People

Faculty

Dr. Hani Nassif (Director of Bridge Resource Program (BRP), Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Dr. Kaan Ozbay (NYU, Civil and Urban Engineering)
Dr. David W. Coit (Rutgers, Industrial and System Engineering)
Dr. Thomas Tsakalakos (Rutgers, Material Science and Engineering)
Dr. Richard Riman (Rutgers, Materials Science and Engineering)
Dr. Michel Boufadel (NJIT, Center for Natural Resources (CNR))
Dr. Mohamed Mahgoub (NJIT, Engineering Technology)
Dr. Douglas Cleary (Rowan, Center for Natural Resources (CNR))
Dr. Bekir Bartin (Consultant)

Research Associates and Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Chaekuk Na (Research Associate)
Dr. Sami Demiroluk (Research Associate)
Dr. Adi Salman Abu-Obeidah (Research Associate)
Dr. Peng Lou (Research Associate)
Dr. Graziano Fiorillo (Post-doctoral Associate)
Dr. Changhee Park (Post-doctoral Associate)

1. Hasan Al-Nawadi (Graduate Research Assistant 2013-2016, ABD, Expected June 2018); Title: “Correlation between Field and Laboratory Performance for the Corrosion Behavior of Concrete Bridge Decks”
2. Abdulemam Abu-Saibia (Graduate Research Assistant 2014-present, ABD, Expected June 2018); Title: “Behavior of Continuous Concrete Beams Prestressed with Bonded and Unbonded Tendons”
3. Joseph Strafaci (Graduate Research Assistant, Expected May 2019); Title: “Comparison of Load Rating Methods for Bridges,”
4. Samer Rabie (Expected May 2020); Title: “TBD”
5. Giuseppe Liberti (Expected May 2020); Title: “TBD”
6. Reid Holland (Expected May 2020); Title: “TBD”

1. Gregory Brewer (Expected August 2018); Title: “Comparison of High Performance Concrete Decks with and without Fibers,”
2. Elie Haddad (Expected August 2018); Title: “Experimental Behavior of Damaged Concrete Beams Repaired with Ferrocement Layers and Steel Fibers,”
3. Christopher Sholy (5-year program - Expected August 2018); Title: “Analytical Behavior of Damaged Concrete Beams Repaired with Ferrocement Layers and Polypropylene Fibers,”
4. Dongjian Gao (Expected December 2018); Title: “Development of Live Load Model for SHV’s for Load Rating Bridges,”
5. He Zhang (Expected August 2018); Title: ““Comparison of Load Rating Methods for Prestressed and Reinforced Concrete Bridges with No Plans,”
6. Thanachai “Matt” Srithaninrat (5-year program - Expected August 2018); Title: “Comparison of Load Rating Methods for Steel Bridges with No Plans,”
7. Malek Shadid (Expected December 2018); Title: “Development of Vibration Control Criteria for P/C Girder Bridges,”
8. Clifford Chang (Expected December 2018); Title: “Effect of Vibration on The Cracking Behavior of Concrete Decks,”
9. Jonathan Rodriguez (5-year program - Expected May 2019); Title: “Creep Behavior of Fiber Reinforced High Performance Concrete (FRHPC),”
10. Emily Pooley (5-year program - Expected May 2019); Title: “Behavior of Simply Supported Beams Prestressed with Internally Unbonded Non-Metallic Tendons,”
11. Daniel Okechukwu (5-year program - Expected May 2019); Title: “Behavior of Simply-Supported Beams prestressed with Externally Unbonded Non-Metallic Tendons,”
12. Andrew Shehta (5-year program - Expected May 2019); Title: “TBA,”
13. Mina Dawood (5-year program - Expected May 2019); Title: “TBA,”

1. Padit Tanchan (Graduated May 2001). Currently a Senior Structural Engineer, 49 Group, Bangkok, Thailand; Title: “Flexural Behavior of High Strength Concrete Beams Prestressed with Unbonded Tendons”
2. Talat Abu-Amra (Graduated May 2003). Currently an Associate Professor at Central Connecticut State University, USA; Graduate Research Assistant 2000-2003, USDOT Fellow 2002); Title: “Development of Effective Flange Width Criteria for Steel Composite Girders”
3. Mayrai Gindy (Graduated May 2004). Currently NSF ADVANCE Associate Professor and Chair at the University of Rhode Island, USA, Graduate Research Assistant and USDOT Fellow 2000-2001, National Science Foundation Doctoral (NSF) Fellow 2001-2004; Title: “Reliability-Based Models for Steel Girder Bridges at the Serviceability Limit State”
4. Nakin Suksawang (Graduated January 2006). Currently an Associate Professor at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), Graduate Research Assistant 1999-2006, Post-Doctoral Fellow Jan. 2006-August 2006; Title: “Development of Simplified Girder Distribution Factors for Girder Bridges”
5. Ozgur Ozkul (Graduate Research Assistant 2000-2005, Graduated January 2007). Currently Senior Structural Engineer at Freyssinet Group, previously an Assistant Professor at Okan University, Turkey; Title: “A New Methodology for the Analysis of Beams Prestressed with Unbonded Tendons”
6. Joseph Davis (Graduate Research Assistant and USDOT Fellow 1999-2003, Teaching Assistant 2003-2006, Graduated October 2007, Post-Doctoral Fellow October 2007-April 2008.) Currently working as Director of Civil Engineering Projects at Trident and Associates, Baltimore, Maryland; Title: “Live Load Models for Design and Fatigue Evaluation of Steel Girder Bridges”
7. Raymond El-Khoury (Graduate Research Assistant 2001-2003, graduated October 2010) Currently Senior Structural Engineer at Stone and Webster, Trenton, NJ; Title: “Creep Behavior of Self-Consolidating Concrete”
8. Suhail Albhaisi (Graduate Research Assistant 2003-2005, graduated May 2012) Currently Director of Structural Engineering Department at Jacobs, NYC, NY; Title: “Effect of Substructure Flexibility on the Behavior of Integral Abutment Bridges”
9. Ougz Ertekin (Graduate Research Assistant 1999-2001, graduated October 2013) Currently Project Manager at Parsons Transportation Group, NYC, NY; Title: “Development of Probabilistic Life-Cycle Cost Models for Bridge Management System”
10. Dan Su (Graduate Research Assistant 2008-2013, graduated October 2013) Currently Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; Title: “Code Calibration of Bridge Design Specifications at the Serviceability Limit States”
11. Ope Adediji (Graduate Research Assistant 2010-2016, graduated May 2016); Currently Structural Engineer at HNTB, NJ; Title: “Experimental and Analytical Evaluation of Restrained Shrinkage Effects in Concrete Bridge Decks”
12. Peng Lou (Graduate Research Assistant 2010-2016, graduated October 2016); Currently Research Associate at RIME; Title: “Impact of Overweight Trucks on the Service Life of Bridges”
13. Adi Salman Abu-Obeida (Graduate Research Assistant 2012-present, graduated May 2017); Currently Research Associate at RIME; Title: “Behavior of Concrete Beams Prestressed with Non-Metallic Unbonded Tendons,”
14. Haider Abdulhamid (Graduate Research Assistant 2013-2016, graduated January 2018); Currently Assistant Professor at Al-Anbar University, Iraq; Title: “Use of Fiber Reinforced Self Consolidating Concrete (FR-SCC) for Repair of Damaged Beams”

Graduated Prior to Professor Nassif Joining Rutgers University

1. Mostafa Mostafa (1994); Title: “Finite Element Modeling of Ferrocement/Concrete Sections”
2. Nasser Abdul-Rahman (1994); Title: “Experimental Behavior of Ferrocement/Concrete Composite Sections”
3. Ugur Evren Hasbi (1995); Title: “Girder Distribution Factors for Skew Steel Girder Bridges”
4. Titi Thongjen (1996); Title: “Flexural Behavior of Beams Prestressed With Unbonded Tendons”
5. Ming Liu (1996); Title: “A 3-D Dynamic Model for Bridge-Road-Vehicle System”
6. Mark Sanders (1999); Title: “Comparison of T-Beam Deflection Analysis using the ACI Effective Stiffness Procedure and Finite Element Analysis”

Graduated While Professor Nassif at Rutgers University

7. Yasser Khodiar (2001),Title: “Finite Element Modeling and Analysis of Bridge Approach Slabs”
8. Nakin Suksawang (2001), Title: “Effect of Curing and Pozzolans on High Performance Concrete”
9. Ougz Ertekin (2001); Title: “Dynamic Load Models for Steel Girder Bridges”
10. Ozgur Ozkul (2001) PhD (2001-2007); Title: “Reliability-Based Analysis of Concrete T-Beams Prestressed with Unbonded Tendons”
11. Maqbool Mohamad (2002); Title: “Early-Age Shrinkage Behavior of High Performance Concrete”
12. William Cao (2002); Title: “Effect of Flange Width on the Deflections of Concrete T-Beam”
13. Joseph Davis (2003); Title: “Evaluation of Bridge Scour Monitoring Methods”
14. Nirali Shah (2003); “Experimental and Analytical Behavior of Bridge Approach Slabs”
15. Duygu Yuksel (2004); Title: “Probabilistic Modeling of Bridge-Road-Vehicle Interaction System”
16. Amer Mohammad (2005); Title: “Early-Age Creep and Shrinkage Behavior of High-Strength /High-Performance Concrete”
17. Kuldeep Charan (2006); Title: “Analytical Modeling of Concrete Beams Prestressed with CFRP unbonded Tendons”
18. Kagan Aktas (2007); Title: “Early-age Stress Development of High-Performance Concrete under Restrained Conditions”
19. Amrutha Doniah (2008); Title: “Truck Identification Using New Jersey Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) Data”
20. Layla Issa (2008); Title: “Development of an Inspection Checklist for Risk Assessment of Bridges in New Jersey”
21. John Montemarano (2009); Title: “Early-age Stress Development of High-Performance Concrete (HPC) with Slag under Restrained Conditions”
22. Ufuk Atas (2010); Title: “Effect of Pozzolanic Material on the Restrained Shrinkage of Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC)”
23. Rima Zahalan (2010); Title: “Reliability-Based Analysis of Concrete Members at the Crack Control Limit State”
24. Meghann Valeo (2010); Title: “Refinement of Simple Bridge Security Checklist Based on Hierarchal Correlation Method”
25. Carl Fleurmond (2011); Title: “Effect of Sand-Aggregate and W/C Ratios on the Restrained Shrinkage Behavior of SCC”
26. Tim Walkowich (2011); Title: “Field and Laboratory Measurements of Restrained Shrinkage in HPC Bridge Decks,”
27. Etkin Kara (2011); Title: “Load Rating of Railroad Bridges using AREMA, Finite Element Analysis, and Field Tests”
28. Gonca Ünal (2011); Title: “Development of a Simplified Equation for Ultimate Stress in Unbonded Tendons,”
29. Meghan Meyers (2011); Title: “Experimental and Analytical Behavior of Steel Gusset Plates in Truss Bridges,”
30. Peng Lou (2012); Title: “Dynamic Amplification Factor in Railroad Bridges,”
31. Dhara Purani (2012); Title: “Modeling Deck Shrinkage Behavior in P/C Bridges,”
32. Miguel Beltran (2012); Title: “Analytical Modeling of Externally prestressed Steel Girder Bridges,”
33. Michael Salvadore (2013); Title: “Comparison of Resistivity and Rapid Chloride Permeability Testing of Concrete,”
34. Ryan Adams (2013); Title: “Development of Vibration Control Criteria for Steel Girder Bridges,”
35. Jonathan Eagleton (2013); Title: “Restrained Shrinkage of High-Early Strength (HES) High-Performance Concrete,”
36. Zeeshan Ghanchi (2014); Title: “Restrained Shrinkage Behavior of SCC with Polypropylene Fibers,”
37. Samer Rabie (2014); Title: “Effect of Curing Conditions on Surface Resistivity of High-Performance Concrete,”
38. Megan Davis (2015); Title: “Seismic Performance of Integral Abutment Bridges with Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Geofoam Backfill,”
39. Andrew Wassef (2017); Title: “Crash Simulation and Full-Scale Testing of Aesthetic Concrete Bridge Barriers,”
40. Giuseppe Liberti (2017); Title: “Restrained Shrinkage Behavior of Self Consolidating Concrete Reinforced with Steel Fibers,”