Professional Experience

Background

Associate Professor (08/2016-present), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University
Assistant Professor (08/2010 – 08/2016), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University
Research Assistant Professor (03/2008 – 08/2010), Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University
Research Assistant Professor (02/2006 – 03/2008), Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University
Visiting Assistant Professor (08/2005 – 01/2006), College of Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Research Associate (08/2004 – 07/2005), College of Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Graduate Research Assistant (08/2000 – 08/2004), URI Transportation Center and Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island

Certificates & Training

• The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Education Foundation Professors' Workshop, Chicago, 2015 & 2017
• ACBM/NIST Computer Modeling Workshop, the Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, 2004 & 2011
• Argonne National Laboratory Computing Training, the Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center of Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, November 2008
• Professor Training Courses in Asphalt Technology, National Center for Asphalt Technology, Auburn University, Alabama, June 20-29, 2006 & 2017