1st Edition
Civil Engineering Materials Introduction and Laboratory Testing
Introduction, Aggregates, Portland Cements, Concrete Mix Design, Portland Cement Concretes, Asphalt Binders, Asphalt Mix Design, Asphalt Mixtures, Steels, Woods, Masonry, Sustainability in Materials, Appendix
Biography
M. Rashad Islam is an Assistant Professor and undergraduate program coordinator at the Colorado State University–Pueblo and previously at the State University of New York, Farmingdale. He is also a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Civil Engineering and an ABET Program Evaluator for Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology, and Construction Management Engineering Technology undergraduate programs.
Dr. Islam received Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering (with the grade of ‘distinction’ in the research, and a GPA of 4.0 out of 4.0 in the coursework) from the University of New Mexico, USA. He has a Masters degree in Civil Engineering jointly from the University of Minho (Portugal) and the Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). He also obtained a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) which is undoubtedly the best school in Bangladesh.
Dr. Islam’s research focuses the sustainable and innovative civil engineering materials for the new generation and he has more than 100 publications including several reference books, several text books, over 60 scholarly journal articles, several technical reports and conference papers. Dr. Islam is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and is associated with the American General Contractors (AGC) and so on.
