Affiliated Researchers: Building Material

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Assistant Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Mycelium-based Composites, Mycelium, Shape Change, Three Dimensional Printing, 3D Printing

Amin Mehrabian

Associate Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Wellbore, Porosity, Poroelasticity, Pore Fluid, Loss Of Circulation

Bryan Vogt

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Film, Thin Films, Copolymer, Surface (Surface Science), Polystyrene

Timothy Simpson

Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Product Family, 3D Printers, Design, Manufacturing, Students

Shihui Shen

Distinguished Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Asphalt Pavements, Asphalt Mixture, Pavement, Asphalt Pavement, Asphalt Binder

José Duarte

Professor and Stuckeman Chair in Design Innovation, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Shape Grammar, Grammar, Design System, Urban Design, Three Dimensional Printing

Arash Dahi Taleghani

Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracturing, Wellbore, Hydraulic Fracture, Natural Fracture, Lost Circulation Material

Julian Wang

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Conservation, Thermal Comfort, Thermal Performance, Building Envelope, Energy Building

Aly Said

Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Column Joint, Beam-Column, Reinforced Concrete Beam, Beam-column Joint, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer

Christopher Kube

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Polycrystalline Materials, Polycrystal, Polycrystalline Material, Ultrasound

Mark Klima

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Refuse, Bituminous Coal, Slurry, Coal Preparation

Christopher Gorski

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Iron Oxide, Fe2+, Fe(II), Battery-type Electrode, Thermally Regenerative Ammonia-based Battery

Jonathan Mathews

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Bituminous Coal, Vitrinite, High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Aromatics, Inertinite

Gordon Warn

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sequential Decision Process, Decision Process, Trade Space Exploration, Finite Element Modeling, Structural Frames

Ming Xiao

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Subgrade, Permafrost, Pavement, Subbase, Experimental Investigation

Sarah Zappe

Associate Research Professor, Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education
Top research keywords: Entrepreneurship, Engineering Students, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Entrepreneurship Education, Student Perceptions

Kusumal Ruamsook

Assistant Research Professor, Center for Supply Chain Research
Top research keywords: Supply Chain Management, Transport, USA, Low-cost Countries, Comparative Analysis

Stephanie Law

Associate Professor and Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Film, Topological Insulator, Thin Films, Bismuth Telluride, Surface (Surface Science)

Suvrat Dhanorkar

Associate Professor, Supply Chain and Information Systems
Top research keywords: Waste Exchange, Material Exchange, Online Material, Supply Chain Management, Toxic Release

Farshad Rajabipour

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Alkali Silica Reaction, Portland Cement, Cementitious Material, Fly Ash, Phase Composition

Esther Obonyo

Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Construction Worker, Posture Recognition, Recognition Model, Construction Workers, Injury Prevention

Zoubeida Ounaies

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Piezoelectricity, Composite Material, Actuator, Piezoelectric

Fred Cannon

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Activated Carbon, Perchlorate, Coal, Adsorption, Removal

Amir Sheikhi

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydrogel, Nanocellulose, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Biomaterial, Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA)

Jon-Paul Maria

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Film, Oxide Compound, Ferroelectric Material, Permittivity

Vincent Meunier

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Graphene, Nanoribbon, Density, Electronic Properties, Carbon Nanotube

Zorana Mijic

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Conductivity, Liquefaction, Ejecta, Asphalt Pavements, Gravel

John Hellmann

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Fibers, Sapphire, Fiber, Composite Materials, Float Glass

Kaleigh Yost

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Cone Penetrometer, Thin Layer, Layer Effect, Calibration Chamber, Penetrometers

Marek Flaska

Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutron, Gamma Radiation, Scintillation Counter, Pulse Shape Discrimination, Pulse Shape

Jing Du

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Finite Element Method, X-Ray Computed Tomography, Mechanical Testing, Organic Light-emitting Diodes, Density

Aleksandra Radlinska

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Material Properties, Alkali-activated Slag, Restrained Ring Test, Drying Shrinkage, Early-age Cracking

Lauren Zarzar

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Surface Active Agent, Surfactant, Hydrogel, Microscale, Surface (Surface Science)

Jiawei Gong

Top research keywords: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Composite Material, Perovskite Solar Cell, Density

Andrea Argüelles

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Additive Manufacturing, Polycrystal, Ultrasonic Testing, Porosity

Mansour Solaimanian

Associate Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Asphalt Concrete, Asphalt Mixture, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement, Pavement, Superpave

Juan Pablo "JP" Gevaudan

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Alkali-activated Cement, Sodium, Aluminosilicate, Cementitious Material, Geopolymer

Raymond E. Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, Nanocrystals, Nanorod, Cation Exchange

David Snyder

Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Graphene, Film, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Epitaxial Graphene, Vapor Deposition

Ryan Harne

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Harvesting, Harvesters, Vibration, Metamaterials, Energy