February 2023 - Present | Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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August 2011 - Present | Research Investigator, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES) | |
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August 2011 - Present | Vernon and Maralee Jones Professor of Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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September 2021 - January 2023 | Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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August 2011 - October 2021 | Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES) | |
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September 2013 - December 2019 | Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ REsearch on Concrete Applications for Sustainable Transportation (RE-CAST) | |
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August 2011 - June 2014 | Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Center for Transportation Infrastructure and Safety | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Design and performance of advanced construction and repair materials, including high-performance concrete, self-consolidating concrete, underwater concrete, and specialty grouts, Rheology and workability of cement-based materials, Optimization of chemical admixtures and supplementary cementitous materials and fillers for concrete, Microstructure of cement-based materials, Valorization of industrial by-products and recycled aggregate in concrete, Fiber reinforcement, Repair and rehabilitation of civil engineering infrastructure, Development of novel test methods to evaluate rheology and workability of cement-based materials, and Instrumentation and structural health monitoring of structures
Professional Service and Affiliations
2021 - Present | Board of Direction, American Concrete Institute | 2018 - Present | Member Technical Activities Committee, American Concrete Institute | Present | Member, ACI 236 Materials Science of Concrete, American Concrete Institute | Present | Member, ACI 238 Workability of Concrete, American Concrete Institute | Present | Member, ACI 234, Silica Fume, American Concrete Institute | Present | Member, ACI 237 Self-Consolidating Concrete, American Concrete Institute | Present | Member, ACI 552 Cementitious Grouting, American Concrete Institute | Present | Member, ACI 564 3-D Printing with Cementitious Materials, American Concrete Institute | Present | Member, RILEM TC-FPC Form Pressure of SCC, RILEM | Present | Member, RILEM TC-MRP Measuring Rheological Properties of Cement-based Materials, RILEM | Present | RILEM TC-DCS : Data-driven concrete science, RILEM | Present | Member, RILEM TC-305-PCC : Pumping of concrete, RILEM | 2014 - 2018 | Member, RILEM Development Advisory Committee, DAC – Convener for North America, RILEM | 2014 - 2017 | Member, SA02 Wason Medal for Materials Research, American Concrete Institute | 2009 - 2015 | Chairman, ACI Committees 237 Self-Consolidating Concrete, American Concrete Institute | 2008 - 2013 | Chairman, RILEM TC 228 Mechanical Properties of SCC, RILEM | 2008 - 2011 | Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering | 2005 - 2009 | Secretary, TC205 Durability of SCC, RILEM |
Honors and Awards
- 2020 Robert E. Philleo Award, Concrete Research Council of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation
- 2016 ACI Foundation Jean-Claude Roumain Innovation in Concrete Award, 2016
- 2016 Elsevier list of 150 most cited people in civil engineering in the world
- 2015 Fellow RILEM (International Union Reunion of laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures)
- 2015 ACI Arthur R. Anderson Medal
- 2014 The G.H. Tattersall Award for Sustaining and Outstanding Contributions in the Area of Sustainability and Durability of Concrete, Reykjavik, Iceland
- 2012 ACI Quebec and Eastern Ontario Award of Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Concrete Science and Technology
Courses
- Construction Estimating and Scheduling
- Engineering Materials
- Concrete Durability and Repair
- Concrete Technology
- Rheology and Self-consolidating Concrete
- Advanced Concrete Science and Technology
1989 | Ph. D. in Civil Engineering, Concrete Technology, University of California, Berkeley | |
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1985 | M.S. in Structural Engineering, University of California, Berkeley | |
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1984 | Master of Engineering, Construction Engineering and Management, University of California, Berkeley | |
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1982 | B.S. in Civil Engineering (concentration: Structural Engineering), University of California, Berkeley | |
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Links
Contact Information
Office of Research & Innovation
Missouri University of Science and Technology
202A Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th Street
Rolla, MO 65409-1330 USA
Phone: (573) 341-6211
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