Dr. Baoshan Huang

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Baoshan Huang joined the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee in January 2002. Over the last seven years, he has secured over 2.4 million dollars of research funding to support his research activities. He is registered as a professional engineer in Louisiana.

Education

Ph.D (2000) - Louisiana State University
M.S. (1988) - Tongji University, China
B.S. (1984) - Tongji University, China

Research Areas

Infrastructural Materials – Engineering Characterization and Multi-Scale Modeling of Asphalt Cement, Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures (HMA), Portland Cement Concrete, and other Infrastructural Materials.

Pavement Engineering – Pavement Design and Testing, Construction Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA), and Pavement Management System (PMS).

Geotechnical Engineering – Soil Improvement, Slope Stability, Deep Excavations, Drill Shaft and other Deep Foundations.

Research Sponsors

• Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)
• Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Ministry of Communication (MOC), China
• Southeastern Transportation Research Center (STC)
• Portland Cement Association

Selected Publications

• Huang, B., Q. Dong, and E.G. Burdette, “Laboratory Evaluation of Incorporating Waste Ceramic Materials into Portland Cement and Asphaltic Concrete,” Construction and Building Materials, Vol.23, No.12, 2009, pp.3451-3456.

• Huang, B., X. Chen, and X. Shu, “Effects of Electrically Conductive Additives on Laboratory-Measured Properties of Asphalt Mixtures,” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol.21, No.10, 2009, pp.612–617.

• Shu, X., and B. Huang, “Predicting Dynamic Modulus of Asphalt Mixtures with Differential Method,” International Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design, Vol.10, No.2, 2009, pp.337–359.

• Huang, B., X Chen, X. Shu, E. Masad, and E. Mahmoud, “Effects of Coarse Aggregate Angularity and Asphalt Binder on Laboratory-Measured Permanent Deformation Properties of HMA,” International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol.10, No.1, 2009, pp.19 - 28.

• Huang, B., X. Shu, and J. Bass, "Investigation of Simple Performance Characteristics of Plant-Produced Asphalt Mixtures in Tennessee," Transportation Research Record, Issue 2057, 2008, pp.140 - 148.

• Shu, X., and B. Huang, “Dynamic Modulus Prediction of HMA Mixtures Based on Viscoelastic Micromechanical Model,” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol.20, No.8, 2008, pp.1 – 10.

• Shu, X., and B. Huang, “Micromechanics-Based Dynamic Modulus Prediction of Polymeric Asphalt Concrete Mixtures,” Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol. 39, 2008, pp.704 – 713.

• Shu, X., and B. Huang, “Laboratory Evaluation of Fatigue Characteristics of Recycled Asphalt Mixture,” Construction and Building Materials, Vol.22, 2008, pp.1323-1330.

• Chen, X. and B. Huang, “Evaluation of Moisture Damage in Hot Mix Asphalt using Simple Performance and Superpave Indirect Tensile Tests,” Construction and Building Materials, Vol.22, 2008, pp.1950-1962.

• Huang, B., X Shu, and X. Chen, “Effects of Mineral Fillers on Some Properties of HMA Mixtures,” International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol.8, 2007, pp 1 – 9.

• Huang, B., X. Shu, and G. Li, “Analytical Modeling of Three Layered HMA Mixtures,” International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 7, No.2, 2007, pp. 140 – 148.

• Huang, B., X. Shu, and E. Burdette, “Properties of Portland Cement Concrete Containing Recycled Asphalt,” Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol.58, No.5, 2006, pp. 313 – 320.

• Huang, B., G. Li, D. Vukosavljevic, and X. Shu, “Laboratory Investigation of Mixing HMA with RAP,” Journal of Transportation Research Record 1929, TRB, Washington, D.C., 2005, pp. 37 – 45.

Professional Service

Associate Editor - ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
TRB Committee Member - TRB Committees AFK30, AFD80, and AFP60
ASCE Committee Member - Bituminous Materials Committee (Construction Inst.); Pavement Committee (Geo-Inst.)