Dr. Rana Haj Chhade is an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rafik Hariri University. Her research interests include the collection and management of data required for pavement design and performance prediction using the most advanced mechanistic-empirical pavement design tool, life-cycle cost analysis for pavement structures, contract management for Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) road projects, laboratory testing of concrete structural elements and pavements, and the use of geosynthetics in flexible and rigid pavements.

EDUCATION

• D., Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 2022.
• Eng., Civil Engineering, Lille 1 University of Science and Technology, Lille, France in coordination with Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon, 2016.
• Diploma, Civil Engineering, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon, 2015.

AWARDS

Recipient of the CNRS/AUB Award 2018-19.

PUBLICATIONS

• Haj Chhadeh, R., Chehab, G., & Abdul-Malak, M. A. (2023). Avoiding Disputes in PPP Road Contracts: Quantifying Impacts of Increased Allowable Truck Loads. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 15(2), 04523003.
• Al Basiouni Al Masri, Z., Daou, A., Haj Chhade, R., & Chehab, G. (2018). Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Behavior of Geogrid-Reinforced Concrete and Its Application in Concrete Overlays. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 30(12), 04018332.
• AL MASRI, Z. A. B., CHHADE, R. H., & CHEHAB, G. (2018). EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE BEAMS REINFORCED WITH STIFF BIAXIAL GEOGRID.
• Al Masri, Z. A. B., Chhade, R. H., Daou, A., & Chehab, G. R. (2018, July). Experimental and numerical assessment of the behavior of GRC overlays. In Advances in Materials and Pavement Prediction: Papers from the International Conference on Advances in Materials and Pavement Performance Prediction (AM3P 2018), April 16-18, 2018, Doha, Qatar(p. 481). CRC Press.
• Haj Chhade, R., Mrad, R., Houssami, L., & Chehab, G. (2018). Formulation of traffic inputs required for the implementation of the ME PDG in data-scarce regions: Lebanon case study. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 30(9), 04018198.
• Chehab, G. R., Chehade, R. H., Houssami, L., & Mrad, R. (2017, July). Implementation initiatives of the mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide in countries with insufficient design input data–the case of lebanon. In International Congress and Exhibition" Sustainable Civil Infrastructures: Innovative Infrastructure Geotechnology"(pp. 147-167). Springer, Cham.