Zhongguo (John) Ma, Ph.D., P.E. EDUCATION: REGISTRATION ...

Zhongguo (John) Ma, Ph.D., P.E.Associate ProfessorDepartment of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Tennessee Knoxville223 Perkins HallKnoxville, TN 37996 – 2010Email: zma2@utk.eduPhone: 865-974-7276EDUCATION:Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska,February 1998; Major: Civil Engineering.M. S. Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China,April 1987; Major: Bridge & Structural Engineering.B. S. Civil Engineering, Shijiazhuang Railway Institute, Shijiazhuang, China,July 1984; Major: Civil Engineering.REGISTRATION:Professional Structural Engineer, Nebraska, number: E-9098.EXPERIENCE:8/2005 - Associate Professor (Tenure in 2006), Department of Civil andpresent Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN.9/1999 - Assistant Professor (1999 – 2004)/Associate Professor with Tenure7/2005 (2004 – 2005), Department of Civil Engineering, University of AlaskaFairbanks, AK.2/1998 - Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,8/1999 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE.4/1994 - Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering,1/1998 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE.1/1989 - Instructor, Structural Engineering Institute, Southwest Jiaotong3/1994 University, Chengdu, China.HONORS AND AWARDS:• NSF CAREER 2004 award• The 2002 ASCE’s T.Y. Lin award• The 2001 PCI’s Martin P. Korn award• UAF CEE department’s Silver Yarn Teaching award, Spring 2001• Adjunct Professor, ZhenZhou University, ChinaCURRENT SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• P.I., “CAREER: Behavior and Design of FRP-Decked Concrete Bridges in ColdRegions,” National Science Foundation (NSF), Phase II, August 1, 2005 – June30, 2009 ($412,974).• P.I., “New Faculty Startup Fund,” Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville, August 1, 2005 – December 30,2007 ($225,000).• Co-Investigator (P.I. at UTK), “Design and Construction Guidelines for Long-Span Decked Precast, Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges” National CooperativeHighway Research Program (NCHRP 12 – 69), Transportation Research Board,(P.I.: R. Oesterle, Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc.), Phase II,February 14, 2006 – June 30, 2008 ($138,798 out of a total of $403,975).• Co-Investigator (P.I. at UTK), “Cast-in-Place Reinforced Concrete Connectionsfor Precast Deck Systems,” National Cooperative Highway Research Program(NCHRP 10 – 71), Transportation Research Board (P.I.: Cathy French, U. ofMinnesota), July 5, 2006 – November 5, 2009 ($210,000 out of a total of$650,000).RECENT PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:• Ma, Z., Chaudhury, S., Millam, J., and Hulsey, J. L. (2007) “Field Test and 3DFE Modeling of Decked Bulb-Tee Bridges,” ASCE Journal of BridgeEngineering, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 306 – 314.• Ma, Z., Choppali, U., and Li, L. (2007) “Cycling Tests of A Fiber-ReinforcedPolymer Honeycomb Sandwich Deck Panel at Very Cold Temperatures,”International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Vol. 28, No. 1/2, pp.178 – 197.• Bhide, S., Culmo, M., Ma, Z., Martin, B., and Russell, H. (2006) “InterstateHighway System and the Development of Prestressed Concrete Bridges,”Transportation Research Circular, No. E-C104, Transportation Research Board ofthe National Academies, September, pp. 49 – 66.• Ma, Z. and Choppali, U. (2006), “Tests of a FRP Deck Panel at Very ColdTemperatures”, Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE2006), A. Mirmiran andA. Nanni, eds., December 13 – 15, Miami, Florida, pp. 143 – 146.• Ji, H. S., Son, B. J., and Ma, Z. (2006), “Structural Characterization of CompositeSandwich Panel with Hybrid FRP-Steel Core for Bridge Decks”, Composites inCivil Engineering (CICE2006), A. Mirmiran and A. Nanni, eds., December 13 –15, Miami, Florida, pp. 359 – 362.• Hulsey, J.L., Cherlopalle, D. and Ma, Z., (2006), “Seismic Performance ofAlaska Bridges by the Denali 2002 Earthquakes,” Fifth National SeismicConference on Bridges and Highways, September 18-20, San Francisco,California.• Ma, Z. (2006), “Accelerating the Renewal of America’s Highway Bridges,”Advances in Structural Engineering – Theory and Applications, Proceedings ofthe Ninth International Symposium on Structural Engineering for Young Experts,August 18 – 21, Fuzhou & Xiamen, China.MA,1

• Millam, J. and Ma, Z. (2005) “Single Lane Live Load Distribution Factor forDecked Precast/Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges,” Journal of TransportationResearch Board, No. 1928, TRB of the National Academies, Washington, D.C.,pp.142 - 152.• Ma, Z., Li, L., and Oesterle, R. (2005), “Improved Longitudinal Joint Details forDecked Bulb-Tee Girder Bridges,” Proceedings of FHWA Accelerated BridgeConstruction Conference, San Diego, CA, December.• Ma, Z. and Li, L. (2005), “Proposed LRFD Single-Lane Live Load DistributionFactor Equations for Decked Bulb-Tee Girder Bridges,” Proceedings of NationalBridge Conference, Palm Springs, CA, October.• Ma, Z. and Choppali, U. (2005), “Tests of FRP Deck Panels at Very LowTemperatures,” Proceedings of Advanced Materials for Construction of Bridges,Buildings and other Structures IV, Maui, Hawaii, August.MA,2