Professor Monismith has been a faculty member at UC Berkeley for more than 50 years. His work in pavement design and rehabilitation and asphalt paving technology has garnered him worldwide recognition. He has published numerous papers that have won awards from the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, the Transportation Research Board, and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Professor Monismith has acted as a consultant on pavement research and design for a number of prominent organizations including the Asphalt Institute; the United States Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi; Transport Canada; and the United States Air Force. He is also an active member of many professional societies and he has served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Asphalt Pavement.
M.S. - Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1954
B.S. - Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1950
Pavement design and rehabilitation, Asphalt paving technology , Transportation facilities design
- Named National Associate of the National Academies (National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Institutes of Medicine), 2001
- The Berkeley Citation, University of California at Berkeley, 1996
- Roy W. Crum Award, Transportation Research Board, 1995
- James Laurie Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1988
- Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 1980
- State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1978
- K.B. Woods Award, Transportation Research Board, 1972
- W.J. Emmons Award, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, 1961, 1965, 1985
Recent Publications
Journal Papers
• Tsai, B.W. and C.L. Monismith, "Quality Control-Quality Assurance Sampling Strategies for Hot-Mix Asphalt Construction," Transportation Research Record No. 2098, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2009, pp. 51-63, doi: 10.3141/2098-06.
• Ulliditz, P., J.T. Harvey, B.W. Tsai and C.L. Monismith, "Calibration of Mechanistic-Empirical Models for Flexible Pavements Using WesTrack Experiments," Journal, Association of Asphalt Paving Technology, 2008, Vol 77, pp. 591-630.
• Tsai, B.W., J.T. Harvey, C.L. Monismith and M. Bejarano, "Calibration of Fatigue Surface Cracking Using Simplified Recursive Miner's Law," Journal, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, 2007, Vol. 76, pp. 693-736.
• Wu, Rongzong, J.T. Harvey and C.L.Monismith, "A Mechanistic Model for Reflective Cracking in AC Overlays," Journal, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, January 2006, Vol. 75, pp.491-534.
• Monismith, C.L., L. Popescu and J.T. Harvey, "Rut Depth Estimation for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Using Simple Shear Test Results," Journal, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, 2006, Vol.75, 41 pp..
Conference Papers
• Popescu, L., R.B. Leahy and C.L. Monismith, "Analysis and Design of Airfield Pavements Using Laboratory Test and Mechanistic-Empirical Methodology," Conference Proceeding, 2010 FAA Worldwide Airport Technology, Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City, NJ, April 2010, Pavements, Session 1a, 17 pp.
• Monismith, C.L., J.T. Harvey, T. Bressette, C. Suszko and J. St. Martin, "The Phase One I-710 Rehabilitation Project: Initial Design (1999) to Performance After Five Years of Traffic (2008)," Proceedings, International Conference on Perpetual Pavement, 2009, 17 pp.
• Ulliditz, P., J.T. Harvey, B.W. Tsai and C.L. Monismith, "Simulation of the WesTrack Experiment Using CalME," Proceedings, Third International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Madrid, Spain, October 2008, 22 pp. (CD only).
• Ulliditz, P., J.T. Harvey, K. Ghuzlan, B.W. Tsai, B. Steven and C.L. Monismith, "Calibration of Mechanistic-Empirical Models for Cracking and Rutting of New Pavements Using Heavy Vehicle Simulator Tests," Proceedings, Third International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, Madrid, Spain, October 2008, 14 pp. (CD only).
• duPlessis, L., N.F. Coetzee, N. Burmas, J.T. Harvey and C.L. Monismith, "The Heavy Vehicle Simulator in Accelerated Pavement Testing-a Historical Overview of New Developments," Proceedings, Third International Conference on Accelerated Pavement Testing, October 2008, 17 pp. (CD only).
• Leahy, R.B., L. Popescu, C. Dedmon and C.L. Monismith, "Materials and Pavement Evaluation for New Doha International Airport Using Mechanistic-Empirical Technology," Proceedings, 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavement Conference, American Society of Engineers, September 2008, pp. 301-321.
• Ullidtz, P., J.T. Harvey, V. Kanekanti, B.W. Tsai and C.L. Monismith, "Calibration of Mechanistic-Empirical Models Using the California Heavy Vehicle Simulator," Proceedings, Tenth International Conference on Asphalt Pavements, August 2006, 11pp..
• Monismith, C.L., L. Popescu and J.T. Harvey, "Use of Shear Test Data for Mix Design, Performance Analysis, and Rut Depth Prediction," Proceedings, Tenth International Conference on Asphalt Pavements, August 2006, 12 pp..
Books
• Tsai, B.W., J.T. Harvey, and C.L. Monismith, "Case Studies of Asphalt Pavement Analysis/Design with Application of the Genetic Algorithm." Intelligent and Soft Computing in Infrastructure Systems Engineering: Recent Advances, Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer, 2009, Vol. 259, ISBN: 978-3-642-04585-1, 205-238.
• Monismith, C.L., "Sate-of-The Art: Bituminous Materials Mix Design," Asphalt Mix Design and Construction: Past, Present, Future, A Special Publication of the 150th Anniversary of ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia (ISBM 0-7844-0842-4), May 2006, pp. 1-70.
Technical Reports
• Steven, B., C.L. Monismith and B.W. Tsai, Friction Testing of Pavement Preservation Treatments: Friction Measurements on Fog Seal Trials Using Six Rejuvenators, State Route KER58, Technical Memorandum: UCPRC-TM-2008-6, July 2009, 34 pp.
• Harvey, J.T., C.L. Monismith, W.A. Nokes and N.F. Coctzee, Caltrans Partnered Pavement Research Program (PPRC) Summary Report, Four Year Period: 2000-2004, Research Report UCPRC-SR-2006-2, to California Department of Transportation, April 2008, 90pp..
• Popescu, L. and C.L. Monismith, Performance-Based Pay Factors for Asphalt Concrete Construction, Comparison with a Currently Used Experience Based Procedure, Tech. Memorandum UCPRC-TM-2006-11, 2008, 50 pp..
• Lu, Q., J.T. Harvey and C.L. Monismith, Investigation for Moisture Damage in Asphalt Concrete and Appropriate Laboratory Test Methods: Summary Version, Tech. Memorandum UCPRC-TM-2005-01, August 2007, 45 pp..
• Hudson, W.R., C.L. Monismith, C. Dougan and P. Visser, Using Pavement Management Data to Calibrate and Validate the New MEPDG, Eight State Study, Supplemental Final Report for Task J, Federal Highway Administration, May 2007, 81 pp.
• Hudson, W.R., C.L. Monismith, C. Dougan and P. Visser, Using Pavement Management Data to Calibrate and Validate the New MEPDG, Eight State Study, Final Report to Federal Highway Administration, September 2006, Vol. 1, 105 pp..
Other Publications
• Monismith, C.L., "Low Temperature Behavior of Hot Mix Asphalt: University of California, California, Berkeley Research, 1960-2000," Asphaltverhalten bei tiefen Temperatren, ISBS Schriftenreihe Strassenwesen (Essays in honor of Professor Wolfgang Arand 80th Birthday), Heft 23, February 2009, pp. 145-159.
• Monismith, C.L. and J.T. Harvey, "The Ideal Asphalt Pavement: Design," Symposium -- The Ideal Asphalt Pavement, Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, 2009, Vol. 78, 903-940.
• Tsai, B.W., C.L. Monismith and R.B. Leahy, "QC/QA Sampling Strategies for HMA Construction," California Asphalt, Quality Issue, August 2008, pp. 12-14.
• Tsai, B.W. and C.L. Monismith, "Sampling Strategies for HMA Construction," Paving the Way, 2008, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 7-11.
• Monismith, C.L. and L. Popescu, "Permanent Deformation Prediction in Asphalt Mixes and Pavements: A Current Approach and A Look Ahead," NVF34 and NordFU Project-Pavement Performances Models Joint Seminar On Pavement Design Systems and Pavement Performance Models, March 2007, 20 pp..
• Hudson, W.R., C.L. Monismith, J.F. Shook, F.H. Finn and E.L. Skok, Jr., "AASHO Road Test Effect on Pavement Design and Evaluation After 50 Years," Transportation Research E-Circular, E-C118, Transportation Research, 2007, pp.17-30.
• Monismith, C.L., W.R. Hudson, F.H. Finn, E.L. Skok, Jr. and J.F. Shook, "What Pavement Research was Done Following the AASHO Road Test and What Else Could Have Been Done But Was Not," Transportation Research E-Circular, E-C118, Transportation Research, 2007, pp. 31-60.
• Mahoney, J.P., C.L. Monismith, J. Coplantz, J.T. Harvey and V. Kannekanti, Transportation Research E-Circular E-C118, Transportation Research, 2007, pp. 88-103.
• Monismith, C.L. and L. Popescu, "Performance Related Specifications with Percent Within Limits (PWLs) for Flexible Pavements," Paving The Way, July 2006, Vol. 6 No. 3, 6pp.
• Monismith, C.L. and L. Popescu, "Performances Specifications Without PWL: A Counter Point of View," Journal, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, 2006, Vol. 75, pp. 893-922.