Our faculty and staff have experience in pavements, structures, and materials, and they understand how to apply research to practical solutions and products. Tess Ahlborn, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, works with the tensile tester, which can also simulate heat and precipitation.  Faculty Thomas J. Van Dam Associate professor of civil and environmental engineering Director of TMRC tvandam@mtu.edu   R. Christopher Williams Assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering Associate Director of TMRC williams@mtu.edu Lawrence L. Sutter Assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering llsutter@mtu.edu Stanley J. Vitton Associate professor of civil and environmental engineering vitton@mtu.edu George R. Dewey Associate professor of civil and environmental engineering gdewey@mtu.edu Jianping Dong Associate professor of mathematical sciences jdong@mtu.edu Ghatu Subhash Associate professor of mechanical engineering subhash@mtu.edu Tess Ahlborn Assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering tess@mtu.edu   Bernie Alkire Professor of civil and environmental engineering balkire@mtu.edu Research staff Full-time technical staff are available to conduct research on aggregates and geotechnical materials. Karl Peterson Petrographer and research scientist krpeters@mtu.edu   Jim Vivian Manager of quality control and quality assurance jrvivian@mtu.edu Edwin Tulppo Manager, asphalt binder testing laboratory e-mail? Rob Fritz laboratory coordinator and assistant safety officer rwfritz@mtu.edu

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Transportation Materials Research Center 112 Grover C. Dillman Hall 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931-1295 906-487-2520 Fax: 906-487-2943 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: www.civil.mtu.edu