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soils. He received a Master of Science degree in civil engienering in
August 1984.
Since August 1984, he has had a half-time graduate research assis-
tantship in the civil engineering department, University of Florida,
while studying for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. His areas of
major concentration were geotechnical engineering, pavements/materials,
and applied statistics. During this time he was primarily involved with
the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) sponsored research on
structural characterization of in-place pavement materials using in situ
nondestructive and penetration tests.
He received the University of Florida President's Recognition Award
in April 1985. He was also awarded an American Public Works Association
(APWA) Travel Grant Award to participate in the 1986 APWA International
Congress and Equipment Show in New Orleans, Louisiana, from September 20
to 25, 1986. He has also participated in other important technical
meetings, such as the 1986 In Situ Conference at Virginia Tech, the 1987
annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, DC,
and the VIII Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Engineering, held in Cartagena, Colombia, in August 1987.
In 1985, he passed the Engineer Intern examination towards the
professional engineer registration. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, an
Engineering Honor Society; and Phi Beta Delta, an Honor Society for
International Scholars. He is also a member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers, Transportation Research Board, American Public Works
Association, and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. He is cur
rently author and co-author of about ten technical publications.