Nader Tabatabaee

Associate Professor

Civil Engineering Department

Sharif University of Technology

Dr. Nader Tabatabaee

Civil Engineering Department

Sharif University of Technology

P.O. Box 11155-9313

Tehran, Iran

+98 (21) 6616 4239

+98 (21) 6014828

nader@sharif.edu

416 Civil Engineering Department

Education

 

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1991.

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1987.

B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1982

 

Positions

 

 

2001- Now, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology.
1991-2001, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology.

 

 

Administrative Positions

 

 

 Vice-chair for Research, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2007-2009

Dean of Graduate Studies, Sharif University of Technology, 2001-2006

Co-chair, 1st National Congress on Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2004

Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 1997-2001

Co-chair, 4th International Conference in Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 1997

Director, Center for Transportation Studies and Research, Sharif University of Technology, 1995-1998

Vice-chair for Research, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 1994-1997

Deputy Director, Computer Center, Sharif University of Technology, 1992-1994

Director, Transportation Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 1991-1994

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

Research Projects

 

 

 

2010: Principal Investigator, Refinement of the QC Protocol for Production of Performance Graded Binders in Tehran Bitumen Production Plant, Conducted for Pasargad Oil Company, Iran.

2009-2010: Principal Investigator, Evaluation and Improvement of Asphalt Mixes in City of Ahwaz, Conducted for the Municipality of Ahwaz, Iran.

2008-2009: Principal Investigator, A Feasible Plan for Long Term Pavement Performance Monitoring Program for Iran’s Roadways (I-LTPP), Conducted for Transportation Research Institute, Ministry of Road and Transportation, Iran.

2007-2008: Principal Investigator, Modification of Bitumen with Crumb Rubber and Its Effect on Performance Grade and Properties of Binder, Conducted for Pasargad Oil Company, Iran.

2007-2008: Principal Investigator, Feasibility Study on Bitumen Substitute in Road Industry, Conducted for Pasargad Oil Company, Iran.

2007-2008: Principal Investigator, Development of a QC Protocol for Production of Performance Graded Binders in Iran, Conducted for Pasargad Oil Company, Iran.

2006: Principal Investigator, Determination of Performance Grade (PG) of Bitumen Produced in Pasargad Bitumen Plants, Conducted for Pasargad Oil Company, Iran.

2005-2006: Co-Principal Investigator (, Development of a Framework for Pavement Management System for Iran, Conducted for Transportation Research Institute, Ministry of Road and Transportation, Iran, In collaboration with Dr. Amir Kavussi, Dr. Fereidoon Moghaddas Nejad, and Dr. Mahmood Ameri.

2003-2005: "Comprehensive Urban Transportation Planning for the City of Qome (Phase I)." Conducted for the Municipality of Qome, In collaboration with Dr. H.Z. Aashtiani, Dr. M. Kermanshah, Dr. H. Poorzahedi, and Dr.Y. Shafahi.

2000-2005: "Comprehensive Urban Transportation Planning for the City of Isfahan (Phase I)." Conducted for the Municipality of Isfahan, In collaboration with Dr. H.Z. Aashtiani, Dr. M. Kermanshah, Dr. H. Poorzahedi, and Dr. Y. Shafahi.

1999-2000: "Comprehensive Urban Transportation Planning for the City of Shiraz (Phase I)." Conducted for the Municipality of Shiraz, In collaboration with Dr. H.Z. Aashtiani, Dr. M. Kermanshah, Dr. H. Poorzahedi, and Dr. Y. Shafahi.

1994-1999: "Comprehensive Urban Transportation Planning for the City of Mashad." Conducted for the Municipality of Mashad, In collaboration with Dr. H.Z. Aashtiani, Dr. M. Kermanshah, and Dr. H. Poorzahedi.

1992-1994: Co-Principal Investigator (in collaboration with Dr. Amir Kavussi), Preliminary Climatic Zoning of Iran for Pavement Design, Conducted for Ministry of Construction, Iran.

 

Refereed Journals

 

Tabatabaee, N., and Tabatabaee, H.A., "Multiple Stress Creep and Recovery and Time Sweep Fatigue Tests: Crumb Rubber Modified Binder and Mixture Performance," Accepted for Publication in Transportation Research Record, TRB National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2010.

Kargah-Ostadi, N., Stoffels, S.M., and Tabatabaee, N., "Network-Level Pavement Roughness Prediction Model for Rehabilitation Recommendation," Accepted for Publication in Transportation Research Record, TRB National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2010.

Aflaki, S. and Tabatabaee, N., "Proposals for Modification of Iranian Bitumen to Meet the Climatic Requirements of Iran,” Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 23, No. 6, June 2009, pp. 2141–2150.

Haeri, S. M., Hamidi, A., and Tabatabaee, N., “The Effect of Gypsum Cementation on the Mechanical Behavior of Gravely Sands,” Geotechnical Testing Journal, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Vol. 28, No. 4, 2005.

Tabatabaee, N., and Rezaei, A., "Laboratory Performance of Sand Asphalt Mixtures for Surfacing of Dikes," Amirkabir, J. of Science & Technology, Winter 2004, (in Farsi).

Poorzahedi, H., Tabatabaee, N., Kermanshah, M., Ashtiani, H.Z., and Toobaei, S., “World City Mode Choice: Choice of Rail Public Transportation,” Scientia Iranica, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 2004.

Tabatabaee, N., and Alasti, M., "Laboratory Performance of Stone Mastic asphalt Mixtures," Amirkabir, J. of Science & Technology, Vol. 3, No. 9, Winter 2002, (in Farsi).

Tabatabaee, N., Tabib, M., "Improving The Performance of Moisture Sensitive Asphaltic Mixes," Amirkabir, J. of Science & Technology, Vol. 8, No. 32, Autumn 1996, (in Farsi).

Sebaaly, P., Tabatabaee, and Kulakowski, B., “Evaluation of the Hall Effect Sensor for Pavement Instrumentation,” Journal of Testing and Evaluation, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Vol. 23, No. 3, 1995.

Sebaaly P. and Tabatabaee, N. “Influence of Vehicle Speed on Dynamic Loads and Pavement Response,” Transportation Research Record 1410, TRB National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1993.

Sebaaly P. and Tabatabaee, N. and Scullion, T. “Comparison of Backcalculated Moduli from Falling Weight Deflectometer and Truck Loading,” Transportation Research Record 1377, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1992.

Sebaaly P. and Tabatabaee, N. “Effect of Tire Parameters on Pavement Damage and Load-Equivalency Factors,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 118, No.6, November/December 1992.

Tabatabaee, N., Al-Qadi, I. and Sebaaly, P. “Field Evaluation of Pavement Instrumentation Methods,” Journal of Testing and Evaluation, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Vol. 20, No. 2, March 1992.

Tabatabaee, N. and Sebaaly, P. “Crack Monitoring System for Cracked and Seated PCC Pavements,” Transportation Research Record 1307, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1991.

Tabatabaee, N. and Sebaaly, P. “State of the Art Pavements Instrumentation,” Transportation Research Record 1260, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1990.

Sebaaly P., Anderson, D.A. and Tabatabaee, N. “Performance of Full-Scale Pavements under Accelerated Loading,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 115, No. 4, July 1989.

Sebaaly P., Bonaquist, R., Tabatabaee, N. and Anderson, D.A. “Evaluating Structural Damage of Flexible Pavements Using Cracking and Falling Weight Deflectometer Data,” Transportation Research Record 1227, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1989.

Sebaaly P. and Tabatabaee, N.  “Effects of Tire Pressure and Types on Response of Flexible Pavements,” Transportation Research Record 1227, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1989.

Sebaaly, P. and Tabatabaee, N. “Field Evaluation of Strain Gauges in Asphalt Concrete Pavements,” Road and Airport Pavement Response Monitoring Systems, ASCE, 1992.

Invited Lectures

 

 Tabatabaee, N., "New Directions in Asphalt Research," The Fourth National Conference on Asphaltic Cement and Concrete, Tehran, Iran, November 2008, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., "Proposed Framework of A Pavement Management System for Iran," The Third National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tabriz, Iran, May 2007, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., "Advancements in the Asphalt Mixture and Pavement Design," The Third National Conference on Asphaltic Cement and Concrete, Tehran, Iran, November 2006, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., "Pavement Engineering in the Past Two Decades," The Seventh International Congress on Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran, May 2006, (in Farsi).

  

Conferences

 

 

Tabatabaee, N., Tabatabaee, H.A., Sabouri, M.R., and Teymourpour, P., "Evaluation of Performance Grading Parameters for Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixtures," Proceedings of the Seventh International RILEM Symposium on Advanced Testing and Characterization of Bituminous Materials, Rhodes, Greece, May 2009.

Tabatabaee, N., and Alavi, M.Z., "Laboratory Investigation on Performance Properties of Rubber Modified Vacuum Bottom Residuum," Proceedings of the Eight International Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, May 2009.

Tabatabaee, N., and Saliminejad, S., "A Pavement Management Software Package for Iran," Proceedings of the Eight International Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, May 2009.

Tabatabaee, N., and Pouranian, M.R., "Pavement Subsurface Drainage Design Procedure for Iran," Proceedings of the Eight International Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, May 2009.

Tabatabaee, N., and Haghgoo, M., "Prediction of Fatigue Life in Flexural Tests Using Fuzzy Logic," Proceedings of the Eight International Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, May 2009, (in Farsi).

Tabatabaee, N., and Namazi, S.T., "Evaluation of the Aggregate Gradation on Permanent Deformation Performance of SUPERPAVE Asphalt Mixes," Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Asphaltic Cement and Concrete, Tehran, Iran, November 2008, (in Farsi). 

Tabatabaee, N., and Haji Mohammadiha, A., "Use of Fibers for Improving Flexural Strength of Asphalt Concrete," Proceedings of the Third National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tabriz, Iran, May 2007, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Haji Sami, B., "Evaluation of Physical Properties of Aggregates Using Uncompacted Voids and Specific Rogosity," Proceedings of the Third National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tabriz, Iran, May 2007, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Shahbandeh Najafabadi, F., "Using TOPSIS and Entropy Methods for Selection of Antistripping Agent," Proceedings of the Third National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tabriz, Iran, May 2007, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Esmaeili, A., "Evaluating the Properties of Asphalt Concrete Mixes Containing Expanded Blast Furnace Slag," Proceedings of the First National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran, May 2004, (in Farsi).

 Hamidi, A., Haeri, S.M., and Tabatabaee, N., "Evaluating the Effect of Gypsum Cementation on the Behavior of Coarse-grained Soils,"  Proceedings of the First National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran, May 2004, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Kamali, Z. "Evaluation of Viscous Behavior of Crumb Rubber Modified VB Asphalt," Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Asphaltic Cement and Concrete, Tehran, Iran, 2004, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Aflaki, S., "Development of a Comprehensive Network Level Pavement Management System," Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Civil Engineering, Esfahan, Iran, May 2003, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Esmaeili, A., "Evaluating the Properties of Asphalt Concrete Mixes Containing Air Cooled Blast Furnace Slag," Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Civil Engineering, Esfahan, Iran, May 2003, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Daryaei, D., "Correlating Nuclear Density Gauge Measurements and Sand Cone Measurements, with the Results of Dynamic Cone Penetrometer," Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Civil Engineering,  Esfahan, Iran, May 2003, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Rezaei, A., "Evaluating the Permeability of Open-graded Asphaltic Mixes," Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Civil Engineering, Esfahan, Iran, May 2003, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Rezaei, A., "Review of Conducted Research on Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalts in the Last Decade," Proceedings of the First National seminar on Polymer-modified Bitumens and Their Applications, Tehran, Iran, December 2002, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., Tajik, H. G., and Kamali, Z. A., "Effect of Amount and Size of CRM Particles, and Mixing and Curing Conditions on the Viscosity of Rubberized Asphalts," Research Proceedings of Sharif University of Technology, 2001, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Rezaei, A., "Evaluating the Permeability of Asphaltic Mixes," Research Proceedings of Sharif University of Technology, 2000, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Rezaei, A., "Evaluating the Permeability of Asphaltic Mixes and Its Effect on the Other Mix Properties," Research Proceedings of Sharif University of Technology, 1999, (in Farsi).

Tabatabaee, N., and Sahhaf, A., "Evaluating the Effect of Steel Fibers on Tensile Strength of Asphalt Concrete," Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Civil Engineering, Mashhad, Iran, May 2000, (in Farsi).

Tabatabaee, N., and Bohluli Zanjani, B., "Laboratory Evaluation of Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt Concrete", Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran, May 1977, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Zaribafzadeh, A.R., Haeri, S.M., "Use of Asphalt concrete in the Core of Earth Dams," Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran. May 1977, (in Farsi).

 Haeri, S.M., Ahmadi, S., and Tabatabaee, N., "Effect of Aggregate Gradation on the Performance of Asphaltic Concrete Core in Embankment Dams," Research Proceedings of Sharif University of Technology, 1997, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., "Framework of Mechanistic Pavement Design," Research Proceedings of Sharif University of Technology, 1996, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Zaribafzadeh, A.R., "Embankment Dam with an Asphalt Concrete Core," Research Proceedings of Sharif University of Technology, 1996, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., "Effect of Environment and Traffic Loads on Asphalt Concrete Pavements," Research Proceedings of Sharif University of Technology, 1995, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., "Controlling Heavy Vehicles Legal Load," Proceedings of the First Iranian Traffic Engineering Conference, Tehran, Iran, 1994, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., and Bohluli Zanjani, B., "Evaluation of Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt Cements", Proceedings of the First National Conference on Asphaltic Cement and Concrete, Tehran, Iran, 1994, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N., "Determination of Pavement Condition Index," Proceedings of the First National Conference on Asphaltic Cement and Concrete, Tehran, Iran, 1994, (in Farsi).

 Tabatabaee, N, "Introducing SHRP Method for Testing Asphalt Binders," Proceedings of the First National Conference on Asphaltic Cement and Concrete, Tehran, Iran, 1994, (in Farsi).

Tabatabaee, N., and Kavussi, A., "Climatic Zoning of Iran for Pavement Design," Proceedings of the First National Conference on Asphaltic Cement and Concrete, Tehran, Iran, 1994, (in Farsi).

Tabatabaee, N. and Sebaaly, P. and Anderson, D.A. “Field Performance of Selected Pavement Instrumentation,” Presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Road, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 1993.

Tabatabaee, N., Sebaaly, P. and  Scullion, T. “Analysis of  Deflection Data from Two Test Sections at the Penn State Test Track,” Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields, Trondheim, Norway, July 3-5, 1990.

Sebaaly P. and Tabatabaee, N. “Measuring Pavement Strain Under Different Strain Measuring Devices,” Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields, Trondheim, Norway, July 3-5, 1990. 

Refereed Journals

Tabatabaee, N. and Hadgee – Ghafoori, H., “Mehrabad Airport Recyclign”. Proceedings of Third International Conference on Road and Airfield Technology, Beijing, China, April 28-30, 1998.

 Tabatabaee,  N.  and  Sebaaly, P. and Anderson, D.A. “Field Performance of Selected Pavement Instrumentation”, Presented at the 72nd  Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Road, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 1993.

 Sebaaly P. and Tabatabaee, N. “Influence of Vehicle Speed on Dynamic Loads and Pavement Response”, In Transportation Research Record 1410, TRB National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1993.

 Sebaaly P. and Tabatabaee, N.  and Scullion, T. “Comparison of Backcalculated Moduli from Falling Weight Deflectometer and Truck Loading”, In Transprotation Research Record 1377, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1992.

 Sebaaly P. and Tabatabaee, N. “Effect of Tire Parameters on Pavement Damage and Load-Equivalency Factors”, In Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol 118, No.6, November/December 1992.

 Tabatabaee, N., Al-Qadi, I. and Sebaaly, P. “Field Evaluation of Pavement Instrumentation Methods”, In Journal of Testing and Evaluation, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Vol 20, No. 2, March 1992.

 Tabatabaee, N.  and Sebaaly, P. “Crack Monitoring System for Cracked and Seated PCC Pavements”, In Transportation Research Record 1307, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1991.

 Tabatabaee, N.  and Sebaaly, P. “State of the Art  Pavements Instrumentation”, In Transportation Research  Record 1260, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1990.

 Tabatabaee, N., Sebaaly, P. and  Scullion, T. “Analysis of  Deflection Data from Two Test Sections at the Penn State Test Track”, Proc. of the Third International Conferenceon Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields, Trondheim, Norway, July 3-5, 1990.

 Sebaaly  P.,and  Tabatabaee, N.“Measuring Pavement Strain Utrain Different Strain Measuring Devices”,  Proc. of the Third International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields, Trondheim, Norway, July 3-5, 1990.

 Sebaaly P., Anderson, D.A. and Tabatabaee, N. “Performance of Full-Scale Pavements Under Accelerated  Loading”, In Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol 115, No. 4, July 1989.

 Sebaaly P., Bonaquist, R., Tabatabaee, N. and Anderson, D.A. “Evaluating Struatural Damage of Flexible Pavements Using Cracking and Falling Weight Deflectometer Data”, In Transportation Research  Record 1227, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1989.

 Sebaaly P. and  Tabatabaee, N.  “Effects of Tire Pressure and Types on Response of Flexible Pavements”, In Transportation Research  Record 1227, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1989.

 

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