Mohammad Jamal Khattak

Dr. Khattak is a Distinguished Professor and Interim Department Head of Civil Engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

He received his doctoral degree from Michigan State University in December of 1999 with specialization in pavement design and materials. He has 30 years of combined research, teaching and consulting experience in the areas of pavement management, pavement performance modeling, nondestructive testing, advance pavement design, numerical modeling, infrastructural and transportation materials, material characterization, and geotechnical engineering.

During his tenure at UL Lafayette, Dr. Khattak has established the Infrastructure and Materials Testing Facility and pavement research program using internally and externally funded grants. He has delivered presentations in numerous conferences and department of transportation meetings and has published his research findings in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceeding, agency’s technical reports, and US Patents (Over 100).

He is the Director for Infrastructure and Materials Testing Facility at UL Lafayette and affiliated with the Institute of Materials Research and Innovation (IMRI). He holds the Professional Engineering (P.E) status in the state of Louisiana and is an active member of ASCE and other professional societies.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Civil Engineering
Michigan State University

Master of Science (MS) in Civil Engineering
Michigan State University

Bachelors of Science (BS) in Civil Engineering
NWFP UET

Selected Journal Publications

• Hassan Afridi, Khattak, M.J., Self-healing Characteristics of PVA Fiber-Reinforced Hot Mix Asphalt for Enhanced Pavement Durability. J. of Transportation Research Record, No. 23-01117R1, TRB, 2024
• Asghar, M.F., Khattak, M.J., Fericy, K,S., Manfr, M. Development of high performing hybrid hot mix asphalt mixtures. Int. J. of Pavement Engineering, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2023
• Rahman, S., and Khattak, M.J. Feasibility of RAP Geopolymer Concrete as a Pavement Construction Material J. of Pavement Engineering and Tech., Vol 16, issue 4, 2023, pp. 888-90
• Asghar, M.F., Khattak, M.J. Fracture and fatigue characteristics of high performing novel hot mix asphalt composites. Construction & Building Materials. Volume 383, 20 June 2023, 131217
• Bhuyan, R., and Khattak, M.J. Performance Evaluation of Chip Seal Treatment on Flexible Pavements. J. of Pavement Engineering and Tech., April 19, 2023
• Asghar, M.F., Khattak, M.J. and Olayinka, A. Evaluation of fracture performance of Polyvinyl Alcohol fiber reinforced hot mix asphalt. Construction & Building Materials. Volume 350, 3 October 2022, 128741
• Rahman, S., and Khattak, M.J. Mechanistic and Microstructural Characteristics of Roller Compacted Geopolymer Concrete Using RAP. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Volume 23, issue 12, 2022.
• Rahman, S., and Khattak, M.J. Roller Compacted Geopolymer Concrete Using Recycled Concrete Aggregates. Construction & Building Materials, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.122624, Vol. 283, 2021.
• Rahman, S., Khattak, M.J., Adhikari, S., Adhikari, B. Discrete Element Modeling of Bonded Soil Mixtures Under Uniaxial Compression and Indirect Tension Test. Transportation Geotechnics. Vol 26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2020.100438, 2020.
• Nur, A., Khattak, M.J., Bhuyan, R., and Gaspard, K. Cracking Models for HMA Overlay Treatment of Composite Pavements. International Journal of Pavement Engineering (IJPE). https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2020.1725513, 2020.
• Adhikari, B., Khattak, M.J., and Adhikari, S. Mechanical and durability characteristics of flyash-based soil-geopolymer mixtures for pavement base and subbase layers. International Journal of Pavement Engineering (IJPE) Vol 21, Issue 4. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2018.1492131, 2020, pp 483-496
• Salehi, S., Khattak, M.J., Saleh, F., Igbojekwe, S. Investigation of mix design and properties of geopolymers for application as wellbore cement. J. of Petroleum Science and Engr, Volume 178, July 2019, Pages 133-139.
• Gang, D., Khattak, M.J, Ahmed, I., and Rizvi, H. Highway Runoff In Situ Treatment: Copper and Zinc Removal through MOGF

Selected Awards and Honors

• Distinguished Professor Award - UL Lafayette-2021
• Distinguished Professor Award Nominee- UL Lafayette-2020
• Best Paper Award- International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction (CIC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, Feb 2-5, 2020.
• Certificate of Achievement in Sponsored Research - Presented by UL President-2018
• Certificate of Achievement in Innovation- Presented by UL President-2018
• Outstanding Doctoral Student Mentor Award- Presented by UL President 2014-2016
• Favorite Professor- Presented by ASCE Student Chapter- 2014-2015
• ASCE-Past President- Acadiana Branch, 2008
• Professionalism Award- Louisiana Engineering Society (LES), 2007