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Eyad Masad, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE

Professor
Mechanical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha P.O. Box 23874, Qatar
Doha, Ar Rayyan, Qatar

Dr. Eyad Masad is a professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University and a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Program at Texas A&M at Qatar. He is also the Executive Director of Global Partnerships in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. At Texas A&M at Qatar, he served as the assistant dean for research and vice dean for a total of 8 years. In these positions, he played a key leadership role in the development, expansion, and accreditation of the engineering programs. He put significant emphasis on the development of strategic partnerships between academia and the government and industry sectors in Qatar. Dr. Masad is a program evaluator (PEV) in the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.
Dr. Masad is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education. He was the Chair of the Pavement Committee of the Geo-Institute, ASCE.
Dr. Masad is the recipient of several national and international awards in recognition of his academic and research achievements. Among these awards are the Francis C. Turner Award (2022) from the Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE, Monismith Lecture Award (2022) from the Geo-Institute of ASCE, and the James Laurie Prize (2019) from ASCE. Dr. Masad received the Eisenhower Graduate Research Fellowship (1997), and the Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship in Transportation Engineering (1998) from the Federal Highway Administration. He is also the recipient of the W. J. Emmons Award for the best paper published in the Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT) (2001), and the Best Paper Award from the International Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design (2004, 2017, 2021). He received several university awards including the Faculty Excellence Award (2020), Dean’s Leadership Award (2017), Zachry Professorship (2015), Dean’s Meritorious Service Award (2010), Halliburton Professorship Award for Scholarly Excellence in Engineering (2009), the Texas Transportation Institute/Trinity New Researcher Award (2006), the ConocoPhillips Faculty Fellow Award for outstanding performance (2005), and the Zachry Award for Excellence in Teaching (2004).
Dr. Masad research focuses on multi-scale characterization of materials as well as analysis and design of infrastructure systems. Dr. Masad published more than 400 technical papers and reports including 220 journal papers. He is also the holder of two US patents. He is the co-author of a book on Pavement Design and Materials, which is adopted for teaching pavement courses in many universities around the world. Dr. Masad has established several research laboratories and chaired/co-chaired many conferences, symposia and workshops sponsored by professional organizations all over the world. He has delivered numerous training courses for the industry and transportation agencies. He has been a consultant for major projects in the United States and Middle East. These projects involve pavement analysis and design, forensic evaluation of pavement damage, soil stabilization, material characterization, and development of quality control and quality assurance systems.

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