Dr. John DeSantis

Assistant Professor
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Dr. John DeSantis

Assistant Professor

Rayen School of Engineering

Moser Hall 2440

phone: (330) 941-3011

jwdesantis@ysu.edu

Research Interests

Pavement Design, Concrete Materials, Machine Learning, Finite Element Modeling

Teaching Interests

Transportation Engineering, Pavement Design, Concrete Materials

  • Education
    • 2020

      Ph D, Civil and Environmental Engineering

      University of Pittsburgh

    • 2014

      BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

      University of Pittsburgh

    • 2013

      BA, Mathematics/Engineering

      Saint Vincent College

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2024

      TRB/ISCP

      5th International Workshop on Concrete Pavements - Invited Guest Speaker

      1/30 invited speaker internationally in Hudson, WI. Unable to attend due to funding.

    • 2023

      ASCE T&DI

      ASCE T&DI Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference - Invited Guest Speaker

      Invited guest speaker for National Conference on Pavement Engineering. Unable to attend due to funding.

  • Professional Positions
    • 2020 - 2022

      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      Postdoctoral Research Associate

    • 2014 - 2019

      University of Pittsburgh

      Graduate Research Student

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2024

      "Establishing an Effective Equivalent Linear Temperature Gradient for Design of Bonded Concrete Overlays"

      C. Donnelly, S. Sen, J. DeSantis, J. Vandenbossche

      Engineering Computations

    • 2024

      "Erosion Susceptibility of Stabilized Subbase Layers"

      J. DeSantis, J. Roesler

      Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board

    • 2022

      "Assessing Premature Cracks in Urban Concrete Pavements"

      J. DeSantis, J. Roesler, R. Montemayor

      Transportation Research Record

  • Professional Service
    • 2024 - 2026

      Task Force Member
      National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

    • 2024 - 2024

      Reviewer, Grant Proposal
      National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

    • 2024 - present

      Reviewer, Conference Paper
      International Conference on Concrete Pavements

    • 2023 - 2023

      Reviewer, Grant Proposal
      National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

    • 2023 - present

      Board of Directors of a Company
      International Society of Concrete Pavements

    • 2023 - present

      Conference-Related
      American Society of Civil Engineers: Airfield and Highway Pavements

    • 2023 - present

      Interaction with Industry
      Ohio Concrete

    • 2023 - present

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation

    • 2022 - present

      Other
      Transportation Research Board AKP20: Rigid Pavement Design and Rehabilitation

    • 2022 - present

      Committee Member
      Transportation Research Board AKP20: Rigid Pavement Design and Rehabilitation

    • 2022 - 2022

      Reviewer, Grant Proposal
      National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

    • 2022 - present

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Structures

    • 2021 - present

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      TRB Committee AKC50, AKP00(1), and AKP20

    • 2019 - present

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Journal of Transp. Engineering, Part B: Pavements

    • 2019 - present

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      International Journal of Pavement Engineering

    • 2014 - present

      Member
      International Society of Concrete Pavements

  • Public Service
    • 2023 - present

      Volunteer
      Lake to River Science Day

    • 2022 - present

      Volunteer
      University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign