Steven Sachs

  • (2024) 2024 Professor of the Year Award ASCE Pittsburgh Section.
  • (2016) Gene Skok Award for Outstanding Paper by a Young Author.
  • (2015 - 2016) University of Pittsburgh Engineering Graduate Student Organization Research Assistant of the Year for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
  • (2012) American Concrete Institute Pittsburgh Chapter Founders Award Scholarship.
  • (2012 - 2013) University of Pittsburgh Engineering Graduate Student Organization Teaching Assistant of the Year for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
  • (2011) Association for Bridge Construction and Design Pittsburgh Chapter Scholarship.
  • (2011) American Council of Engineering Companies of Pennsylvania Scholarship.
  • (2011) American Society of Highway Engineers Mid Allegheny Scholarship.
  • (2008) Pittsburgh Chapter of ASM International Gilbert Soler Scholarship for future promise in engineering.
  • (2008 - 2011) Continental Building Company Scholarship.

  • PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
  • BS, Civil Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh, 2012

  • Mishra, A., Tyagi, G., Khare, S., Lahoti, M., Singhal, A., Routroy, S., Bhunia, D., Sachs, S.G., & Rotta Loria, A.F. (2024). Synergic valorization of nickel-chrome plating sludge via alkali activation of steel slag and fly ash: performance analysis. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 27(7), 1-19.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s10098-024-03006-7.
  • Barri, K., Zhang, Q., Kline, J., Lu, W., Luo, J., Sun, Z., Taylor, B.E., Sachs, S.G., Khazanovich, L., Wang, Z.L., & Alavi, A.H. (2023). Multifunctional Nanogenerator-Integrated Metamaterial Concrete Systems for Smart Civil Infrastructure. Adv Mater, 35(14), e2211027.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/adma.202211027.
  • Pitell, S., Trump, E., El-Hajj, B., Sachs, S., & Haig, S.J. (2023). Bioconcrete: Harnessing the Endogenous Microbiota of Reinforced Concrete for Crack Remediation. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, 35(6).American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). doi: 10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-14920.
  • Sharifi, N.P.P., Buettner, N.R.R., Donnelly, C.A.A., Vandenbossche, J.M.M., & Sachs, S.G.G. (2023). Performance engineered repair mixtures (PERM) for partial depth repairs. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 24(1).Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/10298436.2023.2177851.
  • Sun, Z., Wan, Z., & Sachs, S.G. (2023). Compatibility of carbon nanotubes in concrete with air entrainer and superplasticizer. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 364.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129944.
  • Donnelly, C., DeSantis, J., Vandenbossche, J.M., & Sachs, S.G. (2021). Mechanistic-Empirical Faulting Prediction Model for Unbonded Concrete Overlays of Concrete. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2675(12), 280-292.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/03611981211028861.
  • DeSantis, J.W., Sachs, S.G., & Vandenbossche, J.M. (2020). Faulting development in concrete pavements and overlays. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 21(12), 1445-1460.Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/10298436.2018.1548706.
  • Souder, N.C., DeSantis, J.W., Vandenbossche, J.M., & Sachs, S.G. (2020). Modeling the Development of Permanent Deformation in Asphalt Interlayers of Unbonded Concrete Overlays of Concrete Pavements. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2674(9), 489-499.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/0361198120930013.
  • DeSantis, J.W., Vandenbossche, J.M., & Sachs, S.G. (2019). Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting the Response of Unbonded Concrete Overlays in a Faulting Prediction Model. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2673(10), 762-769.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/0361198119850466.
  • Sachs, S.G., Vandenbossche, J.M., Tompkins, D., & Khazanovich, L. (2018). Establishing the Interlayer Structural Response for Unbonded Concrete Overlays of Existing Concrete Pavements. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2672(40), 254-263.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/0361198118792325.
  • Sachs, S., Vandenbossche, J.M., Alland, K., DeSantis, J., & Khazanovich, L. (2016). Effects of Interlayer Systems on Reflective Cracking in Unbonded Overlays of Existing Concrete Pavements. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2591(2591), 33-41.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.3141/2591-06.
  • Sachs, S.G., Vandenbossche, J.M., Li, Z., & Barman, M. (2016). Accounting for Temperature Susceptibility of Asphalt Stiffness When Designing Bonded Concrete Overlays of Asphalt Pavements. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING, 142(10).American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000861.
  • Sachs, S., Vandenbossche, J.M., & Snyder, M.B. (2015). Calibration of National Rigid Pavement Performance Models for the Pavement Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guide. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2524(2524), 59-67.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.3141/2524-06.