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Pavement Materials and Systems Group Team

Kenneth Hobson


Ken started his career at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) in July 1984 as an asphalt plant inspector.  Shortly he took a position in bituminous branch as an asphalt design laboratory technician.  In the fall of 1989, he was transferred to the ODOT bridge design squad at the University of Oklahoma.  There he worked on his 2nd college degree, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.  In May 1993, he entered ODOT’s Engineer-In-Training (EIT) program.

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Dr. Musharraf Zaman


Dr. Musharraf Zaman leads the Pavement Materials and Systems Group (PMSG). He joined the University of Oklahoma's School of Civil Engineering and Environment Science(CEES) in 1982, after completing  Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Tuscon. He was promoted to full professor in 1993, and was named the Aaron Alexander Professor of CEES in 2003. Dr. Zaman is jointly appointed in the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering (MPGE). He holds the Alumni Chair of Professorship in MPGE. He served as the associate dean for research and graduate programs in the Gallogly College of Engineering for more than eight years(2005-2013). He serves as the director of Southern Plains Transportation Center(SPTC) and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE.

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Dr. Edgar A. O’Rear


Dr. Edgar O’Rear joined the University of Oklahoma in 1981 after completing his Ph.D. from Rice University in Chemical (Biomedical) Engineering. He is the inventor and a leading authority on admicellar polymerization, a surface analogue of emulsion polymerization. His current work in this area involves the modification of cotton fabrics to impart water repellency and stain resistance while retaining the feel and breathability of the original material.

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Dominique M. Pittenger, Ph.D, AC


Dr. Dominique M. Pittenger completed her Ph.D from the University of Oklahoma in 2012 in General Engineering. She teaches a number of general engineering classes in the area of asphalt materials and mix design and supervises undergraduate and graduate students. She has been serving as the technical director of Southern Plains Transportation Center since 2016. Her research interests include:

• Cost Estimating
• Planning and scheduling
• Pavement preservation
• Life cycle cost analysis
• Asphalt pavement design and testing
• Concrete pavement design and testing
• Alternative project delivery methods

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Sesh Commuri


Dr. Commuri is the Technical Director of Nevada Advanced Autonomous Systems Innovation Center at the University of Nevada at Reno. He also holds the position of Professor in the Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. Prior to joining the University in January 2016, he worked at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK where he was the Gerald Tuma Presidential Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He holds a bachelor's degree from JNT University in Hyderabad, India, a master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Arlington all in the area of Electrical Engineering.

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Douglas D. Gransberg


Douglas D. Gransberg is the president and founder of Gransberg & Associates, Inc., a construction management/ project delivery consulting firm. The firm was founded in 1996 and provides RFQ/RFP development services to public agencies, as well as CMGC and DB proposal development services to engineers and consultants. G&A, Inc. has been called on to assist with projects throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as in New Zealand, Okinawa, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. The firm specializes in the development of project management services for complex mega-projects.

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Syed Ashik Ali


Syed Ashik Ali is doing his Ph.D. at the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science in the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He received his Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the same university in 2016. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology(KUET), Bangladesh. His research interest includes rheological properties of asphalt binder; rutting, fatigue and moisture-induced damage of asphalt mixes. He has worked on several different research projects including Development of Guidelines for Multiple Stress Creep Recovery (MSCR) method for Oklahoma Binders, Evaluation of Fatigue Performance of Different Asphalt Mixes used in Oklahoma and Development of Database for Surface Free Energy Components of Oklahoma Binders and Aggregates.

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Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman


Ashiqur Rahman (Shovon) is currently pursuing his Maters's degree in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science(CEES) at the University of Oklahoma. He received his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology(KUET), Bangladesh. His research interests include Intelligent Compaction, Multi-Scale Modeling and Testing of Pavement Materials, Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Binder, Performance and Characteristics of Warm Mix Asphalt, Travel Behavior Analysis and Transportation Planning and Safety.

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Shivani Rani


Shivani Rani is currently pursuing her Ph.D degree in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science at the University of Oklahoma. She completed her Master's degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, India. Her MS theis was titled as " Estimation of Linear Spring Constant for Laterally Loaded Monopile Embedded in Nonlinear Soil" .  Her research interests include "The Performance of Asphalt Binders Modified with Polyphosphoric Acid (PPA) " .  She is also working on another externally funded project, "Development of Guidelines for Selection and Evaluation of Tack Coats in Oklahoma ".

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Rafiqul A. Tarefder, Ph.D., P.E.


Dr. Rafi Tarefder is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and a Regent’s Lecturer at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He received his Ph.D degree in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science from the Univeristy of Oklahoma in 2003. Dr. Tarefder has conducted research on a range of pavement engineering problems with emphasis on pavement design, materials, and sustainability. His work has resulted in over 200 refereed publications. Currently, He serves as an Associate Director of two federally funded transportation centers: Southern Plain Transportation Center (SPTC), and Safety and Operations of Large-Area Rural/Urban Intermodal Systems (SOLARIS).

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Nasim Uddin, Ph.D, P.E., F.ASCE


Dr. Nasim Uddin’s research program focuses on high performance resilient and sustainable infrastructure, natural hazard analyses and disaster risk reduction, and structural safety of bridge and building structure. He received his Master's degree in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science from the Univeristy of Oklahoma in 1989. Dr. Uddin is a leading researcher in the field of panelized construction for flood, earthquake and hurricane resistant design, and implementation of advanced composites and sensors for hazard-resistant structures against earthquake, blast, flood and hurricane loading.

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Dr. Zahid Hossain


Dr. Hossain  joined the  Arkansas State University (ASU) as a faculty in 2012 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017. His research interests include energy conservation, recycling, nano- and bio-modifications, and intelligent system design of geotechnical and transportation materials for pavement applications. At ASU, he serves as a faculty member of an interdisciplinary research team at the Center for Efficient and Sustainable Use of Resources (CESUR).

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Dr. Dharamveer Singh


Dr. Dharamveer Singh has completed his Ph.D in 2011 from the University of Oklahoma. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His research interest includes Characterization Of Pavement Materials (Asphalt, Hot Mix Asphalt, Soil, And Aggregates), Recycled Asphalt Mixes, Warm Mix Asphalt, Locally Available Materials, Stabilization of Soil and Aggregate, Intelligent Asphalt Compaction, Constitutive Modeling of Pavement Materials, Simple Performance Tests (Rutting, Fatigue, Dynamic Modulus) on Asphalt Mixes, Pavements (Flexible And Rigid) Design And Evaluation, Forensic Investigation Of Pavements, Pavement Maintenance And Rehabilitation.

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Rouzbeh Ghabchi, Ph.D, A.M.ASCE , E.I.T


Dr. Rouzbeh Ghabchi is an assistant professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at South Dakota State University (SDSU). He received his Ph.D degree in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science from the University of Oklahoma in 2014. His research interests include pavement engineering, innovative transportation infrastructures’ materials, environment-friendly pavement technologies, pavement performance and asphalt materials.

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Nur Hossain, P.E.


Nur Hossain received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(BUET) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2010 and 2017, respectively. He worked for two geotechnical engineering firms in Oklahoma, Professional Services Industries, Inc. from 2011 to 2015 and Kleinfelder from 2015 to 2017 as project manager. While working for Kleinfelder, he started the company’s Greater Oklahoma City operation and was responsible for business development, client management, revenue generation, and project management. As a practicing geotechnical engineer, he had the opportunity to be involved in a variety of projects in transportation, energy, and municipality sectors. He recently moved to Colorado to serve as a senior project manager of Geocal. His research interests include pavement design, local calibration, materials, and laboratory and field testing. He is a native of Bangladesh and a naturalized citizen of the U.S.

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Amir Arshadi, Ph.D, E.I.T


Amir Arshadi is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oklahoma. He received his Ph.D degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His thesis topic was "Development of an Image-based Multi-Scale Finite Element Approach to Predict Fatigue Damage in Asphalt Mixtures" . 

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Manik Barman, Ph.D.


Dr. Barman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). He received his Ph. D. (2014) and Master (2004) degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, respectively. Before Joining UMD (2015), he served as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oklahoma (OU) for two and a half years (2013-2015). He also worked as a faculty in two Indian universities between 2004 and 2008. Dr. Barman teaches infrastructure materials and pavement engineering related courses at UMD.

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