PETER SEBAALY, Ph.D., P.E.
Contact Information
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mail Stop 258
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
T: (775) 784-6565
F: (775) 784-1390
Education
| YEAR | DEGREE | UNIVERSITY |
| 1987 | Ph.D | Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 1983 | M.S. | State University of New York at Buffalo, NY |
| 1982 | B.Sc | State University of New York at Buffalo, NY |
Research Interests
- Pavement Materials, Design, and Performance.
- Structural evaluation of pavement materials and systemns.
- Pavement maintenance and rehabilitation design and analysis.
- Construction of asphalt pavements.
- Mechanistic analysis and design of flexible and rigid pavements.
- Bituminous materials and mixtures resistance to moisture damage, rutting, fatigue, and thermal cracking.
Recent Publications
- P.E. Sebaaly, Fernandez, G.C., Hoffman, B., “Evaluation of Construction Techniques for Longitudinal Joints in HMA Pavements,” Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Volume 77, pp. 143-182, 2008.
- L. Loria, Sebaaly, P.E., Hajj, E., “Long-Term Performance of Reflective Cracking Mitigation Techniques in Nevada,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, TRR #2044, pp. 86-95, Washington, DC, 2007.
- P.E. Sebaaly, D. Little, E. Hajj, and A. Bhasin, “Impact of Lime and Liquid Antistrip on the Properties of an Idaho Mixture,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, TRR #1998, pp. 65-74, Washington, DC, 2007.
- E. Hajj, R. Siddharthan, P.E. Sebaaly, and D. Weitzel, “Laboratory-based Unified Permanent Deformation Model for Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures,” ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Volume 35(3), pp. 272-280, 2007
- G. Bazi, P.E. Sebaaly, D. Weitzel, and M. Elicegui, “A laboratory Study of Construction Variability Impacts on Fatigue and Thermal Cracking Resistance of HMA Mixtures,” International Journal of Pavements, Volume 5(1-2-3), pp. 37-49, 2006.
Courses Taught
| COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE |
| CEE 375 | Construction Materials |
| CEE 431 | Pavement Design |
| CEE 732 | Bituminous Materials and Mixtures |
| CEE 733 | Advanced Pavement Design |
| CEE 734 | Pavement Rehabilitation & Maintenance |
| CEE 735 | Pavement Management Systems |
Other Activities within Engineering and Teaching Professions
- Member, ASCE, TRB, AAPT, ASTM
- Director of the Western Regional Superpave Center: one of five centers established by the Federal Highway Administration to support the implementation of the Superpave Technology.
- Director of the Nevada Technology Transfer Center funder by Nevada DOT and FHWA.
- Instruct numerous short courses and workshops on pavement materials, design, and performance.