Education

• PhD, Civil Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
• MS, Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• BS, Civil Engineering, University of Guilan, Iran

Professional Experience

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Transportation Research and Education, Institute for Transportation, Iowa State University

Selected Publications

• Sassani, A., Arabzadeh, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Gopalakrishnan, K., Taylor, P. C., and Nahvi, A. 2019. Polyurethane-Carbon Microfiber Composite Coating for Electrical Heating of Concrete Pavement Surfaces. Heliyon, Vol. 5, No. 8.
• Arabzadeh, A., Notani, M., Kazemianzadeh, A., Nahvi, A., Sassani, A., and Ceylan, H. 2019. Electrically Conductive Asphalt Concrete: An Alternative for Automating the Winter Maintenance Operations of Transportation Infrastructure. Journal of Composites Part B: Engineering, 173.
• Arabzadeh, A., Sassani, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Gopalakrishnan, K., and Taylor, P. C. 2019. Comparison between cement paste and asphalt mastic modified by carbonaceous materials: Electrical and thermal properties. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 213, pp. 121–130.
• Nahvi, A., Sadoughi, M., Arabzadeh, A., Sassani, A., Kim, S., Ceylan, H., and Hu, C. 2019. Multi-objective Bayesian Optimization of Superhydrophobic Coatings on Asphalt Concrete Surfaces. Journal of Computational Design and Engineering.
• Sassani, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Arabzadeh, A., Sadati, S. M. S., Gopalakrishnan, K., and Taylor, P. C. 2018. Carbon Fiber-based Electrically Conductive Concrete for Salt-free Deicing of Pavements. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 203, pp. 799–809.
• Sadati, S. M. S., Cetin, K. S., Ceylan, H., Sassani, A., and Kim, S. 2018. Energy and Thermal Performance Evaluation of an Electrified Snow Removal System at Airports Using Numerical Modeling and Field Measurements. Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 43, pp. 238–250.
• Arabzadeh, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Sassani, A., Gopalakrishnan, K., and Mina, M. 2018. Electrically-conductive asphalt mastic: temperature dependence and heating efficiency. Materials and Design, Vol. 157, pp. 303–313.
• Sassani, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Gopalakrishnan, K., Taylor, P. C. and Arabzadeh, A. 2018. Development of Carbon Fiber-modified Electrically Conductive Concrete for Implementation in Des Moines International Airport. Case Studies in Construction Materials, Vol. 8, pp. 277–291.
• Nahvi, A., Sadati, S. M. S., Cetin, K., Ceylan, H., Sassani, A., and Kim, S. 2018. Towards Resilient Infrastructure Systems for Winter Weather Events: Integrated Stochastic Economic Evaluation of Electrically Conductive Heated Airfield Pavements. Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 41, pp. 195–204.
• Sassani, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Arabzadeh, A., Gopalakrishnan, K, and Taylor, P. C. 2018. Designing and Proportioning Electrically Conductive Concrete for Des Moines International Airport Heated Pavement System. Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference, Washington DC, No. 18-00623.
• Sassani, A., Arabzadeh, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Taylor, P. C., and Mina, M. 2018. Evaluation of Different Laboratory Techniques for Measurement of Electrical Resistivity of Portland Cement Concrete. , 13th International Symposium on Concrete Roads, Berlin, Germany.
• Sassani, A., Arabzadeh, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Taylor, P. C., and Mina, M. 2018. Determining the Electrical Resistivity of Hardened Concrete Using Different Specimen Geometry Factors, Electrode Configurations, and Electric Currents. , 9th International DUT-Workshop on Research and Innovations for Design of Sustainable and Durable Concrete Pavements, Potsdam, Germany.
• Sassani, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Gopalakrishnan, K., Arabzadeh, A., and Taylor, P. C. 2017. Influence of Mix Design Variables on Engineering Properties of Carbon Fiber-Modified Electrically Conductive Concrete. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 152, pp. 168–181.
• Arabzadeh, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Gopalakrishnan, K., Sassani, A., Sundararajan, S., and Taylor, P. C. 2017. Superhydrophobic Coatings on Portland Cement Concrete Surfaces. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 141, pp. 393–401.
• Sassani, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Gopalakrishnan, K., Arabzadeh, A., and Taylor, P. C. 2017. Factorial Study on Electrically Conductive Concrete Mix Design for Heated Pavement Systems. , Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference, Washington DC, No. 17-05347.
• Abdualla, H., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Mina, M., Gopalakrishnan, K., Sassani, A., Taylor, P. C., and Cetin, K. S. 2017. Configuration of Electrodes for Electrically Conductive Concrete Heated Pavement. , ASCE International Conference on Highway Pavements and Airfield Technology, pp. 1–9.
• Arabzadeh, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Gopalakrishnan, K., and Sassani, A., Sundararajan, S., and Taylor, P. C. 2017. Influence of Deicing Salts on the Water-Repellency of Portland Cement Concrete Coated with Polytetrafluoroethylene and Polyetheretherketone. , ASCE International Conference on Highway Pavements and Airfield Technology, pp. 217–227.
• Arabzadeh, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Gopalakrishnan, K., and Sassani, A. 2016. Superhydrophobic Coatings on Asphalt Concrete Surfaces: Toward Smart Solutions for Winter Pavement Maintenance. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2551, pp. 10–17.
• Ceylan, H., Arabzadeh, A., Sassani, A., Kim, S., and Gopalakrishnan, K. 2016. Innovative Nano-engineered Asphalt Concrete for Ice and Snow Controls in Pavement Systems. , 6th Eurasphalt and Eurobitume (E&E) Congress, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Arabzadeh, A., Ceylan, H., Kim, S., Gopalakrishnan, K., and Sassani, A. 2016. Fabrication of Polytetrafluoroethylene-Coated Asphalt Concrete Biomimetic Surfaces: A Nanomaterials-Based Pavement Winter Maintenance Approach. , ASCE International Conference of Transportation Development, Houston, Texas, pp. 54–64.
• Sassani, A., Turanli, , Emwas, A. H., and Meral, C. 2014. The Alumino-Silicate Chain Structure of C-S-H Phase in High Volume Volcanic Natural Pozzolan-Portland Cement Blended Systems. Proc., 34th Annual Cement and Concrete Science Conference, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
• Meral, C., Sassani, A., and Pasaoglu, O. 2014. Environmental and Thermal Performance of a Typical Concrete Based External Wall System. , 2014 Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE) Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Sassani, A., Turanli, L., Emwas, A. H., and Meral, C. 2014. Mechanical Performance, Durability and Aluminosilicate Chain Structure of High Volume Zeolitic Natural Pozzolan – Portland Cement Based Systems. , International Conference on the Occurrence, Properties, and Utilization of Natural Zeolites, Belgrade, Serbia.
• Zabel, V., Deeb, M., Sassani, A., Dragos, K. A., Meixedo, A., Bonifácio, C., Kamezi Amiri, A., Schommer, S., and Makisha, N. 2013. “System Identification, Model Updating and Simulation” in Model Validation and Simulation– II, Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau, Bauhaus University-Weimar.
• Arabani, M., Mirabdolazimi, S. M., and Sasani, A. R. 2010. The Effect of Waste Tire Thread Mesh on the Dynamic Behavior of Asphalt Mixtures. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 1060–1068.

Honors and Awards

• Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) Teaching Award, Iowa State University, April 2017
• Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, Iowa State University Graduate College, Iowa State University, November 2016
• Outstanding Student of the Year Award for Excellence in Research, Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability (PEGASAS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center of Excellence for General Aviation, June 2016
• Research Scholarship of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Ankara, Turkey, September 2013
• European Union’s Erasmus Mundus IP Scholarship, “Model Validation and Simulation: System Identification,” Bauhaus University-Weimar, Germany, May 2013
• Thesis Research Scholarship of Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, January 2013