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Mechanistic-empirical design of rigid pavements, fatigue and fracture of concrete materials, large-scale testing of concrete slabs, accelerated pavement testing, recycled concrete materials, jointed plain concrete pavements, continuously reinforced concrete pavements, ultra-thin whitetopping, fiber-reinforced concrete slabs, functionally-graded concrete materials and moisture/temperature curling of concrete slabs
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| Education:
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PhD, University of Illinois, 1998
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MS, University of Illinois , 1994
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BS, University of Illinois , 1992
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| Work
Experience:
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois , 2006-
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Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois , 2000-2006
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Visiting Post Doctoral Researcher, University of California-Berkeley
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| Professional
Honors, Awards, and Recognitions: |
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Illinois Chapter - American Concrete Pavement Association Faculty Scholar (2006- )
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Bengt F. Friberg Award (2005, 2008) from International Society for Concrete Pavement
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Keynote Speaker, Concrete Pavement Performance Models, International Workshop on Best Practices for Concrete Pavements, International Society of Concrete Pavements and Brazilian Concrete Institute, October 21-23, 2007, Recife, Brazil
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2005 Road Materials and Pavement Design, International Journal, Scientific Paper Award (with Dr. Dulce Rufino)
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American Concrete Pavement Association 2001 Marlin J. Knutson Award for Technical Achievement
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| Selected
Courses Taught: |
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CEE 406: Pavement Design I
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CEE 506: Pavement Design II
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CEE 401: Concrete Materials
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Selected Projects
(click here to visit the
research projects page): |
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Design and Response of Thin Concrete Pavements (TCP)
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Improved JPCP and CRCP Design Methods
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Alternative Cracking Modes on Airfield Rigid Pavements
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Improved Specification for Maximum Plastic Concrete Temperatures
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Flexural Capcity of Airfield Rigid Pavements
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Recycled Concrete Materials for Airfields
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Performance Recycled Concrete Pavement Inlay
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Accelerated Pavement Testing of CRCP
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Design and Material Requirements for Ultra-Thin Whitetopping (UTW)
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Selected
Publication Titles: |
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**Evangelista, jr, F. and Roesler, J.R. (2009) “Alternative Cracking Modes for Airfield Rigid Pavement Design,” accepted for publication, Transportation Research Record, 20 pp.
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**Evangelista, jr, F., Roesler, J.R., and Paulino, G.H. (2009) “Numerical Simulations of the Fracture Resistance of Functionally Graded Concrete Materials,” accepted for publication, Transportation Research Record, 19 pp.
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**Park, K., Paulino, G.H., and Roesler, J.R. (2009), “A Unified Potential-Based Cohesive Model of Mixed-Mode Fracture,” accepted for publication, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.
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**Wang, D., Roesler, J., and Guo, D. (2009), “An Analytical Approach to Predicting Temperature Fields in Multi-Layered Pavement Systems,” accepted for publication to ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 39pp.
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**Park, K., Paulino, G.H., and Roesler, J.R. (2008), “Determination of the Kink Point in the Bilinear Softening Model for Concrete,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 75, No. 13, pp. 3806-3818.
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**Altoubat, S.A., Roesler, J.R., Lange, D.A., and Rieder, K.-A. (2008) “Simplified Method for Concrete Pavement Design with Discrete Structural Fibers”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 22, pp. 384-393.
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**Roesler, J.R., Paulino, G.H., Gaedicke, C., Bordelon, A., Park, K. (2007), “Fracture Behavior of Functionally Graded Concrete Materials for Rigid Pavements,” Transportation Research Record 2037, Journal of Transportation Research Board, pp. 40-50.
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**Gaedicke, C., Villalobos, S., Roesler, J., and Lange, D. (2007), “Fracture Mechanics Analysis for Saw Cutting Requirements of Concrete Pavements,” Transportation Research Record 2020, Journal of Transportation Research Board, p. 20-29.
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**Roesler, J, Park, K., Paulino, G.H., and Gaedicke, C. (2007) “Concrete Fracture Prediction using Bilinear Softening,” Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 300-312.
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**Roesler, J.R., Altoubat, S.A., Lange, D. A., K.-A. Rieder, and Ulreich, G.R. (2006), “Effect of Synthetic Fibers on Structural Behavior of Concrete Slabs on Ground,” ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 103, No. 1, pp. 3 – 10.
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