Research
Current Projects
- Concrete metamaterial for stress and electromagnetic wave attenuation
- Self-assembly of microstructural inclusions in composite materials
- Nanoparticle injection technology for remediating leaks of CO2 storage formations
- Material aging effects on performance based earthquake design
- Concrete remediation methods to improve building energy efficiency
- New test methods to improve concrete creep prediction
- Engineering microstructure of living building materials
- Imaging and mechanical testing of cement hydrate micro-structure evolution
- Correlations of fracture resistance to spatial statistics of material microstructure
Past Projects
- Size effect law for scratch tests of asymmetric shape
- Cement particle toxicity during lifetime & collapse of civil infrastructure
- Model B4: Multi-decade creep and shrinkage of concrete
- Improved analysis and testing of creep and shrinkage of concrete
- Theory of cyclic creep of concrete based on Paris Law for microcrack growth
- Improved estimate for long-term relaxation function of aging concrete
- Laboratory study of nucleation seeding on the hydration kinetics of geopolymers
- Inverse density analysis of immersed structures