Rate My Professor Gauhar Sabih

Gauhar Sabih serves as an Assistant Professor in the School of Concrete and Construction Management within the College of Basic and Applied Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering. His research focuses on civil engineering, concrete pavements, and construction management. Sabih investigates factors affecting concrete pavement performance, including variability in mechanical and thermal properties, coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of overlay concrete, climatic influences on jointed plain concrete pavements (JPCP), and material input levels on JPCP slab thickness and longevity.

Sabih's key publications include "Optimization of gradation and fineness modulus of naturally fine sands for improved performance as fine aggregate in concrete" (Procedia Engineering, 2016), "Impact of variability of mechanical and thermal properties of concrete on predicted performance of jointed plain concrete pavements" (International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 2016), "Quantifying the impact of coefficient of thermal expansion of overlay concrete on unbonded concrete overlay performance" (Heliyon, 2018), "Predicting long-term coefficient of thermal expansion of paving concrete" (Transportation Research Record, 2020), "Modeling concrete pavements for bending stresses considering nonlinear thermal gradient and aged CTE" (Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2022), and "Quantifying the Effects of Material Input Levels on Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement (JPCP) Performance and Slab Thickness" (Infrastructures, 2024). He has collaborated frequently with Rafiqul A. Tarefder. His publications have received over 106 citations. As Principal Investigator, Sabih leads the Tennessee Department of Transportation project "Characterization of Concrete Materials, Concrete Mixture Design, and Development of Material Input Datasets for TDOT Aeronautics Concrete Specification Development," funded at $93,703 from February 2026 to February 2027. This project develops standardized concrete mixtures and performance datasets for airfield pavements. Sabih also serves on the MTSU URECA committee supporting undergraduate research.