ELIE Y. HAJJ

Elie Hajj

Current Affiliation

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Mailing address:
University of Nevada, Reno
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/0258
Reno, NV 89557-0258
T: 775-784-1180
F: 775-784-1429
elieh@unr.edu

Physical address for express mailing:
1664 N. Virginia Street

Reno, NV 89557

Office location: Scrugham Engineering and Mines (SEM) 320A

Education

YEAR DEGREE UNIVERSITY
2005 Ph.D. University of Nevada, Reno
2003 M.S. University of Nevada, Reno
1999 B.S. Lebanese University, Lebanon

Research Interests

  • Pavement analysis and design
  • Mechanistic analysis of flexible pavements under dynamic heavy loads
  • Asphalt materials characterization and design
  • Recycled asphalt pavements
  • Warm mix asphalts
  • Pavement maintenance and rehabilitation design and analysis

 

Recent Publications

  • Hajj, E. Y., Sebaaly, P. E., and P. Kandiah. “Evaluation of the Use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement in Airfields HMA Pavements,” accepted for publication in Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 2009.
  • Sebaaly, H. K., Hajj, E. Y., Sebaaly, P. E., Weitzel, D., and E. Hitti. "Laboratory Evaluation of HMA Mixes Using Tire Modified Binders," accepted for publication in International Journal of Pavement, 2009.
  • Hajj, E. Y., Sebaaly, P. E., and R. Shresta. “Laboratory Evaluation of Mixes Containing Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP),” accepted for publication in International Journal of Road Materials and Pavements Design, 2009.
  • Sebaaly, P. E., and E. Y. Hajj. “Evaluation of AASHTO T-283 Moisture Sensitivity Test,” Proc. of the Int. ISAP Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 2008, pp. 473-484.
  • Loria, L., Sebaaly, P. E., and E. Y. Hajj. “Long-Term Performance of Reflective Cracking Mitigation Techniques in Nevada.” Transportation Research Record, 2044, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2008, pp. 86-95.
  • Morian, N., Hajj, E. Y., and P. E. Sebaaly. “Mitigating Reflective Cracking under Nevada’s Conditions,” Proceeding of the 6th RILEM International Conference on Cracking in Pavements, Chicago, USA, June 2008, pp. 821-831.
  • Hajj, E. Y., Sebaaly, P. E., Siddharthan, R. V., and D. Weitzel. “Investigation & Analysis of Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures at Nevada’s intersections,” International Conference on Advanced Characterization of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials, Athens, Greece, Taylor & Francis Group, London, Vol. 2, 2007, pp. 1679-1689.
  • Sebaaly, P. E., Hajj, E. Y., and E. Berger. “Impact of lime and liquid antistrip on moisture sensitivity of HMA mixtures,” Int. Conf. on Advanced Characterization of Pavement and Soil Engineering Materials, Athens, Greece, Taylor & Francis Group, London, Vol. 1, 2007, pp. 651-661.
  • Hajj, E. Y., Siddharthan, R. V., Sebaaly, P. E., and D. Weitzel. “Laboratory-based Unified Permanent Deformation Model for Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures.” J. of Testing and Evaluation, ASTM, Vol. 35, No. 3, May 2007, pp.272-280.
  • Hajj, E. Y., Siddharthan R. V., Sebaaly, P. E., and D. Weitzel. “Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures for Nevada’s Intersections.” Transportation Research Record No. 2001, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2007, pp. 73-83.
  • Sebaaly, P. E., Little, D., Hajj, E. Y., and E. Berger. “Impact of Lime and Liquid Antistrip on the Properties of an Idaho Mixture.” Transportation Research Record, 1998, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2007, pp. 65-74.
  • Hajj, E. Y., Sebaaly, P. E., and R. V. Siddharthan. “Response of Asphalt Pavement Mixture Under a Slow Moving Truck.” Asphalt Concrete: Simulation, Modeling, and Experimental Characterization, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 146, ASCE, 2006.

 

Courses Taught

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE
CEE 375 Construction Materials
CEE CEE 431/631 Pavement Analysis and Design
CEE 733 Advanced Pavement Design and Management
CEE 735 Pavement Management Systems

Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions

  • Member of the TRB AFD80 Committee: Strength and Deformation
    Characteristics of Pavement Sections
  • Nevada Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction Honorary Member