Hussain U. Bahia, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison
2210 Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
bahia@engr.wisc.edu
608-265-4481

Dr. Bahia joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in 1996 after serving at the Asphalt Institute and Penn State University for several years. He joined the Wisconsin Highway Research Program in 2004 as the technical director. He teaches and conducts research on pavement materials and design.

His main area of research is asphalt materials characterization. He is an elected member of TRB committees AFK20, AFK30, and AFK40. He has served as a member of the Asphalt Expert Task Group (ETG) of the Federal Highway Administration from 1993 until 2006. He is one of the Principal Investigators of the Asphalt Research Consortium Project. He served as the Principal Investigator of the NCHRP 9-10 project and is currently the PI of the NCHRP 9-45 project.

He currently serves as one of the Editors In Chief of the Road Materials and Pavement Design International Journal. He has contributed to more than 60 peer reviewed publications at major conferences and journals.