Eshan Dave

Eshan Dave

Professor
Graduate Coordinator
Phone: (603) 862-5268
Office: Kingsbury Hall, Room W173, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:
Curriculum Vitae
Eshan Dave obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Civil Engineering in 2003 and 2009 respectively. At present, he is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. Prior to this he was assistant and associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth from 2010 to 2015. Eshan’s research interests include performance evaluation of pavements and paving materials, development and implementation of performance based specifications, resilient design of transportation infrastructure, climate variability impacts on infrastructure longevity, life cycle assessment, and cold regions pavement operability and performance. He is actively involved in Transportation Research Board, he is member of the AFK50: Structural Requirements of Asphalt Mixtures and AHD20: Pavement Maintenance committees. He is Committee Research Coordinator for AHD20 and Chair of the Subcommittee on Advanced Models to Understand Behavior and Performance of Asphalt Mixtures (AFK50(1)). Eshan is also member of ASTM International, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT) and American Society of Civil Engineers. He is member of the board of directors for International Society of Asphalt Pavements and chair of the Technical Committee on Pavement Field Evaluation (2014-present). At present Eshan’s research is funded through the Department of Defense, Minnesota Department of Transportation, New England Transportation Consortium and New Hampshire Department of Transportation.

See Professional Website for more details: www.pavementperformance.com

Courses Taught

  • CEE 501: Strength of Materials
  • CEE 635: Engineering Materials Lab
  • CEE 735/835: Properties/Production Concrete
  • CEE 737/837: Pavement Rehab and Mgmt
  • CEE 897/997: Masters Student Seminar
  • CEE 936: Advanced Asphalt Materials
  • CEE 949: Advanced Pavement Design
  • CEE 999: Doctoral Research

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.E., Civil Engineering, Sardar Patel University

Research Interests

  • 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction Engineering
  • Continuum Mechanics
  • ENGINEERING
  • Failure Mechanics
  • Materials, Engineering Properties
  • Mechanics

Selected Publications

  • Bisanti, F., Carbutti, N., Dave, E. V., Sias, J. E., Romeo, E., & Tebaldi, G. (2025). Influence of compaction methods on physical-mechanical properties of cold recycled asphalt mixtures and pavement life. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 26(sup1), 400-416. doi:10.1080/14680629.2025.2484433

  • Khorshidi, M., Dave, E., Sias, J., Voels, J., Fear, J., & Dai, S. (2025). Comparative Evaluation of Outlier Detection Methods for the Asphalt Fracture Tests. Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 53(2), 316-327. doi:10.1520/jte20240145

  • Khorshidi, M., Petrik, M., Dave, E., & Sias, J. (2024). Machine learning applications in identifying outliers within asphalt mixture fracture test data*. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 1-14. doi:10.1080/14680629.2024.2444478

  • Sun, W., Sias, J., & Dave, E. (2024). Predictive Model for Determining Saturation Profiles under Pavements during Flood Events. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2678(10), 1523-1535. doi:10.1177/03611981241238225

  • Preti, F., Romeo, E., Roberto, A., Dave, E. V., Sias, J. E., & Tebaldi, G. (2024). Incorporation of plasticity and temperature effects on bituminous stabilised materials in a multi-layered pavement model. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 25(sup1), 197-208. doi:10.1080/14680629.2023.2200865

  • Zhu, Y., Dave, E. V., Rahbar-Rastegar, R., Daniel, J. S., & Zofka, A. (2017). Comprehensive evaluation of low-temperature fracture indices for asphalt mixtures. ROAD MATERIALS AND PAVEMENT DESIGN, 18, 467-490. doi:10.1080/14680629.2017.1389085

  • Tebaldi, G., Dave, E. V., Marsac, P., Muraya, P., Hugener, M., Pasetto, M., . . . Canestrari, F. (2014). Synthesis of standards and procedures for specimen preparation and in-field evaluation of cold-recycled asphalt mixtures. ROAD MATERIALS AND PAVEMENT DESIGN, 15(2), 272-299. doi:10.1080/14680629.2013.866707

  • Behnia, B., Dave, E. V., Ahmed, S., Buttlar, W. G., & Reis, H. (2011). Effects of Recycled Asphalt Pavement Amounts on Low-Temperature Cracking Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Using Acoustic Emissions. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, (2208), 64-71. doi:10.3141/2208-09

  • Dave, E. V., & Buttlar, W. G. (2010). Thermal reflective cracking of asphalt concrete overlays. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 11(6), 477-488. doi:10.1080/10298430903578911

  • Dave, E. V., Song, S. H., Buttlar, W. G., & Paulino, G. H. (2007). Reflective and thermal cracking modeling of asphalt concrete overlays. ADVANCED CHARACTERISATION OF PAVEMENT SOIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS, VOLS 1 AND 2, 1241-1252. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

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