» Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2002
Thesis: Investigation of Cracking Process and Aggregate Interlock Properties of JPCP Cracks

M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, 1995
Major: Building Technology/Civil Engn (3+2 year)
Thesis: Constitutive Modeling of Concrete Involving the Full Range of Triaxial Stresse

» Career History

Acting, Chair of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
September 2015- present

Acting, Director of Biomedical Engineering
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
June 2010 – August 2014

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
June 2010 – Present

Interim, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
January 2010 – May 2010

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
May 2009 – Present

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
August 2003 – May 2009

Research Consultant (Stability of Open Graded Base Course, MDOT)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
April 2006 – October 2006

Adjunct Faculty, Civil Engineering Department
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
May 2003 – August 2003

Visiting Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
January 2003 – April 2003

Research Fellow, Civil Engineering Department
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
October 2002 – December 2002

Graduate Student Instructor/Research Assistant, Civil Engineering Department  
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
May 1996 – August 2002

Research Scientist, Building Technology & Civil Engineering
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
November 1995 – October 1997

» Professional and Scientific Society Membership

• American Concrete Institute
• Transportation Research Board
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• International Society for Concrete Pavements
• Dansk Ingenioer Forening & Beton Forening

» Professional Services

• Steering Committee Member, 10th International Conference on Concrete Pavements, Quebec, Canada (July 8-12, 2012)
• Board Member, American Concrete Institute – Greater Michigan Chapter (2010 – Present)
• Member, ACI 215 Fatigue of Concrete (2003 – Present)
  Chair (2009 – 2012)
  Past Secretary
  Co-Moderator: Advances in Concrete and Concrete Composite Fatigue Research (2007)
• Member, ACI 216 (2011-Present)
• Member, ACI
  Co-Moderator: Research in Progress (2006)
• Past Member, ACI 231 Early Age Concrete Properties (2006 – 2012)
  Co-Author: ACI 231 Early-Age Cracking: Causes, Measurement, and Mitigation
  (Submitted for Final Approval November 2008)
• Member, ASCE/SEI Fire Committee (2011 – Present)
• Chair, ISCP Student Competition Committee
  B.F. McCullough Award (2004 – Present)
• Member, Conference Scientific Advisory Committee
  Sixth International RILEM Conference on Pavement Cracking (2008)
• Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of Structural Engineering and Construction Management
  
• Peer Reviewer, National Science Foundation (2009 – Present)
• Peer Reviewer, Cement and Concrete Composites (2001 – Present)
• Peer Reviewer, Transportation Research Records (2004 – Present)
• Peer Reviewer, International Journal for Pavement Engineering (2005 – Present)
• Peer Reviewer, ACI Materials Journal (2006 – Present)
• Peer Reviewer, Journal for Fire Materials (2009 – Present)
• Peer Reviewer, Journal for Structural Fire Engineering (2010 – Present)
• Peer Reviewer, ASCE Journal for Bridge Engineering (2010 – Present)
• Peer Reviewer, Numerous Conferences Organized by ASCE, ISCP, RILEM, and TRB (Ongoing)