Prof. Halil Ceylan

Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering

Institute for Transportation

Iowa State University, USA

Email: hceylan@iastate.edu

Qualifications

2002  Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Civil Engineering

1995  M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Civil Engineering

1993  M.S., Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, Civil Engineering

1989  B.S., Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey,Civil Engineering

Publications (Selected)

1. CEYLAN, H., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., AND BAYRAK, M. B. 2014. Neural networks applications in transportation infrastructure systems. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology. (Accepted for publication as of September 29, 2014).
2. CEYLAN, H., KIM, S., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., SCHWARTZ, C. W., and LI, R. 2014. Sensitivity analysis frameworks for mechanistic-empirical pavement design of continuously reinforced concrete pavements. Construction and Building Materials. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.09.091. Vol. 73, pp. 498–508.
3. LAFLAMME, S., UBERTINI, F., SALEEM, H., D’ALESSANDRO, A., DOWNEY, A., CEYLAN, H., and MATERAZZI, A. L. 2014. Dynamic characterization of a soft elastomeric capacitor for structural health monitoring. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001151, Available online as of August 25, 2014.
4. KIM, S., CEYLAN, H., and GOPALAKRISHNAN, K. 2014. Finite element modelling of environmental effects on rigid pavement deformation. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering Journal, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 101-114.
5. CEYLAN, H., WANG. S., KIM, S., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., KHAZANOVICH, L., and DAI, S. 2014. Impact of agricultural farm equipment loading on low-volume concrete road pavement structural response and performance. Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering. (Accepted for publication as of April 17, 2014).
6. KIM, S., CEYLAN, H., MA, D., and GOPALAKRISHNAN, K. 2014. Calibration of Pavement ME design and Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide performance prediction models for Iowa pavement systems. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000704, (http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000704?af=R), Available online as of July 2, 2014.
7. KIM, S., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., CEYLAN, H., and STEFFES, R. F. 2014. Performance evaluation of roadway subdrain outlets in Iowa. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Board, NRC, Washington, D.C. (Accepted for publication as of February 6, 2014).
8. UBERTINI, F., LAFLAMME, S., CEYLAN, H., MATERAZZI, A. L., CERNI, G., SALEEM, H., D’ALESSANDRO, A., CORRADINI, A., and FIORITI, M. 2014. Novel nano-composite technologies for dynamic monitoring of structures: a comparison between embedded and surface sensors. Smart Materials and Structures, Volume 23, Number 4, 45023, doi:10.1088/0964-1726/23/4/045023.
9. LI, M., VAN KEULEN, W., CEYLAN, H., VAN DE VEN, M. F. C., and MOLENAAR, A. A. A. 2013. Influence of changes in surface layer properties on tire/pavement noise. Noise Control Engr. Journal, 61 (4), pp. 417-424.
10. YURDAKUL, E., TAYLOR, P. C., CEYLAN, H., and BEKTAS, F. 2013. Effect of water-to-binder ratio, air content, and type of cementitious materials on fresh and hardened properties of binary and ternary blended concrete. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Available online on July 18, 2013, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000900
11. SCHWARTZ, C. W., LI, R., CEYLAN, H., KIM, S., and GOPALAKRISHNAN, K. 2013. Global sensitivity analysis of mechanistic-empirical performance predictions for flexible pavements. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2368, pp. 3–23.
12. CEYLAN, H., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., KIM, S., SCHWARTZ, C. W., and LI, R. 2013. Global sensitivity analysis of jointed plain concrete pavement mechanistic-empirical performance predictions. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2367, pp. 113–122.
13. CEYLAN, H., KIM, S., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., SCHWARTZ, C. W., and LI, R. 2013. Sensitivity quantification of jointed plain concrete pavement mechanistic-empirical performance predictions. Construction and Building Materials, Available online on April 4, 2013, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.02.057, Vol. 43, pp. 545-556.
14. NA, H., LEE, S-Y., USTUNDAG, E., ROSS, S. L., CEYLAN, H., and GOPALAKRISHNAN, K. 2013. Development of a neural network simulator for studying the constitutive behavior of structural composite materials. Journal of ISRN Materials Science. Available online on January 9, 2013, DOI: 10.1155/2013/147086, Vol. 2013, Article ID: 147086, 10 pages.
15. CEYLAN, H., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., BAYRAK, M. B., and GUCLU, A. 2013. Noise-tolerant inverse analysis models for non-destructive evaluation of transportation infrastructure systems using neural networks. Journal of Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, DOI: 10.1080/10589759.2012.742084, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 233–251.
16. GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., AGRAWAL, A., CEYLAN, H., KIM, S., and CHOUDHARY, A. 2013. Knowledge discovery and data mining in pavement inverse analysis. Transport, Available online on April 3, 2013, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2013.777941, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-10.
17. YURDAKUL, E., TAYLOR, P. C., CEYLAN, H., and BEKTAS, F. 2013. Effect of paste-to-voids volume ratio on the performance of concrete mixtures. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000728, Vol. 25, No. 12, pp. 1840-1851.
18. CEYLAN, H., and GOPALAKRISHNAN, K. 2012. Finite element based hybrid evolutionary optimization approach to solving rigid pavement inversion problem” Engineering with Computers Journal, Springer-Verlag London Limited – Available online on August 6, 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s00366-012-0281-y. (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00366-012-0281-y).
19. GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., CEYLAN, H., and KIM, S. 2012. Renewable biomass-derived lignin in transportation infrastructure strengthening applications. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Available online on November 2, 2012, DOI: [10.1080/19397038.2012.730069, Volume 6, Issue 4, pp. 316- 325
20. CEYLAN, H., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., KIM, S., TAYLOR, P. C., PROKUDIN, M., and BUSS, A. F. 2012. Highway infrastructure health monitoring using micro-electromechanical sensors and systems. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2014 Volume iFirst: 1-14, DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2013.801894.
21. KIM, S., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., and CEYLAN, H. 2011 Moisture susceptibility of subgrade soils stabilized by lignin-based renewable energy co-product. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Available online at 3 October 2011, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000097, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering (2012), Vol. 138, No. 11. 22.
22. KIM, S., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., and CEYLAN, H. 2011. Structural characterization of Iowa's rubblized PCC pavements. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Available online at ASCE on 3 September 2011, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000348, ASCE Journal of Transportation in Civil Engineering (2012), Vol. 138, No. 4, pp. 406 – 413.
23. KIM, S., GOPALAKRISHNAN, K., and CEYLAN, H. 2011. Unbound material characterization with Nottingham asphalt tester. Available online at Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers on 3 April 2012, DOI: 10.1680/coma.11.00007, Proceedings of the ICE - Construction Materials (2012), Vol.165, Issue 6, pp. 355-365
24. SCHWARTZ, C. W., LI, R., KIM, S., CEYLAN, H., and GOPALAKRISHNAN, K. 2011. Effect of concrete strength and stiffness characterization on predictions of mechanistic-empirical performance for rigid pavements. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2226, pp. 41–50.
25. HAZAREE, C. V., WANG, K., CEYLAN, H., and GOPALAKRISHNAN, K. 2011. Capillary transport in RCC: water/cement-strength-F-T resistance. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 8, pp. 1181 – 1191.

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