Research Interests
- Future cements
- Cement efficiency enhancing strategies
- Novel supplementary cementitious materials
- Alternative cements
- Hydration kinetics of (blended) cementitious materials
- Compositional and microstructural characterizations
- Multi-scale modeling (from molecular dynamics to macroscopic FEM) of concrete
- Mechanisms and mitigation of concrete deterioration
- Acoustics- and optics-based NDTs and sensing
- Nano- and biological technologies in construction
- Solid waste upcycling
- Energy storage and massive CO2 sequestration
Courses Taught
Construction Materials: Properties and Testing (CE3116); Composition and Properties of Concrete (CE5113); Mechanics of Materials (CE2210)
Professional Experience
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST, (2013-2015)
- Part-time Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST (2012-2013)
- Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST, (2008-2012)
Major Honors and Awards
- Faculty Research Award, Missouri S&T, (2019)
- College of Engineering and Computing Dean’s Scholar, Missouri S&T, (2019)
- Joseph H. Senne Jr. Academy of Civil Engineers Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award, Missouri S&T, (2019)
- ExCEEd Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, (2017)
Follow Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering