PRESENT Ph.D. STUDENTS

Sejung Rosie Chae: Ice formation in concrete
Cagla Meral: Alkali-Silica Reaction (Prof. Ostertag, co-advisor)
Seyoon Yoon: Chloride Ingress in Concrete
Kamel Celik: Green Concrete
Pierre Itty: Synchrotron radiation to study concrete
Ju-hyuk Moon: High-Pressure Sudies

CURRENT POSDOCS and VISITING SCHOLARS

Sezen Soyer, 2010-current, PostDoc, Pair Distribution Functions
Jae-En Oh, 2009-current, PostDoc, High pressure physics of crystals
Hailing Wang, 2009-current, Visiting Scholar, Durability of Concrete
Wei Shi, 209-current, Visiting Scholar, Geopolymers
Kamile Tosun, 2009-current, Post-Doc, Durability of Concrete
Juyoung Ha, 2008-current, Post-Doc, Spectromicroscopy
Mauricio Mancio, 2008-current, Post-Doc, Corrosion of Concrete

FORMER Ph.D. STUDENTS

1.  Jy-An Wang  (1987): "A Modified Direct Method for the Calculation of the Elastic Properties of Composite Materials"  (Prof. J. Lubliner, co-chairman).
2.  Vladimir A. Paulon  (1991):  “Microstruture of the Aggregate-Cement Paste Transition Zone” (at University of Sao Paulo).
3.  Vassilis P.  Panoskanis  (1992):  “Rate Effect in the Constitutive Modeling of Concrete and Geomaterials Including Plasticity and Damage” (Prof. Lubliner, co-chair).
4.  Virgilio A. Ghio  (1993):  “The Rheology of Fresh Concrete and Its Effect on the Shotcrete Process”.
5.  K. Shyu (1993):  “Nodal-based discontinuous Deformation Analysis”.
6.  C. T. Chang  (1994):  “Nonlinear Dynamic Discontinuous Deformation Analysis with Finite Element Meshed Block System”.
7.  Kamran Nemati (1994):  “Generation and Interaction of Compressive Stress-Induced Microcracks in Concrete”.
8.  Kejin Wang (1994): “Expansion-Related Concrete Deterioration:  Interaction  Between Microstructure,  Chemistry and Performance”.
9.  Monica Prezzi (1995):  “Analysis of the Mechanisms of Concrete Deterioration”.
10.  Denise Del Molin (1995):  High Strength Concrete (at University of Sao Paulo)
11.  David Trejo (1997): Microstructural design and electrochemical evaluation of Fe/2Si/0.1C dual-phase ferritic Martensitic steel for concrete reinforcement
12.  Kim Kurtis (1998), Transmission Soft X-ray Microscopy of the Alkali-Silica Reaction
13.  Chun-Liang Lin  (1999), Compressive Strength of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites, Prof. Hari Dharan, co-chair.
14. Beverly P. DiPaolo (2000), An experimental investigation on the axial crush of a thin-walled, stainless steel box component, Prof. Gronsky, co-chair.
15. David J. Corr (2001), A Microscopic Study of Ice Formation and Propagation in Concrete.
16. J. Zhang (2002):  Non invasive surface measurement of the corrosion impedance of rebar in concrete.
17. Hal Amick (2004), Concrete Damping Properties and Their Modifications, 2004.
18. Kome Shomglin (2004), Susceptibility of Deformed Granitic Rocks of the Santa Rosa Mylonite Zone to the Alkali Silica Reaction in Concrete, Prof. Rudy Wenk (co-advisor)
19. Nicole P. Hasparyk (2005), Investigation of concrete affected by the alkali-silica reaction, Prof. D. Dal Molin (co-advisor), University Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
20. Ana Paula Kirchheim (2008), Characterization of the hydration of cubic and orthorhombic tricalcium aluminate, Prof. D. Dal Molin (co-advisor), University Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
21. Cruz Carlos (2008), Microscopic Observations of Internal Frost Damage and Salt Scaling
22. Fariborz Vossoughi (2008), Assessing Impact Resistance of Concrete-Based Materials, Prof Ostertag (co-advisor).
23. Mauricio Mancio (2009), Electrochemical and in-situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic (SERS) Study of Passive Films Formed on Low-Carbon Steel in Highly Alkaline Environments, Prof. Devine (co-advisor)
24. Jae-En Oh (2009)