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About Mena Souliman

Dr. Mena Souliman’s research activities have been in the following areas: pavement materials design, fatigue endurance limit, airfield pavement design, analysis of Superheavy load movement on flexible pavements, advanced pavement laboratory characterization, field performance evaluation, maintenance and rehabilitation techniques, and pavement management systems.

Positions

Present Associate Professor, University of Texas at Tyler ‐ Civil Engineering
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2014 - 2019 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Tyler
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2012 - 2014 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Nevada, Reno
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2009 - 2012 Graduate Research Assistant, Arizona State University
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2008 - 2009 Graduate Research Assistant, Arizona State University
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Disciplines

Grants

2019 - Present Develop Surface Aggregate Classification of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement
TXDOT
Role: PI
Colleague(s): Fujie Zhou, Tom Scullion, Emmanuel Fernando, Sheng Hu
$377,280
2018 - Present MECHANISTIC AND ECONOMICAL BENEFITS OF FIBER-REINFORCED ASPHALT MIXTURES
FORTA Corporation
Role: PI
$5,018
2018 - Present Mechanical, Mechanistic, and Cost Analysis for Reacted and Activated Rubber Modified Asphalt Mixtures
Consulpave International, Inc
Role: PI
$3,079
2018 - Present Tyler Bike Stripes
TXDOT
Role: PI
Colleague(s): Michael McGinnis
$186,469
2017 - Present MECHANISTIC AND ECONOMICAL BENEFITS OF FIBER-REINFORCED ASPHALT MIXTURES
FORTA Corporation
Role: PI
$9,484
2017 - Present Documenting the Impact of Aggregate Quality on Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Performance
TXDOT
Role: CoPI
Colleague(s): Lubinda Walubita
$250,000
2017 - Present Improved Bicycle Lane Engineering System (iBLESS)
East Texas Communities Foundation
Role: PI
$20,634
2017 - Present Simplified Approach for Structural Evaluation of Flexible Pavements at the Network Level
USDOT
Role: CoPI
Colleague(s): Stefan Romanoschi, T. Oraby, S. Shahandashti
2020 - 2022 Expanding the Concept of Comprehensive Area Ratio Parameter to the South-Central States: Towards Simplifying the Structural Evaluation of Flexible Pavements at the Network Level
USDOT
Role: CoPI
$120,180.00
2020 - 2021 SMARTP3M: Smart Pavement Monitoring, Management, and Maintenance
UT Tyler Presidential Interdisciplinary Grant
Role: PI
$13,804.00
2019 - 2019 Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
National Science Foundation
Role: PI
$4,600
2017 - 2018 Pavements Skid Resistance and Friction Characterization of Tyler Roadways
TEXO - The Construction Association
Role: PI
$2,500
2017 - 2018 Tyler Bike Lane Study
Greater Tyler Association of REALTORS
Role: PI
$2,500
2015 - 2018 Simplified Approach for Structural Evaluation of Flexible Pavements at the Network Level
UT Tyler
Role: PI
$9,110
2017 - 2017 International Road Federation (IRF) Executive Leadership Program
International Road Federation
Role: PI
Colleague(s): Pedro Zavagna
$1,750
2017 - 2017 Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
National Science Foundation
Role: PI
$4,950
2017 - 2017 Tyler Bike Lane Study
UT Tyler
Role: PI
$5,000
2016 - 2017 HUB-AND-SPOKE TYLER BICYCLE LANE PROJECT
East Texas Communities Foundation
Role: PI
$20,000
2016 - 2017 Tyler Bike Lane Study
City of Tyler
Role: PI
$1,000
2015 - 2016 Tyler Bike Lane Study
UT Tyler
Role: PI
$5,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

Present Professional Engineer, Texas Board of Professional Engineers
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Honors and Awards

  • Poster Session Crowd Favorite at the 2019 Lyceum Research Poster competition at UT Tyler, UT Tyler
  • First place for undergraduate poster at Lyceum 2019, UT Tyler
  • 5th place at the ASEE-GSW 2019 conference with Alisha Khanal, ASEE-GSW 2019 conference
  • 2019 Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who
  • Who's Who in the World 2020, Marquis Who’s Who
  • Who's Who in America , Marquis Who’s Who
  • 2018 NSF Panel Member for the Graduate Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation
  • 2018 Runner-up, The College of Engineering Research and Scholarship Award, College of Engineering
  • 2018 Frist place poster "City of Tyler Hub-and-Spoke Bicycles Lane Network" with Arthur at the 53rd National Collegiate Honors Annual Conference, in Boston-MA 7-11 Nov 2018, National Collegiate Honors Annual Conference
  • 2018 Crystal Quill Award, UT Tyler
  • 2018 Poster Session Crowd Favorite at the 3rd Lyceum Research Poster competition at UT Tyler, UT Tyler
  • 2018 First Place at the 3rd Lyceum Undergraduate Research Poster competition at UT Tyler, UT Tyler
  • 2018 Who’s Who in the World, 2018, Marquis Who’s Who
  • 2017 Crystal Talon Award , University of Texas at Tyler
  • 2017 Who’s Who in the America, 2017, Marquis Who’s Who
  • 2017 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, UT Tyler
  • 2017 NSF Panel Member for the Graduate Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation
  • 2016 First Place at the Lyceum Undergraduate Research Poster competition at UT Tyler, UT Tyler
  • 2016 Certificate of Achievement, UT Tyler
  • 2011 Travel Grant, Arizona State University
  • 2011 Civil and Environmental Graduate Study Incentive, Arizona State University
  • 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Arizona State University
  • 2009 Executive Fellow and Life Time Member of the International Road Federation (IRF), International Road Federation
  • 2009 Travel Grant, Arizona State University
  • 2008 Graduate Research Assistantship, Arizona State University
  • 2007 Best Achiever Awards, Hashemite University

Education

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2012 Ph.D., Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering, Arizona State University
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2009 M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University
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2007 B.S., Civil Engineering, Hashemite University
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Contact Information

Email: msouliman@uttyler.edu
Phone number: (903)-565-5892

Proceedings (9)

Research Works (60)