Emad Abdel Rahman Kassem, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A & M University, 2008.
• M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A & M University, 2005.
• B.S., Civil Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, 2001.

Experience

• Associate Research Scientist, Materials and Pavements Division, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, December 2011 - Present.
• Manager of the ACIM Laboratory, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A & M University, May 2009 - Present.
• Assistant Research Scientist, Materials and Pavements Division, Texas Transportation Institute, December 2008 - November 2011.
• Graduate Research Assistant, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A & M University, May 2008 - December 2008.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A & M University, January 2008 - May 2008.
• Graduate Assistant Research, Materials and Pavements Division, Texas Transportation Institute, January 2006 - January 2008.
• Graduate Student Worker, Materials and Pavements Division, Texas Transportation Institute, December 2005 - January 2006.
• Graduate Assistant Research, Materials and Pavements Division, Texas Transportation Institute, January 2004 - December 2005.
• Design Engineer, Misr Consult (Environment & Infrastructure Studies), Cairo, Egypt, December 2002 - December 2003.

Professional Registration

Engineer-in-Training in Texas, Registration No. 39641.

Affiliations

• Reviewer, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, IJPE.
• Reviewer, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE.
• Reviewer, Journal of Transportation Research Board, TRB.
• Associate Member, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, AAPT.
• Member, Egyptian Engineers Syndicate.
• Member, Chi Epsilon - The National Civil Engineering Honor Society.

Honors & Awards

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, 2009.

Selected Publications

T. Scullion, E.A. Kassem, E.A. Masad, A. Chowdhury, W. Liu, C.K. Estakhri, S. Dessouky. Develop Practical Field Guidelines for the Compaction of HMA or WMA. 0-6992-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2012.

W. Liu, T. Scullion, E.A. Kassem. Development of TTI's Asphalt Compaction Monitoring System. 0-6992-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. July 2012.

E.A. Kassem, T. Scullion, E. Masad, A. Chowdhury, W. Liu, C.K. Estakhri, S. Dessouky. Comprehensive Evaluation of Compaction of Asphalt Pavements and Development of Compaction Monitoring System. 0-6992-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. April 2012.

E. Masad, E.A. Kassem, A. Chowdhury, Z. You. A Method for Predicting Asphalt Mixture Compactability and Its Influence on Mechanical Properties. Technical Report. 0-5261-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. May 2009.

E.A. Masad, E.A. Kassem, A. Chowdhury. Application of Imaging Technology to Improve the Laboratory and Field Compaction of HMA. 0-5261-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. April 2009.