Adam Hand
Professor
- Phone: (775) 784-1439
- Email: adamhand@unr.edu
- Building: SEM
- Room: 320D
- Mailstop: 0258
- Vice President, Quality Management, Granite Construction Inc., Dec. 2011-July 2016
- Director of Quality Management, Granite Construction Inc., Sept. 2009-Dec. 2011
- w88 online sports betting Services Manager, Granite West, Granite Construction Inc., Jan. 2008- Sept. 2009
- w88 online sports betting Services Operations Manager, Granite West, Construction Inc., Jan. 2006-Jan. 2008
- Quality Systems Engineer, Branch Division, Granite Construction Inc., August 2000-Dec. 2006
- Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Civil w88 online sports betting, W. Lafayette, IN, Aug. 1998-Aug. 2000
- Research Faculty, Western Regional Superpave Center, w88 casino Reno, 1994-1998
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- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, w88 casino, 1998
- M.S., Civil Engineering, w88 casino, 1995
- B.S., Civil Engineering, w88 casino, 1993
- Public Works Board State of w88 casino
- Association of Asphalt Pavement Technologists Board of Directors
- Greenroads Foundation Board of Directors
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Member
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Member
- American Society for Quality (ASQ) Member
- FHWA Asphalt M&C Expert Task Group Member
- LTPP Warm Mix Asphalt Expert Task Group Member
- National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) PEC Pavement Design Chairman
- National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) Sustainability Committee Member
- National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Member
- Transportation w88 online sports betting Board (TRB) Member
- TRB Construction Quality Assurance Committee
- TRB Characteristics of Asphalt Paving Mixtures to Meet Structural Requirements Committee
w88 online sports betting interests
- Transportation/construction materials and design
- Materials and construction quality management
- Pavement design, rehabilitation, maintenance, and management systems
- Risk analysis
- Performance-related specifications
- Alternative construction project procurement and delivery
- Construction w88 online sports betting
Selected publications
- Hand, A.J., (2015), Testing for Moisture Damage in the Laboratory, Transportation w88 online sports betting Circular E-C198, pp. 3-10, Transportation w88 online sports betting Board, Washington, D.C.
- Wielinski, J., A.J. Hand, and D.M. Rausch (2010), "Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Foamed WMA," Transportation w88 online sports betting Record 2126, pp. 125-131, Transportation w88 online sports betting Board, Washington, D.C.
- Hand, A.J. (2009), "Materials and Construction of the Ideal Asphalt Pavement, Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Vol. 78, pp. 777-806, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, St. Paul, MN.
- Fang, H., A.J. Hand, J.E. Haddock, and T.D. White (2007), "An Object-Oriented Framework for Finite Element Pavement Analysis," Journal on Advances in w88 online sports betting Software, Vol. 38, Issue 11-12, pp. 763-771, 2007.
- Hand. A.J. (2006), "Contractor's Perspective on the PWL Challenge'" Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Vol. 75, pp. 955-984, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, St. Paul, MN.
- Hand, A.J.T. and J.A. Epps (2006), "Fundamentals of Percent Within Limits and Quality Control-Quality Assurance Compaction Specifications," Transportation w88 online sports betting Circular E-C105, pp. 140-162, Transportation w88 online sports betting Board, Washington, D.C.
- Hand, A.J., A. L. Epps, P.E. Sebaaly, and D. Weitzel (2004), "Evaluating Field Performance: A Case Study Including HMA PRS," Journal of Transportation w88 online sports betting, American Society of Civil Engineers, JTPEDI, Vol. 130, No. 2, pp. 251-260, 2004.
- Epps, J.A., A.J.T. Hand, S. Seeds. T. Scholz, S. Alavi, C. Ashmore, C.L. Monismith, J. A. Deacon, J.T. Harvey, and R.B. Leahy (2002), NCHRP Report 455, "Recommended Performance-Related Specification for Hot-Mix Asphalt Construction: Results of the WesTrack Project," National Cooperative Highway w88 online sports betting Program, Transportation w88 online sports betting Board, Washington, D.C.
- Hand, A.J., J. Stiady, T.D White, A.S. Noureldin, and K. Galal, (2001) "Gradation Effects on HMA Performance," Transportation w88 online sports betting Record No. 1767, Transportation w88 online sports betting Board, National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C.
- Hand, A.J., K.A. Galal, D.R. Ward, and C. Fang (2000), "Cost Effectiveness of Joint and Crack Sealing - A Synthesis of Practice," Journal of Transportation w88 online sports betting, American Society of Civil Engineers, JTPEDI, Vol. 126, No. 6, Nov./Dec., 2000.
- Hand, A.J., J.A. Epps, and P.E. Sebaaly, (2000) "Precision of ASTM D5821 Standard Test Method for Determining the Percentage of Fractured Particles in Coarse Aggregate," Journal of Testing and Evaluation, JTEVA, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 67-76, March 2000, American Society of Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA.
- Hand, A.J., and A.E. Epps, (1999) "Effects of Test Variability on Mixture Volumetrics and Mix Design Verification," Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Volume 69, 2000, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, St. Paul, MN.
- Epps, A.E., and A.J. Hand, (1999) "Coarse Superpave Mixture Sensitivity," Transportation w88 online sports betting Record 1712, pp. 35-43, Transportation w88 online sports betting Board, Washington, D.C.
- Hand, A.J., P.E. Sebaaly, and J.A. Epps, (1998) "Development of Performance Models Based on DOT's PMS Data," Transportation w88 online sports betting Record No. 1684, Transportation w88 online sports betting Board, National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C.
- Sebaaly, P.E., A.J. Hand, J.A. Epps, and C. Bosch, (1996) "w88 casino's Approach to Pavement Management," Transportation Research Record No. 1524, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
Courses taught
- Bituminous Materials and Mixtures
- Pavement Design
- Construction Materials
- w88 online sports betting Statics
- Mechanics of Materials