Honorary Member since 2001

Paul Teng was born in Hubei, China in 1939, the son of a military officer and the eldest of seven children. He spent his early childhood in war-torn China, until his family moved to Taiwan in the mid-1940s. He was educated in Taiwan, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Taiwan Chun Yuan University in 1962. He joined the Corps of Engineers ROTC program in Taiwan, and was an assistant project engineer for a missile site in Taipei in 1963 and 1964. He came to the United States in 1964 and received his Master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Mississippi in 1966 and a Master’s degree in business administration from Mississippi College in 1978.

Mr. Teng joined the Mississippi State Highway Department in 1966, and held a range of engineering and research positions with the Department between 1966 and 1981. He conducted many field experiments with soil cement stabilization, and was responsible for a research and evaluation program on Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) that laid the groundwork for improving the design and construction of CRCP, and also established guidelines for the maintenance and rehabilitation of CRCP. In 1976, he worked with the late Bengt Friberg on the design and construction of a large prestressed concrete pavement research project for the Mississippi State Highway Department.

In 1981, Paul joined the FHWA as Federal Program Manager for the Office of Research, where he directed research programs in pavement design and rehabilitation. In 1983, he was transferred to the Office of Highway Operations’ Construction and Maintenance Division. He developed the concept of FHWA’s Pavement Design and Rehabilitation Review Team and visited almost all of the 50 U.S. state highway agencies at least once during 1984 and 1985. He and his team walked and evaluated many miles of highways in each of the reviewed States. This highly successful effort resulted in the development of sound technical recommendations that helped the FHWA field offices and the States in evaluating and designing pavement rehabilitation projects in difficult and unusual situations.

In 1986, Mr. Teng was promoted to the position of Chief of the Pavement Design and Rehabilitation Branch in the Office of Engineering. Under his leadership, FHWA published the much acclaimed Pavement Rehabilitation Manual and Pavement Notebook for FHWA Engineers. In 1991, he established the Long-Term Pavement Performance Division in the Office of Research, Development and Technology, and he was responsible for the transition of the Strategic Highway Research Program activities from the National Research Council to the FHWA in 1992.

Paul became the Chief of the FHWA’s Pavement Division in 1994, where he was responsible for providing direction and leadership in the development of national policy, standards and guides for the structural design and rehabilitation of roadway pavements and pavement management practices.

Mr. Teng was appointed Director of FHWA’s Office of Infrastructure Research and Development in March 1999, where he directed a multi-level R&D staff that was responsible for the improvement of highway infrastructure-related technology. He also represented FHWA in many international professional activities, including: the World Road Association’s (PIARC) Pavement Committees; European Union’s highway R&D projects; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Road Transport and Intermodal research; and active participation in all international pavement related technical activities.

Paul retired from the FHWA in May 2005, but still maintains an active interest in pavement design, performance, construction and research activities. He and his wife Rita live in Great Falls, Virginia. They have two grown children, and remain very active in the communities where they live.

In recognition of his accomplishments and contributions to the concrete paving profession, Mr. Teng was inducted into the International Society for Concrete Pavements as an Honorary Member on September 9, 2001. ISCP is proud to have Paul as an Honorary Member!

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