Doctoral Short Course

Location:
Kearney Hall, Room 312
1491 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331

Short Course Program (Downloadable PDF)

Day 1 – June 20, 2022

8:00 am: Continental Breakfast
8:30 am: Hydration, SCMs, Reactivity Evaluation: How Much Cement do You Need? – Scrivener
10:00 am: Break
10:30 am: Durability: Corrosion, New Mixture Proportioning Approach – Isgor
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: Durability: Freeze/Thaw, Volume change – Weiss
2:30 pm: Break
3:00 pm: Durability: Sulfate Attack – Aguayo (virtual lecture)

Day 2 – June 21, 2022

Location:
CH2M HILL Alumni Center
725 SW 26th St.
Corvallis, OR 97331

Evening Welcome Reception
June 21 CH2M HILL Alumni Center
5:00 – 6:30 pm

Session 1: Binders
Morning June 22
8:30 – 12:00 pm

Moderator: Jason Ideker

Talks

Jason Ideker – Welcome and Opening Remarks
Karen Scrivener – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Reaching Net Zero for Construction
Farshad Rajabipour – Pennsylvania State University
Evaluation and Beneficiation of High-SO3 Fly Ash as Concrete SC
Somayeh Nassiri – Washington State UniversityBiobased nanofibers and nanocrystals from chitin and cellulose for stronger cementitious materials
Sarah Williams – University of Colorado Boulder
Photoautotrophic Biomineralizing Microalgae as Alternative SCMs
Ogulcan Canbek – Georgia Institute of Technology
A Quantitative Approach to Determining Sulfate Balance for LC3

Poster Pitches

Danielle Beatty – University of Colorado Boulder
Biogenic Limestone as a CO2-Storing Filler for Portland Cement Concrete
Anuj Parashar – Oregon State University
Title TBD

We will have a midway break in each session for refreshments

Lunch
12:00 – 1:30 pm

Session 2: Concrete/Pre-Cast
Afternoon June 22
1:30 – 5:00 pm

Moderator: Karen Scrivener

Talks

Matthew Adams – New Jersey Institute of Technology
Local and State Policy Options for Overcoming Barriers to Procurement of Low Embodied Carbon Concrete
Tarek Khan – Master Builders® Solutions
Mix Design Development to be Fit for Purpose
Burkan Isgor – Oregon State University
Advances in Reactive-Transport Modeling Of Cementitious Systems to Study Durability and Sustainability Of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Thano Drimalas – The University of Texas at Austin
Exceeding the Limits with Portland Limestone Cements and Recycled Concrete
Anthony Bentivegna – Durability Engineers
Title TBD

Poster Pitches

Xijun Shi
Evaluation of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement based Cementitious Materials

Conference Dinner at Common Fields
Evening June 22
6:30 pm

Group Hike/Free Time
Morning June 23
Depart from CH2M HILL Alumni Center 8:30 am

Session 3: Durability/LCA
Afternoon June 23
1:30 – 5:00 pm

Moderator: Matthew Adams

Talks

Brad Pease – COWI North America Ltd.
Practical Considerations of Service Life Design: Bridging the Gaps from Service Life Design Codes to Realities of Construction
Sabbie Miller – University of California Davis
Deep Decarbonization of Cement and Coupled Effects on Other Environmental Impacts
Federico Aguayo – University of Washington
Influence of Relative Humidity and CO2 Concentration on the Carbonation of Alternative Cementitious Binders
Ueli Angst – ETH Zürich
No Net-Zero Without Long-Term Corrosion Predictions: A Pore-Scale Perspective on Relevant Processes

Poster Pitches

Kiran Ram Porikam Poil – University of Zagreb
Chloride Penetration Resistance of High-Performance Concrete Based on Limestone-Calcined Clay
Matea Flegar – University of Zagreb
Durability Assessment Across Different Exposure Classes of Normal Strength Calcined Clay Concrete
Zhanzhao Li – Pennsylvania State University
Kinetics of Iron Sulfide Oxidation in Simulated Concrete Pore Solution
Sylvia Kessler – Helmut-Schmidt-University
Value of Information of Corrosion Assessment Methods in Reinforced Concrete Structures
Matt Jungclaus – University of Colorado Boulder
Modeling the Theoretical CO2 Sequestration of Portland Cement Concrete
Gopakumar Kaladharan – Pennsylvania State University
Mitigation of Alkali-Silica Reaction in Concrete Using Novel pH Reducing Admixtures

We will have a midway break in each session for refreshments

Session 4: Design/Codes/Specifications
Morning June 24
8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Moderator: Sabbie Miller

Talks

Eric Giannini – Portland Cement Association
Building Purposefully on the Road to Carbon Neutrality
Bruno Fong – Kiewit Corporation
Title TBD
Mike Thomas – University of New Brunswick
Is the w/cm Fit for the Purpose of Durability Specifications?
Alexander Michel – Technical University of Denmark
A modelling Framework to Anticipate, Mitigate, and Adapt to the Impact of Climate Change on the Material Deterioration of Civil Infrastructure
Bruce King – Ecological Building Network
From Marin County to Sacramento to Washington: Developments in Embodied Carbon Codes and Procurement Policies

Poster Pitches

Darya Memon – Ghent University
Prediction of Low-Velocity Impact Response of RC beams
Michelle Helsel – Turner Fairbanks Highway Research Center
A Review of Cement and Concrete Sustainability Strategies and How to Quantify Them

We will have a midway break in each session for refreshments

Lunch
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Boxed lunch so you can stay, or grab and go!