Welcome!

Welcome to my website, I am a Geotechnical Engineer interested in Pavement Materials and Transportation Geotechnics. I teach undergraduate and graduate classes in soil mechanics, foundation design, and advanced geotechnical design. I am building my research group dedicated to studying recycled materials, asphalt chemistry, and geochemistry relevant to infrastructure maintenance. This website is always under construction and dynamic which means changes take place almost on weekly basis, you might want to visit periodically to see if I have posted new research positions or added new features. Take a look around and don’t hesitate in reaching out.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (2018) in Geotechnical Engineering, George Mason University

Masters of Science (2015) in Geotechnical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (2013) in Civil Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology

Saad Ullah Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Department of Civil Engineering

Recent

Publications

Saad Ullah, Burak Tanyu, and Andrew Dawson (2022). Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) as an Unbound Base Course Material: A Mechanistic Design Approach Based on Multi-stage Repeated Load Triaxial Tests. Transportation Geotechnics, 33, 100729.

Burak Tanyu, Saad Ullah, and Emre Akmaz (2021). Optimizing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Content in Unbound Base Aggregate (No. FHWA/VTRC 22-R9). Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC).

Ali Alnedawi, Saad Ullah, A. Azam, E. Mousa, I. Obaid, and A. Yosri (2021). Integrated and holistic knowledge map of resilient modulus studies for pavement materials: A scientometric analysis and bibliometric review of research frontiers and prospects. Transportation Geotechnics, 100711.

Saad Ullah, Burak Tanyu, and Binte Zainab (2021). Development of an artificial neural network (ANN)-based model to predict permanent deformation of base course containing reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). Road Materials and Pavement Design, 22(11), 2552-2570.

Saad Ullah, and Burak Tanyu (2019). Methodology to develop design guidelines to construct unbound base course with reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). Construction and building materials, 223, 463-476.