Dr. Ghassan Chehab
Assistant Professor
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Penn State University (814) 863-2936 (phone) |
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| Research | Courses | Vitae |
Primary Research Interests
Pavement Engineering and Materials of Construction
Specific Research Topics
Advanced Characterization of Asphalt Concrete
Laboratory and Accelerated Pavement Testing
Pavement Design and Management
Non-Destructive Testing
Geosynthetics in Highway Applications
Courses Taught at Penn State
University
C E 337, Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory
C E436, Construction Materials Engineering
C E 582, Pavement Design and Analysis
C E 583, Bituminous Materials and Mixtures
C E 584, Concrete Materials and Properties
C E 597, Geotechnical and Pavements Seminar
C E 596D, Advanced Topics in Asphalt Mixture
CE 597 G: Viscoelastic Behavior of Pavement Materials
Education
2002 Ph.D., Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University
1998 Master of Engineering Management, Construction Management,
American University of Beirut
1996 B.E., Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut
Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
The Pennsylvania State University (2004 - present)
Pavement and Materials Research Engineer, Division of Research,
Indiana Department of Transportation (Jan 2004 - Aug 2004)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering,
NCSU (2002 - 2004)
Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering,
NCSU (1998 - 2002)
Professional Registrations
Engineer in Training, USA
Professional Engineer, Order of Professional Engineers, Republic
of Lebanon
Licensed Engineer, Ministry of Transportation and Public Works,
Lebanon
Professional Memberships
International Geosynthetics Society
American Society of Civil Engineers (Associate member; reviewer
for ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering and Geo-Frontier)
Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (Associate Member; reviewer
for Journal of Asphalt Paving Technology)
Transportation Research Board (Affiliate; Friend: committees A2B05,
A2D03, and A2D04; Reviewer: Transportation Research Record)
ASTM, (member)
ASEE, American Society for Engineering Education (Professional member)
ISAP, International Society for Asphalt Pavements
GeoInstitute
T&DI, Transportation and Development Institute
Honors and Awards
2004 International Academic of the Year, Cambridge Biographical
Institute
2001 W. K. Parr Scholarship (Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists)
NCSU Award for Ethics, Leadership, and Public Safety
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Strathmore's Who's Who
2000 Tau Beta Pi Honor Society
1992 - 1996 P.M. Harriri Foundation Scholarship
Dean's Honor List, AUB
Recent Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journals
A. Bae, S. Stoffels, T. Clyne, B. Worel, and G.R. Chehab, 2007, "Direct
Effects of Thermal Cracks on Pavement Roughness," Journal
of Asphalt Paving Technology, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists,
In Print.
S. Mun, G.R. Chehab, and Y.R. Kim, 2007, "Determination of Time-Domain Viscoelastic Functions Using Optimized Interconversion Techniques," Road Materials and Pavement Design, Lavoisier, In Print.
G.R. Chehab, Y. Seo, and Y.R. Kim, 2006, "Viscoelastoplastic Damage Characterization of Asphalt Concrete Using Digital Image Correlation," International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Volume 7, Issue 2.
G.R. Chehab and J.S. Daniel, 2006, "Evaluating RAP Mixtures using the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide," Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., No. 1962.
Yin, H., G. R. Chehab, Stoffels, S., 2006, "A Case Study: Assessing the Sensitivity of the Coefficient of Thermal Contraction of AC Mixtures on Thermal Crack Prediction," Asphalt Concrete: Simulation, Modeling, and Experimental Characterization, GeoInstitute Geotechnical Special Publication.
K. Galal and G.R. Chehab, (2005) “Implementation of the 2002 M-E Design Procedure Using a HMA Rehabilitated Pavement Section in Indiana”, Transportation Research Record, TRB, Washington, D.C, Vol: 1919.
T. Nantung, G.R. Chehab, S. Newbold, K. Galal, S. Li, and D.H. Kim, (2005) “Implementation Initiatives of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guides in Indiana”, Transportation Research Record, TRB, Washington, D.C, Vol: 1919.
G.R. Chehab and Khaled Galal, 2005, “The M-E Design Guide: A Case Study on HMA Overlays over Fractured PCC Slabs”, Journal of Asphalt Paving Technology, AAPT, Vol. 74E.
B.R. Nilsson, G.R. Chehab, Y.R. Kim, “Application of a Viscoelastoplastic Model to Asphalt Mixes in Sweden”, paper accepted for presentation at the EATA Conference, Nottingham, UK, 2004, and publication in the International Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2004.
G.R. Chehab, Richard Kim, 2005, “Viscoelastoplastic Continuum Damage Model Application to Thermal Cracking of Asphalt Concrete, ”Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 17, Issue 4.
J. Daniel, G.R. Chehab, Y.R. Kim, “Issues Affecting Measurement of Fundamental Asphalt Mixture Properties”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 16, Issue 5, 469-476, 2004.
G.R. Chehab, Y.R. Kim, R.A. Schapery, M. Witczack, R. Bonaquist, “Characterization of Asphalt Concrete in Uniaxial Tension Using a Viscoelastoplastic Model” Journal of Asphalt Paving Technology, AAPT, Vol. 72, 2003.
G.R. Chehab, Y.R. Kim, R.A. Schapery, M. Witczack, R. Bonaquist, “Time-Temperature Superposition Principle for Asphalt Concrete Mixtures with Growing Damage in Tension State” Journal of Asphalt Paving Technology, AAPT, Vol. 71, pp. 559-593, 2002.
G.R. Chehab, E.N. O' Quinn, and Y.R. Kim, “Specimen Geometry Study for Direct Tension Test Based on Mechanical Tests and Air Void Variation in Asphalt Concrete Specimens Compacted by Superpave Gyratory Compactor”. Transportation Research Record 1723, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., Vol. 1723, pp.125-132, 2000.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Palacios C., Chehab G.R., Chaignon F., and Thompson M., 2007, "Evaluation of Ultra-Rapid Setting Emulsion for Tackcoat Applications", Proceedings of the 2007 Pavement Preservation Seminar , Texas Pavement Preservation Center , Austin , TX .
T. Kumar, G.R. Chehab, S. Stoffels, D. Morian, 2006, "Effect of Binder Course on Overlay Performance: Case Study on I-79," Conference Proceedings, 2006 ICAP Conference, International Society of Asphalt Pavements, Quebec, Canada.
H. Yin, G.R. Chehab, and S. Stoffels, 2006, "Sensitivity of Thermal Cracking Prediction to AC Mixture Properties using the M-E Pavement Design Guide", Conference Proceedings, 2006 ICAP Conference, International Society of Asphalt Pavements, Quebec, Canada.
G.R. Chehab and T. Kumar, 2007, "Using FEM with Accelerated Pavement Testing Using the MMLS," Third International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Invited presentation, Hammamat, Tunis.
T. Kumar, V. Kale, and G.R. Chehab, 2006, "Rutting Performance of AC Mixtures Using MMLS3 under Briquette vs. Slab Setup," 15th U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Boulder, Colorado.
H Yin, T. Kumar, G.R. Chehab, and S. Stoffels, 2006, "Thermal Cracking Prediction from Experimental and Analytical Creep Compliance Data", 15th U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Boulder, Colorado.
T. Kumar and G.R. Chehab, 2006, "Overview and Comparison of Interrelationships between LVE Response Functions," The 43rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, University Park, PA.
V. Kale, T. Kumar, and G.R. Chehab, 2006, "Material Characterization Techniques for Glass Fiber Reinforced Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayer," The 43rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, University Park, PA.
K. Galal and G. R. Chehab, 2006 "Evaluating High Performing Structural HMA Pavement Systems using the ME Design Guide," Civil Engineering Infrastructure Systems Conference CEIS 2006: Conference Proceeding, 2006, In Print.
G.R. Chehab, Y.R. Kim, “Application of the Viscoelastoplastic Continuum Damage Model to Thermal Cracking Behavior of AC Pavements”, paper accepted for presentation and publication at the “Cold Engineering and Construction Conference ”, ASCE, Alberta, Canada, 2004.
G.R. Chehab, Y.R. Kim, M. Witczack, R. Bonaquist, “Prediction of Thermal Cracking Behavior of Asphalt Concrete using the Viscoelastoplastic Continuum Damage Model”, paper accepted for presentation and publication in the conference proceedings at the TRB 83rd annual meeting.
G.R. Chehab, Y.R. Kim, M. Witczack, R. Bonaquist, “Comprehensive Material Characterization of Asphalt Concrete in Tension Based on a Viscoelastoplastic Model”, 6th International RILEM Symposium on Performance Testing and Evaluation of Bituminous Materials, PTEBM'03, Zurich, Switzerland, April 2003.
Editor-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
G.R. Chehab and Y.R. Kim, “Time-Temperature Superposition Principle
for Asphalt Concrete under Multi-axial loading”, Joint ASCE/ASME/SES
Conference on Mechanics and Materials, Baton Rouge, LA, 2005.
G.R. Chehab and T. Wagener, “Monte Carlo Based Sensitivity Analysis of a Viscoelastoplastic Model for Asphalt Concrete Mixtures”, Joint ASCE/ASME/SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, Baton Rouge, LA, 2005.
Y.R. Kim, G.R. Chehab, “Viscoelastoplastic Continuum Damage Modeling of Asphalt Concrete in Tension”, International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering & Sciences, Corfu Island, Greece, July, 2003
G.R. Chehab, J. Daniel, and Y.R. Kim, “Development of a Constitutive Model for Fatigue Cracking in Asphalt Concrete”, The 16th Engineering Mechanics Conference, Pavement Mechanics Symposium, ASCE, Seattle, WA, 2003.
M.A. Abdulmalak, N. Abboud, G.R. Chehab, “Purchasing and Payment Policies for Building Construction Materials”, ASCE, Construction Congress VI, Orlando, FL, Feb. 2000.
Research Reports
Chehab G.R., Carlos Palacios, and Mansour Solaimanian, "Evaluation of Fasttack® Rapid Setting Emulsion", Final Project Report, PTI-2007-42, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State University , 2007.
Chehab G.R., Palomino A., and Tang X., "Lab Evaluation and Specification Development for Geogrids for Highway Engineering Applications, Task B & C Report: Development of Draft Test Method and Material Testing; and Final test Methods(s) and Specification Development", Task Report, PTI 2007-43, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State University, 2007.
Chehab G.R. and Kumar T., "Preventive Maintenance on I-79-Phase I", Final Project Report, PTI 2006-10, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State University, 2006.
Stoffels S., Morian D., Sadasivam S., and Chehab G.R.," Preventive Maint. I-79- Phase II", Final Report, FHWA-PA-2007-006-040213-2, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State University , 2007.
Chehab G.R. and Palacios, C, "Evaluation study of FiberMat A Surface Treatment for Low-Volume Roads", Final Project Report, PTI-2007-62, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State University , 2007.
Chehab G.R. and Bae A., "Evaluation Study of Premark Manhole Protection Rings", Final Project Report, PTI-2007-51, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State University , 2007.
Chehab G.R. and Palacios C ., "Evaluation study of FiberMat B Interlayer System for Roadway Pavement Rehabilitation", Final Project Report, PTI-2007-52, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State University , 2007.
G. R. Chehab and Vishal Kale, 2006, "Evaluation Study of ALGRIP Floor Resistant Products," Final Project Report, Submitted to Ross Technologies.
Y. R. Kim, G. R. Chehab, “Advanced Characterization of Asphalt Concrete in Uniaxial Tension Using a Viscoelastoplastic Model” Superpave Support and Performance Models Management, NCHRP 9-19, Task F Report, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, July 2002.