Songsu Son

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

Education

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
• M.S. in Civil Engineering, Seoul National University, 2008
• B.S. in Civil Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 2006
• Certificate in Business Administrations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013

Biography

Dr. Songsu Son is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Liberty University. His expertise is in transportation engineering with interests in sustainable pavement materials, innovative technologies on road construction, and connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV).

Prior to joining Liberty University, he served as an associate/assistant professor at American University in Dubai, UAE. He worked at the Illinois Center for Transportation as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on several governmental projects on new road materials incorporated with environment-friendly and cost-effective materials. His experience also includes international development professionals at the National University of Architecture, the Ministry of Transportation in Morocco, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

He is serving on a technical committee of the World Road Association (PIARC) and was a founding committee member of the Chartered Institution for Highways and Transportation (CIHT) in Dubai.

He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Michigan and consults on a broad range of transportation projects. He also holds a certificate in Business from the University of Illinois.

Experience Record

• • • 2015-2020 Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, American University in Dubai, Dubai, UAE
    • 2008-2014 Research Associate/Graduate Research Assistant, Illinois Center for Transportation, IL, USA
    • 2006-2008 Institute of Engineering Research, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • 2004-2005 Adjunct Researcher-International Cooperation Agent, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Seoul, Korea
    • 2004 Principal Investigator-International Cooperation Agent, Ministry of Equipment and Transport, Rabat, Morocco
    • 2002-2004 Instructor-International Cooperation Agent, Ecole Nationale d’Architecture, Rabat, Morocco

Specialty Areas

• • • Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV)
    • Sustainable road materials
    • Innovative technologies on road construction
    • Sustainable infrastructure in underdeveloped/developing countries
    • Traffic operations and management

 Publications

• • Son, S., Said, I. M., & Al-Qadi, I. L. (2021). Fracture Degradation of Asphalt Concrete under Repeated Loading. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements. (Under revision)
  • Alfawal, A., & Son, S. (2021). Assessing the Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Pavement Performance and Service Life. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. (In review)
  • Son, S., Said, I. M., & Al-Qadi, I. L. (2019). Fracture properties of asphalt concrete under various displacement conditions and temperatures. Construction and Building Materials, 222, 332–341.
  • Son, S. (2019a). Effect of Peak-Hour Characteristics on Pavement Structural Design. Proceedings of the 26th World Road Congress.
  • Son, S. (2019b). Impact of Aggressive Driving Behavior on Intersection Efficiency and Traffic Control. Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation.
  • Alfawal, A., & Son, S. (2019). Optimization of Public Bus Routes using a Linear Programming Model. Proceedings of the 26th World Road Congress.
  • Barakat, F., Herzallah, S., Alozn, M., & Son, S. (2019). On-Lane Traffic Control. Proceedings of the 26th World Road Congress.
  • Alfawal, A., & Son, S. (2018). Effects of Left-Turn Radius on Intersection Efficiency at Signalized Intersections. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting.
  • Bello, J., & Son, S. (2018). Optimization of the Dubai Public Transport Systems. In International Road Federation Examiner (13th ed., pp. 13–18).
  • Son, S. (2016). Effect of Human Reactions at Signalized Intersections on Intersection Efficiency and Safety. In N. A. Stanton, S. Landry, G. Di Bucchianico, & A. Vallicelli (Eds.), Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation (pp. 193–203). Springer International Publishing.
  • Son, S., & Al-Qadi, I. L. (2015). Effect of Pavement Surface Temperature Correction on Pavement-Tire Noise. Proceedings of the The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th Annual Meeting.
  • Son, S., Al-Qadi, I. L., & Zehr, T. (2015). 4.75 mm SMA Performance and Cost-Effectiveness for Asphalt Thin Overlays. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 16, 1–11.
  • Son, S., Al-Qadi, I. L., Lippert, D. L., & Zehr, T. G. (2013). Innovative Sprinkle Treatment for Thin Durable Asphalt Overlays. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2366(1), 87–97.
  • Son, S., Al-Qadi, I. L., & Zehr, T. G. (2013a). 4.75-mm SMA on Thin Durable Asphalt Overlays. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 92nd Annual Meeting.
  • Son, S., Al-Qadi, I. L., & Zehr, T. G. (2013b). Rutting Potential of Thin and Durable Asphalt Wearing Courses: Laboratory Prediction and Field Performance. Proceedings of the 2013 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference.
  • Al-Qadi, I. L., Son, S., & Carpenter, S. H. (2013). Development of an Economical, Thin, Quiet, Long-lasting, and High Friction Surface Layer-Volume 1: Mix Design and Lab Performance Testing (FHWA-ICT-13-001).
  • Al-Qadi, I. L., Son, S., & Zehr, T. G. (2013). Development of an Economical, Thin, Quiet, Long-lasting, and High Friction Surface Layer-Volume 2: Volume 2: Field Construction, Field Testing, and Engineering Benefit Analysis (FHWA-ICT-13-006).
  • Leng, Z., Al-Qadi, I., Shangguan, P., & Son, S. (2012). Field Application of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Measurement of Asphalt Mixture Density. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2304(1), 133–141.
  • Son, S., Al-Qadi, I. L., & Zehr, T. G. (2012). Construction and Field Performance of Thin and Durable Asphalt Wearing Course. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 91st Annual Meeting.