Dr. Shihui Shen
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Assistant Professor Phone: (509) 335-7455 |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2006 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
- M.E., Civil Engineering-Transportation, 2001 – Southeast University, Nanjing, China
- B.E., Civil Engineering-Transportation, 1998 – Southeast University, Nanjing, China
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, WSU-Pullman, 2007-present
- Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, 2006-2007
- Visiting scholar, Nottingham Center for Pavement Engineering (NCPE), University of Nottingham, UK, May 2003-June 2003
- Research Assistant, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, 2001-2006
AWARDS
- Helene M. Overly Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) – Chicago Chapter, 2005
- International Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2003
- First prize winner of 2003 FAA Annual Student Poster Contest Award, the third Center of Excellence Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Annual Conference, Daytona, FL
- First Class Honor Comprehensive Scholarship for graduate students, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 1998-99 and 1999-2000
- “Dissertation of the Year, Class 1998” for B.E. Degree in Transportation Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 1998
- First Class Honor Comprehensive Scholarship for undergraduate students, Southeast University, Nanjing, 1994-95 and 1995-96
RESEARCH
- Asphalt material characterization and mix design
- Asphalt binder rheology and modeling
- Pavement management, maintenance, and rehabilitation
- Energy mechanism for material characterization (crack damage, healing, etc.)
TEACHING
- Pavement Design
MEMBERSHIPS - SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- Member of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT)
- Member of TRB AFK30 committee (young member)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Shen, S. and S.H.Carpenter (2007). “Development of an Asphalt Fatigue Model Based on Energy Principles”, Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT), in press, Vol.76.
- Shen, S., and S.H.Carpenter. (2007). "Dissipated Energy Concepts for HMA Performance: Fatigue and Healing." COE Report No.29, Technical Report of Research Supported by the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
- Carpenter, S.H. and S. Shen (2006). “A Dissipated Energy Approach to Study HMA Healing in Fatigue”. In Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No.1970, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D. C., pp. 178-185.
- Shen, S., G.D. Airey, S.H.Carpenter, and Hai Huang (2006). “A Dissipated Energy Approach to Fatigue Evaluation”. International Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design, Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp.47-69.
- Shen, S. and S.H.Carpenter (2005). “Application of Dissipated Energy Concept in Fatigue Endurance Limit Testing”. In Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 0174, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., pp. 165-173.
- Carpenter, S.H., K.A.Ghuzlan, and Shihui Shen (2003). “Fatigue Endurance Limit for Highway and Airport Pavement”. Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1832, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C, pp.131-138.
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