Graduates 
KSU Pavements and Materials Research Program


Shrinath J. Kotdwala (Ph.D., 12/94 ), Concept Engineering Consultants, P.A., South Amboy, N.J.
Hisham Ibrahim (M.S., 06/95 ), Thesis Title "Kansas Water-Cement Ratio Meter (KsWCRM)", Currently working in Malaysia. 
Enam Hoque (M.S., 12/95), Thesis Title "Development of a Crumb-Rubber Asphalt Concrete Mix Design", Currently working for AT & T, Morristown, N.J.
Mustafa Sadeque (M.S., 12/95), Thesis Title "Development of a Chunk-Rubber Asphalt Concrete (CRAC) Mix for Low-Volume Roads", Currently working for McPherson County, Kan.
Muhammad M. H. Zubery (M.S., 08/96) Thesis Title "Rapid Assessment of Freeze-Thaw Durability of Kansas Aggregates," Currently working for Idaho Department of Transportation, Boise, ID.
Bing Long (M.S., 12/96), Thesis Title "Seasonal Variation of Pavement Response and Properties," Currently working for CalTrans, Sacramento, CA.
Affan Habib (M.S., 12/97), Thesis Title "Development of Structural Layer Coefficients of Crumb-Rubber Modified Asphalt Concrete Mixes from In-Situ Deflection Data", Currently working for the City of  Richmond, VA.
Harrison Russell (M.S., 12/97), Report Title "Resilient Modulus of Fine-Grained Kansas Soils," Currently working for McMahon and Associates, Ft. Washington, PA.
Shoeb Uddin (M.S., 08/98), Thesis Title "A Prototype Pavement Management System for General Aviation Airports in Kansas," Currently working for C.P. Engineering, Topeka, Kan.
Rajesh Kaldate (M.S., 12/98), Thesis Title "Evaluation of Kansas Superpave Mixtures" Currently working for the Quintiles Corp., Kansas City, MO.
Dan Nabors (M.S., 05/98), Thesis Title "Feasibility of Using Recycled Tires for Low-Cost Crash Cushion," Currently working for FHWA, Mclean, VA.
Tanveer Chowdhury (M.S., 08/98), Thesis Title "Bayesian Regresssion Methodlogy for Network-Level Pavement Project Rating," Currently working for the Virginia Department of Transportation, Richmond, VA.
Jianzhou Chen (M.S., 12/99), Thesis Title "Sensitivity Analysis of Superpave Mixture Volumetric Properties," Currently working for Sprint Corp, Westwood, KS.

Jeffrey Hancock (M.S., 08/00), Thesis Title "A Study of Factors Responsible for Roughness Progression on Portland Cement Concrete Pavements," Currently working for the City of Manhattn, Kan.
 
Swetha Chitrapu (M.S., 12/00), Report Title "Stress Sensitivity in the Backcalculation of Subgrade Resilient Modulus from FWD Data," Currently working for Oracle Corp., Redwood City, CA.

Zhong Wu (Ph.D., 05/01) Dissertation Title "Finite Element Simulation of Rutting on Superpave Pavements." Currently working for the Lousiana Transportation Research Ceneter, Baton Rouge, LA.

Mahmuda Akhter (M.S., 12/01), Thesis Title "Quantification of  Pavement Damage Due to Rapid Roughness Progression of Porland Cement Concrete Pavements," Currently working for AAE, Inc., Pasadena, CA.