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SUDIP BHATTACHARJEEAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical and Civil EngineeringAlabama Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityP.O. Box: 367, Normal, Alabama, 35762Email: sudip.bhattacharjee@aamu.eduPhone: (256)-372-4148, Fax: (256)-372-5909SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING ACHIEVEMENT• Characterization of hot mix asphalt (HMA) using the small scale Accelerated Pavement Testing(APT) and Model Mobile Load Simulator• Use of Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) to predict fatigue endurance limit of HMA• Use of frequency domain approach for the application of CDM to APT.• Fabrication and characterization of smart materials for energy harvesting from pavements• Transformative research which demonstrated that some conventional building materials, such asthe Portland cement, can behave like pyroelectric materials under certain conditions• Code development for pavement design based on Load and Resistance Factor Design• Set up state-of-the-art transportation laboratory and curriculum with NSF grantEDUCATION• PhD (2005) - Civil and Environmental Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester,Massachusetts, USA• Master of Science - Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India• Bachelor of Civil Engineering - Jadavpur University, Calcutta, IndiaWORK EXPERIENCE• Associate Professor (2012 - Present) - Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering,Alabama A&M University• Assistant Professor (2006 - 2012) - Department of Civil Engineering, Alabama A&M University• Research Associate (2005 - 2006) - Department of Civil Engineering, University of NewHampshireRESEARCH INTERESTS• Micromechanical modeling of HMA using Continuum Damage Mechanics• Use of Continuum Damage Mechanics to Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT)• Energy harvesting using smart materials and sensors for structural health monitoring• Fatigue damage prediction of construction materials• Developing uncertainty models and reliability based design guidelines for pavementsSudip Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., Email: sudip.bhattacharjee@aamu.edu, Phone: (256)-372-4148 Page 1 of 6

GRANTS• National Science Foundation, CCLI, Phase-I (Principal Investigator): “Implementation ofSuperpave Mix Design Methodology into Two Required Transportation Design Courses inUndergraduate Civil Engineering Curriculum.” Amount: $31,655• National Science Foundation, REU-Site (Co-Principal Investigator): “REU Site: Fabricationand Characterization of the Nanoscale Devices.” Collaboration with the Department of ElectricalEngineering, Amount: $274,341• Alabama Department of Transportation (Principal Investigator): “Load and ResistanceFactor Design (LRFD) for Deep Foundations with Reliability Analysis and Design MethodCalibration.” Subcontract with University of Alabama in Huntsville, Amount: $27,755JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS1. S. Bhattacharjee; “Assessment of Reliability and Load Factor Design Approach Against FatigueCracking in Flexible Pavements,” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the TransportationResearch Board, Accepted (2012).2. A. Batra, S. Bhattacharjee, A. Chilvery, and J. Stephens; “Energy Harvesting Via PyroelectricTransducer,” Sensors and Transducers Journal, 138(3), 114-121 (2012).3. S. Bhattacharjee, and R. B. Mallick; “Determining Damage Development in Hot-Mix-Asphaltwith Use of Continuum Damage Mechanics and Small-Scale Accelerated Pavement Test,”Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2296, 125-134(2012).4. S. Bhattacharjee, and R. B. Mallick; “Effect of Temperature on Fatigue Performance of Hot MixAsphalt Tested under Model Mobile Load Simulator,” International Journal of PavementEngineering, 13(2), 166-180 (2012).5. M. A. Alim, A. K. Batra, S. Bhattacharjee, and M. D. Aggarwal; “Complex Capacitance in theRepresentation of Modulus of the Lithium Niobate Crystals,” Physica B, Elsevier, 406, 1088-1095 (2011).6. S. Bhattacharjee, A. K. Batra, J. Cain, and S. Meseret; “Use of High Performance Single andPolycrystal Based Pyroelectric Smart Materials for Energy Harvesting from Pavements,”Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board, 2252, 75-82 (2011).7. A. K. Batra, S. Bhattacharjee, A. K. Chilvery, M. D. Aggarwal, M. E. Edwards, and A. Bhalla;“Simulation of Energy Harvesting from Roads via Pyroelectricity,” Journal of Photonics forEnergy, 1(1), 014001-1-014001-12 (2011).8. S. Bhattacharjee, A. K. Swamy, and J. S. Daniel; “Continuous Relaxation and RetardationSpectrum Method for Viscoelastic Characterization of Asphalt Concrete,” Mechanics of TimeDependent Materials, 16(3), 287-305 (2012).9. S. Bhattacharjee, and R. B. Mallick; “Determination of Damage Development in AsphaltConcrete using Small Scale Accelerated Pavement Testing via Frequency Domain AnalysisApproach,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 138(6), 723–731 (2012).10. S. Bhattacharjee, S. Krishna, and J. S. Daniel; “Application of the Elastic-ViscoelasticCorrespondence Principle to Determine the Fatigue Endurance Limit of Hot Mix Asphalt,”Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2126, 12-18(2009).11. Y. Fu, S. Bhattacharkee, and Z. Dong; “Integrated Model-based Test Case Generation,”International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, 1(3), 318-325 (2010).12. S. Bhattacharjee, R. B. Mallick, and J. S. Daniel; “Small Scale Accelerated Load Testing in theLaboratory for Fatigue Characterization of Hot Mix Asphalt.” Pavements and Materials:Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., Email: sudip.bhattacharjee@aamu.edu, Phone: (256)-372-4148 Page 2 of 6

Modeling, Testing and Performance, American Society of Civil Engineers Geotechnical SpecialPublication, 182, 56-63 (2008).13. S. Bhattacharjee, J. Gould, R. B. Mallick, and F. Hugo; “An Evaluation of Use of AcceleratedLoading Equipment for Determination of Fatigue Response of Asphalt Pavement in Laboratory,”International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 5(2), 61-79 (2004).14. S. Bhattacharjee, and R. B. Mallick; “An Alternative Approach for the Determination of BulkSpecific Gravity and Permeability of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA),” International Journal ofPavement Engineering, 3, 143-152 (2002).BOOK CHAPTERM. A. Alim, S. Bhattacharjee, S. Khanam, N. Muna, and S. Runa; “The AC Electrical Data ofthe Ni-Cd Battery in the Havriliak-Negami Dielectric Representation,” in Autonomous HybridVehicles: Intelligent Transport Systems and Automotive Technologies, N. Bizon, L. Dascalescu,and N. M. Tabatabaei edited, ISBN 978-606-560-327-1, University of Pitesti – Publishing House,Italy, Chapter 14, 279-302 (2013).CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (PEER REVIEWED)15. S. Bhattacharjee, A. K. Swamy, and J. S. Daniel; “Relaxation Spectrum from Dynamic ModulusTest Data of Hot Mix Asphalt,” Proceedings of Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting,Washington, D.C. (2011).16. S. Bhattacharjee, A. K. Batra, and J. Cain; “Energy Harvesting from Pavements usingPyroelectric Single Crystal and Nano- Composite Based Smart Materials,” Proceedings of 1 stTransportation and Development Institute (T&DI) Congress, American Society of CivilEngineers, Chicago, IL, March 13-16, 741-750 (2010).17. S. Bhattacharjee, A. K. Batra, and J. Cain; “Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Cement Compositesfor Energy Harvesting Roads,” Proceedings of 1 st Green Streets and Highway Conference,American Society of Civil Engineers, Denver, CO, November 14-17, 258-271 (2010).18. K. N. Bhat, A. K. Batra, S. Bhattacharjee, and R. W. Taylor; “Effect of Volcanic-ash on thePyroelectric and Dielectric Properties of Portland Cement,” Proceedings of SPIE, Detectors andImaging Devices: Infrared, Focal Place, Single Photon, 7780, 77800L1-L7 (2010).19. A. K. Batra, S. Bhattacharjee, and A. K. Chilvery; “Energy Harvesting Roads via PyroelectricEffect: A Possible Approach,” Proceedings of SPIE, Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials,Devices, and Applications II, 8035, 803519-1-6 (2011).20. A. K. Batra, P. Guggilla, M. D. Aggarwal, S. Bhattacharjee, and M. E. Edwards; “EnergyHarvesting Using Temporal Temperature Variations via Pyroelectric Effect,” Proceedings of 1 stInternational Conference on Materials for Energy, Karlsruhe, Germany, July 4-8 (2010).21. S. Bhattacharjee, R. B. Mallick, and J. S. Daniel; “Effect of Loading and Temperature onDynamic Modulus of Hot Mix Asphalt Tested under MMLS3,” Proceedings of Airfield andHighway Pavements Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, Seattle, WA, USA, 267-278 (2008).22. S. Bhattacharjee, J. Gould, R. B. Mallick, and F. Hugo; “Use of MMLS3 Scaled AcceleratedLoading for Fatigue Characterization of Hot Mix Asphalt in the Laboratory,” Proceedings of 2 ndInternational Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Minneapolis, MN (2004).23. R. B. Mallick, J. Gould, and S. Bhattacharjee; “Development of a Rational Procedure forEvaluation of Moisture Susceptibility of Asphalt Paving Mixes,” Proceedings of TransportationResearch Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2003).Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., Email: sudip.bhattacharjee@aamu.edu, Phone: (256)-372-4148 Page 3 of 6

24. S. Bhattacharjee, and A. Ramaswamy; “Effect of Cable Nonlinearity on Response ofSuspension Bridges to Earthquake Excitations,” Proceedings of National Symposium onApplications of Structural Dynamics to Design, Structural Engineering Research Center, India,151-158 (2001).PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES1. S. Bhattacharjee; “LRFD Based Design Approach for Bottom-Up Fatigue Cracking of FlexiblePavements,” Summer Meeting, Alabama Section of American Society of Civil Engineers, OrangeBeach, FL, July 27-29 (2011).2. A. K. Batra, S. Bhattacharjee, A. K. Chilvery, M. D. Aggarwal, and M. E. Edwards; “HighPerformance Pyroelectric Smart Materials for Energy Harvesting Roads: A Possible Approach.”Proceedings of Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2010: Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLSSummit, Cambridge, MA, November 16-17 (2010).3. M. A. Alim, and S. Bhattacharjee; “The AC Small-Signal Electrical Data Analysis in theDielectric Representation of the Ni-Cd Battery,” NASA Aerospace Battery Workshop, NASA,November 16-18 (2010).4. S. Bhattacharjee; “Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Cement Composites for Energy Harvestingfrom Pavements,” Summer Meeting, Alabama Section of American Society of Civil Engineers,Orange Beach, FL, July 21-23 (2010).5. S. Bhattacharjee; “Properties of Carbon Nano Fibers Reinforced Cement Composites for SmartMaterials and Sensors.” Winter Meeting, Alabama Section of American Society of CivilEngineers, Huntsville, February 3-4 (2010).6. S. Bhattacharjee; “Developing New Mechanistic Empirical Design Standards using Small ScaleAccelerated Pavement Tests.” Summer Meeting, Alabama Section of American Society of CivilEngineers, Orange Beach, FL, July 29-31 (2009).RESEARCH REPORTS1. D. P. Brian, E. R. Brown, R. M. Anderson, J. S. Daniel, A. K. Swamy, H. V. Quintus, S. Shen, S.H. Carpenter, S. Bhattacharjee, and S. Maghsoodloo; “Validating the Fatigue Endurance Limitfor Hot Mix Asphalt,” National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) ProjectReport #646, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington DC, USA(2010).2. S. Bhattacharjee, R. B. Mallick; “An Evaluation of Performance and Life Cycle Cost of HotMix Asphalt (HMA) Pavements of Different Thickness.” Technical Report ME 05-4, MaineDepartment of Transportation (2010).REVIEWS OF PROPOSAL AND PAPERS• Chair of NSF S-STEM panel• Panel member: NSF S-STEM and REU review panel• Committee member: TRB AFD60 and AFK50 committee• Reviewer: ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering and Geotechnical Special Publication• Reviewer: International Journal of Pavement EngineeringSudip Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., Email: sudip.bhattacharjee@aamu.edu, Phone: (256)-372-4148 Page 4 of 6

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION• Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)• Member of Transportation Research Board (TRB)• Member of Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT)• Panel member for paper review in Flexible Pavement Design Committee (AFD60) andBituminous Material Committee (AFK50) at TRBCOURSES TAUGHT• Transportation Engineering and Material Testing (with Laboratory) (Spring)• Transportation Engineering and Design (with Laboratory) (Fall)• Bridge Engineering (Elective, Fall/Spring)• Pavement Systems (Elective, Fall)• Strength of Materials (with Laboratory) (Fall/Spring)• Statics (Fall/Spring)• Dynamics (Spring)• Soil Mechanics (with Laboratory) (Spring)• Engineering Analysis (Statistical Methods) (Fall)• Computer Programming (Fall/Spring)• Urban Transportation Planning (Elective, Spring)• Transportation Materials Characterization and Design (Elective, Spring)• Civil Engineering Senior Design ProjectCURRICULUM DEVELOPED• Course developed: “Transportation Materials Characterization and Design”, a senior level course.• Developed transportation engineering laboratory with the help of NSF grant. Installed state-ofthe-artinstruments for transportation material characterization.SERVICE• University Grievance Committee member• Member of department faculty search committee• Faculty Senator from the department of Civil Engineering• Faculty Advisor to ASCE Students' Chapter• University STEM and Research Advisory CommitteesRESEARCH EXPERIENCE1. Endurance Limit of Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures to Prevent Fatigue Cracking in FlexiblePavements (2005 – 2006), National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)2. Determination of Moisture Damage (Stripping) Potential of HMA With Recycled MaterialsUsing Accelerated Loading Equipment (2006), Recycled Material Resource Center (RMRC), atthe University of New HampshireSudip Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., Email: sudip.bhattacharjee@aamu.edu, Phone: (256)-372-4148 Page 5 of 6

3. Evaluation of Permeability of Superpave Mixes (2001-2002), New England TransportationConsortium4. Evaluation of Effect of Thickness of HMA Layer on Pavement Performance Through AcceleratedLoading and Testing (2001-2003), Maine Department of Transportation5. Moisture Susceptibility Testing (2002-2003), Massachusetts Port Authority6. Effect of Density of HMA On pavement Performance With Accelerated Loading (2003-2004),New England Transportation Consortium7. Effect of Rutting and Shoving Potential of HMA With Polymer Modified Asphalt (2003-2004),Chase Corporation8. Development of Rut and Moisture Resistant HMA for Logan International Airport in Boston(2003-2004), Massachusetts Port Authority and Edward & KelceySudip Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., Email: sudip.bhattacharjee@aamu.edu, Phone: (256)-372-4148 Page 6 of 6