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

• 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