Curriculum Vitae of Mang Tia

 

 

 

ACADEMIC RANK

 

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florida, (full time).

Graduate School Status:  Doctoral Research Faculty

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D.           (Civil Engineering)                 Purdue University                                 1982

MS               (Civil Engineering)                 Purdue University                                 1978

BS                (Civil Engineering)                 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1976

(Mechanical Engineering)

 

 

YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS FACULTY:   23, Employed August 5, 1982

 

1982 - August 1987               Assistant Professor

Aug. 1987 - Aug. 1992          Associate Professor

Aug. 1992 - Present               Professor

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

 

August 1989-May 1990        Visiting Associate Research Professor, Department of Civil Engi­neer­ing, National Central University, Taiwan

 

March 1982-May 1982         Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Louisiana Tech University

 

1976-1982                             Graduate Research Instructor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University

 

 

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

 

Florida    PE#35645

 

 

HONORS and AWARDS

 

Tau Beta Pi, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award 1983-84.

One of Top 50 Researchers at University of Florida, 1986-87, named by President Marshall Criser.

One of Top 100 Researchers at University of Florida, 1987-88, named by President Marshall Criser.

One of Top 100 Researchers at University of Florida, 1988-89, named by President John Lombardi.

College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher Award, 1990-91.

Co-inventer of U.S. Patent #5,219,388 - Field Permeability Test Apparatus for Concrete, Awarded June 1993.

University Teaching Improvement Program Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1995-96.


SCIENTIFIC and PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

(Only activities in the last 5 years (2000-2005) are listed)

 

American Society for Testing and Materials - Member of Committee D-4 on Road and Paving Materials, Chairman of Subcommittee D04.94 and member of Subcommittees D04.22, D04.44, and D04.48.

Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists

Transportation Research Board - Member of Committee A2D01 on Characteristics of Bituminous Materials

American Concrete Institute

 

OTHER ASSIGNED DUTIES

(Only activities in the last 5 years (2000-2005) are listed)

 

Graduate Coordinator for Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, August 2004 – Present.

Member of Petitions Committee in Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, 1986-Present.

Faculty Advisor for Engineering Leadership Circle, 2002 - Present

Faculty Advisor for Crossroad Christian Student Fellowship, 2001 - Present

Faculty Advisor for Cantonese Interest Group, 2004 - Present

Minority Mentor, 1994 – Present

 

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Keynote speaker at the Conference on Pavement Materials, Design and Evaluation, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan, April 1990.

 

Keynote speaker (with Dr. Byron Ruth) at the First National Conference on Pavement Recycling, Tainan, Taiwan, February 1993.

 

Invited speaker (with Dr. Byron Ruth) at a special seminar on Pavement Performance at the University of Hong Kong, September 1995.

 

External examiner for 5 Ph.D. dissertations at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Singapore, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002 & 2005.

 

Invited speaker to the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, to give a series of seven lectures on Concrete Pavement Testing and Analysis, Asphalt Pavement Recycling and Concrete Durability, August 9-16, 1997.

 

Invited speaker at special workshop at the Taiwan Highway Bureau in Taipei, Taiwan, to give a series of lectures on (1) U.S. and Florida’s Experience in Dealing with Rutting, Cracking and Skid Resistance Problems, (2) Superpave Mixtures and (3) Quality Control of Highway Mixtures, June 30, 1998.

 

Technical advisor to University of Sao Paulo, Brazil on a research project on Ultrathin Whitetopping. 1998- 1999.

 

External examiner for a M.S. thesis in Construction Engineering and Management at the University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, January- March, 2001.

 

Invited speaker at Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau in Taipei, Taiwan, to give a lecture on. “Principles of Pavement Evaluation and How the Florida Department of Transportation Evaluates Its Pavements,” October 1, 2002.

 

Invited speaker at National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, to give a lecture on “Pavement Evaluation,” October 3, 2002.

 

Keynote speaker at the Fifth National Conference on Pavement Recycling, Taichung, Taiwan, October 2002.

 

Keynote speaker at the Second International Conference on Pavement Rehabilitation & Maintenance, Hefei, China, June 28 – July 2, 2004.

 

Invited speaker at the Fifth NACOTA China International Transportation Conference, Xian, China, June 25-26, 2005.

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Book Chapters

 

1.       Larralde, J., and Tia, M., “Bituminous Materials and Mixtures,” Civil Engineering Handbook, Chapter 43, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 1995, pp. 1329-1374.

 

2.      Tia, M., “Bituminous Materials and Mixtures,” Civil Engineering Handbook, Second Edition, Chapter 45, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 2003, pp. 45.1-45.36.

 

3.       Tia, M., “Overlay Design for Flexible Pavements,” Handbook of Highway Engineering, Chapter 11, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 2005, pp. 321-344.

 

Articles in Refereed Journals

 

 1.      Tia, M., Wood, L. E., and Hancher, D. E., "The Effect of Added Virgin Binders on the Properties of Cold-Mix Recycled Asphalt Paving Mixtures," Journal of Association of Asphalt Paving Techno­lo­gist, 1980, pp. 199-218.

 

 2.      Brennan, M., Tia, M., Altschaeffl, A., and Wood, L. E., "Laboratory Investigation of the Use of Foamed Asphalt for Recycled Bituminous Pavements," Transportation Research Record 911, Transportation Research Board, 1983, pp. 80-87.

 

 3.      Tia, M., and Wood, L. E., "The Use of Asphalt Emulsion and Foamed Asphalt in Cold-Recycled Asphalt Paving Mixtures," Transportation Research Record 898, Transportation Research Board, 1983, pp. 315-322.

 

 4.      Tia, M., and Wood, L. E., "The Use of Gyratory Testing Machine in the Evaluation of Cold-Recycled Asphalt Paving Mixtures," Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation, ASTM STP 881, B. F. Kallas, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, 1985, pp. 74-90.

 

 5.      Tia, M., and Wood, L. E., "The Use of Water Immersion Tests in the Evaluation of the Effects of Water on Cold-Recycled Asphalt Mixtures," Evaluation and Prevention of Water Damage to Asphalt Pavements Materials, ASTM STP 899, B. E. Ruth, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, 1985, pp. 89-102.

 

 6.      Tia, M., Lybas, J. M., and Ruth, B. E., "Suitability of Using the Falling-Weight Deflectometer in Determining Deteriorated Areas in Jointed Rigid Pavements," Transportation Research Record 1007, Transportation Research Board, 1985, pp. 58-64.

 

 7.      Park, S. B., and Tia, M., "A Study on the Effects of Superplasticizers on the Engineering Properties of Plain Concrete," Transportation Research Record 1062, Transportation Research Board, 1986, pp. 38-46.

 

 8.      Armaghani, J. M., Lybas, J. M., Tia, M., and Ruth, B. E., "Concrete Pavement Joint Stiffness Evaluation," Transportation Research Record 1099, Transportation Research Board, 1986, pp. 22-36.

 

 9.      Roque, R., Tia, M., and Ruth, B. E., "Asphalt Rheology to define the Properties of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures and the Performance of Pavements," Rheological Properties of Asphalts and Their Effects on the Mixture Properties and Pavement Performance STP 941, O. E. Briscoe, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, 1987, pp. 3-27.

 

10.     Tia, M., and Ruth, B. E., "Basic Rheology and Rheological Concepts Established by H. E. Schweyer," Rheological Properties of Asphalts and their Effects on the Mixture Properties and Pavement Performance, STP 941, O. E. Briscoe, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, 1987, pp. 118-145.

 

11.     Badu-Tweneboah, K., Tia, M., and Ruth, B. E., "Procedures for Estimation of Asphalt Concrete Pavement Moduli at In Situ Temperatures," Transportation Research Record 1121, Transportation Research Board, 1987, pp. 1-6.

 

12.     Tia, M., Armaghani, J. M., Wu, C. L., Lei S., and Toye, K. L., "FEACONS III Computer Program for an Analysis of Jointed Concrete Pavements," Transportation Research Record 1136, Transportation Research Board, 1987, pp. 12-22.

 

13.     Ruth, B. E., Tia, M., and Badu-Tweneboah, "The Role of Asphalts in Rational Mix Design and Pavement Performance," Development of More Rational Approaches to Asphalt Concrete Mix Design Procedures, ASTM STP 1041, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1988, pp. 72-85.

 

14.     Tia, M., Eom, K. S., and Ruth, B. E., "Development of DBCONPAS Computer Program for Estimation of Concrete Pavement Parameters from FWD Data," accepted for publication in Nondestructive Testing of Pavements and Backcalculation of Moduli, ASTM STP 1026, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1988, pp. 291-312.

 

15.     Soongswang, P., Tia, M., Bloomquist, D., Meletiou, C., and Sessions, L. M., "An Efficient Test Set-Up for Determining the Water-Permeability of Concrete," Transportation Research Record 1204, Trans­por­ta­tion Research Board, 1988, pp. 77-82.

 

16.     Wu, C. L., and Tia, M., "Development of a Rational Thickness Design Method for Rigid Pavements," Transportation Research Record 1227, 1989, Transportation Research Board, pp. 205-218.

 

17.     Chari, C. T., Ruth, B. E., Tia, M., and Page, G. C., "Evaluation of Age-Hardening on Asphalts and Mixtures," Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Vol. 59, 1990, pp.176-231.

 

18.     Soongswang, P., Tia, M., and Bloomquist, D., "Factors Affecting the Strength and Permeability of Concrete Made with Porous Limestone," ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 88, No. 4, July-August, 1991, pp. 400-406.

 

19.     Meletiou, C. A., Tia, M., and Bloomquist, D., "Development of a Field Permeability Test Apparatus Method for Concrete," ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 89, No. 1, January-February, 1992, pp. 83-89.

 

20.     Shiau, J. M., Tia, M., Ruth, B. E., and Page, G. C., "Characterization of Age-Hardening Potential of Asphalts by Using the Corbett-Swarbrick Asphalt Fractionation Test," Transportation Research Record 1323, 1991, pp. 53-60.

 

21.     Alungbe, D. A., Tia, M., Bloomquist, D. G., "The Effects of Aggregate, W/C, and Curing Duration on the Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion of Concrete," Transportation Research Record 1335, 1992, pp. 44-51.

 

22.     Shiau, J. M., Tia, M., Ruth, B. E., Page, G. C., "Evaluation of Aging Characteristics of Asphalts by Using TFOT and RTFOT at Different Temperature Levels," Transportation Research Record 1342, 1992, pp. 58-66.

 

23.     Choubane, B., Tia, M., "Non-Linear Temperature Gradient Effect on Maximum Warping Stresses in Rigid Pavements," Transportation Research Record 1370, 1992, pp. 11-19.

 

24.     Meletiou, C. A., Tia, M., "Permeability Evaluation of Concrete Bridge Structures Exposed to Marine Environment in Florida," Transportation Research Record 1371, 1992, pp. 37-46.

 

25.     Wu, C.L., Tia, M., "Field Testing and Structural Evaluation of Selected Concrete Pavement Sections in Florida," Nondestructive Testing of Pavements and Backcalculation of Moduli, (Second Volume),  ASTM STP 1198, Harold J. Von Quintas, Albert J. Bush, and Gilbert Y. Baladi, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, December 1994, pp. 404-439.

 

26.     Chiu, C.T., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., Page, G.C., "Investigation of Laboratory Aging Processes on Asphalt Binders Used in Florida," Transportation Research Record 1436, 1994, pp. 60-70.

 

27.     Choubane, B., Tia, M., "Analysis and Field Verification of the Effects of Non-Linear Thermal Gradient on Concrete Pavement Response," ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, January 1995, pp.75-81.

 

28.     Huang, S.C., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., “Evaluation of Aging Characteristics of Modified Asphalt Mixtures,” Engineering Properties of Asphalt Mixtures and the Relationship to Performance, ASTM STP 1265, Gerald A. Huber and Dale S. Decker, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1995, pp. 128-145.

 

29.     Shih, C.T., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., “Effects of Crumb Rubber Modifier on the Rheological Properties of Paving Asphalts,” presented at Bitumen 2000 International Conference (held at Balatonszeplak, Hungary, 16-18 October, 1995), published in Professional Scientific Journal, Hungarian Oil and Gas Company, Hungary, 1995, pp. 149-155. 

 

30.     Huang, S.C., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., “Laboratory Aging Methods for Simulation of Field Aging of Asphalts,”  ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 8, No.3, August 1996, pp. 147-152.

 

31.     Choubane, B., Wu, C.L., Tia, M., “Coarse Aggregate Effects on the Elastic Moduli of Concrete,” Transportation Research Record 1547, 1996, pp. 29-34.

 

32.     Lee, M.G., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., Page, G.C., “Comparison between the Aging Processes for Asphalt Mixtures and Those for Asphalt Binders,” Progress of Superpave Evaluation and Implementation, ASTM STP 1322, R.N. Jester, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, 1997,pp. 126-134.

 

33.     Ruth, B.E., Tia, M., “Aggregate Degradation Testing by GTM, “ Transportation Research Record 1619, 1998, pp. 3-10.

 

34.     Sirin, O., Shih, C.T., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., “Development of a Modified Rotavapor Apparatus and Method for Short-Term Aging of Modified Asphalts,”  Transportation Research Record 1638, 1998, pp.72-84.

 

35.     Collins-Garcia, H., Tia, M., Roque, R., Choubane, B., “Evaluation of an Alternative Solvent for Extraction of Asphalt to Reduce Health and Environmental Hazards,” Transportation Research Record 1712, pp. 79-85, 2000.

 

36.     Nukunya, B., Roque, R., Tia, M., Birgisson, B., “Evaluation of VMA and Other Volumetric Properties as Criteria for the Design and Acceptance of Superpave Mixtures,”  Journal of Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists,pp. 38-69. 2001.

 

37.     Balbo, J.T., Tia, M., Pitta, M.R., “Development of a Model for Stress Calculation in Ultra-Thin Whitetipping Based on 2-D Finite Element Method,” International Journal of Pavements, Volume 1 Number 3, September 2002, pp. 69-80.

 

38.     Kumara, M. W., Tia, M., Wu, C.L., “Evaluation of Applicability of Ultrathin Whitetopping in Florida,” Transportation Research Record 1823, 2003, pp. 39-46.

 

39.     Villiers, C., Mehta, Y., Lopp, G., Tia, M., Roque, R., “Evaluation of Percent-within-limits Construction Specification Parameters,” International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Dec. 2003, pp. 221-228.

 

40.     Park, S.B., Tia, M., “An Experimental Study on the Water-Purification Properties of Porous Concrete,” Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 34, No.2, Feb. 2004, pp. 177-184. 

 

 

Articles in Refereed Proceedings

 

1.       Tia, M., Wood, L. E., and Hancher, D. E., "The Influence of Certain Factors on the Properties of a Cold-Mix Recycled Asphalt Mixture," Proceedings of Canadian Technical Asphalt Association, 1979, pp. 78-98.

 

2.       Lybas, J. M., Tia, M., and Twiddy, D. A., "Evaluation of a Concrete Test Pavement Using the FWD and WESLIQUID," Proceedings, Third International Conference on Concrete Pavement Design and Rehabilitation, Purdue University, 1985, pp. 469-482.

 

3.       Ruth, B. E., Tia, M., and Badu-Tweneboah, K., "Factors Affecting the Cracking of Asphalt Concrete Pavements," Proceedings of Canadian Technical Asphalt Association, 1986, pp. 96-109.

 

4.       Ruth, B. E., Tia, M., and Sigurjonsson*, S., "Gyratory Testing for Mix Evaluation," Proceedings, Fourth International RILEM Symposium on Mechanical Tests for Bituminous Mixtures, No.8, 1990, Budapest, pp. 575-589.

         

5.       Tia, M., Lee, C., Lee, M. G. and Chen, J. Y., "Study on the Permeability of Portland Cement Concrete,”  Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Road Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, July 1991, pp. 679-689. (in Chinese)

 

6.       Ruth, B. E., Guan, L., Tia, M., "Critical Condition Mechanistic Analyses for Structural Evaluation and Rehabilitation Design," Proceedings of Seventh International Conference on Asphalt Pavements, Volume One, International Society for Asphalt Pavements, 1992, pp. 246-258.

 

7.       Wu, C.L., Tia, M., Larsen, T.J., "Analysis of Structural Response of Concrete Pavements Under Critical Thermal-Loading Condition," Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Concrete Pavement Design and Rehabilitation, Volume 1, Purdue University, 1993, pp. 317-340.

 

8.       Tia, M., "Overview of Recycling of Asphalt Pavements Using At Least Eighty Percent Recycled Asphalt Pavement," Symposium on Recovery and Effective Reuse of Discarded Materials and By-Products for Construction of Highway Facilities, Denver, Colorado, October, 1993, pp. 2-117 - 2-121.

 

9.      Tia, M., Bloomquist, D., "Development of an Undergraduate Instrumentation Course for Civil Engineers," Annual Conference Proceedings,  Volume 1,  American Society for Engineering Education, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 1994, pp. 540-542.

 

10.     Ruth, B.E. and Tia, M., "Factors Influencing and Methodology for the Design and Control of Asphalt Mixtures," Proceedings of Canadian Technical Asphalt Association, Vol. 39, Nov. 1994, pp.304-320.

 

11.     Alungbe, G., Tia, M., "Effects of Coefficient of Thermal Expansion and Modulus of Elasticity on Concrete Pavement Performance," Third International Workshop on the Design and Evaluation of Concrete Pavements, Krumbach, Austria,1994, Record 14, Centre for Research and Contract Standardization in Civil and Traffic Engineering, the Netherlands, pp. 187-202.

 

12.     Wu, C.L., Tia, M., Choubane, B., “Verification of Computed Strains in Concrete Pavement Slabs by Field Measurements,” Proceedings of the 8th Conference of Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA),  Vol. 1,Taipei, Taiwan, April 1995, pp.169-174.

 

13.     Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., “Factors Affecting the Performance of Concrete Pavements,” Proceedings of Second International Conference on Road & Airfield Pavement Technology, Vol. 2, Singapore, September 1995, pp. 508-516.

 

14.     Lee, M.G., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., “The Effects of SBR and Crumb Rubber Additives on Paving Asphalts,” Proceedings of Second International Conference on Road & Airfield Pavement Technology, Vol. 1, Singapore, September 1995, pp. 490-498.

 

15.     Roque, R., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., “Characterization of Flexible Pavements and Analysis Methods for Determination of Rehabilitation Needs,” Proceedings of Second International Conference on Road & Airfield Pavement Technology, Vol. 1, Singapore, September 1995, pp. 319-327.

 

16.     Choubane, B., Wu, C.L., Tia, M., “Static and Dynamic Elastic Moduli of Concrete: A Comparative Study,” Proceedings of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference , Ottawa, Canada, June 1-3, 1995, Volume II, pp. 155-164.

 

17.     Choubane, B., Tia, M., Wu, C.L., “Field Investigation of Concrete Pavements for Validation of a Mechanistic Model,” Proceedings of Concrete in the Service of Mankind Conference - Concrete for Environment Enhancement and Protection, Edited by Ravindra K. Dhir & Thomas D. Dyer, Dundee, Scotland, June 1996, pp. 263 -270.

 

18.     Shih, C.T., Tia, M., “Evaluation of the Effects of Polymer Additives on Rutting Resistance of Asphalt Concrete,” Proceedings of 1996 International Road Federation Asis-Pacific Regional Meeting, Volume IV, China Road Federation, Taipei, Taiwan, 1996, pp. 99-106.

 

19.      Lee, M.G., Tia, M., “Comparison between the SHRP Short-term Oven Aging Process and the Rolling Thin Film Oven Test for Simulation of Aging of Asphalt During Construction,”  Proceedings of 1996 International Road Federation Asis-Pacific Regional Meeting, Volume IV, China Road Federation, Taipei, Taiwan, 1996, pp. 177-184.

 

20.     Shih, C.T., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., “Evaluation of the Effects of Crumb Rubber and SBR on Rutting Resistance of Asphalt Concrete,” Proceedings of Symposium on Modified Asphalt, Orlando, Florida, American Chemical Society, August 1996.

 

21.     Huang, S.C., Huh, J.D., Robertson, R.E., Tia, M., “Aging Effect on Temperature Susceptibility of Polymer Modified Asphalts,”    Proceedings of Fourth Materials Engineering Conference ,  Washington,  D.C., November 1996, pp. 1367-1378.

 

22.     Roque, R., Ruth, B.E., Tia, M., “Air Permeability Characteristics of Asphalt Mixtures from Laboratory and Field Testing Methods,” Proceedings of Canadian Technical Asphalt Association, Vol. 41, Nov. 1997.

 

23.     Ruth, B.E., Tia, M., “Properties of Asphalts and Mixtures Containing Crumb Rubber,”  Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology, Beijing, China, 28-30, April 1998, pp. 596-604.

 

24.     Lu, D., Tia, M. and Ruth, B.E., “Development of an Enhanced Mechanistic Analysis and Design System for Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Flexible Pavements,” Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology, Beijing, China, 28-30, April 1998, pp. 1056-1064.

 

25.     Ruth, B.E., Tia, M., “Accelerated Age Hardening of Asphalt to Simulate Long Term Effects,” Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfield,  Norway, July 1998, Vol. 2, pp.995-1004.

 

26.     Ruth, B.E., Tia, M., Setze, J.C., “Laboratory Investigation in to Recycling of Crumb Rubber Modified RAP,” Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfield,  Norway, July 1998, Vol. 3, pp.1591-1598.

 

27.     Huang, S.C., Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., Pidwerbesky B., “Effect of Polymers on Aging Characteristics of Asphalt Binders and Asphalt Aggregate Mixtures,” Proceedings of 9th Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australiasia, Australia, May 1998.

 

28.     Leung, T.M., Darku, D., Tia, M., Bergin, M., “An Effective Laboratory Procedure for Evaluating Concrete Mixes for Resistance to Shrinkage Cracking in Service,” Proceedings, World Engineering Congress 1999, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 1999, Vol. 9, pp.215-220.

 

29.     Sirin, O., Tia, M., “Evaluation of a Modified Rotavapor Aging Apparatus for Simulation of Hot-Mixing on Crumb Rubber-Modified Asphalts,” Proceedings of 4rd International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 23-25, April 2002, pp. 1226-1234.

 

30.     Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., Birgisson, B., “Influence of Aggregate Characteristics on Asphalt Mixture Properties and Performance,” Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields, Lisbon, Portugal, June 24 - 26, 2002, pp.943-953.

 

31.     Sirin, O., Tia, M., “Investigation of Problems in Binder Extraction from Conventional and Rubber Modified Asphalt Mixtures,” Proceedings of 6th RILEM Symposium on Performance Testing and Evaluation of Bituminous Mixtures, Zurich, Switzerland, April 2003, pp. 212-219.

 

32.     Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., “Recycling of Asphalt Rubber Pavements,” Proceedings of  Asphalt Rubber 2003, Brasilia, Brazil, December 2-4, 2003, pp. 473-484.

 

33.     Byron, T., Choubane, B., Tia, M., “Assessing Different Loading Configurations in Accelerated Pavement Testing,” Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 26-29, 2004.

 

34.     Kumara, M. W., Tia, M., Wu, C.L., Choubane, B., “Analysis of Composite Pavements under Moving and Static Wheel Loads from a Heavy Vehicle Simulator,” Proceedings of International Conference on Best Practices for Ultrathin and Thin Whitetopings, Denver, Colorado, April 12-15, 2005, pp.197-216.

 

35.     Sirin, O., Kim, H.J., Tia, M., Choubane, B., “Evaluation of Rutting Resistance of Superpave Mixtures With and Without Polymer Modification by Means of the Heavy Vehicle Simulator,” Fifth International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 10-12 May 2005, pp.416-431.

 

36.     Appea, A., Kumara, W., Tia, M., Jackson, N.M., Choubane, B., Bergin, M., “Concrete Slab Instrumentation Procedure and  Comparison of Field Measured Responses To Computed Responses,” Fifth International Conference on Road and Airfield Pavement Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 10-12 May 2005, pp.675-684

 

 

Invited Papers

 

  1.     Tia, M., "Fundamental Properties of Asphalt Cement, Aggregate and Asphalt Mixture and Their Effects on the Performance of Asphalt Pavement," Proceedings of the Conference on Pavement Materials, Design and Evaluation, National Central University, Taiwan, 1990, Paper No. 1, 25 pages.  (The Chinese translation of this paper was published later in Taiwan Highway Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 5, November 1990, pp. 35-47.)

 

2.      Tia, M., "An Overview of Major Design Methods for Highway Pavements," Proceedings of the Con­fer­ence on Pavement Materials, Design and Evaluation, National Central University, Taiwan, 1990, Paper No. 6, 14 pages. (The Chinese translation of this paper was published later in Taiwan Highway Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 2, August 1990, pp. 42-48.)

 

 

 

 3.      Tia, M., "Fundamental Principles and Practice of Pavement Evaluation," Proceedings of the Con­fer­ence on Pavement Materials, Design and Evaluation, National Central University, Taiwan, 1990, Paper No. 10, 25 pages.  (The Chinese translation of this paper was published later in Taiwan Highway Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 8, February 1991, pp. 33-48.)

 

 4.      Tia, M., "Factors Affecting the Performance of Asphalt Paving Mixtures," Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Road Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, July 1991, pp. 783-805. (The Chinese translation of this paper was published later in Taiwan Highway Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 12, June 1992, pp. 37-49.)