Faculty Bio
 

Robert Brooks, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phone: 215-204-6348
Email: rmbrooks@temple.edu
   
 

Degrees

  • Dr., Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1989.
  • M.S., University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1988.
  • Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1986.

Selected Publications

  • James M. Matthews (Robert Brooks), J. Crause and C.L. Monismith, "Investigation of Laboratory Fatigue Test Procedures for Asphalt Aggregate Mixtures." Transportation Engineering Journal of American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 119, No.4, Washington D.C., Aug. 1993, pp 634-654.
  • James M. Matthews (Robert Brooks) and C.L. Monismith, "The Effect of Aggregate and Mineral Fillers on Asphalt Mixture Performance," ASTM, STP 1147, Richard C. Meininger, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1992, pp 329-347.
  • Frederick C. Schmitt and James M. Matthews (Robert Brooks), "Controlling Data Acquisition, and Data Processing for Axial and Shear Creep Test Using a Computer." Journal of Testing and Evaluation, ASTM, Philadelphia, Jan. 1994.
  • James M. Matthews (Robert Brooks) and B.B. Pandey, "Performance of Flexible Pavements," Transportation Research Record 1307, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 1990, pp 51-62.
  • James M. Matthews (Robert Brooks) and C.L. Monismith, "Direct Tension and Simple Stiffness Tests-Tools for the Fatigue Design of Asphalt Concrete Layers", Transportation Research Record 1388, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 1993, pp 182-199.
  • James M. Matthews (Robert Brooks), "Finite Element Method for Structural Design of Heavy Duty Granular Pavements," International Journal of Computers and Structures, Vol. 40, No. 5, Pergamon Press, New York, 1991, pp 1223-1233.

Awards

  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Temple University College of Engineering.
  • 2008 Transportation Engineer of the Year Award, ASCE-Philadelphia Section, 1993.

Service

  • Chair, Collegial Assembly, CoE, 2007-08.
  • Chair, UG Affairs Committee, College of Engineering, 2007-08.
  • Director, Undergraduate Studies, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2007-Present.
  • Coordinator, The Environment, 2004-Present.

Present Teaching (Spring 2008)

  • TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
  • INTRO TO ENVIRONMENT