Andrew F. Braham
Curriculum Vitae

Andrew F. Braham, Ph.D., P.E.

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Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Civil Engineering; Ph.D., 2008
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Civil Engineering; M.S., 2002
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Civil Engineering; B.S., 2000

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Appointments

Associate Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
08/2016 – current
Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
01/2011 – 08/2016
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
02/2009 – 11/2010
Graduate Research Assistant, Illinois Leadership Center, Urbana, IL
08/2007 – 05/2008
Field and Research Engineer, Koch Materials Company
06/2002 – 11/2004

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Books and Special Publications

Braham, A. Fundamentals of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, CRC Press, 1st Edition, ISBN: 978-1498775120, April, 2017.

Braham, A. (2017). Applications of Asphalt Emulsions (Certificate 2). In Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Professional Development Courses, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.

Braham, A. (2017). Introduction to Asphalt Emulsions (Certificate 1). In Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Professional Development Courses, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.

Braham, A.F. and B.S. Underwood (eds.). State of the art and practice in fatigue cracking and evaluation of asphalt pavements, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Version 1.0, Lino Lakes, MN., 2016. Click here to download.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

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Synergistic Activities

- Developed and provided on-demand online certificate program with Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturing Association and Global Campus titled
      o “Applications of Asphalt Emulsion”
      o “Introduction to Asphalt Emulsion”
      o Click here to learn more about these courses

- Creator of “Pavinar” webinar series

- Editorial Board Member for Journal of Testing and Evaluation and Road Materials and Pavement Design

- Journal reviewer for Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Road Materials and Pavement Design, Transportation Research Record

- Director-At-Large for the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (2017-current)

- Chair of Young Members Committee for the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturing Association (2017-current)

- Member of Transportation Research Board committees: Characteristics of Asphalt Paving Mixtures to Meet Structural Requirements, AFK50; Committee on Pavement Preservation, AHD18; Characteristics of Bituminous Materials, AFK20

- Member of University of Arkansas committees: University Faculty Athletics Committee; College of Engineering Technology Committee; Sustainability Minor task group

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Collaborators (past two years)

Aschenbrener, Timothy (Federal Highway Administration)
Barnat, Jim (Road Science)
Caro, Silvia (University of Los Andes)
Hanz, Andrew (MTE Services)
Henrichs, Chase (Crafton Tull)
Hill, Robert (The Schemmer Associates)
Hernandez, Sarah (University of Arkansas)
Hossain, Zahid (Arkansas State University)
Jackson, Alex (Barnhart Crane & Rigging)
Kent, John (University of Arkansas)
Messadi, Tahar (University of Arkansas)
Newman, Winifred Elysse (University of Arkansas)
Nutter, Darin (University of Arkansas)
Qiu, Shi (Beijing University of Technology)
Reinke, Gerald (Mathy Construction)
Smith, Sadie (University of Arkansas)
Underwood, Shane (Arizona State University)
Wang, Kelvin (Oklahoma State University)
Wang, Lianfang (Hebei Traffic Planning and Design Institute)
Wang, Qingkai (Hebei Traffic Planning and Design Institute)
Wang, Wenjuan (Capital University of Economics and Business)
Wills, Jaime (University of Los Andes)
Yang, Shu (Hunan University)
Yeung, Erica (Burns & McDonnell)
Zhang, Allen (Southwest Jiaotong University)

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Courses Taught at University of Arkansas

Enhanced and taught Transportation Engineering eight semesters; junior)
Developed and taught Sustainability in Civil Engineering (seven semesters; senior/grad)
Developed and taught Sustainability in Civil Engineering (two semesters; online graduate)
Developed and taught Advanced Materials Characterization (two semesters; grad/senior)
Enhanced and taught Structural Design of Pavement Systems (two semesters; grad/senior)
Enhanced and taught Geometric Design of Roads (one semester, senior)
Enhanced and taught Transportation Pavement and Materials (one semester; senior/grad)

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Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Fujian Ni, Southeast University
Ph.D., Dr. William Buttlar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S., Dr. Hussain Bahia, University of Wisconsin – Madison

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Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor

Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Science

Undergraduate Honors Thesis

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Funding Sources

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturing Association
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Hebei Province (China)
Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Science Foundation
Private industry
SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program
Southeast University (Nanjing, China)
University of Arkansas Department of Civil Engineering
University of Arkansas College of Engineering
Women’s Giving Circle

Last updated: December 2017