Description:
The project addresses the challenge that conventional design of concrete mixtures employs time-intensive, trial-and-error approaches that do not offer optimal performing designs. We will define, formulate, and link mathematical models that relate concrete mixture proportions to concrete performance, linking the models with multi-objective optimization. The project will involve industry professionals in the development and testing of the methodology through interactive workshops, taking advantage of a collaboration with a communication sciences professor.
PhD student Mikaela DeRousseau is funded on this project.