Students

PRESENT Ph.D. STUDENTS

V. Lamour: High-Alumina Cement

Mauricio Mancio : Corrosion of Concrete

Cruz Carlos : Durability of concrete

Fariborz Vossoughi : Impact resistance of concrete (Ostertag, co-advisor)

Sejung Rosie Chae : Ice formation in concrete

Josh Blunt: Fiber-reinforced concrete (Ostertag, co-advisor)

Jae-Eun Oh: Geopolymers (Ostertag, co-advisor)

Ana Paula Kirchheim: Hydration of C3A (Dal Molin, co-advisor, UFRGS)

Priya Naik: Alkali-silica reaction

 

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 Geo materials 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.