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Yusuf
A. Mehta, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor, Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., 1999, Civil
Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
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Primary Areas of Teaching
and Research Interest
Pavement Materials and Superpave Technology
Highway and Pavement Design
Pavement Management and Rehabilitation
Modeling of Pavement Systems
Traffic Engineering
Reliability and Statistics
Master of Science in Transportation Engineering
Rowan Engineers Without Borders Student Chapter Adviser
Civil
Engineering Materials Fall 2008
Clinic Projects
Evaluation of Course and
Fine Rubber Particles in Asphalt Concrete
Evaluation of Cracking in
Investigating
New Devices for Field Evaluation of Asphalt Concrete
Evaluation
of Jute as Recycled Material in Asphalt Concrete
Selected Research Projects
1. Evaluation of Interlayer Bonding In HMA
Pavements, Wisconsin
Department of Transportation, 2002-2006.
2. An Analysis of Pavement Cracking and Road Conditions in
Rhode Island, Rhode Island
Department of Transportation, 2001-2003.
3. Investigation of New Devices for Use in
Determining Mechanistic Properties and Performance, Wisconsin Department of
Transportation, 2002- 2005.
4. Superpave Monitoring Project,
Subcontract to University of Florida, 2001-2004.
5. Implementation of Superpave Technology in
6. Analysis of MAMTL
Asphalt Materials Characterization Data for Mechanistic-Empirical Flexible
Pavement Design,
7. Identification of
Source of Rutting in Flexible Pavement System, University Transportation
Research Center, 2007-2008.
8. Development of a Pavement
Catalog for the State of
9. Development of a
Framework for an Integrated Pavement Rehabilitation System for the State of
Rhode Island, Rhode Island Department of Transportation, 2007-2008.
10. Analysis
of Fatal Accidents, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 2007-2008.
11. Motor
Cycle Crash Analysis, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 2008-2009.
Professional History
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9/01-8/05: |
Assistant
Professor, Department
of Civil Engineering, Rowan University,
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8/99-8/01: |
Research
Associate, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Florida, |
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8/95-8/99: |
Research
Assistant, Pennsylvania Transportation
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Professional Registrations and Affiliations
Member and Reviewer, American
Society of Civil Engineers
Committee Member, Transportation
Research Board
Member, American
Society for Engineering Education
Member and Reviewer, Association of Asphalt Paving
Technologist
1. Price, S, Mehta, Y. A., and
McCarthy, L. “Evaluation and Modeling of
Repeated Load Test Data Of Asphalt Concrete For Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement
Design,” ASCE Journal of Materials, Vol. 19 No. 11 November 2007, pp. 993-999.
2. Mehta, Y.A.,
Arledge, B., Veasy, R., Maurer K., Garcia D., Suazo Davila, D., and Jahan,
K. “Evaluation of Effect of Volume and
Length of Jute on Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Cement and Asphalt Concrete”
The Journal of Solid Waste Technology
and Management, Vol. 33. No. 2 May 2007, pp. 75-91.
3. Sukumaran, B. and Mehta, Y. “A Device for Measuring Shape and Angularity of Fine
Granular Materials,” International Journal of Pavements, Vol. 5 No. 1-2-3, 2007
4. Jahan K. and Mehta, Y. “Sustainability across the Curriculum,” International
Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 23 No. 2. 2007
5. Mehta, Y. A. and Sukumaran,
B. “Integrating Service Learning in
Engineering Clinics,” International
Journal of Service Learning Vol. 2 No. 1 pp. 32-43 Spring 2007.
6. Gomba, S., Liddle J., and Mehta, Y. A., “Evaluation of Interlayer Bonding of HMA Pavements,” The
International Journal of Pavements, Vol. 4 No. 1 and 2, pp. 13-24,
2005.
7. Liddle,
J. and Mehta, Y. A., “Evaluation
of Indentation Test to Characterize Asphalt Concrete Mixtures on the Pavement,”
Proceedings of the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airport Pavements,
8. Swami, B. L., Mehta,
Y. A, and Bose. S., “Design of Asphaltic Concrete Superpave and Marshall
Methods - A Comparative Study for Indian Conditions,” The International Journal of
Pavement Engineering, Vol. 4(4), 2004.
9. Mehta, Y. A.,
Jahan, K., Laicovsky, J., Miller, L., Parikh, D., and Lozano, A. “Evaluation of
the Effect of Coarse and Fine Rubber Particles on Laboratory Rutting
Performance of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures” The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and
Management. Vol. 30 No. 2 pp. 112-120, 2004.
10. Villiers, C., Mehta, Y. A, Lopp, G., Roque, R. and
Tia, M. “Evaluation of PWL Construction Specifications” International
Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 4(4), pp. 221-228, 2004.
11. Mehta, Y. A. and Najafi,
F., “Teaching Methodology of Flexible Pavement Materials and Pavement Systems,”
Journal of Science of Technology
Engineering and Math Education, Vol. 5.
Issue 1 and 2, 2004.
12. Mehta, Y. A. and
R. Roque, Evaluation if Fwd Data For Determination of Layer Moduli Of
Pavements, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering Vol. No. 2,
American Society of Civil Engineering, 2003.
13. Mehta, Y.A., Birgisson,
B and Bouzid C., “Use of Backcalculated Falling Weight Deflectometer Modulus
for Detecting Foundation Problems Caused by Rubblization of Concrete
Pavements”, Sixth International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads,
Railways, and Airfields Lisbon, Portugal, June 24 - 26, 2002.
14. Mehta, Y.A.,
Birgisson, B and Bouzid C., “Rubblization Over Soft Soils”, International
Journal of Road and Materials Pavements Design, 2001.
15. Mehta Y. A.,
Roque, R. R., Lopp, G. and Villiers, C., “Evaluation of the Road Surface
Profiler and the Transverse Profiler for Determination of Rut Depth
Measurements”, Transportation Research Record National Research
Council,
16. Mehta Y. A. and
Christensen, D.W. Determination of Linear Viscoelastic Limits of Asphalt
Concrete At Low and Intermediate Temperature. Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologist,
1999.
17. Mehta, Y. A.,
Stoffels, S. M., and Christensen, D. W. Determination of Coefficient of Thermal
Contraction of Asphalt Concrete Using Indirect Tensile Test Hardware. Journal of the Association of Asphalt
Paving Technologist, Vol. 68, pp. 349-368, 1998.
Contact Information
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Yusuf
A. Mehta |
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Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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329 Rowan Hall |
Phone: (856)
256-5327 |
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Fax: (856)
256-5242 |
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Email: mehta@rowan.edu |
URL:
http://engineering.rowan.edu/~mehta/
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