committees

ABET Sub-committee on program outcome (2008 - 2009)

Distinguished lecturer committee (2008 present)

Undergraduate student advisor (2010 present).

Undergraduate student mentor (2009 present).

SEMM faculty search committee (2010 2011).

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY AND MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEES

Committee Member, Pavements Committee, Geo-Institute, ASCE

Member, Technical Working Group WG06 Chemo-Mechanics of Bituminous

Materials

Member, Technical Working Group WG07 Bitumen and Mastics

Sub-committee on advanced models to understand behavior and performance of

asphalt mixtures, AFK50(1), Transportation Research Board.

Committee Member, AFK50, Characteristics of Bituminous Paving Mixtures to Meet

Structural Requirements, Transportation Research Board.

Panel Member, NCHRP Project 9-50, Transportation Research Board.

Technical reviewer for the following peer-reviewed journals

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE)

Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board (NRC)

Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials (Springer)

International Journal of Pavement Engineering (Taylor & Francis)

Journal of Testing and Evaluation (ASTM)

Journal of Transportation Engineering (ASCE)

International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology

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International Journal of Solids and Structures (Elsevier)

Technical reviewer for the following conferences

4th International Gulf Conference on Roads, Doha, Qatar, 2005

8th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and

Airfields

Others

Panel member and technical reviewer for National Science Foundation, SBIR/STTR

panel on Infrastructure and Building Materials, April 2009.

Session Chair, International Foundation Congress & Equipment Expo, organized by

the ASCE Geo Institute, Orlando, FL, March 2009.

Session Chair, Geo Florida 2010, organized by the ASCE Geo-Institute, West Palm

Beach, FL, February 2010.

CONSULTING

Provided on request.

PUBLICATIONS

(Items with * indicate an accompanying presentation)

Book Chapters

1. Little, D.N., Bhasin, A., and Lytton, R.L. Micromechanics Modeling of

Performance of Asphalt Concrete Based on Surface Energy, Modeling of Asphalt

Concrete Mixtures, Edited by Richard Kim, McGraw-Hill, 2008, pp.355-390.

2. Little, D.N. and Bhasin, A. Exploring Mechanisms of Healing in Asphalt Mixtures

and Quantifying its Impact, Self Healing Materials: An Introduction, Edited by

Sybrand van der Zwaag, Publ. Springer, Netherlands, 2008, pp.205-218.

Peer Reviewed Journals (In Press or Published)

1. Bhasin, A., Button, J.W., and Chowdhury, A. Evaluation of Simple Performance

Tests on HMA mixtures from the South Central United States, Transportation

Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2004, Vol.

1891, pp. 174-181.*

2. Hefer, A.W., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Bitumen Surface Energy Characterization

using a Contact Angle Approach, Journal of Testing and Materials, American

Society of Civil Engineers, 2006, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 759-767.

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3. Button, J.W., Chowdhury, A., and Bhasin, A. Developing a Mix Design Procedure

Using the Superpave Gyratory Compactor, Transportation Research Record, TRB,

National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2006, Vol. 1970, pp. 106-115.

4. Bhasin, A., Chowdhury, A., and Button, J.W. Selection of Optimum Gravel

Aggregate Size to Resist Permanent Deformation in Hot Mix Asphalt,

Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Washington

D.C., 2006, Vol. 1952, pp. 39-47.*

5. Bhasin, A., Masad, E., Little, D.N., and Lytton, R.L. Limits on Adhesive Bond

Energy for Improved Resistance of Hot Mix Asphalt to Moisture Damage,

Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Washington

D.C., 2006, Vol. 1970, pp. 3-13.*

6. Bhasin, A. and Little, D.N. Characterization of Aggregate Surface Energy using the

Universal Sorption Device, Journal of Testing and Materials, American Society of

Civil Engineers, 2007, Vol. 19, No. 8, pp. 634-641.

7. Sebaaly, P., Little, D.N., Hajj, E.Y., and Bhasin, A. Impact of Lime and Liquid

Antistrip on the Properties of an Idaho Mixture, Transportation Research Record,

TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2007, Vol. 1998, pp. 65-74.

8. Bhasin, A., Howson, J.E., Masad, E., Little, D.N., and Lytton, R.L. Effect of

Modification Processes on Bond Energy of Asphalt Binders, Transportation

Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2007, Vol.

1998, pp. 29-37.

9. Bhasin, A., Vasconcelos, K.L., Little, D.N., and Masad, E. Use of Surface Free

Energy to Identify Moisture Sensitivity of Materials for Asphalt Mixes,

Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Washington

D.C., 2007, Vol. 2001, pp. 37-45.*

10. Caro, S., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Moisture Susceptibility of Asphalt

Mixtures, Part 1: Mechanisms, Special Issue on Moisture Damage, International

Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2008, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 81-98.

11. Caro, S., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Moisture Susceptibility of Asphalt

Mixtures, Part 2: Characterization and Modeling, Special Issue on Moisture

Damage, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2008, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 99-

114.

12. Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., Bommavaram, R., and Vasconcelos, K.L. A Framework to

Quantify the Effect of Healing in Bituminous Materials Using Material Properties,

Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2008, pp. 219-242.

13. Branco, V.C., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Fatigue Analysis of Asphalt

Mixtures Independent of Mode of Loading, Transportation Research Record, TRB,

National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2008, Vol. 2057, pp. 149-156.*

14. Caro, S., Masad, E., Airey, G., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Probabilistic Analysis of

Fracture in Asphalt Mixtures Caused by Moisture Damage, Transportation Research

Record, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2008, Vol. 2057, pp. 28-

36.

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15. Bhasin, A., Branco, V.C., Masad, E., and Little, D.N. Quantitative Comparison of

Energy Methods to Characterize Fatigue in Asphalt Materials, Journal of Materials

in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009, Vol. 21, pp. 83-92.

16. Kim, Y.R., Lutif, J.S., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Evaluation of Moisture Damage

Mechanisms and Effects of Additives in Asphalt Mixtures through Measurements of

Mixture Component Properties and Performance Testing, Journal of Materials in

Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009, Vol.20, No.10, pp.

659-667.

17. Bhasin, A. and Little, D.N. Application of Micro-calorimeter to Characterize

Adhesion between Asphalt Binders and Aggregates, Journal of Materials in Civil

Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009, Vol.21, No.6, pp. 235-243.

18. Bommavaram, R., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Determining Intrinsic Healing

Properties of Asphalt Binders: Role of dynamic shear rheometer, Transportation

Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2009, Vol.

2126, pp. 47-54.*

19. Caro, S., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. A Coupled Micromechanical

Model of Moisture-Induced Damage in Asphalt Mixtures, Journal of Materials in

Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp.

380-388.

20. Vasconcelos, K.L., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Influence of Reduced Production

Temperatures on the Adhesive Properties of Aggregates and Laboratory Performance

of Fine Aggregate Asphalt Mixtures, International Journal of Road Materials and

Pavement Design, 2010, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 47-64.

21. Masad, E., Howson, J., Bhasin, A., Caro, S. and Little, D.N. Relationship of Ideal

Work of Fracture to Practical Work of Fracture, Journal of the Association of

Asphalt Paving Technologists, 2010, Vol. 79, 81-118.

22. Caro, S., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Probabilistic Modeling of the

Effect of Air Voids on the Mechanical Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Subjected to

Moisture Diffusion, Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists,

2010, Vol. 79, 221-252.

23. Caro, S., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Micromechanical Modeling of the

Influence of Material Properties on Moisture-Induced Damage in Asphalt Mixtures,

Construction and Building Materials, 2010, Vol. 24, No. 7, pp. 1184-1192.

24. Vasconcelos, K.L., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Measurement of water diffusion in

asphalt binders using the FTIR-ATR technique, Transportation Research Record,

TRB, National Research Council, 2010, Vol. 2293, pp. 29-38.

25. Bhasin, A., Bommavaram, R., Little, D.N., and Greenfield, M. L. Use of Molecular

Dynamics to Investigate Self-Healing Mechanisms in Asphalt Binders Journal of

Materials in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (Accepted

March 2010, in press).

26. Vasconcelos, K.L., Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., and Lytton, R.L. Experimental

measurement of water diffusion through fine aggregate mixtures, Journal of

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Materials in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (Accepted

July 2010, in press).

27. Vasconcelos, K.L., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. History dependence of water

diffusion in asphalt binders, International Journal of Pavement Engineering,

(Accepted September 2010).

28. Howson, J., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., and Lytton, R.L. Comprehensive

analysis of surface free energy of asphalts and aggregates and the effects of changes

in pH, Construction and Building Materials, (Accepted September 2010).

29. Bhasin, A., Palvadi, S. and Little, D. Influence of aging and temperature on intrinsic

healing of asphalt binders, Transportation Research Board (Accepted January

2011).*

30. Bhasin, A. and Motamed, A. Analytical models to characterize crack growth and

healing in bituminous materials, International Journal of Pavement Engineering

(Accepted March 2011).

31. Arega, Z., Bhasin, A., Motamed, A., and Turner, T.F. Effect of Warm Mix Asphalt

Additives and Reduced Aging on Rheology of Asphalt Binders with Different Natural

Wax Contents, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil

Engineers (Accepted April, 2011).

32. Bhasin, A., Izadi, A., and Bedagkar, S. Three Dimensional Distribution of the

Mastic in Asphalt Composites, Construction and Building Materials (Accepted

April, 2011).

33. Motamed, A., Bhasin, A., and Liechti, K. Interaction Nonlinearity in Asphalt

Binders, Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, (Accepted April, 2011).

Conference and Symposium

1. Ghosh, C., Bhasin, A., and Dutta, D.K. Low Cost Foundation Treatment by using

Mini Stone Column and Micropiles, Proc. ECOHOME 94, All India Seminar on

Low Cost Housing, Institution of Engineers (India), Nagpur, India, 1994, pp.104-

108.*

2. Mohan, D., Bhasin, A., and Shukla, A.K. Residential Building Construction- An

Environmental Friendly Approach, Proc. All India Seminar on Engineering

Education in 21st Century, Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi, India, 1995, pp-

83-86.*

3. Bhasin, A. and Ghosh, C. Use of Geosynthetics in Pavement New Design

Approaches, Proc. Terzaghi 95, All India Conference on Rural Roads, Andhra

University, Visakhapatnam, India, 1995, pp-4.*

4. Ghosh, C. and Bhasin, A. Finite Element Analysis for Reinforced Foundation Bed,

Proc. Indian Geotechnical Conference, IGC-95, Bangalore, India,1995, Vol. I, pp-

435-439.

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5. Ghosh, C. and Bhasin, A. Displacement Controlled Pullout Test of Geotextile in

Granular Soil, Proc. International Symposium on Earth Reinforcement, Kyushu,

Japan, 1996, pp-35-38.

6. Button, J.W., Chowdhury, A., and Bhasin, A. Effects of Polymer Additive on

Simple Performance Testing of HMA Mixtures Presented at the 41st Annual

Petersen Asphalt Research Conference, Cheyenne, WY, 2004.

7. Bhasin, A., Button, J.W., and Chowdhury, A. Laboratory Evaluation of Simple

Performance Tests on Polymer-Modified Asphalt Mixtures, Proc. 3rd Eurasphalt

and Eurobitume Congress, Vienna, 2004, pp. 1878-1888.

8. Bhasin, A. and Little, D.N. Characterizing Surface Properties of Aggregates used in

Hot Mix Asphalt, Presented at 14th Annual ICAR Symposium, TX, 2006.*

9. Bhasin, A., Button, J.W., and Chowdhury, A. Evaluation of Laboratory Test

Protocols for Predicting Moisture Susceptibility, Proc. 10th International Conference

on Asphalt Pavements, Quebec City, Vol. 1, pp. 699-708, Canada, 2006.

10. Chowdhury, A., Button, J.W., and Bhasin, A. By-Product Fibers from Recycled

Tires for Use in Hot Mix Asphalt, Presented at 43rd Annual Petersen Asphalt

Research Conference, Laramie, WY, 2006.

11. Vasconcelos, K.L., Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., and Soares, J.B. Evaluation of Moisture

Damage and Healing in Mastic, Presented at 18th Asphalt Meeting (IBP), Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil, 2006.

12. Chowdhury, A., Bhasin, A., and Button, J.W. Evaluation of Recycled Tire Fibers as

Reinforcement in Different Types of Asphalt Mixtures, Presented at the 86th Annual

Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2007. *

13. Howson, J.E., Bhasin, A., Masad, E., Little, D.N., Lytton, R.L., and Claros, G.

Influence of Material Factors on Surface Energy and Adhesive Bond Energy, Proc.

Conference on Advanced Characterization of Pavement and Soil Engineering

Materials, Athens, Greece, 2007.

14. Airey, G., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., Caro, S., and Little, D.N. Asphalt mixture

moisture damage assessment combined with surface energy characterization, Proc.

Conference on Advanced Characterization of Pavement and Soil Engineering

Materials, Athens, Greece, 2007.

15. Bhasin, A. and Little, D.N. Methods to Quantify Interfacial Adhesion and

Debonding in Bitumen-Aggregate Systems in Dry and Wet Conditions, Presented at

Conference on Advanced Characterization of Pavement and Soil Engineering

Materials, Athens, Greece, 2007.

16. Branco, V.C., Masad, E., Little, D.N., and Bhasin, A. An Improved Method for the

Analysis of Asphalt Mastics Using DMA, Presented at the 15th Annual ICAR

Symposium, Austin, TX, 2007.

17. Masad, E., Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., and Lytton, R.L., System Approach for Analysis

of Moisture Damage in Asphalt Mixtures, 6th International Symposium on Binder

Rheology and Pavement Performance, Tampa, FL, 2007.

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18. Vasconcelos, K.L., Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., Berger, E., and Soares, J.B. Use of

Lime Prills in Hot Mix Asphalt (in Portuguese). Accepted for presentation at XIV

Congreso Ibero-Latino Americano del Asfalto (XIV Ibero-Latin American Meeting in

Asphalt) CILA La Habana, Cuba, 2007.

19. Vasconcelos, K.L., Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., and Soares, J.B. Adhesion

Measurements Between Aggregate and Asphalt (in Portuguese). Accepted for

presentation at XXI Congresso de Pesquisa E Ensino em Transportes (Research and

Education in Transportation) ANPET, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007.

20. Vasconcelos, K.L., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Calorimetric Measurement of

Adhesion between Bitumen and Aggregate Used in Asphalt Mixtures Proc.

International Symposium on Asphalt Pavements and Environment, Zurich,

Switzerland, 2008.

21. Caro, S., Airey, G.D., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Moisture

Susceptibility of Asphalt Mixtures Combined with Surface Free Energy and Fracture

Property Characterization, Proc. International Symposium on Asphalt Pavements

and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland, 2008.

22. Vasconcelos, K.L., Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Influence of Asphalt Mixture

Production Temperatures on the Surface Properties of Aggregates and Mixture

Performance, Presented at the 88th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board,

Washington, D.C., 2009.*

23. Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., Bommavaram, R., and Greenfield, M. L. Intrinsic Healing

in Asphalt Binders Measurement and Impact of Molecular Morphology, Sixth

International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and

Technological Control, Torino, Italy, 2009.

24. Ambarish, B., Prozzi, J.A., Smit, A.F., Bhasin, A. and Aguiar-M, J.P. Curing Rate

for Asphalt Emulsions, Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting, Transportation

Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2010.

25. Motamed, A. and Bhasin, A. Investigating Nonlinear Response of Asphalt Binders

at High Temperature, Engineering Mechanics Special Publication (EMSP)

Pavements and Materials: Testing and Modeling at Multiple Length Scales, also

Presented at Engineering Mechanics Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 2010.*

26. Arega, Z., Bhasin, A., Motamed, A., and Turner, F. Effect of Warm Mix Asphalt

Additives and Reduced Aging on Rheology of Asphalt Binders, Presented at the 90th

Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Technical Reports

1. Bhasin, A., Button, J.W., and Chowdhury, A. Evaluation of Simple Performance

Tests on HMA Mixtures from South Central United States, Final Report No.

FHWA/TX-03/9-558-1, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. June

2003, 152 pages.

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2. Chowdhury, A., Bhasin, A., and Button, J.W. As-Built Properties of Test Pavements

on IH-20 in Atlanta District, Final Report No. FHWA/TX-03/0-4203-2, Texas

Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. March 2003, 122 pages.

3. Bhasin, A., Button, J.W., Chowdhury, A., and Masad, E. Analysis of South Texas

Aggregates for use in Hot Mix Asphalt, Final Report No. FHWA/TX-05/0-4203-4,

Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. September 2004, 76 pages.

4. Button, J.W., Chowdhury, A., and Bhasin, A. Design of TxDOT Asphalt Mixtures

Using the Superpave Gyratory Compactor, Final Report No. FHWA/TX-05/0-4203-

1, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. December 2004, 130 pages.

5. Bhasin, A., Button, J.W., and Chowdhury, A. Evaluation of selected laboratory

procedures and development of databases for Hot Mix Asphalt, Final Report No.

FHWA/TX-05/0-4203-3, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX.

January 2005, 163 pages.

6. Bhasin, A. and Little, D.N. Evaluation of Effect of Hydrated Lime on Selected Mixes,

Final Report for Idaho DOT, 2005, 13 pages.

7. Little, D.N., and Bhasin, A. Using Surface Energy Measurements to Select Materials

for Asphalt Pavement, Final Report for Project 9-37, National Cooperative Highway

Research Program, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2006, 196

pages.

8. Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Characterizing Surface Properties of Aggregates used in

Hot Mix Asphalt, Final Report No. ICAR 505-2, Texas Transportation Institute,

College Station, TX. June 2006, 41 pages.

9. Bhasin, A., and Little, D.N. Characterizing Surface Properties of Aggregates used in

Hot Mix Asphalt, Final Report No. ICAR 505-2, Texas Transportation Institute,

College Station, TX. June 2006, 41 pages.

10. Chowdhury, A., Button, J.W., and Bhasin, A. Fibers from Recycled Tire as

Reinforcement in Hot Mix Asphalt, Final Report No. SWUTC/05/167453-1, Texas

Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. August 2006, 58 pages.

11. Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., and Vasconcelos, K.L. Pilot Study for the Use of Lime Prills

in Lieu of Hydrated Lime Powder, Final Report for Chemical Lime Company,

Houston, TX, 2006, 14 pages.

12. Howson, J., Masad, E., Bhasin, A., Branco, V.C., Arambula, E., Lytton, R.L., and

Little, D.N. System for Evaluation of Moisture Damage Using Fundamental Material

Properties, Final Report No. 0-4524-1, Texas Transportation Institute, College

Station, TX. June 2007, 188 pages.

13. Masad, E., Bhasin, A., Lytton, R.L., and Little, D.N. Implementation Plan for Use of

Surface Energy Measurements to Select Materials Resistant to Moisture Damage.

Final Report No. 0-4524-P3. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX.

June 2007, 17 pages.

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14. Bhasin, A., Little, D.N., and Vasconcelos, K.L. Modification of Asphalt Mixtures

(Hot and Warm) by the Addition of Zeolite. Final Report to PQ Corporation, Texas

Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. July 2007, 26 pages.

15. Bhasin, A., Narayan, A., and Little, D.N. Laboratory Investigation of a Novel

Method to Accelerate Healing in Asphalt Mixtures Using Thermal Treatment. Final

Report No. SWUTC/09/476660-00005-1, Center for Transportation Research,

University of Texas at Austin, TX. August 2009, 36 pages.

16. Bhasin, A., Badgekar, S., and Izadi, A. Quantitative Characterization of

Microstructure of Asphalt Mixtures. Final Report No. SWUTC/10/476660-00070-1,

Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas at Austin, TX. August 2010,

56 pages.

INVITED LECTURES AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS

(Additional presentations are marked with * in the publication section)

1. Effect of Hydrated Lime and Liquid Anti strip on Stripping of HMA Mixtures, Asphalt

Technology Conference, Shreveport, LA, February, 2005.

2. Advanced Characterization of Infrastructure Materials, Workshop for the Polymer

Technology Consortium, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M

University, College Station, TX, April 2007.

3. Fundamental Material Properties and Performance of Asphalt Mixtures A Few

Perspectives on Moisture Damage and Healing, Inter-Disciplinary Seminar,

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, May 2007.

4. Direction of Research in the Moisture Damage Area for the Asphalt Research

Consortium, FHWA Expert Task Group on Modeling, Denver, CO, June 2007.

5. Methodology for the Design of Bases, ICAR Technical Advisory Committee and

FHWA-ICAR Technical Work Group, Alexandria, VA, August 2007.

6. Affect of Mixture Production on Aggregate Properties and Mixture Performance,

ICAR Technical Advisory Committee and FHWA-ICAR Technical Work Group,

Alexandria, VA, August 2007.

7. Material Properties to Characterize and Model Moisture Damage in Asphalt Mixes,

2nd International Workshop on Moisture Damage, Texas A&M University, College

Station, TX, September 2007.

8. Modeling for Moisture Damage and Fatigue Cracking in Asphalt Research

Consortium, for FHWA, Washington D.C., January, 2008.

9. Considerations of Non-linearity and Damage in Dynamic Test, FHWA Expert Task

Group on Modeling, Tampa, FL, February 2008.

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10. Pilot Implementation of Surface Energy Measurements to Predict Moisture

Susceptibility of HMA, for TxDOT SPTC, Austin, TX, March 2008.

11. Investigating Properties of the Base Course on SH130 Toll Road, presented at the

16th International Center for Aggregate Research Symposium, Austin, TX, May,

2008.

12. Analysis of Experiments on Moisture Damage, FHWA Expert Task Group on

Modeling, Chicago, IL, June 2008.

13. Research on Fatigue Cracking to Support Modeling Goals for the Asphalt Research

Consortium, FHWA Expert Task Group on Modeling, Irvine, CA, February 2009.

14. Aggregate Properties and Asphalt Mixture Performance, Presented at the 17th

International Center for Aggregate Research Symposium, Austin, TX, May 2009.

15. Mircomechanical Modeling of Moisture Damage in Asphalt Mixtures, FHWA Expert

Task Group on Fundamental Properties and Modeling, San Antonio, TX, September

2009.

16. Mircomechanical Modeling of Healing in Asphalt Mixtures, FHWA Expert Task

Group on Fundamental Properties and Modeling, San Antonio, TX, September 2009.

17. Use of Surface Free Energy to Characterize Moisture Damage Potential of Asphalt

Materials, International Workshop on Continuum Mechanics, College Station, TX,

September 2009.

18. Influence of Fines on the Performance of Asphalt Mixtures, for W.R.Grace,

Cambridge, MA, October 2009.

19. Research on Moisture Damage to Support Modeling Goals for the Asphalt Research

Consortium, FHWA Expert Task Group on Modeling, Irvine, CA, February 2010.

20. Multi-scale Approach to Evaluate Fatigue Cracking in New Generation Asphalt

Mixtures, CTR Symposium, Austin, TX, April 2010.

21. Using Synchrotron to Engineer Asphalt Binders, The Saskatchewan Center of

Excellence for Transportation and Infrastructure, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, June 2010.

22. Characterizing Nonlinear Viscoelastic Response of Asphaltic Response, International

Workshop on Asphalt Binders and Mastics, Madison, WI, September 2010.

23. An Overview of Fatigue Cracking Resistance in Asphalt Mixtures, Honeywell Inc.,

Morristown, NJ, November 2010.

24. Time-Damage Relationships to Describe the Fracture Healing Process, FHWA

Expert Task Group on Modeling, Phoenix, AZ, March 2011.

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GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Serving/served as a Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) for

the following projects:

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Mechanisms Responsible for the Modification of Asphalt Mixtures (Hot and Warm)

by Synthetic Zeolite, PQ Corporation (Co-PI, $35,000, September 2006 to June 2007)

Pilot Implementation of Surface Energy Measurements to Predict Moisture

Susceptibility of HMA, Texas Department of Transportation (Co-PI, $170,000,

September 2006 to August 2008)

Improving the Sustainability of Asphalt Pavements through Developing a Predictive

Model with Fundamental Material Properties, South Western University

Transportation Center (Co-PI, $65,500, September 2007 to August 2008)

Influence of Production Processes on Aggregate Properties Related to Mixture

Performance, RD&T Activities to support FHWA Strategic Roadmap sponsored by

National Stone Sand and Gravel Association (Co-PI, $42,000, July 2007 to August

2009)

Laboratory Investigation of a Novel Method to Accelerate Healing in Asphalt

Mixtures Using Thermo-Mechanical Treatments, South Western University

Transportation Center (PI, $65,500, September 2007 to August 2008)

Material Characteristics Related to Self Healing, Fatigue Cracking and Moisture

Damage, Asphalt Research Consortium, Federal Highway Administration (PI,

$500,000, August 2008 to March 2012)

Determining the Microstructure of Sand-Asphalt and Full Asphalt Mixture Specimens

used for the Evaluation of Fatigue Cracking Life, South Western University

Transportation Center (PI, $47,570, January 2009 to August 2009)

Evaluating the Fundamental Mechanisms of Fatigue Crack Growth in Hot and Warm

Asphalt Mix, South Western University Transportation Center (PI, $39,000,

September 2009 to August 2010)

Developing a Fundamental Understanding of the Chemistry of Warm Mix Additives,

Texas Department of Transportation, (PI, $304,900, September 2009 to August 2011)

Strength Based Specification for Fatigue Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Binders,

South Western University Transportation Center (PI, $39,000, September 2010 to

August 2011)

Investigating Molecular, Physical and Mechanical Properties that Influence

Macroscopic Self-Healing in Asphalt Materials, National Science Foundation (PI,

$400,000, March 2011 to February 2016)

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS IN PROGRESS

1. Arash Motamed (Ph.D. Candidate, In Progress) A unified method to analyze non

linear viscoelasticity and fatigue cracking in asphalt mixtures using dynamic

mechanical analysis

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Amit Bhasin

2. Sundeep Palvadi (M.S., In Progress) Characterizing wetting and intrinsic healing

in asphalt binders and mortar

3. Anoosha Izadi (M.S., In Progress) Engineering properties of bituminous

composites based on fabric tensor

4. Sharmin Sultana (Ph.D., In Progress) Measurement and modeling of processes

during self-healing of asphalt binders

5. Zelalem Arega (Ph.D., In Progress) Influence of additives on binder aging and

rheological properties

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS COMPLETED

As specially appointed committee member at other Universities.

6. Kamilla Vasconcelos (Ph.D., December 2009) Measurement and application of

material properties that control the rate of moisture induced damage at the binder-

aggregate interface Texas A&M University.

7. Veronica Castelo Branco (Ph.D., August 2008) A unified method to analyze non

linear viscoelasticity and fatigue cracking in asphalt mixtures using dynamic

mechanical analysis Texas A&M University.

8. Rammohan Bommavaram (M.S., August 2008) A method to determine the

intrinsic self healing function of asphalt binders Texas A&M University.

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