M.S. THESIS/REPORT AND ACADEMIC SUPERVISION
“A Feasibility Study To Integrate A Pavement Management System with a Geographic Information System for the URI Campus,” William O’Rourke, CVE592, Spring 1992.
“A Feasibility Study to Apply the System Identification to Pavement Structure,” Gang Wang, CVE692, Spring 1992.
“The East Coast Greenway as a Transpo1iation Alternative,” Stephen J. O’Neill, CVE591, Summer 1992.
“Development of A Simplified Manual for Operating the H&V Machine and Instron Machine to Determine the Resilient Modulus of Bituminous Materials,” Scott E. Burrowes, CVE491, Fall 1992.
“Resilient Modulus Testing within the Environmental Chamber,11 Richard P. Izzo, CVE492, Spring 1993.
“Application of Planning and Engineering Practices for the Development oflnnovative Multi-Use Trail Systems,” Stephen J. O’Neill, CVE591, Summer 1993.
“Investigation of Typical Cross Sections and Determination of Job Mix Formulae for Asphalt Paving Mixtures in Rhode Island,” Donald C. Murphy, Jr., CVE591, Fall 1993.
“Feasibility Study of a Light Rail System Service along Route 2 in Wmwick, RI,” Andrew J. Carrier and Craig J. Lanphear, CVE491, Fall 1993.
“A Study on Performance-Based Specifications for Asphalt Cement Binders,” Richard Izzo, CVE591, Fall 1993.
“The Seventh Year Repmi on the Implementation of a Pavement Management System with Micro PAVER on the Kingston Campus of the University of Rhode Island,” Michael R. Colletta, CVE492, Spring 1994.
“A Study in Modern Railroad Engineering,” Henry S. Young, CVE592, Spring 1994.
“Material Properties Determined by the Incremental Static-Dynamic Creep Test to Predict the Performance of Flexible Pavements with Crumb Rubber,” Maged Fam, CVE491, Fall 1994.
“Refinement of the URI Procedure to Evaluate the Seasonal Variation of Soil Resilient Modulus,” Christopher M. Douton, CVE491, Fall 1994.
“Investigation of Rutting at Major Intersections and Roadways in Rhode Island,” Michael J. Swift, CVE591, Fall 1994.
”Evaluation of Hot Mix Asphalt Properties in Rhode Island,11 Vanhseng Phanthavong, CVE491, Fall 1994.
“Preparation of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Specimens to Assess Water Pollutants from the Asphalt Pavement Containing Recycled Rubber,” Justin, S. Monaghan, Spring 1995.
“Evaluation of Surfacing Alternatives for the Access Road to the Water Quality Pond in Bailey Brook Watershed, RI,” Nicole Bazinet, Fall 1995.
“A Study on Alkali Silica Reaction,” Michael J. Foisey, Spring 1995 & Spring 1996.
“Highway Maintenance – A Case Study on Interstate 95, the Pawtuxet River to Route 10,” William R. Riccio, Jr., Spring 1996.
“Rheological Properties of Reclaimed Asphalt Binder,” Nikone Soupharath, Fall 1996.
“First Stage Feasibility Study for the Utility of Personal Rapid Transit for Route 2 Corridor,” Amphone Soupharath, Spring 1997.
“Development of Design Parameters for Flexible Pavement Structures in Rhode Island,” Sekhar J. Vajjhala, Spring 1997.
“Design for Reconstruction of Breakneck Hill Road from Louisquisset Pike to Great Road,” Paul Carlson, Spring 1997.
“Evaluation and Implementation of the Superpave Mix-design In Rhode Island,” Jody Richards, Spring 1998.
“Field Performance of Thermoplastic Marking Recess on Modified Open Graded Mixes,” Eugene Mozzoni, CVE491, Fall 1998.
“Evaluation and Application of Superpave Asphalt Mix-Design for Cold In-Place Recycling Mixtures Using Asphalt Emulsions,” Keith Gaulin, CVE49 l, Fall 1998.
“Estimation of Traffic Using Weigh-In-Motion Techniques,” Edgar Kraus, CVE591, Fall 1999.
“Investigation and Evaluation of Components for the University of Rhode Island Transportation Center’s Transpo1iation System Analysis Laboratory (TSAL),” Daniel Abedon, CVE591, Fall 1999.
“Prediction of the Rutting Characteristics of CIR Asphalt Pavements using the Incremental Static Dynamic Creep Test and VESYS Computer Program,” Kristina Steen, CVE591, Fall 2000.
“Design and Implementation of White-Topping on Severely Rutted Intersections,” CVE 591, Kathleen M. Wilson, Fall 2000.
“Establishment of An Airfield Pavement Management System (PMS) for T. F. Green Airpo1i,” Ahmed Shihadeh, CVE592, Spring 2001.
“Data Extraction from LTPP for Seasonal and Long-Term Pavement Comparative Analyses of Resilient Moduli Determined with WESDEF Backcalculation Software using DataPave for Connecticut Site,” George Monaghan, CVE 591, Summer 2001.
“Sidewalk Evaluation and Design including Traffic Calming Interests in Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA),” Michael Defrancesco, CVE 592, Spring 2002.
“Development of a pilot Rhode Island Intelligent Road along Rt. 138,” Wilfred Hernandez, CVE 592, Spring 2002.
“Fiber Composite Caps for Protection of Piers and Pier Caps, Silver Spring Cove Bridge #485-US Route l ,” Craig Boyer, CVE 592, Spring 2003.
“Road Pavement and Drainage Analysis for the Town of Jamestown, RI,” Chris Fontaine, CVE 491, Fall 2003.
“Moisture Effects on Asphalt Mixtures,” Kenneth Coelho, CVE592, Spring 2004.
“Evaluation of Rhode Asphalt Binder on the Performance of Hot Mix Asphalt Using the Superpave Specification,” Sonja-Lara Kurz, CVE591, Fall 2004.
“Experimental Features program on Rhode Island Cross-Alert Signal System,” Kathleen Wilson, CVE 691, Fall 2006.
“Investigation of the Kingston Congregational Church Steeple,” James Marsland and Ross Singer, CVE 491, Fall 2006.
“Evaluation of Rutting on Bristol Ferry Road, Turnpike Avenue, and West Main Road in RI,” Kathleen Wilson, CVE 692, Spring 2007.
“Determination of Optimum Asphalt Content using SuperPave and Bailey methods,” Wooram Youn, CVE492, Spring 2008.
“Comparative Analysis of Marshall and Superpave Mix-Design Methods for Infrastructure Management Program,” Wansoo Yang, CVE592, Spring 2008.
“Engineering and Quality Assurance Issues on Construction of the New Sakonnet River Bridge,” Wilfred Hernandez, CVE691, Fall 2009.
“Upgrading Data Acquisition System for Resilient Modulus Testing,” Andrew Woods, CVE492, Spring 2010.
“Canonchet Farm Parking Lot Relocation Study,” Jonathan Costa, CVE59 I, Fall 2011. “Rutting Characteristics of Warm Mix Asphalt,” Francisco Martinez, CVE59 I, Fall 2011.
“Comparative analysis between Rigid and Flexible Solar Panels,” Brett Neilan, CVE49 I, Fall 2011. “Harvesting Solar Energy Absorbed by Asphalt Pavement,” Andrew Correia, CVE592, Spring 2012.
“Installations in Business-Industrial Constructions,” Diego Lasala Hernandez, CVE491, Fall 2012. “Sustainable Asphalt Mixture on the Bridge Deck,” Joseph Godino, CVE592, Spring 2013.
“Solar Energy harvesting from Roadway,” Savinnah Greger, Northeastern Univ. Student, Summer 2013. “Comparative Study between Rigid and Flexible Solar Cells,” Benjamin Dahn, CVE492, Spring 2013. “Flexible Solar Panel Application to Roadway Operations,” Oyekan Tomisin, CVE491 Fall 2014.
“Sustainable Concrete Pavement Structures for New England States,” Dorothee Elizabeth Niehaus, CVE592, Spring 2015.
“Investigation of Cold Central Plant Recycling with Portland Cement,” Kevin Lapierre, CVE492 Spring 2016.
“Utilization of Superpave Technologies for Cold Mix Asphalt Characterization,” Fausto Rodriguez, CVE492 Spring 2016.
“Determination of Optimum Binder Content for RI Asphalt Base Mixture with Superpave Mix-Design,” Kehinde Oladosu, CVE492 Spring 2017.
“Cold In-Place Recycling as a Sustainable Rehabilitation Program of Asphalt Pavements,” Oyekan Tomisin, CVE592 Spring 2017.
“Prognosis of railway tracks based on intelligent inference,” Trestin E. Wehbe, Fall 2018.
“Asphalt Mixtures with Crumb Rubber Modifier,” Neha Shrestha, CVE59 l, Fall 2018 and CVE592 Spring 2019.
“New Pavement Systems for Longevity and Constructively,” Kehinde Oladosu, CVE492 Spring 2019.
“Warm Mix Asphalt with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement,” Neha Shrestha, CVE592, Spring 2019.
“Pilot Study for Warm Mix Asphalt with Laboratory Scale Foamed Bitumen Plant,” Matthew Schryver, fall 2019.
“Energy Harvesting and Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Life,” Austin Decotis, CVE592, Spring 2020.
“Innovative Asphalt Mixtures for Longevity and Environment,” Mohammed Alotaibi, CVE692, Spring 2020
“Superpave Asphalt Mix Design and Balanced Mix Design,” Scott Campbell, CVE592, Spring 2021
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AND ACADEMIC SUPERVISION
“Effects of Various Additives and Modifiers on the Properties of Asphaltic Materials,” Walaa S. Mogawer, 1985 – 1989.
“Analysis of Seasonal Variation on Soil Resilient Modulus of Granular Subgrade Soils,” Myung S. Jin, 1987-1991.
“Evaluation and Development of Aggregate Gradations and Job Mix Formula for High-Performing Hot Mix Asphalt,” Kyungwon Park, 2001-2008.
“Sustainable Asset Management System for Transportation Infrastructure and System,” Ajay Singh, 2009-2014.
“Evaluation of Pavement Rehabilitation Strategies and Performance Sensing System,” Kathleen M. Wilson-Hoffman, 2005 – 2016.
“Quality Control and Assurance Program for Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure,” Wilfred Hernandez, 2006-2017.
“Evaluation of Cold Central Plant Recycled Asphalt Mixture Treated with Portland Cement,” Masoud Faramarzi, 2016-19.
“Recycling Infrastructure Assets and Reduction of Pavement Fatigue Cracking and Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” Ali Sahraei, Co-Advisor with Natacha Thomas, 2019-2020.
“Rutting Resistance Pavement and Integrated Green Transportation Infrastructure,” Mohammed Alotaibi, Co-Advisor with Ali Akanda 2019-2020.