AmitBhasin

Bio
Amit Bhasin’s research focuses on infrastructure materials with emphasis on asphalt materials and pavement infrastructure. His research activities are at the intersection of materials science and mechanics with a focus on sustainable materials and design tools for the construction and preservation of pavements. 

Bhasin, who received his B.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, is a former National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipient and the winner of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association-Council for University Transportation Centers Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research and the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Walter L. Huber civil engineering research prize. As an educator, he is a former recipient of the President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award from UT Austin and the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award from The University of Texas System.

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2006
M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2003
B.Tech., Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 1997

Select Awards & Honors

• Alumnus of the Century in Making Award – Indian Institute of Technology (2019)
• Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize – ASCE (2017)
• President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award (2016)
• New Faculty Award – American Road and Transportation Builders Association-Council for University Transportation Centers (2013)
• Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (2013)
• NSF Career Award (2011)
• National Outstanding Achievement Award by Management Studies Promotion Institute (1999)

Related Websites
Bhasin Research Group
Center for Transportation Research

Select Publications