Reza S. Ashtiani
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    • CE1301-CE Fundamentals
    • CE 2315-Statics
    • CE 3345-Concrete Design
    • CE 3348-Geotech
    • CE 3348-Geotech Lab
    • CE4339-Geostructural
    • CE 5351-Pavement Design
    • CE5331-Stabilization
    • CE 5320-Adv. Geotech
    • CE 5334-Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
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  • Computational mechanics and constitutive modeling of civil engineering materials (soils, concrete and asphalt)
  • Performance characterization and numerical simulation of nonlinear, stress sensitive and anisotropic geomaterials
  • Mechanistic analysis and design of rigid and flexible airfield runways and pavements
  • Laboratory testing and characterization of engineering materials
  • Accelerated damage repair of rigid and flexible airfield runways using rapid setting agents
  • Airfield surface decontamination methodologies such as chemical and mechanical rubber removal techniques and its impact on runway skid resistance  
  • Innovative pavement design concepts such as low modulus interlayer (inverted pavement)
  • Soil modification techniques and chemical stabilization of aggregate soils
  • Alkali-activated geo-polymers for heat resistant concrete overlays
  • Bitumen additives and rejuvenating agents for recycled asphalt layers
  • Statistical pattern recognition and pattern classification techniques