Platteville, Wisconsin, United States
Transportation improves the quality of life. This is why Danny chose his career to be an engineer in transportation, focusing on highway and pavement. Danny has more than 20 years of experience in pavement materials testing, pavement monitoring, evaluation, design and modeling, nondestructive testing, and pavement management. ----------------------------------------- Better Roads, Better Life! -----------------------------------------
1. Teach undergraduate courses in the area of construction materials, pavement engineering, transportation engineering, and general engineering 2. Advising students for their success in engineering 3. Research on concrete durability and methods to extend its service life 4. Leadership Associate‐New Initiatives, College of EMS (Engineering, Mathematics, and Science) 5. President Elect, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Wisconsin Section 6. Member of Wisconsin Highway Research Program (WHRP) Technical Oversight Committee
1. Teach undergraduate courses in the area of construction materials, pavement engineering, transportation engineering, and general engineering 2. Advising students for their success in engineering 3. Research in the area of pavement materials, mechanistic-empirical pavement design, and infrastructure asset management 4. Established the American Concrete Institute (ACI) UW-Platteville Student Chapter in 2016 and serve as the faculty advisor 5. Coordinator of EMS Engineering Seminar Series 6. Instructor of PCCTECH-I Certificate for the HTCP & UW-Platteville Partnership Program
• Develop a study abroad course: UWP STUDY 3030: Castles, Cars, and Craftsmanship: History and Engineering in Germany • Research on the Effectiveness of Curing on Fresh Concrete Using Capillary Pressure Sensors • Guest lectures for English in Environmental Engineering, International Transportation, Construction Engineering
• Design of the Madison Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project -East Section (Capital ~ East Town Mall) • Design of US 51 (Stoughton to McFarland) • Safety and speed analysis for the Madison Flex Lane project
Continue to do research on Mechanistic Empirical pavement design, innovative materials for sustainable infrastructure, non-destructive testing and asset management.
(with Dr. Braham)Teach an undergraduate course Transportation Engineering. Research on Local Calibration of Rigid Pavement Models in MEPDG. Research on Data Preparation for Implementing DARWin-ME
Reliability Improvement of the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). Local Calibration of the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) for Pavement Evaluation. Cracking Protocol Application with Automated Distress Survey for Design and Management. Arkansas Pavement Study: Performance of Reflective Cracking Treatments.