
Associate Professor • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
Building Systems Engineering • Materials Science & Engineering
Office: ECCE 247
Education:
- PhD, Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 2013
- MS, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2008
- BS, Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2006
Honors and Distinctions:
- 2021 BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS) Outstanding Young Scientist
- 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award
- 2020 Best Paper Award, Journal of the American Ceramics Society (ACerS)
- 2017 Engineering News Record (ENR) Mountain States Top 20 Under 40
- 2016 ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Fellowship
- 2016 Young Researcher Award, CEAE Department, University of Colorado Boulder
- 2016 AREN Faculty Appreciation Award, CEAE Department, University of Colorado Boulder
Professional Affiliations:
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI)
- Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)
- American Concrete Institute (ACI)
- American Ceramics Society (ACerS)
Professional Interests:
- Biomimetic and Living Materials Science and Engineering
- Alternative Cement and Concrete Materials
- Embodied Carbon in Materials and Structures
Latest Publications:
- Srubar III, WV. (2021). "Engineered Living Materials: Taxonomies and Emerging Trends,” Trends in Biotechnology, 39(6), 574-583.
- Heveran, CM, SL Williams, J Qiu, J Artier, MH Hubler, SM Cook, JC Cameron, WV Srubar III. (2020). “Biomineralization and Successive Regeneration of Engineered Living Building Materials,” Matter, 2(2), 481-494.
- Frazier, SD, MG Matar, AN Aday, J Osio-Norgaard, EA Delesky, WV Srubar III. (2020). “Inhibiting Freeze-Thaw Damage in Cement Paste and Concrete by Mimicking Nature’s Antifreeze,” Cell Reports Physical Science, 1, 100060.
- Osio-Norgaard, J, AN Aday, SL Williams, X Chen, JP Gevaudan, WV Srubar III. (2021). "Silica-Modifying Chemical Admixtures for Directed Zeolitization of Metakaolin-based Alkali-Activated Materials," Cement and Concrete Research, 142, 106348.
- DeRousseau, MA, JH. Arehart, JR Kasprzyk, WV Srubar III. (2020). "Statistical Variation in the Embodied Carbon of Concrete Mixtures." Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, 123088.
- Arehart, JH, WS Nelson, Srubar III, WV. (2020). "On the Theoretical Carbon Storage and Carbon Sequestration Potential of Hempcrete." Journal of Cleaner Production, 266, 121846.