Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL, United States
Civil Engineer with a focus on Transportation Infrastructure. Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Graduate Research Assistant at the Illinois Center for Transportation, currently contributing to research projects for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). Professional and research interests include roadway and airport pavement design, advanced characterization of asphalt materials and soils, geotechnics, and mechanical behavior and performance of flexible pavements, with additional focus on transportation infrastructure sustainability, resilience, and traffic safety. Hands-on experience as a Civil Engineer in the field of Transportation Infrastructure includes flexible pavement design, asphalt materials characterization, earthworks, geometric design, drainage, and traffic signaling. Research contributions include peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations on multiscale characterization of materials (mineral aggregates, asphalt binders, and mixtures), mechanical behavior and performance of flexible pavements for roadway and airport applications, sustainability and resilience, tire-pavement interaction, and traffic safety. Work has supported IDOT projects R27-233 and R27-267 through the Illinois Center for Transportation, focusing on flexible pavement design and material characterization for perpetual pavement sections. Recipient of the 2024 Marshall Thompson Student Research Award and the 2025 Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association (IAPA) Scholarship in recognition of academic and research excellence in transportation engineering.
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Assessment of Post-Flooding Healing and Fatigue Life of Damaged Asphalt Concrete Mixes
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM MT