FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS

Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation Project 5218, “Extending the Service Life of Large or Unusual Structures Suffering from Premature Concrete Deterioration,” December 2004-August 2008, $716,000.

Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation Project 4889, “Sulfate Resistance of Concrete Exposed to External Sulfate Attack,” September 2004-August 2009, $701,500.

Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation Project IAC 126XXIA013, “Coatings Systems for Sealing Bridge Structures Affected by ASR/DEF,” September 2006-August 2010, $500,000.

Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation Project IAC 467MTIA011, “Evaluation of Long-Term Durability of Concrete,” September 2007-August 2008, $200,000.

Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation Project 5207, “Effects of Texas Fly Ash on Air Entrainment in Concrete,” September 2004-August 2007, $547,000.

Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation Project 4563, “Heat Generation in Mass Concrete,” September 2002-August 2006, $1,142,640.

Principal Investigator, NCHRP Project 24-12(1), “Controlled Low-Strength Material for Backfill, Utility Bedding, Void Fill, and Bridge Approaches,” September 1998-August 2004, $454,733 ($279,352 of this amount expended at the University of Texas; $175,381 expended at the University of Delaware).

Principal Investigator, Federal Highway Administration Project DTFH61-01-02-R-00078, “Durability of Segmental Retaining Wall Blocks,” January 2003 – November 2005, $313,445.

Principal Investigator, “Research on Calcium Aluminate Cements,” Lafarge Aluminates, June 2004-May 2008, $175,000.

Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation Project 4085, “Preventing Premature Concrete Deterioration due to ASR/DEF in New Concrete,” March 2000-August 2004, $1,033,000.

Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation Project 4098, “Use of Innovative Materials to Control Shrinkage Cracking of Concrete Bridge Decks,” September 2000-August 2003, $398,500.

Principal Investigator, Texas Department of Transportation Project 4392, “Use of Fibers in Concrete Pavements,” September 2000-August 2002, $268,500.

Principal Investigator, “Guidelines for the Use of Lithium to Mitigate or Prevent ASR,” Federal Highway Administration, Prime Contractor: The Transtec Group, Inc., April 2002 – June 2004, $258,304.

Co-Principal Investigator, International Center for Aggregate Research Project 302, “Verification and Implementation of Improved ASR Test and Mitigation Methods,” September 2001-August 2004, $350,000.

Principal Investigator, NCHRP Project 4-20C, “Aggregate Tests for Portland Cement Concrete Pavements: State of the Knowledge,” April 2001-October 2001, $36,000.

Co-Principal Investigator, “High-Performance Concrete for Bridge 8F in Frederica, Delaware,” Federal Highway Administration, July 1999 - June 2001, $99,969 (funds expended at the University of Delaware).

Principal Investigator, “Strategic Review of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements in Delaware,” Delaware Department of Transportation, June 1999-June 2000, $20,000 (funds expended at the University of Delaware).

Principal Investigator, NCHRP Project 4-20B, “Aggregate Tests Related to Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Performance,” May 1999-September 1999, $19,995 (funds expended at the University of Delaware).