Faculty and Staff Profiles

• Associate Professor, Dept. Civil Engineering - The University of Memphis - 8/03-date
• Assistant Professor, Dept. Civil Engineering - The University of Memphis - 8/95-8/03
• Research Civil Engineer, Mobility Systems Division - USAE Waterways Experiment Station - 9/89-7/95
• Research Civil Engineer, Soil Mechanics Division - USAE Waterways Experiment Station - 9/88-9/89
• Research Civil Engineer, Geomechanics Division - USAE Waterways Experiment Station - 2/83-9/88

• Outstanding Faculty Service Award - Herff College of Engineering - 2020
• Outstanding FacultyTeaching Award - Herff College of Engineering - 2013
• Award of Excellence - Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council - 2013
• Civil Engineering Faculty of the Year - U of M ASCE Student Chapter - 2012
• Daniel S. Barge Distinguished Service Award - ASCE Tennessee Section - 2010
• Civil Engineering Faculty of the Year - U of M ASCE Student Chapter - 2009
• Outstanding Editorial Board Member - Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - 2009
• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award - Herff College of Engineering - 2007
• Peter G. Hoadley Outstanding Engineering Educator - ASCE Tennessee Section - 2006
• Civil Engineering Faculty of the Year - U of M ASCE Student Chapter - 2005
• Outstanding Faculty Reseach Award - Herff College of Engineering - 2004
• Civil Engineering Faculty of the Year - U of M ASCE Student Chapter - 2003
• Outstanding Young Civil Engineer - Mississippi Section, ASCE - 1990

• Development of an Evaluation System for Asphalt Sealers and Rejuvenators - Tennessee Department of Transportation - $140,000 - 5/15/13 to 9/15/14
• Development of an Asphalt Sealer Catalog - Center for Intermodal Freight Transportation Systems - $45,000 - 2/15/13 to 6/30/13
• Development of a New Maintenance Mix Specification - Tennessee Department of Transportation - $40,000 - 9/15/09 to 9/15/11
• Incorporation of Pavement Temperature in Flexible Pavement Design - Tennessee Department of Transportation - $96,197 - 1/1/99 to 3/31/03
• LTPP Data Analysis: Daily and Seasonal Variations in Insitu Material Properties - National Cooperative Highway Research Program - $159,158 - 2/7/00 to 5/31/03
• Falling Weight Deflectometer Testing of TDOT Instrumented Pavement Sites - Tennessee Department of Transportation - $230,145 - 8/1/00 to 3/31/02
• Optimizing the Calibration of Water Distribution System Models - New Faculty Research Initiation Grant, University of Memphis - $12,000 - 6/98-5/99

• University of Memphis - College Director of Graduate Programs - 1/17-present
• The University of Memphis - College T&P Committee - 9/10-12/16
• The University of Memphis - University Council for Graduate Studies - 9/10-present
• The University of Memphis - Departmental Graduate Studies Coordinator - 6/08-present
• The University of Memphis - College Awards Committee - 9/06-12/16
• The University of Memphis - ASCE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor - 9/05-present
• The University of Memphis - Departmental Undergraduate Curriculum Committee - 9/00-present
• The University of Memphis - Departmental Laboratory Committee - 9/97-present
• The University of Memphis - Departmental Computing Committee - 9/95-present
• The University of Memphis - Faculty Senate - 2/03-8/06
• The University of Memphis - College Newsletter Committee - 9/96-5/04
• The University of Memphis - ASCE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor - 9/97-8/01
• The University of Memphis - Departmental ABET Outcomes Assessment Committee - 9/95-9/97