Curriculum Vitae

Benjamin E. Byard, E.I.T.

Position:

Visiting Assistant Professor

Office:

University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Civil Engineering

Dept. 2502

615 McCallie Avenue

(423) 425-5217

E-mail:

Benjamin-Byard@utc.edu

Licensed Engineer in Training Tennessee

ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician Grade I

   Position:

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (Structures)

   Position:

Ph.D. Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering (Structures)

   Position:

Staff Engineer

   Tasks:

Conducting concrete, aggregate, cement, pozzolans, epoxy, and metal materials testing.  Managing laboratory technicians and materials testing projects.  Assisting in condition surveys and repair designs of structures.  Preparing technical engineering reports and design drawings.

   Position:

M.S. Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering (Structures)

   Position:

Student Intern

   Tasks:

Concrete field testing technician, geo-technical testing, land development drafting

Institution:

Auburn University

Dissertation:

Early-Age Behavior of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete

Advisors:

Dr. Anton K. Schindler (Supervisor), Dr. Robert W. Barnes, Dr. James S. Davidson

Focus:

Early-age properties of concrete, thermal cracking, lightweight concrete, internal curing of concrete, autogenous shrinkage and stress development, methods for measuring internal relative humidity of concrete, mechanistic models, and experimental methods.

Institution:

Tennessee Technological University

Thesis:

High-Fines Limestone Screening as a Fine Aggregate for Precast Portland Cement Concrete

Advisors:

Dr. Lewis K. Crouch (Supervisor), Dr. Sharon Huo, Dr. Benjamin J. Mohr

Institution:

Tennessee Technological University

Byard B.E., Schindler A.K., Barnes R.W., and Akash R. Cracking Tendency of Bridge Deck Concretes.  Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRR No. 2164, 2010, pp.122-131.

Byard B.E., Schindler A.K., and Barnes R.W. Early-Age Behavior of Internally Cured Concrete.  ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Accepted for Publication

Byard B.E., Schindler A.K., Barnes R.W., Early-Age Autogenous Effects in Internally Cured Concrete and Mortar.  ACI Special Publication on Internal Curing, Toronto, Canada, October 21-25, 2012.

Byard B.E., Schindler A.K., Barnes R.W., Cracking Tendency of Lightweight Concrete in Bridge Deck Application. Proceeding of the Concrete Bridge Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, February 24-26, 2010

Byard B.E., Schindler A.K., Barnes R.W., Rao A., Cracking Tendency of Bridge Deck Concretes. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board, 89th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 10-14, 2010.

Crouch L.K., Self J.D., Byard B.E., Making Precast Concrete More Sustainable with By-product Fine Aggregate.  Proceeding of the PCI National Bridge Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 4-7, 2008.

Byard B.E., Schindler A.K., Barnes R.W., Impact of Lightweight Aggregate on Early-Age Bridge Deck Cracking. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Structural Faults and Repair, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 15-17, 2010.

Crouch L.K., Hewitt R.D., Byard B.E., High Volume Fly Ash Concrete. Proceeding of the World of Coal Ash Conference. Covington, Kentucky, May 7-10, 2007.

Crouch L.K., Sparkman A., Dunn T.R., Hewitt R.D., Mittlesteadt W., Byard B.E., Pitt J., Estimating Pervious PCC Design Inputs with Compressive Strength and Effective Void Content. NRMCA Publication

Byard B.E. Early-Age Behavior of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete. PhD Dissertation. Auburn University, December 2011,  336 pages.

Byard B.E., and Schindler A.K., Cracking Tendency of Lightweight Concrete. Highway Research Center, Auburn, Alabama, December 2010, 82 pages.

Schindler A.K., Hughes M.L., Barnes R.W., and Byard B.E., Evaluation of Cracking of the US 331 Bridge Deck, Report Number FHWA/ALDOT 930-645, Highway Research Center, Auburn, Alabama, August 2010, 150 pages.

Early-Age Creep Modeling of Concrete. Presented at Semi-Annual Meeting of the American Concrete Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, October, 2010

Early-Age Behavior of Lightweight Concrete.  Presented at International Bridge Conference. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  June 2011

Lightweight Aggregate and Internal Curing to Mitigate Bridge Deck Cracking. Presented at the 54^th Annual Meeting of the Alabama Department of transportation Conference, Montgomery, AL, February 2011. 

Effect of Lightweight Aggregate and Curing Temperature on Cracking Tendency of Concrete. Semi-Annual Meeting of the American Concrete Institute, Chicago, Illinois, March, 2010

Cracking Tendency of Lightweight Concrete in Bridge Deck Applications.  Presented at Concrete Bridge Conference, Phoenix, Arazona, February, 2010.

Cracking Tendency of Bridge Deck Concrete.  Presented at Transportation Research Board, 89th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 2010.

Effect of Lightweight Aggregate on Cracking Tendencies of Bridge Deck Concretes. Presented at the Semi-Annual Meeting of the American Concrete Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2009.

Effect of SCM and Temperature on Early-Age Cracking Tendencies of Concrete.  Presented at the Semi-Annual Meeting of the American Concrete Institute, San Antonio, Texas, March 2009.

Internal Curing of High-performance Concretes. Presented at Meeting of ACI Committee 213 Presented at Meeting of ACI Committee 213 “Lightweight Concrete and Aggregates”, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania October 2010.

Cracking Tendency of Lightweight Concrete. Presented to Structural Lightweight Committee of The Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute, via Internet, May 2010.

Effect of Lightweight Aggregate and Curing Temperature on Cracking Tendency of Concrete. Invited presentation at the Technical Meeting of Texas Industries inc. Expanded Shale and Clay Division. Houston, Texas, March 2010.

Effect of Lightweight Aggregate and Curing Temperature on Cracking Tendency of Concrete. Presented at Meeting of ACI Committee 213 “Lightweight Concrete and Aggregates”, Chicago, Illinois, March 2010.

Effect of Lightweight Aggregate on Cracking Tendencies of Bridge Deck Concretes. Presented at Meeting of ACI Committee 213 “Lightweight Concrete and Aggregates”, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2009.

Tennessee Technological University

Auburn

University

ISE 6200 Statistical Methods for Engineers

CEE 5350 Adv. Structural Design

CEE 5380 Bridge Design

CEE 5500 Construction Management

CEE 6300 Composition and Properties of Concrete

CEE 6900 Special Problems: High Volume Fly Ash Concrete

CEE 6900 Special Problems: Durability of Cement-Based Materials

CEE 7360 Adv. Prestressed Concrete Design

FOEN 6230 Engineered Wood Structures Design

CIVL 6600 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design

CIVL 6700 Design for Lateral Loads

CIVL 6810 Pavement Design and Construction

CIVL 6970 Masonry Design

CIVL 7310 Foundation Engineering

CIVL 7610 Structural Dynamics

CIVL 7630 Advanced Stress Analysis

CIVL 7640 Stability of Structures

CIVL 7660 Finite Element Methods in Structural Design

CIVL 7680 Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

CIVL 7690 Analysis of Plates and Shell Systems

CIVL 7970 Advanced Concrete Materials

Preparing Future Faculty Program Fellow, May 2010 - August 2011

The goal of this competitive program is to prepare aspiring faculty members for the challenges of an academic career.  Program topics include: Carnegie classifications, teaching in diverse settings, funding, grants, proposals, mentoring, faculty governance and the academic community. 

Instructor: ENGR 2070: Mechanics of Materials, Fall 2010. Introduction to analysis of mechanical behavior and physical properties of flexible structures. (Auburn University)

Teaching Assistant: ENGR: 2070 Mechanics of Materials, Summer 2008 (Auburn University)

Teaching Assistant: CEE 3030: Civil Engineering Materials, Fall 2005, Spring 2007. (Tennessee Technological University)

Teaching Assistant: CEE 4600: Advanced Civil Engineering Materials, Spring 06. (Tennessee Technological University)

Teaching Assistant: CEE 4610: Pavement Design, Fall 2006. (Tennessee Technological University)

Teaching Assistant: CEE 4800: Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2006, Spring 2007. (Tennessee Technological University)

Associate Member of American Concrete Institute's Committee 209, “Creep and Shrinkage of Concrete.”

Associate Member of American Concrete Institute's Committee 213, “Lightweight Aggregate and Concrete.”

Associate Member of American Concrete Institute's Committee 231, "Properties of Concrete at Early Ages." 

Current Professional Society Memberships:

Member of the American Concrete Institute

Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Member of the Transportation Research Board

Gottlieb Graduate Student Fellowship of Civil Engineering, 2008.  This fellowship is awarded based on demonstration of competence and outstanding promise in research in Civil Engineering.

Tennessee Road Builders Association Scholarship, Spring 2005

Tennessee Technological University Athletic Department Honor Roll: Fall 2002, Spring 2005, Fall 2005

Tennessee Technological University Cross Country Team Captain: 2004, 2005

Tennessee Technological University Cross Country Varsity Letterman, 2001-2005