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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.
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 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
Present | Professional Engineer, Texas Board of Professional Engineers |
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
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