August 7, 2012

Ms. Jo Allen Gause

Transportation Research Board of the National Academies

Subject: Implementation of Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and

DARWin-ME Software (NCHRP 20-05 Topic 44-06)

Dear Ms. Gause:

On behalf of my research team, I wish to express our interest in undertaking the NCHRP 20-05

Topic 44-06 “Implementation of Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and

DARWin-ME Software” project. This letter is in response to your solicitation for consultancy

services regarding the Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems.

Our experienced research team is qualified to deliver on the NCHRP 20-05 Topic 44-06 project

objectives and includes Dr. Zhanping You, Dr. Bernie Alkire, Mr. Julian Mills-Beale and Mr. Xu

Yang. Our team is professionally committed to: 1) Survey agencies in all states, Washington

D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Canadian provinces to determine their status regarding

MEPDG/DARWin-ME implementation; 2) Evaluate how DOTs successfully transitioned from

exploratory to full implementation states; 3) Providing a guiding framework to assist those DOTs

who have not started or are in the process of implementing the MEPDG/DARWin-ME.

Ultimately, we will seek to provide the platform for a heightened level of interaction between

state department of transportation (DOT) materials, design, traffic, and construction engineers to

aid DOTs for full-scale implementation of the MEPDG/DARWin-ME. Our past and present

working experience with state DOTs and agencies puts our team in an appreciable position to

organize and document all activities of the MEPDG/DARWin-ME.

Listed below are the qualifications and credentials of our team:

1) Dr. Zhanping You (Associate Professor in Pavement Engineering): Dr. You has worked

with the Michigan DOT, agencies and contractors on aspects of MEPDG including: 1)

Population of Michigan’s materials library for implementation of MEPDG; 2) Testing of

typical Michigan HMA, WMA and aggregates for inclusion in the materials library; 3)

Development of a framework for using existing pavement management data to calibrate the

MEPDG performance models; 4) Local calibration of the MEPDG. Other notable projects

include sustainable material use in pavement structural design and construction, discrete

element modeling for pavement performance characterization, and innovative automated test

development for transportation material characterization. Dr. You has 12 years of pavement

research, published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, is associate editor for ASCE Journal of

Materials in Civil Engineering, a member of the Board of Directors for the International

Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, and a lead editor of four ASCE Geotechnical

Special Publication books.

2) Dr. Bernard Alkire (Professor Emeritus in Transportation Engineering): Dr. Alkire’s

40 years of service has made him well acquainted with the federal and state government

contracting process and he has completed several contracts associated with the Local Technical

Assistance Program sponsored by the FHWA. He obtained his PhD in 1972 from Michigan State

University and has worked as a registered professional engineer since 1968. Additionally, he has

worked tirelessly in coordinating transportation engineering technology transfer to local and

tribal governments in the Eastern US. He is well versed in MEPDG traffic counting and

pavement data management, frost penetration in road sub base materials, design of aggregate

surfaced roads and mechanics of sand-ice materials.

3) Julian Mills-Beale (Assistant Professor in Pavement Engineering): Researcher Mills-Beale

works with the California Baptist University and has 8 years of experience in pavement design

and construction engineering in both Africa and the US. He has been involved in recycled

aggregates, bioasphalt development, Marshall and Superpave™ mixture characterization,

pavement distress surveys, traffic count and destructive non-destructive pavement testing

research. His achievements include: 1) 8 peer-reviewed publications; 2) 3 book chapter

authorships; 4) Invitational editor and reviewer for the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil

Engineering, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication GeoHunan International Conference and

the Journal of Construction and Building Materials.

4) Xu Yang (Pavement Engineering Researcher): Researcher Yang’s interests are in MEPDG,

sustainable pavement repair/maintenance engineering, Superpave™ material characterization,

alternative asphalt materials and micromechanical simulation using the discrete element method.

Having studied for his MSc Transportation Engineering degree from the prestigious Southeast

University in China, he has 2 peer-reviewed paper publications to his credit including the

“Preliminary Study of Materials Effect of Cold In-Place and Full-Depth Reclamation Asphalt

Concrete in Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design” published by ASCE. Furthermore, he has

been active in the pursuit of collaborative development of alternative materials for sustainable

transportation with the Michigan DOT.

We applied for this project due to our belief that the MEPDG product can be pivotal in

revolutionizing the planning, construction, rehabilitation and maintenance structures of durable

transportation infrastructure in the United States. You can rest assured that our team will

competently and transparently work with NCHRP, highway agencies, and contractors to ensure

the completion of the synthesis. We are able to comply with the terms of the contract and look

forward to hearing from you in regards to this exciting opportunity. Thank you for your

consideration.

Sincerely,

Zhanping You, P.E., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

zyou@mtu.edu, (906) 487-1059

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ZHANPING YOU, Ph.D., P.E.

1802 Middle Pointe Ln, Houghton, MI 49931

Phone: 906-370-0826, Email: zyou@mtu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Pavement Engineering), December 2003

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Champaign, Illinois

M.S., Civil Engineering (Materials and Pavements), June 1998

Department of Highway/Civil Engineering, Xi'an Highway University - Chang’an University, China

B.S., Civil Engineering, July 1995

Department of Highway/Civil Engineering, Xi'an Highway University - Chang’an University, China

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Professional Engineer (no. 69804), State of Ohio, 2005 to present

EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, June 2009 - present, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University

Donald and Rose Ann Tomasini Assistant Professor, December 2005 – June 2009, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University

Assistant Professor (tenure track), January 2004 - December 2005, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellow and Research Assistant, May 2001- December 2003, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois (UIUC)

University Graduate Research Fellow and Research Assistant, August 1999 - May 2001, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois (UIUC)

Research Engineer and Project Manager (full-time), June 1998 - July 1999, Municipal Engineering Research Institute of Beijing, China

EDITORSHIPS

Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Oct. 2008 - present

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Editorial Board, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Dec. 2007 - present

ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 184 “Pavements and Materials: Modeling, Testing and Performance,” published by ASCE, edited by You, Z., Abbas, A., and Wang, L., ISBN 978-0-7844-1008-0, proceedings, Symposium of Pavement Mechanics and Materials, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 18-21, 2008. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 182 “Pavements and Materials: Characterization, Modeling, and Simulation,” published by ASCE, edited by You, Z., Abbas, A., and Wang, L., ISBN10 # 0784409862 and ISBN13 # 9780784409862, 178 pages, proceedings, Symposium of Pavement Mechanics, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division Conference 2007, June 3-6, 2007.

GRANT REVIEWER/PANELIST/JUDGE

Airfield Asphalt Pavement Technology Program funded by US Federal Aviation Administration

National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Panel for Project 9-48, “Field versus Laboratory Volumetrics and Mechanical Properties.”

Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, National Science Foundation

Center for Science, Technology and Sustainability, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Symposium of Pavement Mechanics and Materials, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 18-21, 2008, organized by Zhanping You, Ala R. Abbas, and Linbing Wang

Symposium of Pavement Mechanics, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division Conference 2007, Virginia Tech, June 3-6, 2007, organized by Zhanping You, Ala R. Abbas, and Linbing Wang

Symposium on Pavement Engineering, 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, in the Century Plaza Hotel & Spa, Los Angeles, California, USA, July 16-22, 2006 (with Dr. Linbing Wang)

University Representative for Michigan Technological University, Transportation Research Board, 2006 - present

University Representative for Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Transportation Research Board, 2005

Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Member of AFH60 Flexible Pavement Construction and Rehabilitation Committee, 2008 - present

Geo-Institute Pavements Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2006-2009

Highway Pavement Committee, Transportation and Development Institute, American

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Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2004 - present

Airfield Pavement Committee, Transportation and Development Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2004 - present

SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Cao, D., Ji, J., Liu, Q., He, Z., Wang, H., and You, Z., Coal Gangue Applied to

Low-Volume Roads in China，Transportation Research Record: Journal of the

Transportation Research Board，Issue Number: 2204， Publisher: Transportation

Research Board，pp 258-266, ISSN: 0361-1981

Colbert, B. and You, Z., The Determination of Mechanical Performance of Laboratory Produced Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures Using Controlled RAP and Virgin Aggregate Size Fractions, Construction and Building Materials 26 (2012), pp. 655-662

ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication. GSP 213. Road Pavement and Material Characterization, Modeling, and Maintenance. Edited by Wynand JvdM Steyn, Xueyan Liu, Yusuf Mehta, and Zhanping You, GeoHunan 2011. Reston, VA: ASCE, 978-0-7844-7624-6, pg. NA, 2011.

ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Special Publication 1, “Pavements and Materials: Testing and Modeling in Multiple Length Scales,” edited by Rafiqul A. Tarefder, Ph.D., P.E.; Yong-Rak Kim, Ph.D., P.E.; Zhanping You, Ph.D., P.E.; Linbing Wang, Ph.D., P.E., 2010, , 218 pp., ISBN 9780784411292, proceedings, Symposium of Pavement Mechanics and Materials, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2010, Los Angeles, California, August 8-11, 2010.

You, Z., Adhikari, S., Masad, E., and Dai, Q., “Microstructural and micromechanical properties of field and lab-compacted asphalt mixtures,” to be published in the Journal of Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT), vol. 78, 2009.

Liu, Y. and You, Z. Visualization and Simulation of Asphalt Concrete: a Randomly Generated 3D Model, #CP/2008/022994, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.

You, Z., Mills-Beale, J., Williams, R.C., and Dai, Q., Measuring the Specific Gravities of Fine Aggregates in Michigan: An Automated Procedure, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, ISSN 1996-6814, Vol. 2, issue 1, Jan. 2009.

Liu, Y., Dai, Q., and You, Z., Development of a Viscoelastic Model for Discrete Element Simulation of Asphalt Mixtures, Volume 135, Issue 4, pp. 324-333, 2009, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics.

You, Z., Adhikari, S., and Dai, Q., Three-Dimensional Discrete Element Models for Asphalt Mixtures, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 134, No. 12, pp.1053-1063, 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Goh, S.W. and You, Z., A Preliminary Study of the Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Mixture with Bottom Ash to Replace Partial Aggregates, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 35(10): 1114–1119 (2008).

Mills-Beale, J., You, Z., Williams, R.C., and Dai, Q., Determining the Specific Gravities of Coarse Aggregates in Michigan Utilizing Vacuum Saturation Approach, Construction & Building Materials, 23(3), Pages 1316-1322.

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You, Z. and Goh, S.W., Laboratory Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt: A Preliminary Study, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 1(1): pp.34 -40, 2008, ISSN 1996-6814.

Dai, Q. and You, Z., Prediction of Creep Stiffness of Asphalt Mixture with Micromechanical Finite Element and Discrete Element Models, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Volume 133, Issue 2, pp. 163-173, 2007.

You, Z., Xia, Y., Hu, C., and Wang, B., Finite Element Analysis of Concrete Pavement on Culvert, International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp. 337-350, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2001.

Buttlar, W.G., and You, Z., Discrete Element Modeling of Asphalt Concrete: A Micro-Fabric Approach, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, the National Academies, Washington, D.C., No. 1757, pp. 111-118, 2001.

You, Z., Development in the Research of Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA), China Municipal Engineering [Journal], Shanghai, China, vol. 84(1), 28-32, ISSN 1004-4655, March 1999.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS

Goh, S.W. and You, Z., Preliminary Study of Evaluating Asphalt Pavement Rutting Performance Using The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, Fourteenth Conference on Cold Regions Engineering in Duluth, Minnesota, 08/30/2009- 09/02/2009.

Goh, S.W. and You, Z., Warm Mix Asphalt using Sasobit: Lab Evaluation for Cold Region, Fourteenth Conference on Cold Regions Engineering in Duluth, Minnesota, 08/30/2009- 09/02/2009.

Adhikari, S. and You, Z., Dynamic Modulus Prediction of Asphalt Concrete using Three Tensile Tests, Eighth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields, Champaign, Illinois, 6/29/-7/2/2009, p.321-326, ISBN 978-0-415-87199-0, edited by Erol Tutumluer and Imad L. Al-Qadi.

Goh, S.W., Liu, Y., and You, Z., Laboratory Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt Using Sasobit®, Eighth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields, p.315-320, Champaign, Illinois, 6/29/-7/2/2009, p.321-326, ISBN 978-0-415-87199-0, edited by Erol Tutumluer and Imad L. Al-Qadi.

Liu, Y. and You, Z., Determining Burger’s Model Parameters of Asphalt Materials using Creep-recovery Testing Data, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 184 “Pavements and Materials: Modeling, Testing and Performance,” , p. 26-36, edited by You, Z., Abbas, A., and Wang, L.B., Proceedings, the Symposium of Pavement Mechanics and Materials, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 18-21, 2008.

Goh, S.W. and You, Z., A Simple Method to Determine the Tertiary Flow in Repeated Load Test: A Step-Wise Method. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 184 “Pavements and Materials: Modeling, Testing and Performance,” edited by You, Z., Abbas, A., and Wang, L.B., Proceedings, the Symposium of Pavement Mechanics and Materials, p. 72-81, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 18-21, 2008.

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Adhikari, S. and You, Z., Modeling of Hollow Cylindrical Asphalt Mixture Specimens, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 184 “Pavements and Materials: Modeling, Testing and Performance,” edited by You, Z., Abbas, A., and Wang, L.B., Proceedings, the Symposium of Pavement Mechanics and Materials, p. 100-107,ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 18-21, 2008.

Xia, K., Masud, A., and You, Z., A Large Deformation Finite Element Formulation for Subgrade Soil Compaction, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 184 “Pavements and Materials: Modeling, Testing and Performance,” edited by You, Z., Abbas, A., and Wang, L.B., Proceedings, the Symposium of Pavement Mechanics and Materials, p. 122-130, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 18-21, 2008.

Goh, S.W. and You, Z., Properties of Asphalt Mixtures with RAP in the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design of Flexible Pavements: A Preliminary Investigation. in “Airfield and Highway Pavements: Efficient Pavements Supporting Transportation's Future,” Proceedings of the 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, ISBN 13 # 9780784410059, ASCE 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference held in Bellevue, Washington, October 15-18, 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 171-181, 2008.

Mills-Beale, J. and You, Z., Measuring the Specific Gravity and Absorption of Steel Slag and Crushed Concrete Coarse Aggregates: A Preliminary Study. in “Airfield and Highway Pavements: Efficient Pavements Supporting Transportation's Future,” Proceedings of the 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, ISBN 13 # 9780784410059, ASCE 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference held in Bellevue, Washington, October 15-18, 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 111-121, 2008.

Liu, Y. and You, Z. Speed up Discrete Element Simulation of Asphalt Mixtures with User-written C++ Codes. in “Airfield and Highway Pavements: Efficient Pavements Supporting Transportation's Future,” Proceedings of the 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, ISBN 13 # 9780784410059, ASCE 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference held in Bellevue, Washington, October 15-18, 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 65-73, 2008.

Khattak, M.J., You, Z., and Kyatham, V., On the Mechanical Modeling of Asphalt Matrix and Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures. in “Airfield and Highway Pavements: Efficient Pavements Supporting Transportation's Future,” Proceedings of the 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, ISBN 13 # 9780784410059, ASCE 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference held in Bellevue, Washington, October 15-18, 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 253-266, 2008.

Adhikari, S., You, Z., Dai, Q., and Liu, Y., Investigation of the Air Void Effect on the Asphalt Mixture using 2D and 3D DEM, First International FLAC/DEM Symposium on Numerical Modeling, August 25-27, 2008, p.419-426, ISBN 978-0-9767577-1-9, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

You, Z., Adhikari, S., and Dai, Q., Two- and Three-Dimensional Discrete Element Models for Asphalt Mixtures, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 182: Pavements and Materials: Characterization, Modeling and Simulation, pp. 118-127, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , ISBN 978-0-7844-0986-2, 2008.

You, Z., Adhikari, S., and Dai, Q., Air Void Effect on an Idealized Asphalt Mixture, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 182: Pavements and Materials: Characterization,

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Modeling and Simulation, pp. 55-62, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , ISBN 978-0-7844-0986-2, 2008.

Dai, Q. and You, Z, A Three-Dimensional Micro-Frame Element Network Model for Damage Behavior of Asphalt Mixtures, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 182: Pavements and Materials: Characterization, Modeling and Simulation, pp. 24-33, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , ISBN 978-0-7844-0986-2, 2008

Goh, S.W. and You, Z., The Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Mixture with Bottom Ash as Aggregates. GeoCongress 2008: Geosustainability and Geohazard Mitigation, Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 178), pp. 1008-1015, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.

Goh, S.W. and You, Z., Resilient Modulus and Dynamic Modulus of Warm Mix Asphalt. GeoCongress 2008: Geosustainability and Geohazard Mitigation, Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 178), pp. 1000-1007, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.

Xia, Y.X., You, Z., Han, Z.D., and Wang, B.G., Temperature Gradient of Composite Pavement Structures. GeoCongress 2008: Characterization, Monitoring, and Modeling of GeoSystems, Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 179), pp. 1036-1045, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.

Liu, Y. and You, Z., Simulation of Cyclic Loading Tests for Asphalt Mixtures Using User Defined Models within Discrete Element Method. GeoCongress 2008: Characterization, Monitoring, and Modeling of GeoSystems, Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 179), pp. 742-749, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.

Adhikari, S., You, Z., and M. E. Kutay, Prediction of Dynamic Modulus of Asphalt Concrete Using Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Discrete Element Modeling Approach. GeoCongress 2008: Characterization, Monitoring, and Modeling of GeoSystems, Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 179), pp. 1020-1027, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.

You, Z., Mills-Beale, J., Williams, R.C., and Dai, Q., Investigation of a New Test Procedure for Measuring the Specific Gravities of Fine Aggregates in Michigan, Proceedings of 2008 Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (CD-ROM), National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008.

Goh, S.W. and You, Z., Mechanical Properties of Warm Mix Asphalt Using Aspha-min®, Proceedings of 2008 Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (CD-ROM), National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008.

Adhikari, S. and You, Z., Distinct Element Modeling of the Asphalt Mixtures: from Two-dimensional to Three-dimensional Models, Proceedings of 2008 Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (CD-ROM), National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008.

You, Z., Adhikari, S., S.W. Goh, and Dai, Q., Dynamic Moduli for M-E Design for Asphalt Pavements. ASCE publication: Plan, Build, and Manage Transportation Infrastructure in China, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP), held in Shanghai, China in May 2007, pp. 841-850, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.

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Dai, Q. and You, Z, Micromechanical Finite Element Models for Micro-Damage and Complex Constitutive Behavior of Asphalt Mixtures. ASCE publication: Plan, Build, and Manage Transportation Infrastructure in China, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP), held in Shanghai, China in May 2007, pp. 867-876, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.

Goh, S., You, Z., Laboratory Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt, Proceedings, 14th National Conference on Pavement Engineering, Volume I, pp. 110-124, Douliou, Taiwan, Sept. 13-14, 2007.

Goh, S., You, Z., Van Dam, T. J., Laboratory Evaluation and Pavement Design for Warm Mix Asphalt, Proceedings of the 2007 Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, August 16–17, 2007, p.1-11. Can be viewed at http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/pubs/midcon2007/YouLaboratory.pdf.

Dai, Q. and You, Z, Investigation of Linear and Damage-Coupled Viscoelastic Properties of Sustainable Asphalt Mixture Using a Micromechanical Finite Element Approach, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 176, “Analysis of Asphalt Pavement Materials and Systems: Engineering Methods,” Analysis of Asphalt Pavement Materials and Systems 2006, Part of Analysis of Asphalt Pavement Materials and Systems: Emerging Methods (GSP 176), Proceedings of Sessions of the 15th U. S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Linbing Wang, Eyad Masad, Editors, June 25–30, 2006, Boulder, Colorado, USA, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 22-32.

You, Z., Buttlar, W.G., and Q. Dai, Aggregate Effect on Asphalt Mixture Properties by Modeling Particle-to-Particle Interaction, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 176, “Analysis of Asphalt Pavement Materials and Systems: Engineering Methods,” Analysis of Asphalt Pavement Materials and Systems 2006, Part of Analysis of Asphalt Pavement Materials and Systems: Emerging Methods (GSP 176), Proceedings of Sessions of the 15th U. S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Linbing Wang, Eyad Masad, Editors, June 25–30, 2006, Boulder, Colorado, USA, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 14-21.

Dai, Q., You, Z, and M.H. Sadd, A Micromechanical ViscoelastoPlastic Model for Asphalt Mixture, Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 146): Asphalt Concrete: Part of Simulation, Modeling, and Experimental Characterization (GSP 146), Proceedings of the R. Lytton Symposium on Mechanics of Flexible Pavements, Eyad Masad, Vassilis P. Panoskaltsis, Linbing Wang, Editors, June 1–3, 2005 , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 12-20, 2006.

You, Z., Dai, Q., and Gurung, B., Development and Implementation of a Finite Element Model for Asphalt Mixture to Predict Compressive Complex Moduli at Low and Intermediate Temperatures, Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 146): Asphalt Concrete: Part of Simulation, Modeling, and Experimental Characterization (GSP 146), Proceedings of the R. Lytton Symposium on Mechanics of Flexible Pavements, Eyad Masad, Vassilis P. Panoskaltsis, Linbing Wang, Editors, June 1–3, 2005 , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 21-28, 2006.

You, Z., Xia, Y., Hu, C., and Wang, B., Finite Element Analysis of Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Structures with Culvert, in “Finite Element Modeling of Pavement Structures,” Edited by Samir N. Shoukry, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on 3D Finite Element for Pavement Analysis, Design, and Research, Charleston, West Virginia, October 11 - 13, 2000.

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SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

From 2006 to 2009, over $3,500,000 external funded research and education projects, funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US Department of Transportation (USDOT), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The share for Z. You exceeds $1,500,000.

Excellence in Engineering Education (ExCEEd) 2009 Fellow, 2009 ExCEEd Teaching Workshop at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY from July 22-27, 2009. Named by American Society of Civil Engineers.

State of Michigan - Research Excellence Fund, “Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Asphalt,” 2007-2008.

Mini Grant for Instructional Improvement and Innovation, Michigan Tech Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development, 2007 and 2008.

State of Michigan - Research Excellence Fund (REF) - mentoring grant, 2006-2007.

Dwight David Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship, Federal Highway Administration, USDOT, 2005-2006.

Young Investigators’ Award, U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, 2005.

Dwight David Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship, Federal Highway Administration, USDOT, 2004.

Professor Training, Scholarship, the National Center of Asphalt Technology (NCAT) and the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) Research & Education Foundation, June 2004.

Texas Asphalt Pavement Association Professor Scholarship, June 2004.

Who's Who in Engineering Academia.

Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowships, Federal Highway Administration, USDOT, 2001-2003.

Golden Medal - Science and Technology Award of Shaanxi Province, China, shared with others, 2003.

Science and Technology Award, China Highway Association, shared, 2002.

Science and Technology Improvement Award, Beijing Science and Technology Department, shared, 2000.

University Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999-2000.

Best Paper Award, Highway & Transportation Association in Inner Mongolia and the Journal Board, China, shared, 1999.

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BERNIE D. ALKIRE, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Emeritus, Transportation Engineering

1802 Middle Pointe Ln, Houghton, MI 49931 Houghton, Michigan 49931

Email: balkire@mtu.edu

EDUCATION B.S., Michigan Technological University, 1961 M.S., Michigan State University, 1968 Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1972

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Registered Professional Engineer: Michigan (1968-current) EXPERIENCE Service at Michigan Technological University:

Instructor 1971-1972 Asst. Professor 1972-1977 Assoc. Professor 1977-1984 Professor 1984-2011 Professor Emeritus

Previous Experience U.S. Army Lieutenant California Dept. of Parks & Recreation, Jr. Civil Engineer. Michigan Dept. of State Highways Highway & Bridge Design Engineer Michigan State University Research Asst.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Life Member, American Society of Civil Engineers Tribal Technical Assistance Program, Michigan Technological University

INSTITUTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Service at Michigan Technological University

Promotion and Tenure Policy Committee Computer Usage Committee

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PAST FIVE YEARS)

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Attended over 10 workshops related to transportation and safety Participated in over 20 workshops as Director of Tribal Technical Assistance Program

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS 1997 “Metric Training for Highway Design”, Cass Lake, MN, Mar, 1997 “Tribal Technical Assistance Program Task Evaluation”, Ignacio, CO, Oct, 1997 “Metric Training for Highway Design”, Traverse City, MI, Apr, 1997 1999 “Tribal Planning Workshop”, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 1999 “Work Zone Safety Workshop”, Red Lake, MN, May 1999 2000 “Project Prioritization and Pavement Management, Hartford, CN, June 2000 2003 “TTAP Initiatives and Inventory Up Date”, Green Bay, WI, Apr 2003 “Tribal Training in the US”, at Pitermartziburg, South Africa, Sept 2003 2004 “TTAP-Michigan Tech University”, Lakeside, CA, Feb 2004 “Traffic Counting”, Albuquerque, NM, Feb 2004 2005 “Traffic Counting and Pavement Management”, Cherokee, NC, May 2005 “Pavement Management”, Cherokee, NC June 2005 2006 “Road Safety Audits”, Sault Ste Marie, MI Apr 2006 “Traffic Counting”, Baraboo, WI, June 2006 2007 “Use of Web Based Training for TTAPs”, TRB, Washington D.C., Jan 2007 “Road Safety Audits”, Indian Health Service Meeting, Nashville, TN, Aug 2007 “Road Safety Audits”, Carter, WI, Aug 2007 2009 “Road Safety Audit at Red Cliff Tribe, Red Cliff, WI”

SUMMARY

Dr. Alkire was the Director of the Tribal Technical Assistance Program at Michigan Technological University and has over 15 years of experience in technology transfer. He has provided technology transfer to tribal governments since 1992 and works with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to provide transportation related assistance to tribes located in the Eastern part of the United States. He is well acquainted with the federal and state government contracting process and has completed several contracts associated with the Local Technical Assistance Program sponsored by the FHWA.

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Since 1992, Dr. Alkire has made numerous presentations to tribal planners and council members on subjects as diverse as prioritization of transportation projects using a process he developed in cooperation with the FHWA Office Corporate and Professional Development (OCPD). In addition he attends many workshops and has made presentations on construction, maintenance, pavement management, and transportation planning. Some of the workshops include Partnering for Indian employment, GIS satellite down linking, and planning and funding under ISTEA. He frequently contributes and participates in FHWA work groups and TTAP panels and is presently the TTAP member on the National Local Technical Assistance Program Association (NLTAPA) Executive Committee. Dr. Alkire’s experience in design includes 6 years with the Michigan Department of Transportation as a Road Design Engineer and 38 years teaching transportation related courses. He has done research in frost penetration in road sub bases materials, design of aggregate surfaced roads and mechanics of sand-ice materials.

JULIAN MILLS-BEALE, Assistant Professor

College of Engineering, California Baptist University

8432 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92504

Phone: 951-343-4873, Email: jmillsbe@calbaptist.edu

EDUCATION Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Pavement Engineering), Provisional Degree Awarded

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan

M.S., Civil Engineering (Materials and Pavements), December 2009

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan technological University, Houghton, Michigan

B.S., Civil Engineering, June 2004

Department of Civil Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology, Ghana, West Africa.

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, January 2012 - present, College of Engineering, California Baptist University, California

Research Assistant, January 2007 – December 2011, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Michigan

Road Pavement Engineer, January 2005 – January 2007, K. E. & Sons Ltd, Ghana, West Africa. Real Estate Site Engineer, June 2004 – January 2005, Rogersco Construction Ltd, Ghana, West Africa.

EDITORSHIPS

Invitational Editor, International Journal of Pavement Research Technology

Geohunan (China) International Conference II-2011, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication. Reviewer, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Elham H. Fini, Imad L. Al-Qadi, Shuangning Xiu, Julian Mills-Beale, and Zhanping You, Enhancing Bio Modified Binder (BMB) Performance Using Polyphosphoric Acid (PPA), CONBUILDMAT-D-10-00315, Construction and Building Materials. (Accepted)

Zhanping You, Julian Mills-Beale, Elham Fini, Shu Wei Goh and Baron Colbert. Evaluation of Low-Temperature Binder Properties of Warm Mix Asphalt, Extracted and Recovered RAP and RAS, and Bioasphalt. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (2010), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE) MT.1943-5533.0000295

You, Z., Mills-Beale, J., Justin, F, Roy, S., Odegard, G.M., Dai, Q., Goh, S.W., Nanoclay-Modified Asphalt Materials: Preparation and Characterization. Construction and Building Materials (2010), doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.06.070

Liu, Y., You. Z., Goh. S. W., and Mills-Beale, J., A Post-processing Method for Dynamic Modulus Tests of Hot Mix Asphalt, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 22, No. 7, 2010. Mills-Beale, J. and You, Z., The Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Mixtures with Recycled Concrete Aggregates, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 24, Issue 3, March 2010, Pages 230-235.

Mills-Beale, J., You, Z., Williams, R.C., and Dai, Q., Determining the Specific Gravities of Coarse Aggregates in Michigan Utilizing Vacuum Saturation Approach, Construction & Building Materials, Elsevier, Volume 23, Issue 3, March 2009, pp. 1316-1322.

You, Z., Mills-Beale, J., Williams, R.C., and Dai, Q., Measuring the Specific Gravities of Fine Aggregates in Michigan: An Automated Procedure, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 2, 37-50, March 2009, ISSN 1996-6814.

Ong J., You, Z., Mills-Beale, J., Tan, E.L., Pereles, B.D., and Ong, K.G., A Wireless, Passive Embedded Sensor for Real-time Monitoring of Water Content in Civil Eng Materials, IEEE Sensors Journal, 2053-2058, Vol: 8 Issue: 12 , ISSN: 1530-437X, Dec. 2008

SELECTED CHAPTERS

Mills-Beale, J., You, Z. (2011). "Nanoclay-modified asphalt Binder Systems", in Nanotechnology in Civil Infrastructure, Ed. Gopalakrishnan, K.; Birgisson, B.; Taylor, P.; Attoh-Okine, N.O., ( pp. 257-270). Springer. Zhang, Q., Mills-Beale, J., You, Z. (2011). "Pavement Engineering I - Flexible Pavements, Handbook of Transportation Engineering", in Handbook of Transportation Engineering (pp. 11.1-11.27). The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Mills-Beale, J., Zhang, Q., You, Z. (2011). "Pavement Engineering II - Rigid Pavements, Handbook of Transportation Engineering", in Handbook of Transportation Engineering (pp.12.1-12.20). The McGraw-Hill Companies.

SELECTED REPORTS Zhanping You, Julian Mills-Beale, R. Chris Williams, and Qingli Dai, Development of New Test Procedure for Measuring Fine and Coarse Aggregate Specific Gravity, Final Report, December 2009. Michigan Department of Transportation.

Zhanping You, Julian Mills-Beale, R. Chris Williams, Alternative Materials for Sustainable Transportation, Final Report, December 2011. Michigan Department of Transportation.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS Mills-Beale, J. and You, Z., Measuring the Specific Gravity and Absorption of Steel Slag and Crushed Concrete Coarse Aggregates: A Preliminary Study. in “Airfield and Highway Pavements: Efficient Pavements Supporting Transportation's Future,” Proceedings of the 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, ISBN 13 # 9780784410059, ASCE 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference held in Bellevue, Washington, October 15-18, 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 111-121, 2008.

You, Z., Mills-Beale, J., Williams, R.C., and Dai, Q., Investigation of a New Test Procedure for Measuring the Specific Gravities of Fine Aggregates in Michigan, Proceedings of 2008 Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (CD-ROM), National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008.

Poster Presentation on “Investigation of a new test procedure for measuring the specific gravities of fine aggregates in Michigan” at the 2008 NSF Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Research Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Presentation on “The mechanical properties of asphalt mixtures with recycled concrete aggregates”, at the 1

st Int. Students in Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Conference in Tempe,

Arizona.

Poster presentation on “Bioasphalt and Nanoclays – Innovative materials for durable asphalt road infrastructure”, at the 2010 Michigan Tech Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) poster exhibition.

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS Research paper Selected as #9 of the World’s 25 Hottest Published Articles by Journal of Construction and Building Materials http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/materials-science/15/journal/construction-and-building-materials/09500618/archive/36/

2010 and 2011 Clinton Global Initiative University Innovative Student Commitment Selection to attend the 3

rd Clinton Global Initiative University Annual Meeting

between researchers, world leaders and international development experts in Miami, Florida. 2009 Michigan Tech Graduate Students Council Research Colloquium 1

st Place

Award.

2011 Spring Michigan Technological University Dean’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Scholarship.

Scholarship from the US National Center for Asphalt Technology to participate in the 2007 Professor Training Course in Asphalt Technology.

NSF Student Grant award to participate in the 2008 NSF Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Research Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee. Scholarship to participate in the 1

st Int. Students in Industrial Ecology (ISIE) at the

University of Arizona, Tempe, Arizona. Professor training course in asphalt technology at the US National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) Laboratory in Auburn University, Alabama (June 2007).

SYNERGISTIC PROJECT SUPPORT Federal Highway Administration through Michigan Department of Transportation: Alternative Materials for Sustainable Transportation Principal Investigators: Zhanping You, Qingli Dai

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)- CMMI – 0900582 Microfluidic Fabrication of Autonomic Healing Microfiber; Principal Investigators: Desheng Meng, Qingli Dai, and Zhanping You U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) -CMMI 0936726 EAGER: Using Nonmetals Separated from E-Waste and Waste Plastic Bags in Improving the Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Materials.

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) -OISE 0929619 U.S.-Malaysia Planning Visit: Collaborative Research on the Micromechanics of Cubic Stone Materials for Pavements. Principal Investigator: Zhanping You Federal Highway Administration through Michigan Department of Transportation: Laboratory Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt. Principal Investigator: Zhanping You

State of Michigan - Research Excellence Fund (REF-RS): Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Asphalt Binder. Principal Investigator: Zhanping You

XU YANG, Research Assistant

Address: 2106B, Woodmar Drive, Houghton, Michigan

Phone: 906-370-6641, Email: xyang2@mtu.edu

EDUCATION Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Pavement Engineering), 2011- Ongoing

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan

M.S., Transportation Engineering, 2009 - 2011 Southeast University, Nanjing, China B.S., Transportation Engineering, 2005 - 2009

Southeast University, Nanjing, China

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Michigan Tech. University, Houghton, MI 2011~Present

Laboratory evaluation of asphalt binder and asphalt mixtures containing bio oil generated from Michigan wood. Asphalt mixture and mastic simulation using Discrete Element Method.

Teaching Assistant, Michigan Tech. University, Houghton, MI 2011~2012 Served as an instructor in the lab of the course Civil Engineering Materials. The main task is to investigate civil engineering material to the student and instruct the students to conduct lab tests related to metal, aggregate, cement, asphalt and.

Research Assistant, Southeast University, Nanjng, China 2009~2011 Laboratory and field evaluation of Epoxy Asphalt Mixture (EAM) and its application on the long span steel bridge, such as the mixture design, pavement thickness design, instruction of the field construction, etc. Technological Innovation Inspector Assistant, Nanjing, China 2009~2011 Literature Search to check if the ideas in the fund application (Civil Engineering Area) is innovative enough, then provide a general conclusion for the ideas in the application.

SELECTED PAPER PUBLICATIONS

Xu Yang, Zhendong Qian, Ning Zhang. A game model on trip modes based on probability choice of individuals. (11th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals, Nanjing China)

Zhanping You, Xu Yang, Hui Yao, Shu Wei Goh. Preliminary Study of Materials Effect of Cold In-Place and Full-Depth Reclamation Asphalt Concrete in Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design. (12th international Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals, Beijing, China) Xu Yang, Zhanping You, Julian Mills-Beale. Rheological Properties of Asphalt Binders with Bio Asphalt Generated from Waste Wood Resources (submitted to Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 2013)

Albert Onochie, Elham Fini, Xu Yang, Julian Mills-Beale, Zhanping You. Rheological Characterization of Nano-Particle based Bio-Modified Binder (submitted to Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 2013).

PROJECTS INVOLVED

Alternative materials for Sustainable Transportation. (ORE 0902, Michigan Department of Transportation, 08/2011~08/2012)

Price Strategy Decision of Urban Railway with Traffic Competition. (Technology Division of Suzhou, China 4/2009~12/2009)

Feasibility Study on Application of epoxy asphalt mixture on Cover layer of Ganjiang Railway Bridge. (Bridge Department of Chinese Railway Ltd Cop, 10/2009~3/2010) Instruction for pavement construction on Shanghai Minpu Bridge. (Shanghai Highway Construction Co Ltd, 8/2009~12/2009) Research on pavement performance on Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge. (Shanghai Yangze Tunnel and Bridge Co Ltd, 1/2009~7/2009).

Structural Design and Performance Evaluation for Long-life Pavement with Cement Treated Base. (National Innovative Program for University Students, 6/2007~6/2009)

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

Second Place Award of School of Transportation, Southeast University, China 2009 Outstanding Graduate of School of Transportation, Southeast University, China 2009 Excellent award for Student Research Training Program, Southeast University, 2008 National Scholarship For Encouragement, 2007