• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Aug 2017-June 2022, University of Pittsburgh
• M.Sc. Structural Engineering, Aug 2015-June 2017, University of Southern California
• B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Sep 2009- June 2013, Hefei University of Technology

Professional History

• Aug 2023 – Present, College Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University
• Sep 2022 - Sep 2023, Postdoc Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University – Bush Campus
• Sep 2022 - Sep 2023, Postdoc Associate, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers University
• Aug 2019− June 2022, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
• Aug 2017− May 2019, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh 

Research Interests

• Sustainable and resilient transportation infrastructure systems
• Analysis and design of transportation infrastructure systems
• Pavement preservation and rehabilitation
• Mechanistic-based pavement analysis and design
• Pavement performance evaluation and modeling
• Soil-structure interaction 

• Z. Sun, Z. Wan, S. Sachs “Compatibility of Carbon Nanotubes with Air-entraining and Superplasticizer for Concrete”, Construction and Building Materials, 364,129944, 2023 

• Q. Zhang, S. H. Ro, Z. Wan, S. Babanajad, J. Braley, K. Barri, A.H. Alavi, “Automated UAV-based Bridge Deck Delamination Detection and Quantification,” Transportation Research Record, 03611981231155423, 2023 

• Z. Wan, L. Salles, L. Khazanovich, “Poroelastic Modeling of Pore Pressure Development in Granular Pavement Layers”, International Journal of Pavement Engineering,1-19, 2022 

• L. Salles, Z. Wan., L. Khazanovich, “Tire footprint analysis of agricultural vehicles for rural pavements”. In book: Eleventh International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, Volume 2, 2022 

• Q. Zhang, K. Barri, Z. Wan, J. Luo, W. Lu, A. H. Alavi, “Triboelectric nanogenerators for civil infrastructure systems,” in Handbook of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Springer Nature, 2022.