Education

Civil Engineering Ph.D. - 2013
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Civil Engineering M.S. - 2007
Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)
Civil Engineering B.S. - 2004
University of Tehran

Experience

Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Western New England University
2017
Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2013

Courses Taught

CE 461: Transportation Engineering, Fall 2017

Research Interests

  • Smart & sustainable transportation infrastructure

  • Characterization of infrastructure materials

  • Nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E)

  • Pavement/Railroad engineering

  • Experimental and computational mechanics

  • Low temperature cracking of asphalt pavements

Publications

  1. Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2017). Spiral cracking pattern in asphalt materials. Journal of Materials & Design, Vol.116, pp609-615.

  2. Dave. E, Behnia B. (2017), Cohesive Zone Fracture Modeling of Asphalt Pavements with Applications to Design of High Performance Asphalt Overlays, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2017.1353393.

  1. Sun, Z., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2017). Assessment of Low-Temperature Cracking in Asphalt Materials Using an Acoustic Emission Approach. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol.45(6).

  1. McGovern, M. E., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2017). Use of Nonlinear Acoustic Measurements for Estimation of Fracture Performance of Aged Asphalt Mixtures. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol.2631, pp11-19.

  1. McGovern, M. E., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2017). Estimation of Fracture Performance of Aged Asphalt Mixtures from Nonlinear Acoustic Measurements. Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (No. 17-02149).

  1. Hakimzadeh, S., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2017). Implementation of nondestructive testing and mechanical performance approaches to assess low temperature fracture properties of asphalt binders. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 10(3), 219-227.

  1. Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2016). Nondestructive low-temperature cracking characterization of asphalt materials. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 29(5), 04016294.

  1. Behnia, B., Dave. E., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2016). Characterization of Embrittlement Temperature of Asphalt Materials through Implementation of Acoustic Emission Technique, Journal of Construction and Building Materials, 111, pp 147-152.

  1. Sun, Z., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2016). Acoustic emission quantitative evaluation of rejuvenators to restore embrittlement temperatures to oxidized asphalt mixtures. Construction and Building Materials, 126, 913-923.

  1. Hill. B., Oldham D., Behnia, B., Fini E., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2016). Evaluation of low temperature viscoelastic properties and fracture behavior of bio-asphalt mixtures. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, pp1-8.

  1. Haser A., McGovern M., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2015)“Monitoring Viscosity in Asphalt Binders using an Ultrasonic Guided Wave Approach,” Insight Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Journal, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 25-34.

  1. Zhe S., Farace N., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2015) “Quantitative Evaluation of Rejuvenators to Restore Embrittlement Temperatures in Oxidized Asphalt Mixtures using Acoustic Emission,”, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, International Society for Optics and Photonics, pp. 94381C-94381C.

  1. Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2014) "Cooling Cycle Effects on Low Temperature Cracking Characteristics of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures”, Journal of Materials and Structures, DOI 10.1617/s11527-014-0310-y.

  1. Arnold J., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2014) “Evaluation of Low-Temperature Properties of HMA Mixtures Containing Recycled Asphalt Shingles Using an Acoustic Emission Approach”, Journal of Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 58C, pp 1-8.  

  1. McGovern M., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2013) “Characterization of oxidative aging in asphalt concrete – Part 1: Ultrasonic velocity and attenuation measurements and acoustic emission response under thermal cooling”, Insight-Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Journal, Vol.55, No 11, pp. 596-604.

  1. McGovern M., Behnia, B., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2013) “Characterization of asphalt concrete oxidative aging – Part 2: Complex moduli estimation”, Insight-Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring Journal, Vol.55, No 11, pp. 605-609.

  1. Dave E., Buttlar W., Leon S., Behnia B., Paulino G. (2013) “ILLI-TC Low Temperature Cracking Model for Asphalt Pavements,” Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design, 14(sup2), pp. 57-78.

  2. Hill B., Oldham D., Behnia, B., Fini E., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H (2013) “Low Temperature Performance Characterization of Bio-Modified Asphalt Mixtures Containing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement”, Journal of the Transportation Research Record, No. 13-3773.