July 2024 - Present | Interim Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Research Center | |
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September 2021 - Present | Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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September 2021 - June 2024 | Associate Chair for Research (ACR), Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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September 2015 - August 2021 | Assistant Professor of Ceramic Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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October 2014 - August 2015 | Project Scientist and Lecturer, Laboratory for the Chemistry of Construction Materials (LC2), University of California, Los Angeles ‐ Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
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January 2012 - September 2014 | Research Scientist and Lecturer, Laboratory for the Chemistry of Construction Materials (LC2), University of California, Los Angeles ‐ Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
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November 2008 - December 2011 | Graduate Research Assistant, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Composition-structure-property relationships in materials, Experimental characterization and thermo-kinetic simulation of reactions and microstructural evolution in materials, Design, discovery, and implementation of sustainable cementitious binders for infrastructure, Simulation of fluid and ion transport in porous media, and Machine learning and artificial intelligence
Grants
Professional Service and Affiliations
2022 - Present | Associate Editor, Frontiers in Materials (Structural Materials) | 2022 - Present | Associate Editor, Journal of the American Ceramic Society | 2021 - Present | Editorial Board Member, Cement and Concrete Composites | 2019 - Present | Associate Editor, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering | 2016 - Present | Member, Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies | 2016 - Present | Member, Materials Research Center | 2015 - Present | Member, Materials Science and Engineering |
Honors and Awards
- Missouri S&T College of Engineering and Computing Dean’s Scholars Award, 2019
- Missouri S&T Faculty Research Award, 2021
- Best paper award, Journal of the American Ceramic Society Awards Symposium at Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2018
Courses
- MET 4350: Process Metallurgy Applications
- CER 3230: Thermodynamics of Materials
- MSE 5060/6060: (Advanced) Chemistry of Construction Materials
2012 - 2014 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Los Angeles ‐ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
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2012 | Ph.D., École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | |
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Contact Information
Materials Science and Engineering
Missouri University of Science & Technology
B49 McNutt Hall
Rolla, MO 65409
Phone: (573) 341-6994
Fax: (573) 341-6934
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