As the university announced, Dr. Hongyan Ma, Francisco Benavides Scholar and associate professor of CArEE, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Kummer Impact Professor, effective July 1, 2024. This selection was in recognition of demonstrated potential to act as an intellectual leader across campus by promoting an inclusive, collaborative environment among colleagues…
ACerS Cement Division Annual Meeting Was at Rolla
ACerS Cement Division Annual Meeting 2024 and 14th Conference on Advances in Cement-Based Materials was hosted June 19-21 at Missouri S&T in Rolla, MO. Part of our group members attended the conference and served as volunteers to assist conference organization….
FuCCI was at EMI/PMC 2024
Dr. Ma moderated a technical session “Phase change materials (PCMs)-based multifunctional architected construction composites” at Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference and Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference (EMI/PMC 2024), Chicago, United States, May 28-31, 2024. He also presented “Pozzolanic Reactivity of Phase Change Material (PCM)-Loaded Diatomite.” Look forward to working with newly connected industrial partners in new…
FuCCI was at 2024 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
Dr. Ma and Dr. Liao participated in the 2024 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit (May 22-24, Dallas, TX), and showcased FuCCI’s progress in carbon-negative mining technologies funded by ARPA-E….
FuCCI is Starting Its First Federal Project on Hydrogen Production
Funded by ARPA-E’s Geologic Hydrogen program, FuCCI will start its first federal project on exploration of geologic hydrogen production, teaming up with MS&T’s Lightwave Technology Lab, GE, Shell, and Lawrence Livermore National Lab. This is a two-year exploratory project aiming to significantly accelerate the serpentinization of fayalite for hydrogen production. We look forward to scaling…
Rezwana Hafiz Passed Her PhD Thesis Exam
Rezwana Hafiz successfully passed her PhD thesis (Characterization and Modeling of Unsaturated and Partially Damaged Cement-based Materials) exam on Jan 16, 2024. Congratulations to Dr. Hafiz….
Dr. Ma received 2023 Faculty Excellence Award
Dr. Ma received the 2023 Faculty Excellence Award of Missouri S&T. Every year, this award recognizes up to 5 faculty based on their 5-year performance in research, teaching, and service. https://news.mst.edu/2023/12/35-faculty-honored-for-outstanding-teaching-service-experiential-learning/…
Developing carbon-negative cementitious materials, giving new life to ‘unusable’ waste
S&T News reported the new project of FuCCI for carbon-negative conversion of solid wastes into commodity cementitious materials. This article included a photo of our semi-industrial-scale batching plant too. The batching plant will play an important role in upscaling of the developed technology following R&D in the Phase I project. Read the full article here:…
Dr. Liao attended ARPA-E’s MINER BOOST program
During the 10/16 week, Dr. Wenyu Liao, Assistant Research Professor of FuCCI, attended a small-size MINER BOOST program funded by ARPA-E and Grantham Foundation. MINER BOOST is aimed at accelerating the development of a community of mining startups by drawing in talent from a number of high risk ARPA-E projects in the area….
Dr. Ma presented for NRMCA’s Concrete Innovations: Carbon Reduction Strategies
On 10/18/2023, Dr. Ma gave a presentation entitled “Eco-Efficient and Carbon-Negative Supplementary Cementitious Materials Derived from Solid Wastes” for National Ready-Mixed Concrete Association’s Concrete Innovations Seminar series, Session 16: Carbon Reduction Strategies. Dr. Ma showcased FuCCI innovations of alkali aluminosilicate solid wastes (e.g., off-spec coal ashes, waste-to-energy residues, steel slag, etc.) derived alternative supplementary cementitious…