ACI Foundation funds 10 new research projects

The ACI Foundation’s Concrete Research Council (CRC) has selected 10 research projects to receive grants this year. 

A subsidiary of the American Concrete Institute, the ACI Foundation seeks concrete research projects that further the knowledge and sustainability of concrete materials, construction, and structures.

The following research projects will receive funding from the ACI Foundation and were awarded based on impact on industry, ACI Committee engagement and collaboration with other funders and organisations.

Alternative Supplementary Cementitious Materials from Local Agricultural Products 

 PI: Lisa Burris, Ohio State University

Damage Classification of Reinforced Concrete Structures for Fire: Rebar Temperature

 PI: Negar Elhami-Khorasani, University at Buffalo 

 Co-PI: Ravi Ranade, University at Buffalo

 Co-PI: Anthony Tessari, University at Buffalo

Development of a Phase Change Material-Based Heat-Absorbing Surface Covering for Concrete Pavements/Bridge Decks 

 PI: Jung Heum Yeon, Texas State University

 Co-PI: Togay Ozbakkaloglu, Texas State University

Evaluation of Early-Strength Development in Tension-Driven High Strength Concrete Formulations

 PI: Matthew Gombeda, Illinois Institute of Technology

 Co-PI: Nishant Garg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Fatigue Behaviour of FRP Bars Embedded in Concrete 

 PI: Christian Carloni, Case Western Reserve University

How Much Consolidation Energy is Really Required to Create Concrete Specimens? 

 PI: Dimitri Feys, Curators of the University of Missouri on behalf of Missouri University of Science and Technology

 Co-PI: Kyle Riding, University of Florida

Maximum Reinforcing Ratio for Reinforced UHPC Beams: Towards Slender Elements 

 PI: Yi Shao, University of California, Berkeley 

 Co-PI: Claudia Ostertag, University of California, Berkeley

Multiscale Reinforcement of Hybrid Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete 

 PI: Xijun Shi, Texas State University 

 Co-PI: Zachary Grasley, Texas A&M University

Reliable Measurement and Speciation of Sulfur in Concrete Aggregates

 PI: April Synder, RJ Lee Group

 Co-PI: Michael Deible, RJ Lee Group

Shear Behavior of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Considering Axial Load Effects

 PI: Dimitrios Kalliontzis, University of Houston

The ACI Foundation is committed to progress in the industry by contributing financially to necessary and worthy research. This year’s awarded projects, including additional funding partners, research team, ACI committee involvement, project details, and more, are available at ACIFoundation.org/research.