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

Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
08/2022 – current
Associate Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
08/2016 – 08/2022
Visiting Associate Professor, UPC, Barcelona, Spain
01/2018 – 06/2018
Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
11/2010 – 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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Selected Books and Special Publications

Braham, A., Timm, D., Hall, K., Myers, L. Integrating the Flexible Pavement Life Cycle, Transportation Research Circular, E-C286, October 2023, ISSN 0097-8515.

Braham, A., Waller, M., English, J. Values-Driven Authentic Leadership: Essential Lessons from the LeadershipWWEB Podcast Series, EPIC Books, The University of Arkansas Press, ISBN: 978-1954892064, March, 2022.

Braham, A., Casillas, S. Fundamentals of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, CRC Press, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 978-0367420253, January, 2021.

Casillas, S., Braham, A., Dave, E., Sias, J. (2020). Asphalt Emulsion Cold In-Place Recycling Mix Design Practices: Designing a Semi-Bound Pavement Material – White Paper, doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28672.46083

Braham, A. (2020). Introduction to Asphalt Emulsions (Certificate 1). Version 2.0 in Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Professional Development Courses, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.

Braham, A. (2020). Achieving Quality of Asphalt Emulsion (Certificate 4). In Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Professional Development Courses, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.

Braham, A. (2020). A Review of Asphalt Emulsion Papers in the Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, 1929-1970. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

Underwood, S., Braham, A. (2019). Fatigue or Not Fatigue, That is the Question. Posted free for download on ResearchGate, doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13898.41921/1.

Braham, A. (2018). Manufacturing of Asphalt Emulsions (Certificate 3). In Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Professional Development Courses, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.

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.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.

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Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

Williams, A., Braham, A., Casillas, S. Quantifying the Workability of Cold In-Place Recycling in the Laboratory, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 51(5), September/October 2023, pp. 3464-3477, doi: 10.1520/JTE20220401.

Poor, N., Braham, A. Road Use Contributions to Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Two Flexible Pavement Maintenance Strategies, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 51(4), July/August 2023, pp. 2210-2229, doi: 10.1520/JTE20220272.

Diaz-Romero, P., Braham, A. Refining particle size specification for asphalt emulsion, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 350, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.128812.

Casillas, S., Braham, A. Development of a Performance-Based Approach to Asphalt Emulsion Selection for Cold In-Place Recycling Applications, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol 2676(5), 2022, pp. 104-115, doi: 10.1177/03611981221082569.

Morales Vega, A., Yang, S., Braham, A. Evaluation of Semicircular Bend Geometric Properties for Asphalt Concrete Testing, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 33(12), 2021, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003976.

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Synergistic Activities

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

- Developed with three colleagues "LeadershipWWEB" leadership podcast series (Click here to go to the SoundCloud channel)

- Creator of “Pavinar” webinar series (Click here to go to the YouTube channel)

- Given 200+ presentations around the world

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

- Associate Director of Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC) (2023-current)

- Chair of TRB Committee AKT30 “Pavement Maintenance” (2023-current)

- Chair of Pavement Preservation and Recycling Alliance (PPRA) Sustainability Committee (2020-current)

- Co-chair of AASHTO TSP-2 Emulsion Task Force Research Subcommittee (2023-current)

- Mentoring Graduate Students and Postdocs Workshop Series: University of Arkansas (completed fall 2021)

- Current member of University of Arkansas committees: College of Engineering Technology Committee; College of Engineering Promotion and Tenure Committee; Sustainability Minor task group

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Select Courses Taught at University of Arkansas

Developed and taught Transportation Infrastructure (six semesters, senior/grad)
Developed and taught Sustainability in Civil Engineering (nine semesters, senior/grad)
Enhanced and taught Structural Design of Pavement Systems (four semesters; grad/senior)
Developed and taught Production and Construction of Pavement (two semesters; grad/senior)
Developed and taught Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation (one semester; grad/senior)
Developed and taught Sustainability in Construction Management (six semesters; online graduate)
Developed and taught Sustainability in Civil Engineering (eleven semesters; online graduate)
Enhanced and taught Transportation Engineering (eight semesters, junior)
Co-developed and co-taught Think Big – Perspectives from Pavement Research (one semester; grad), collaborators:
      o Dr. Amit Bhasin, University of Texas Austin
      o Dr. Shane Underwood, North Carolina State University
Developed and taught Perpetual Pavements Plus (two semesters; grad/senior)
Developed and taught Advanced Materials Characterization (two semesters; grad/senior)

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Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 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 Department of Transportation
Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturing Association
Asphalt Institute Foundation
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Federal Highway Administration
Hebei Province (China)
International Slurry Surfacing Association
Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Science Foundation
Private industry
SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program
Southeast University (Nanjing, China)
Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC)
United States Army Corps of Engineering
University of Arkansas
Women’s Giving Circle

Last updated: January 2024