Education

• PhD, Transportation Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2000 
• MS, Transportation Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1994 
• BS, Civil Engineering, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1987 

Professional Experience

• Director, CTRE, Nov. 2016–present
• Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, July 2014–present
• Director, Roadway Infrastructure Management and Operations Systems (RIMOS) program, Center for Transportation Research and Education, Institute for Transportation, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, June 2010–present
• Research Scientist, Center for Transportation Research and Education, Institute for Transportation, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, May 1994–present

Selected Research Projects

• “Planning, Implementation, and Operation of the Iowa Pavement Management Program,” Iowa DOT, 1996–present 
• “Planning, Implementation, and Operation of the Iowa DOT Bridge Management System”, Iowa DOT, 2004–present
• “Pavement Management Performance Modeling: Evaluating the Existing PCI Equations,” Iowa DOT, 2014
• Developing/Teaching FHWA Data Integration Workshop (sub to Battelle), FHWA
• Developing/Teaching NHI Asset Management workshops (sub to ApTech)
• “SHRP2 S04A Roadway Information Database Development and Technical Coordination and Quality Assurance of the Mobile Data Collection Project (S04B),” SHRP2
• “Implementation and Operation of the Iowa DOT Pavement Management Optimization Model,” Iowa DOT, 2000–present
• “Automated Pavement Condition Data: Analysis, Feasibility, and Data Integration.”  Prepared for the FHWA and Iowa DOT, February 2005
• Development of a monograph on the “Science of Transportation Asset Management,” in partnership with the Office of Asset Management, Federal Highway Administration
• Pavement Optimization System for the Iowa Department of Transportation, Center for Transportation Research and Education, Iowa Department of Transportation 

Selected Publications

• Zimmerman, Katie and Omar Smadi. Investigating the Consistency in HPMS and Pavement Management Reporting. Proceedings of the 2014 TRB Annual Meeting (subsequent publication in TRR summer 2014). 
• Neal Hawkins and Omar Smadi. 2013. Use of Transportation Asset Management Principles in State Highway Agencies. NCHRP Synthesis 439, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. 
• Sughwan, Kim, Halil Ceylan, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan, and Omar Smadi. 2010. Use of Pavement Management Information System for Verification of Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide Performance Predictions. TRR: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2153, pp. 30–39. 
• Zhang, Lixin and Omar Smadi. 2009. What is Missing in Quality Control of Contracted Pavement Distress Data Collection? (CD-ROM). Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2009.  
• Smadi, Omar and Thomas Van. 2008. Using Structural Evaluation for Pavement Management. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets, Calgary, Canada, June 2008.
• Smadi, Omar. 2007. Communicating the Results of Integrated Asset Management: Experiences in the Iowa Department of Transportation. Infrastructure Reporting and Asset Management: Best Practices and Opportunities, ASCE Special Publication, Spring 2007.
• Smadi, Omar and Waddah Akili. 2006. Infrastructure Asset Management Education: Active Learning and Engagement-Based Practices. TRR: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 1957, pp. 16–18.
• Egemen Teomete+, Viren R Amin, Halil Ceylan, Omar Smadi. 2005. Digital image processing for pavement distress analyses. Proceedings of the 2003 Mid-Continent Transportation Symposium, Ames, IA, August 2005.
• Smadi, Omar. 2004. Quantifying the Benefits of Pavement Management. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Managing Pavements, Brisbane, Australia, October 2004.
• Smadi, Omar. 2004. Pavement Management and Information Technology: Remote Sensing, GIS, and GPS. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Managing Pavements, Brisbane, Australia, October 2004.
• Smadi, Omar. 2000. Integrating Pavement and Maintenance Management Systems. Proceedings of the 1st European Pavement Management Conference, Budapest, Hungary, September 2000.
• Smadi, Omar. 2001. Knowledge Based Pavement Management Optimization. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Managing Pavements, Seattle, WA, September 2001.

Professional Affiliations, Honors, and Service

• Transportation Research Board (TRB)
  • Member, TRB Committee AFD20 – Pavement Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Member, TRB Committee ABC40 – Asset Management 
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Member, ASCE Infrastructure Management Committee
• Member, ASCE Advanced Technology Committee
• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) 
• Friend, AAHSTO Asset Management Subcommittee
• Member of the FHWA Asset Management ETG
• International Road Federation (IRF)
  • Executive Board Member
  • Chair: Asset Management Committee 
• Member of the Infrastructure Asset Management Work Group, World Road Association (PIARC)