Zhe (Joe) Wan, Ph.D., P.E.

Hernandez Hall, Room 208
(575) 646-3034
zhewan@nmsu.edu

Education

  • 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

  • Jan 2025 – Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University
  • Aug 2023 – Dec 2024, Professor of Practice, 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

  • Civil Engineering materials
  • Pavement preservation and rehabilitation
  • Sustainable and resilient transportation infrastructure systems
  • Analysis and design of transportation infrastructure systems
  • Pavement performance evaluation and modeling 
  • Soil-structure interaction 

 Select Publications 

  • Z. Wan, H. Wang, “Retroreflectivity-based service life and life-cycle cost analysis of airfield pavement markings”, Transportation Research Record, 03611981241255368, 2024 
  • R. Premadasa, Z. Wan, P. Almasi, K. Barri, H. Zhang, P. Jiao, & Q. Zhang, “CFTrack: Advanced Diagnostic, Monitoring, and Tracking Device for Cystic Fibrosis Care”. ACS sensors, 9(11), 5915-5925, 2024
  • P. Almasi, Y. Xiao, R. Premadasa, J. Boyle, D. Jauregui, Z. Wan, & Q.  Zhang, “A General Method for Pre-Flight Preparation in Data Collection for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Bridge Inspection”. Drones, 8(8), 386, 2024
  • S. Li, X. Tang, W. Guo, Y. Li, D. Chen, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang, H. Xu, X. Zhou, Z. Wan, and R. Premadasa, “Numerical simulations of piezoelectricity and triboelectricity: From materials, structures to devices”. Applied Materials Today, 37, p.102092, 2024
  • Z. Wan, L. Salles, L. Khazanovich, “Poroelastic Modeling of Pore Pressure Development in Granular Pavement Layers”, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 24 (2), 2052874, 2023
  • 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 
  • Q. Zhang, K. Barri, H. Yu, Z. Wan, W. Lu, J. Luo, & A. H. Alavi, “Bio‐Inspired Morphological Evolution of Metastructures with New Operation Modalities”. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 5(5), 2300019, 2023
  • Q. Zhang, K. Barri, Z. Wan, J. Luo, W. Lu, & A. H. Alavi, “Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Civil Infrastructure Systems”. In Handbook of Triboelectric Nanogenerators (pp. 1-23). Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023
  • 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