- Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Qatar
- Executive Director for Global Initiatives, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
- Zachry Professor in Design and Construction Integration II, Civil & Environmental Engineering, College Station
- Phone: 974-4423-0268
- Email: eyad.masad@qatar.tamu.edu
- Office: 234R
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Washington State University — 1998
- M.S., Washington State University — 1995
- B.S., University of Jordan — 1993
Research Interests
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Dr. Eyad Masad’s teaching and research interests
include: Constitutive Modeling, Microstructure Analysis of Materials, and Characterization of Infrastructure Materials.
Awards & Honors
- Deans Meritorious Award, Texas A&M at Qatar, April 2011.
- Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, December 2010.
- Halliburton Professorship Award for Scholarly Excellence and Continuing Contributions to the Field of Engineering, Texas A&M University College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, March 2009.
- The Texas Transportation Institute/Trinity New Researcher Award, January 2006.
- ConocoPhillips Faculty Fellow for Outstanding Performance and Overall Contributions to the Texas A&M Engineering Program, 2005-2006.
- Zachry Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, June 2004.
- Outstanding Young Faculty Award, College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, March 2002.
- Career Award, National Science Foundation, January 2002.
- W.J. Emmons Award for the Best Paper Published in the Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists in the Year 2001.
- Leon Luck Award for the "Most Effective Professor" Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, April 2001.
- Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship in Transportation Engineering, Federal Highway Administration, September 1999.
- Eisenhower Graduate Research Fellowship in Transportation Engineering, Federal Highway Administration, September 1997.
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, April 1997.
- Suksdorf Fellowship for Academic Achievements, College of Engineering, Washington State University, January 1997.
Selected Publications
- Darabi, M., Abu Al-Rub, R., Masad, E., Huang, C.W., and Little, D. (2012). A Modified Viscoplastic Model to Predict the Permanent Deformation of Asphaltic Materials Under Cyclic Compression Loading at High Temperatures, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 35, pp. 100-134.
- Caro, S., Masad, E., Sanchez-Silva, M. and Little, D., (2011). Stochastic Micromechanical Modeling of Asphalt Mixtures Subjected to Moisture Diffusion Processes, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 1079-1097.
- Koneru, S., Masad, E., and Rajagopal, K. (2008). Modeling of Asphalt Mix Compaction Using a Thermomechanical Material Model, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 846-864.
- Arambula, E., Garboczi, E., Masad, E., and Kassem, E. (2010). Numerical Analysis of Moisture Vapor in Asphalt Mixtures Using Digital Images, Materials and Structures, Vol. 43, No. 7. pp. 897-911.