Rouzbeh Ghabchi

Title

Associate Professor

Office Building

Crothers Engineering Hall

Office

310

Mailing Address

Crothers Engineering Hall 310
Civil and Environ Engineering-Box 2219
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Dr. Rouzbeh Ghabchi is an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at South Dakota State University (SDSU). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. His research interests include pavement engineering, innovative transportation infrastructure materials, environmentally friendly pavement technologies, pavement performance and asphalt materials. More specifically, his research areas include characterization and performance enhancement of asphalt mixes containing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) and Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS), Ground Tire Rubber (GTR), Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA), tack coat, bio-asphalt, modified asphalt binder and asphalt binder-aggregate bonding and stripping mechanisms.
Prior to joining SDSU in 2016, he was a post‐doctoral research fellow at the University of Oklahoma, working as principal investigator (PI) and Co-PI on several research projects funded by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Southern Plains Transportation Center and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. The objectives of these research projects were to enhance the performance of the asphalt pavements, evaluate different WMA technologies, increase the use of RAP, RAS and GTR in asphalt mixes, evaluate tack coat performance and propose a special provision for screening fatigue life of asphalt mixes containing RAS and RAP among other areas.

Education

B.S. in civil engineering | University of Tabriz, Iran
M.S. in civil engineering | University of Tabriz, Iran
Ph.D. in civil engineering | University of Oklahoma

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

Committee member, Standing Committee on Pavement Preservation (AKT-20), Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Professional Memberships

Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.)
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009-Present
Participating member, American Society of Testing and Materials, 2012-Present
Member, Geo-Institute, 2014-Present
Member, North American Geosynthetics Society, 2010-Present

Grants

Barman, M., Ghabchi, R. and Zaman, M. Development of Special Provision for Mix Design of Foamed-WMA Containing RAP. Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC), May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2017, $79,917.
Bulut, R., Ghabchi, R., Steger, R. and Zaman, M. Development of an SFE Database for Screening of Mixes for Moisture Damage in Oklahoma. Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC), January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2017, $194,043.
Ghabchi, R. and Zaman, M. Use of Ground Tire Rubber (GTR) In Asphalt Pavements: Literature Review and DOT Survey (Phase I). Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ), December 15, 2015 - May 31, 2016, $18,496.
Ghabchi, R. and Zaman, M. Development of Guidelines for Selection and Evaluation of Tack Coats in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2017, $166,319.
Ghabchi, R. and Hossain, Z. and Wasiuddin, N. Characterization of Asphalt Binders Exposed to Extreme Temperatures through Simple and Effective Test Methods. Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC), October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2016, $221,108.
Ghabchi, R. and Zaman, M. Performance of Asphalt Binders Modified with Polyphosphoric Acid (PPA). Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC), October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2016, $162,045.
Boeck, D., Ghabchi, R. and Zaman, M. Fatigue Performance of Asphalt Pavements Containing RAS and RAP. Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), October 1, 2012 - September 30, 2014, $225,275.

Areas of Research

Transportation infrastructure materials
Performance enhancement of asphalt pavements
Bio-inspired materials
Green paving technologies
Highway engineering

Department(s)

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering