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….