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Jorge A
Prozzi. Ph.D. The University of Texas 1 University Station ECJ Hall 6.112, C1761
Austin, Texas 78712 |
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RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS
VITA Dr. Jorge A. Prozzi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his BSc. In Civil Engineering from the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina in 1989. He obtained his BSc. (Hons.) in Civil Engineering from the University of Pretoria (South Africa) in 1996 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Dr. Prozzi and his research team have ongoing experimental research on testing and behavior of road building materials, design and rehabilitation of pavements; asphalt technology; mechanistic and empirical design; accelerated pavement testing; applications of probability and statistics to pavement engineering problems; reliability; and pavement management systems. He has also conducted analytical research on the application of quantitative methods by applying advanced econometrics for the development of performance models for the optimum management of the pavement infrastructure. He teaches classes on the design of bituminous mixtures, asphalt technology, elementary statistics for civil engineers, and pavement design and performance. In addition, he has teaches a graduate class on modeling tools with engineering applications, which allows him to teach about some of his cutting-edge research work in the area of econometrics and modeling. He is serving as Chair for both the Transportation Research Board International Activities Committee and the Transportation Research Board Subcommittee for Latin American Transportation Research and Practice. He serves as a panel member for projects funded by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. In addition, he is a member of several Transportation Research Board committees. Based on his active involvement with the Transportation Research Board, he was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of Special Contribution to the International Activities Committee in January, 2007. He has authored or co-authored 19 refereed archival journal publications, 46 refereed conference proceedings, and 39 technical reports. SUPERVISED STUDENTS
Dissertations Completed
Theses Completed
Dissertations and Theses in Progress
RECENT
RESEARCH PROJECTS “Development of a
Methodology for the Determination of the Damage Caused to the Transportation
Infrastructure by Different Axle Configurations and Loads,” U.S. Department of
Transportation 167827, FY 2003. “Comparison of
Hot-Poured Crack Sealant to Emulsified Asphalt Crack Sealant,” Texas
Department of Transportation 0-4061, FY 2001-2004. “Toner Modified
Asphalt,” Texas Department of Transportation 5-3933-01, FY 2001-2004. “Managing Rural
Truck Traffic in Texas,” (PI: R. Harrison), Texas Department of Transportation
0-4169, FY 2003-2004. “Evaluate
Equipment, Methods and Pavement Design Implications for Texas Conditions of
the AASHTO 2002 Axle-load Spectra Traffic Methodology,” Texas Department of
Transportation 0-4510, FY 2003-2005. “Determination of
the Impact of HB 2060 Permits on Texas Load-Zoned Roads,” Texas Department of
Transportation 0-4574, FY 2003-2004. “Operation of the
Texas Accelerated Pavement Test Center,” (PI: R. Hudson), Texas Department of
Transportation 0-9900, FY 2004. “Evaluation
of the Joint Effect of Wheel Load and Tire Pressure on Pavement Performance,”
U.S. Department of Transportation 167245, FY 2004. “Guidelines for
Selecting Asphalt Mixtures and Evaluation of Polymer-Modified Mixes,” (PI: S.
Nazarian, UT El Paso), Texas Department of Transportation 0-4824, FY
2004-2006. “Testing of
HB2060 Pads,” Texas Department of Transportation 0-5372, FY 2005. “Characterizing
Highway Traffic in the U.S.-Mexico Trade Corridors Based on the Damaging
Effects on the Surface Transportation Infrastructure,” U.S. Department of
Transportation 167555, FY 2005. “Evaluation of
Long Term Behaviour of Pavement Layered Materials by Means of Accelerated
Pavement and Supplementation/Verification Testing,” World Bank
206/CON/ES/DEN/2003, FY 2005-2007. “Analysis of
Laboratory Compactive Effort to Optimize the Durability of Superpave Mixture
Design,” Texas Department of Transportation 0-5132, FY 2005-2006. “Effective
Evaluation of Environmental Justice Aspects of the Tolling of Existing
Non-toll and Toll Roads,” Texas Department of Transportation 0-5208, FY
2005-2006. “Quantify the
Benefits of Using Geosynthetics for Unbound Base Courses,” (PI: J. G.
Zornberg), Texas Department of Transportation 0-4829, FY 2005-2007. “Material Design
and Testing Methods for Home Made and Containerized Cold Mix,” Texas
Department of Transportation 0-4872, FY 2005-2007. “Design-Build
Agreements: How to Ensure Transportation agencies Receive an Asset,” U.S.
Department of Transportation 167866, FY 2006. “Integration and
Consolidation of Border Freight Transportation Data for Planning Applications
and Characterization of NAFTA Truck Loads for Aiding in Transportation
Infrastructure Management,” (PI: J. Villa, Texas Transportation Institute)
Texas Department of Transportation 0-5339, FY 2006-2007. “Tracking the
Performance of HMA Mixtures in Texas,” Texas Department of
Transportation 0-5496, FY 2006-2007. “Development of a
Flexible Pavements Database,” Texas Department of Transportation 0-5513, FY
2006-2008. “Calibration of
Pavement Response Models for the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design
Method,” U.S. Department of Transportation 167264, FY 2007. “Framing
Caterpillar's Strategic Direction for Improving Productivity in the Road
Renewal Industry” (PI: C. Menches), Caterpillar Inc., FY 2007. “Estimated and
Actual Usage of Toll Roads”, (PI: C. M. Walton), Texas Department of
Transportation 0-6044, FY 2007-2009. |
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