Apply for a Graduate Degree in Program for Sustainable Pavement Engineering and Research (PROSPER) at ISU

About PROSPER:
PROSPER program is exclusively dedicated for advancing research, education and technology transfer in the area of sustainable, durable, and resilient transportation infrastructure systems

PROSPER Objectives:
• Advance research, development and implementation of nextgeneration sustainable transportation infrastructure systems
• Integrate cutting-edge technologies from various disciplines totackle real-world highway and airport pavement infrastructureproblems
• Investigate sustainable paving materials and constructiontechnologies, pavement non-destructive testing and evaluation,advanced modelling and characterization, performance monitoring, maintenance, repair and rehabilitation

Research Focus Areas:
• Analysis and design of transportation infrastructure systems
• Performance modelling of paved & unpaved roads
• Advanced testing and characterization of pavement materials
• Sustainable construction materials & technologies
• Sustainable and resilient transportation infrastructure systems
• Geotechnical aspects of pavement systems
• Intelligent systems engineering
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications
• Advanced health monitoring & management using smart sensors

Graduate Research & Teaching Assistantships areAvailable for Highly Qualified and Motivated Applicants:
• Research and/or teaching assistantships with monthly stipend
• Full graduate tuition scholarships
• Multi/transdisciplinary research opportunities in a highly visible & prolific research team with over 400 research publications
• Travel support to attend national and international conferences

Interested applicants, please e-mail your CV, transcripts, and other related material with a summary of your research interests to:

Dr. Halil Ceylan (hceylan@iastate.edu)

Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering,
Director of PROSPER at Institute for Transportation,
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.

For more info, visit PROSPER website at: https://prosper.intrans.iastate.edu/