Education
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Purdue University 1982
MS in Civil Engineering, Purdue University 1978
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1976
BS in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1976
Years of Service on this Faculty
Appointment
Date August 5, 1982
Aug 1992-present Professor
Aug 1987-Aug 1992 Associate Professor
Aug 1982-Aug 1987 Assistant Professor
Professional Registration
Florida PE #35645
Principal Publications in Last 5 Years (2000-2005)
Book Chapters
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.
Tia, M., "Overlay Design for Flexible Pavements," Handbook of Highway
Engineering, Chapter 11, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 2005, pp.
321-344.
Invited Papers
Tia, M., "Evaluation of Superpave Mixtures with and without Polymer
Modification by Means of Accelerated Pavement Testing," Proceedings for
the Fourth National Conference on Pavement Recycling, Taichung, Taiwan,
October 2002, 1-42.
Refereed Journals
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.
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.
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.
Kumara, M. W., Tia, M., Wu, C.L., "Evaluation of Applicability of Ultrathin
Whitetopping in Florida," Transportation Research Record 1823, 2003, pp.
39-46.
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.
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.
Refereed Proceedings
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.
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.
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.
Tia, M., Ruth, B.E., "Recycling of Asphalt Rubber Pavements," Proceedings
of Asphalt Rubber 2003, Brasilia, Brazil, December 2-4, 2003, pp.
473-484.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Research Reports
Cook, R., Tia, M., Fischer, K.B., Darku, D.D., "Use of Grout Pads for
Sign and Lighting Structures," Final Report, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Florida, March 2000, 294 pages.
Tia, M., Sirin, O., Shih, C.T., "Development of a Suitable Procedure
for Simulating Aging Effects of Hot-Mixing on Modified Asphalts for Use
in Superpave Binder Specifications," Final Report, Department of Civil
Engineering, University of Florida, July 2000, 171 pages.
Tia, M., Roque, R., Popik, M., Collins-Garcia, H., "Evaluation of an
Alternative Solvent for Extraction of Asphalt to Reduce Health Hazards,"
Final Report, University of Florida, November 2000.
Tia, M., Roque, R., Sirin, O., "Evaluation of Superpave and Modified
Superpave Mixtures by Means of Accelerated Pavement Testing (Planning and
Design Phase)," Research Report, University of Florida, May 2001, 36 pages.
Tia, M., Wu, C.L., Kumara, W., "Forensic Investigation of the Ellavile
Weigh Station UTW Pavements," Final Report, University of Florida, June
2002, 76 pages.
Roque, R., Birgisson, B., Tia, M., Nukunya, B., "Evaluation of Superpave
Criteria for VMA and Fine Aggregate Angularity," Final Report, University
of Florida, March 2002.
Tia, M., Roque, R., Sirin, O., Kim, H.J., "Evaluation of Superpave Mixtures
With and Without Polymer Modification by Means of Accelerated Pavement
Testing," Research Report, University of Florida, November 2002, 133 pages.
Roque, R., Birgisson, B., Tia, M., Kim, B., Cui, Z. "Guidelines for
Use of Modifiers in Superpave Mixtures," Research Report, University of
Floirda, Gainesville, Florida, January 2004, 131 pages.
Najafi, F.T., Tia, M., Lovenxin, W., Javed, A., Chaudry, H., Abbas,
A., "Use of Accelerated Flowable Fill in Pavement Section," Research Report,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, February 2004, 111 pages.
Tia, M., Kumara, W., "Evaluation of Early Strength Requirement of Concrete
for Slab Replacement Using APT," Research Report, University of Florida,
March 2005, 107 pages.
Tia, M., Liu, Y., Brown, D., "Modulus of Elasticity, Creep and Shrinkage
of Concrete," Research Report, University of Florida, May 2005, 165 pages.
Tia, M., Subramanian, R., Brown, D., Broward, C., "Evaluation of Shrinkage
Cracking Potential of Concrete Used in Bridge Decks in Florida," Research
Report, University of Florida, September 2005, 129 pages.
Honors and Awards
Co-inventor
of U.S. Patent #5,219,388 - Field Permeability Test Apparatus
for Concrete, Awarded June 1993.
College
of Engineering Outstanding Teacher Award, 1990-91.
One of
Top 100 Researchers at University of Florida, 1988-89, named
by President John Lombardi.
One of
Top 100 Researchers at University of Florida, 1987-88, named
by President Marshall Criser.
One of
Top 50 Researchers at University of Florida, 1986-87, named
by President Marshall Criser.
Tau Beta
Pi, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award 1983-84.
Scientific and Professional Societies
American Concrete Institute (ACI) - Member,
1987-present
American Society for Testing and Materials - Member, Committee D-04 on Road
and Paving Materials, 1983-present; Chairman, Subcommittee D04.46, 1991-95;
Chairman, Subcommittee D04.94, 1995-2003; Member, Subcommittees, D04.20, D04.22,
D04.44, and D04.48, 1983-present
Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists - Member, 1983-present
Transportation Research Board (TRB) - Member, A2D01 Committee on Characteristics
of Bituminous Materials, 1995-2005; Member, A2B02 Committee on Rigid
Pavement Design, 1985-1995
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