The Advanced Cementitious Materials Research Group
Research is one of the best ways to bridge the gap between what you’re learning in classes and designing on paper, to how things really work in practice. I am always interested in working with undergraduate and graduate students interested in getting involved in research. Undergrads – Please send me an email to set up a time to sit down and discuss further. Grads – Please see the ‘Interested in working in the CeMNT lab’ tab to submit your information for consideration.
Principle Investigator
Dr. Lisa Burris – burris.189@osu.edu
Current Students
Graduate Researchers
Erin Stewartson – PhD Fellow – stewartson.2@osu.edu. Fly ash adsorption and carbonation of reclaimed concrete aggregate concrete
Mahmod Yahya – PhD Fellow – yahya.15@osu.edu. Slip formed bridge rail mixture design and testing to minimize cracking, and fly ash adsorption and particle size effects
Gaurab Shrestha – MS student – shrestha.105. Evaluation of cracking using NDT in Ohio bridge parapets
Visiting Scholars
Ilgin Sandalci – summer 2021
Shuyan Yang – AY 2019-2020
Undergraduate Researchers
Evan Nwankwo – Industry review: opportunities and barriers to implementing 3D printing in the construction industry
Ben Starker – pervious concrete for mitigating acid mine drainage field trials, and 3D printing work
Past Students
Postdoctoral Researchers
Yujia Min – min.292@osu.edu, Project foci: Fly ash adsorption and reactivity, and development of a fluorescence-based adsorption testing method; now working at the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana with Nishant Garg
Graduate Students
Jarron Mihoci – MS Student and CIVILEN 3541 GTA – mihoci.6@osu.edu, Thesis: Alternative biomass ash pozzolans; now working at Michael Baker International in Pittsburgh, PA
Cansu Acarturk – PhD Student – acarturk.1@osu.edu, Thesis: Novel and Sustainable Cementitious Systems: Improving Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement and Bacterial Concrete Properties; now working at a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Colorado with Dr. Wil Srubar
Sam Riekert – MS student – Thesis: Treating Acid Mine Drainage with Pervious Concrete and Quantifying the Impacts of Urban Stormwater N:P Ratio on Harmful Algal Blooms
Natalie Gibbons – MS Non-Thesis
Matthew Chelberg – MS Thesis, Thesis: Understanding Fly Ash Contribution to Concrete Mixture Properties
Undergraduate Students
Kamilla Wieckowski, Spring 2023 – 3D print mixture analysis using vane shear measurements
Brendan Maestro, Spring 2023 – 3D print mixture analysis using early age compression measurements and Curbing Sediment project concrete stamping
Anna Tenhagen, Spring 2021-Spring 2023 – graduated with Undergraduate Research Distinction with Honors and plans to start a MS degree with a research fellowship at the University of Washington! Her research distinction thesis:
Effects of Processing and Mix Composition on the Performance of Limestone Calcined Clay Blended Cement (LC3)
Meghan Nicholson, Summer 2022 – Bacterial concrete and fly ash adsorption testing
Timothy Huang, Summer 2022 – Bacterial concrete and fly ash adsorption testing
Abby Spengler, Spring 2021-Spring 2022 – bacterial concrete exposed to high and low temps
Ravi Patel, Spring 2021-Spring 2022 – pervious concrete to remediate acid mine drainage. Ravi accepted an offer to complete an MS in Aerospace Engineering at Michigan!
Anthony Wong, Summer 2018-Spring 2021 – graduated with Research Distinction after defending his thesis:
Calcium Sulfoaluminate Belite-Portland Cement Concrete Mixtures for Rapid Hydration and Strength Gain
Finn Haugh, Fall 2019-Fall 2020 – graduated
Nick Gao, Spring 2020-Fall 2020 – graduated
Shawn Sutton, Fall 2018 – graduated with an MS in Welding Engineering!
Logan Wilson, Spring 2019
Sophia Gull, Spring 2019
Summer Researchers
Thomas Dunlop – pervious concrete for acid mine drainage remediation
Nelson Jurado – Accelerated LC3 3D printed mixtures