Finding Solutions of the 21st Century Transportation Problems Through Research and Innovations / Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (PDF)

Engineering at the University of Oklahoma (OU), Norman. He has been serving as the Director of the Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC) - a consortium of eight universities in U.S. DOT Region 6 - for more than six years. He served as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in OU Gallogly College of Engineering for more than eight years. He is a prolific teacher and a highly accomplished researcher. During his tenure at OU, he has received several prestigious national-level teaching awards from the American Society of Engineering Education. He also received the David Ross Boyd Professorship, the highest life-long teaching award given by OU. During his tenure at OU, he has received more than $30 million in external funding from various state and federal agencies and the industry. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. Several of his papers have won prestigious awards from international societies and organizations. He has supervised more than 80 master theses and doctoral dissertations to completion. In 2011, he won the prestigious Outstanding Contribution Award, given by IACMAG, for life-long contributions in geomechanics.
Dr.Jiupeng Zhang is a professor of TransportationInfrastructure Engineering andthevicedean of School of Highwayat Chang'an University, China. He is a professionally registered pavement engineer with a research interest in pavement mechanics, pavement materials, constructionandmaintenance.He completed both his undergraduate and graduate studies at the SoutheastUniversity, China.He has authored andco-authoredmore than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, and about 30 referred conference papers,and served as theeditorboardmember of the International JournalofTransportationScienceandTechnology, theChina Journal of Highway and Transport, and the journal of Advances in CivilEngineering. Recently, Dr. Zhang received 8 S&T Awardsfrom Jiangsuprovince,Henan provinceandChina Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS) for his outstanding contributions to paving materials and construction. He won the FokYingTung Youth Teacher Award, the Wufu-Zhenhua Excellent Teacher Award, andthe ShaanxiYouth S&T Nova Awardfor his contributions in transportation infrastructures research, professional service and academic excellence.