Farshad Rajabipour

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Summary

Interested in sustainable materials for civil infrastructure, modeling transport in fractured porous media, damage prediction in early-age concrete, health monitoring and characterization of cementitious materials, and development of green and recycled co

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Recent Publications

Influence of physicochemical properties of nontraditional and natural pozzolans on concrete strength

Castillo, A., Tokpatayeva, R., Olek, J., Rajabipour, F. & Peethamparan, S., Apr 2026, In: Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions. 59, 3, 141.

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Transforming dredged sediment into reactive clay: Critical review of calcination, reactivity, and sustainable valorization as supplementary cementitious material

Han, S., Wi, S., Ji, K., Yang, K. H., Rajabipour, F., Khayat, K. H. & Yoon, J., Jun 15 2026, In: Applied Clay Science. 286, 108160.

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Multiscale biochar as cement and sand replacement in mortar

Mirabrishami, M., Chu, S. H. & Rajabipour, F., Apr 25 2026, In: Construction and Building Materials. 521, 146020.

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Engineering Properties of Alkali-Activated Concrete Using Natural Pozzolans and Coal Combustion Byproducts as Prospective Precursors

Mishra, S., Thapa, S., Arachchige, R. M., Olek, J., Rajabipour, F. & Peethamparan, S., Apr 1 2026, In: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 38, 4, 04026039.

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Tailoring fiber-matrix interaction to achieve Strain-Hardening Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (SH-UHPC) at low fiber volumes

Moman, A. A., Chu, S. H., Sundar, D., Alarab, A., Tatar, J. & Rajabipour, F., Aug 2026, In: Cement and Concrete Composites. 171, 106600.

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Non-Traditional and Natural Pozzolans as Precursors for Sustainable Alkali-Activated Binders: Reactivity, Phase Assemblage, and Composition Analysis

Muththa Arachchige, R., Mishra, S., Olek, J., Rajabipour, F. & Peethamparan, S., Feb 2026, In: Engineering. 57, p. 262-282 21 p.

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Towards a test method for measuring soluble alkalis in supplementary cementitious materials

Sharbaf, M., Li, Z., Olek, J., Peethamparan, S. & Rajabipour, F., May 2026, In: Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions. 59, 4, 209.

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Optimizing grout injection: A computational and experimental study

Darzikolaei, S. A. M., Sao, Z. M., Musazay, J. A., Shen, S., Rajabipour, F. & Liu, X., May 2025, In: Transportation Geotechnics. 52, 101576.

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Performance of Impure Calcined Clay in Binary and Ternary Concrete Mixtures Containing Portland and Slag Cements

Jafari, K. & Rajabipour, F., Sep 1 2025, In: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 37, 9, 04025282.

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Characterizing the mechanisms and alkali-silica reaction behavior of novel and non-traditional alkali-activated materials

Mishra, S., Rajabipour, F., Olek, J. & Peethamparan, S., Sep 2025, In: Cement and Concrete Research. 195, 107914.

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Sustainable alkali-activated concrete with unconventional precursors for ASR mitigation: Mechanisms and alternative predictors using the miniature concrete prism test

Mishra, S., Rajabipour, F., Olek, J. & Peethamparan, S., Jun 2025, In: Cleaner Materials. 16, 100307.

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Autogenous and drying shrinkage in Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) and the effectiveness of internal curing

Moman, A. A., Sundar, D., Zeng, K., Tatar, J., Radlińska, A. & Rajabipour, F., Feb 21 2025, In: Construction and Building Materials. 464, 140217.

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Development and Performance of a Composite UHPC Box-Beam Bridge Section

Zhang, H., Naito, C. & Rajabipour, F., Nov 1 2025, In: Journal of Bridge Engineering. 30, 11, 04025069.

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Shear performance of fluted interfaces between ultra-high-performance concrete and conventional concrete

Zhang, H., Naito, C. & Rajabipour, F., Mar 2025, In: Engineering Structures. 326, 119512.

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Phase identification and micromechanical properties of non-traditional and natural pozzolan based alkali-activated materials

Arachchige, R. M., Olek, J., Rajabipour, F. & Peethamparan, S., Aug 30 2024, In: Construction and Building Materials. 441, 137478.

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