Fundamentals of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, 2nd Edition

Andrew Braham is an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Arkansas. He earned a BS from the University of Wisconsin in May 2000 and an MS in May 2002. From June 2002 through December 2004, he served with Koch Supplies Corporation as a field engineer and a research engineer. In June 2005, he pursued doctoral studies at the University of Illinois, completing his degree in December 2008. For the subsequent two years, from February 2009 to November 2010, Dr. Braham served as a postdoctoral research fellow at Southeast University in Nanjing, China. In November 2010, Dr. Braham joined the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Arkansas, where he has continued to investigate transportation materials while delving into sustainability. A significant portion of Dr. Braham’s lab focuses on asphalt emulsion, pavement maintenance, and pavement rehabilitation. He has conducted research for regional, state, and national funding organizations, as well as private industry. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in transportation engineering, pavement design, pavement materials, and sustainability. More information about Dr. Braham can be found at www.andrewbraham.com.

Sadie Casillas is a research civil engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. She received a BS from the University of Arkansas in May 2013 followed by an MS in May 2015. For the subsequent year, she was employed at HBK Engineering in Chicago, Illinois as a civil design engineer for the telecommunications sector. In June of 2016, she returned to the University of Arkansas to pursue a PhD, which she completed in June of 2020. Upon graduation, she commenced work at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in July 2020 within the Airfields and Pavement Division. Dr. Casillas’s research will focus on asphalt materials with an emphasis on pavement preservation and pavement rehabilitation.