Research Interest
 
Construction Material Research/Pavement Engineering
Pavement Design and Analysis
Experimental Mechanics
Instrumentation
 
Education
 
B.S.  in Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1980
M.S. in Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1982
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1989                  
 
 Academic Experience

July 2006 - Present Aug. 2000  - June 2006	Professor Coordinator, Transportation Engineering Faculty Group (March 2003 - Present) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Director, Engineering Materials Characterization and Research Facility Louisiana Transportation Research Center Louisiana State University Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Director, Engineering Materials Characterization and Research Facility Louisiana Transportation Research Center Louisiana State University
Jan. 1999 – Aug. 2000	Research Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Director, Engineering Materials Characterization and Research Facility
	Louisiana Transportation Research Center
	Louisiana State University
Jan. 1990 – Dec. 1999	Research Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Coordinator, Engineering Materials Characterization and Research Facility
	Louisiana Transportation Research Center
	Louisiana State University
Sep. 1987 to Nov. 1989	Asphalt Technology Research Associate
	Louisiana Transportation Research Center
	Louisiana State University

Courses
 
CE 3400 Mechanics of Materials
CE 3410 Mechanics of Materials Laboratory
CE 3700 Engineering Materials Laboratory
CE 4650 Hot Mix Asphalt Mixture Design
CE 4651 Concrete Materials and Mixtures
CE 7700 Superpave Mix Design and Analysis
CE 7670 Mechanistic Pavement Design
CE 7650 Bituminous Materials and Mixtures
CE 7655 Pavement Materials Characterization
 
List of Recent Publications
 
Mohammad, L.N., Wu, Z., Obulareddy, S., and Cooper, S., "Permanent Deformation Analysis of HMA Mixtures Using Simple Performance Tests and The 2002 Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Software." Accepted for Publication, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2006.

Mohammad, L.N., Herath, A., Rasoulian, M., and Zhongjie, Z., "Laboratory Evaluation Of Untreated And Treated Pavement Base Materials From A Repeated Load Permanent Deformation Test." Accepted for Publication, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2006.

Negulescu, I., Mohammad, L.N., Daly, W., Daranga, C., and Glover, I., "Chemical and Rheological Characterization of Wet and Dry Aging of Polymer Modified Asphalt Cements: Field and Laboratory Evaluation." Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologist, Vol. 75, 2006.

Al Shamsi, K., Mohammad, L.N., Wu, Z., and Cooper, S., "Compactability and Performance of Superpave Mixtures with Aggregate Structures Designed Using Bailey Method." Accepted for Publication, Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologist, Vol. 75, 2006.

Mohammad, L.N., Wu, Z., Myers, L., Cooper, S., and Abadie, C., “A Practical Look at the Simple Performance Tests: Louisiana’s Experience, ” Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologist, Vol. 74, 2005, pp 557-600.

Wang, L. B., J.Y. Wang, X., Mohammad, L.N., and Abadie, C., “Unified Method to Quantify Aggregate Shape Angularity and Texture Using Fourier Analysis.” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 5, 2005, pp. 498-504.

Mohammad, L.N., Herath, A., Wu, Z., and, Cooper, S., and Abadie, C., “A Comparative Study of Factors Influencing the Permeability of Hot-mix Asphalt Mixtures, ” Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologist, Vol. 74E, 2005, pp. 1-25.

Wu, Z., Mohammad, L.N., Wang, LB, Mull, M., “Fracture Resistance Characterization of Superpave Mixtures Using a Semi-Circular,” Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2005, pp. 1-15.

Herath, A., Mohammad, L.N., Gaspard, K., Gudishala, R., and Abu-Farsakh, M., “The Use of Dynamic Cone Penetrometer to Predict Resilient Modulus of Subgrade Soils.” ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 130, “Advances in Pavement Engineering,” 2005, pp. 1-16.

Mohammad, L.N., Wu, Z., Zhang, C., Khattak, M.J., Abadie, C., “Variability of Air Voids and Mechanistic Properties of Plant Produced Asphalt Mixtures.” Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1891, 2004, pp. 85-102.

Mohammad, L.N., Herath, A., Gudishala, R., and Abu-Farsakh, M., “Development of a Resilient Modulus Prediction Model for Cement-treated Cohesive Soils.” International Journal of Pavements, Volume 3, No. 3, 2004, pp. 59-70.