Shiraz Tayabji

Shiraz Tayabji
Shiraz Tayabji (MS 72, PhD 76)
Senior Principal Engineer
Applied Research Associates Inc.

CEEAA Distinguished Alumni Award, 2017

For an impeccable career marked with the highest integrity, dedicated service to the civil engineering profession and the drive to advance the art and science of pavement engineering; for research and practical work in precast pavements, particularly for repair and rehabilitation programs; and for developing, improving and implementing best practices for the design, construction, performance, repair and rehabilitation of rigid concrete pavements.

Biography

Dr. Shiraz Tayabji serves as a Senior Principal Engineer at Applied Research Associates, Inc. and as President of Advanced Concrete Pavement Consultancy LLC, based in Columbia, Maryland. Tayabji is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on concrete pavement technology and has been actively involved in developing, improving, and implementing technologies for highway and airfield concrete pavements for over 35 years. He has been invited to conduct workshops and/or be a keynote speaker in many countries and has served as a Short-Term Technical Consultant to the World Bank, reviewing concrete pavement design and construction practices at several projects in India funded by the World. His current activities include improvements to precast concrete pavement technology for rapid rehabilitation of pavements. 

Tayabji obtained his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nairobi, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a registered Professional Engineer in several U.S. States. He is an Emeritus Member of the Transportation Research Board, Founding Member, Past President and Honorary Member of the International Society for Concrete Pavements, Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and a Past Chair of ACI 325 – Concrete Pavements, Fellow and Life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a Member of American Society for Testing and Materials.