Presentations

Presentations and conferences


Conference papers, keynotes, invited lectures, seminars, and short courses given by the group.

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98 talks with a recorded location, across 58 cities. Marker area is proportional to the number of talks in that city. 72 further talks in the record carry no location.

2026

4th International Interactive Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Concrete

An Interactive Inverse-Analysis and Design Tool for UHPC Beams and Columns

Conference

ACI Convention

Inverse analysis and back-calculation procedures for UHPC

Conference Slides PDF

DTU, Technical University of Denmark, summer school Denmark

Lectures for DTU students on FRC, HRC and tunnel linings

Short course Slides PDF

IIT Madras Chennai, India

Brittle to ductile transition in cement composites

Invited lecture

RILEM 2026

Software development for FRC design

Slides PDF

RILEM Spring Convention Ghent, Belgium

Laminate modelling (paper ID 319)

Conference Slides PDF

RILEM Spring Convention, TC 292-MCC final presentation Ghent, Belgium

TC 292-MCC: Mechanical Characterization and Structural Design of Textile Reinforced Concrete

Conference Slides PDF

2025

Toughening mechanisms in cement composites

Slides PDF

Arizona Pavements and Materials Conference Arizona

Ultra-high performance concrete

Conference

fib Task Group 4.1

Efficiency factors for fiber reinforced concrete

Slides PDF

IIT Madras Chennai, India

Large Scale Testing and Analytical Modeling of FRC and UHPC

Invited lecture Slides PDF

Polish Tunnelling Association workshop, FRC Precast Segmental Lining of TBM Tunnels Warsaw, Poland

Concrete Technology for Fiber Segments

Workshop Slides PDF

Princeton University Princeton, NJ

Reinforcement Design in Structural Concrete using Multi-Scale Hybrid Applications

Invited lecture

RETC 2025 Concrete Short Course Dallas, TX

FRC mechanical properties; precast segmental tunnel lining

Short course

RETC 2025 Short Course, Advances in Concrete Design and Construction for Underground Structures Dallas, TX

Efficient Testing and Design Methods for Underground Fiber Reinforced Concrete Structures

Short course Slides PDF

Structures Congress

Sustainability Aspects of Flexural Design with Hybrid Reinforced Concrete

Conference

USCID Conference, US Committee on Irrigation and Drainage

Introduction to fiber reinforced concrete; slabs on ground

Conference

2024

Saint-Etienne, France

Low-Carbon Aspects of Alternative Reinforcement Systems: Fibers, Textiles, and Hybrid-based Design

Invited lecture

The Monopolized Grip of Rebar Reinforcement on the Sustainability of Concrete

Invited lecture

ACI Fall Convention Philadelphia, PA

Valley Metro slab fatigue; UHPC efficiency factors

Conference

Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Arizona

Seminar

BEFIB 2024, RILEM International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete

Development Of TRC Plates and Angles for Compression Applications: How Thin Could we Make Them?

Conference Slides PDF

BEFIB 2024, RILEM International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete

Sustainability-Based Design for Efficient Reinforcement Systems: Fibers, Textiles, and Hybrid-Reinforcement (keynote)

Conference

BEFIB 2024, RILEM International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete

UHPC; and the FSM method

Conference

Ferro-14, 14th International Symposium on Ferrocement and Thin UHPC Composites New Brunswick, NJ (Rutgers University)

Keynote lecture

Conference

Lunchtime Lecture Series #39

Technology Challenges to Meet Sustainability Goals of Concrete Used for Segmental Tunnel Linings

Invited lecture Slides PDF

NEU webinar, ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete

Carbon and nonmetallic reinforcement

Seminar

NRMCA, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

Seminar

TAC, Tunnelling Association of Canada, segment short course

Precast segmental tunnel lining

Short course

2023

Innovative, Sustainable Use of Fiber Reinforced Concrete in Track Slabs: Northwest Extension Phase II

Invited lecture

ACI Spring Convention

Structural tests of Valley Metro light rail slabs

Conference

AMDS3, 1st International Symposium on Advanced Materials and Design for Structural Safety and Sustainability Kumamoto, Japan

Serviceability Based Design of Textile Reinforced Concrete

Conference

Arizona Conference on Roads and Streets Arizona

UHPC for roads and streets

Conference

CICE 2023, International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering

Advances in the Textile Reinforced Concrete Structural Design and Applications

Conference Slides PDF

InFUM 2023, 1st International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete for Underground Mining

Fiber reinforced shotcrete for underground mining

Conference Slides PDF

Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Arizona

Flexural design and limit states of UHPC

Seminar Slides PDF

Politecnico di Milano Summer School Lecco, Italy

Textile reinforced concrete: five key points, mechanical testing, fibers and yarns, composite laminate theory, design of TRC elements, sustainability

Short course Slides PDF

RILEM Annual Week, TC 292-MCC cluster report Vancouver, BC, Canada

Structural Engineers Association of Arizona (SEAoAZ) Arizona

Invited lecture

2022

Structural Engineering: An Overview

Invited lecture Slides PDF

Barcelona, Spain

3D-Printed Concrete for Multi-functional Applications

Conference

Dresden, Germany

Uniaxial tension testing of strain hardening materials: what we seem to understand and still struggle with

Invited lecture

2nd Dresden International Summer School (DISS 2022), DFG Research Training Group GRK 2250 Dresden, Germany

Fibers, yarns and textiles; bond and interface; Hillerborg fracture; composite laminate theory; high speed tensile testing; Weibull statistics

Short course

ACI Committee 239-C (UHPC) session

Flexural (ASTM C1609) testing and design; tension test history and challenges

Conference Slides PDF

NAPA, National Asphalt Pavement Association visit

Seminar Slides PDF

2021

ABC-UTC Workshop, Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center Florida

Development of non-proprietary UHPC Mix designs for Arizona Transportation systems

Workshop

ACI Committee 544-D mini-session on ASTM test methods

Conference Slides PDF

ACI Fall Convention

Fiber-Reinforced Concrete for Optimized Construction of Light Rail Track Slabs

Conference Slides PDF

Arizona Conference on Roads and Streets Tucson, AZ

UHPC for roads and streets

Conference

BEFIB 2021, 10th RILEM International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete Valencia, Spain

Development of Polymeric Textile Reinforced Concrete Structural Members

Conference Slides PDF

BEFIB 2021, 10th RILEM International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete Valencia, Spain

Keynote lecture

Conference

BEFIB 2021, 10th RILEM International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete Valencia, Spain

Serviceability based flexural design for sustainability

Conference Slides PDF

BEFIB 2021, 10th RILEM International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete Valencia, Spain

Tunnel Lining Validation Tests

Conference

Ferro-13, 13th International Symposium on Ferrocement and Thin Reinforced Cement Composites Lyon, France

Hierarchical Modeling of Textile Reinforced Concrete Structural Systems (keynote)

Conference

Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) Arizona

Ultra-high performance concrete

Seminar

Northeastern University Boston, MA

Flexural Modeling and Design of FRC, TRC, and UHPC Cement Composites

Invited lecture

NSF IUCRC centre review

ASU projects overview

Slides PDF

Politecnico di Milano PhD Summer School in Structural, Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering Lecco, Italy

Fiber reinforced concrete: testing, early age and long term properties, flexural design, sustainability

Short course Slides PDF

2020

Chennai, India

A Vision for Textile Reinforced Concrete Structural Sections

Invited lecture Slides PDF

ACI Convention (virtual)

Simplified models for flexural design

Conference

ACI Convention session on Textile Reinforced Cement Composites (ACI SP-345)

Textile Reinforced Cement Composites: New Applications and Repair Materials

Conference

fib Symposium 2020 Shanghai, China

Conference

TRB Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board

Hybrid design of reinforced concrete

Conference Slides PDF

2019

ACI Fall Convention Cincinnati, OH

Effect of age on the development of bond; textile reinforced concrete

Conference

ACI Spring Convention Quebec City, QC, Canada

Flexural Creep of Cracked FRC Specimens: RILEM TC 261-CCF Round Robin Test, update on progress and analysis of the results

Conference

Architectural Precast Association (APA)

Future of Architectural Concrete: How Fiber Reinforced Concrete, UHPC, and Textile Reinforced Concrete relate to Architectural Precast

Invited lecture

ASU CEM graduate seminar Tempe, AZ

Seminar Slides PDF

International Interactive Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Concrete Albany, NY

Serviceability based design of UHPC

Conference

Nevada Infrastructure Concrete Conference (NICC) Reno, NV

Developing Ultra-High Performance Concrete Mix Designs For Arizona Bridge Element Connections

Conference Slides PDF

TU Dresden Dresden, Germany

A Vision for Textile Reinforced Concrete Structural Sections

Conference Slides PDF

2018

Valencia, Spain

Ultra High Performance Concrete - Materials Formulations and Serviceability based Design

Conference

ACI Fall Convention Las Vegas, NV

Serviceability of FRC and UHPC

Conference

ACI Spring Convention Salt Lake City, UT

ACI 544.8R and UHPC

Conference

ACI-fib-RILEM International Workshop FRC2018, Fibre Reinforced Concrete: from Design to Structural Applications Lake Garda, Italy

Hybrid reinforced concrete tunnel segments

Workshop

Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Technical Advisory Committee Arizona

Ultra-high performance concrete

Seminar

IBRACON Congress Brazil

Design of fiber reinforced concrete

Conference

ICDCS 2018, International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures Leeds, UK

Keynote on shrinkage cracking

Conference

USCID Conference, US Committee on Irrigation and Drainage Phoenix, AZ

Conference Slides PDF

2017

ACI Fall Convention Anaheim, CA

ACI Committee 318 / 544 presentation on fiber reinforced concrete

Conference Slides PDF

SHCC4, 4th International Conference on Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites Dresden, Germany

Pultruded sections

Conference

SHCC4, 4th International Conference on Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites Dresden, Germany

Conference

2016

ACI Spring Convention Milwaukee, WI

Wollastonite in cement based composites

Conference

BEFIB 2016, RILEM International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete Vancouver, BC, Canada

Polypropylene textiles in cement composites

Conference

First International Interactive Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Concrete Des Moines, IA

Flexural Design Procedures for UHPC Beams and Slabs

Conference

2015

Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete and Earth Retaining Structures for Rockfall Protection

Invited lecture Slides PDF

2012

B MexicoCity ASU Meccano4e AnytoPDF

Slides

Fiber Reinforced Concrete in Support of Sustainable Infrastructure Systems

Slides

VUB Belgium

Sustainable infrastructure systems with fiber and textile reinforced concrete

Seminar Slides

2011

An Overview of Sustainable Construction Products- Micromechanics to Full Scale Structures

Slides

6th Colloquium on Textile Reinforced Structures Berlin, Germany

Development of Design Procedures for Flexural Applications of Textile Composite Systems Based on Tension Stiffening Models

Conference Slides

High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites (HPFRCC 6) Alumni Center, University of Michigan

Back-calculation of tensile properties of strain softening and hardening cement composites

Conference Slides

Western Bridge Engineers Seminar Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, AZ

Development of Hybrid Control Charts for Active Control and Monitoring of Concrete Strength

Conference Slides

2010

ACI Fall Convention Pittsburgh

Experimental Study of Fabric Reinforced Cement Based Composites under Dynamic Loading

Conference Slides

Concrete Sustainability Conference Tempe, AZ

Multi-Parameter Study of Sulfate Attack in Blended Cement Materials

Conference Slides

ECF-18, 18th European Conference on Fracture Dresden, Germany

Effect of transverse yarns in the pullout of textile cement composites

Conference

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) project review meetings

Experimental development of a constitutive model for high-speed impact containment fabrics (Kevlar, Zylon, Nylon)

Slides PDF

ICTRC 2010, International Conference on Material Science and 64th RILEM Annual Week Aachen, Germany

Strength and Fracture Behaviour of TRC subjected to High-Rate Tensile Loading

Conference Slides

International Conference on Material Science and 64th RILEM Annual Week Aachen, Germany

Dynamic Tensile Testing of Fabric-Cement Composites

Conference Slides

2009

4th Colloquium on Textile Reinforced Structures Dresden, Germany

Development of Analytical Expressions for Flexural Design of Textile Reinforced Concrete

Conference Slides

ACI Fall Convention New Orleans, LA

Design, Analysis and Implementation of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Elevated Slabs

Conference Slides

Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong

Design, Analysis and Implementation of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Elevated Slabs

Invited lecture Slides

IAB Meeting Cornell University

T-33 Characterization of Composite Cores for High Temperature-Low Sag (HTLS) Conductors

Slides

2008

15th International Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete Association Congress, GRC 2008 Prague, Czech Republic

Modeling of Aging Response in Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Flexural Specimens

Conference Slides

15th International Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete Association Congress, GRC 2008 Prague

Role of Alkali Resistant Glass Fibers in Suppression of Restrained Shrinkage Cracking of Concrete Materials

Conference Slides

ACI Spring Convention Los Angeles, CA

Hillerborg fracture model for cement based composites

Conference

ACI Spring Convention, Session Honoring Antoine E. Naaman Los Angeles, USA

Development of Design Guides for Strain Hardening and Strain Softening Fiber Reinforced Concrete Materials

Conference Slides

BEFIB 2008 Chennai, India

USE OF SISAL FIBERS FOR REINFORCEMENT OF DURABLE THIN WALLED STRUCTURES

Conference Slides

Materials Science and Technology 2008 Conference (MS&T 08) Pittsburgh, PA

Characterization of Plastic Shrinkage Parameters for Fresh Alkali Resistant Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Conference Slides

MS&T 08 Pittsburgh, PA

Multi-Scale Study of Alkali Silica Reaction in Cementitious Materials

Conference Slides

2007

L image analysis ASCE RAJAN Mobasher

Slides

Applications of Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Slides

Comparison With RILEM Method

Slides

Distributed Cracking and Tensile Response of Fabric Reinforced Cement Composite Laminates

Slides

How does flyash improve concrete durability

Slides

Impact Behavior Of Fabric Reinforced Cement Composites In Flexure

Slides

5th International Civil Engineering Congress (5th ICEC-2007), The Institution of Engineers Karachi, Pakistan

Modeling to address Durability considerations: Integration of Experimental and Analytical approaches

Conference Slides

ACI Fall Convention Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Comparison of Compression and Injection Molding on the Mechanical properties of Cement Based Fiber Composites

Conference Slides

ACI Fall Convention Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Numerical Simulation of FRC Round Panel Tests and Full Scale Elevated Slabs

Conference Slides

CBM-CI International Workshop Karachi, Pakistan

The Use Of Sisal Fiber For Reinforcement Of Durable Thin Walled Structures: New Perspectives Of An Old Concept

Workshop Slides

Cement Based Materials and Civil Infrastructure, CBM & CI Karachi, Pakistan

USA Concrete Construction Industry

Conference Slides

HPFRCC5 Mainz, Germany

Flexural Modeling of Strain Softening and Strain Hardening Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Conference Slides

International Civil Engineering Congress Karachi

High Performance Concrete: Conception to realization and Future Trends

Conference Slides

World of Coal Ash Conference Covington, KY

Modeling of Sulfate Resistance of Flyash Blended Cement Concrete Materials

Conference Slides

2006

Use of Resistance Curves in Portland Cement and Asphalt Concrete Materials

Slides

8th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC8) Warsaw

Effect of Material Non-Linearity on the Flexural Response of Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Conference Slides

MMMCP 2006 Alexandroupolis, Greece

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HYBRID FABRICS IN PULTRUDED COMPOSITES

Conference Slides

NSF Workshop, Virginia Tech

Use of Resistance Curves for Fracture Testing and Stress Crack Width Formulations in Portland Cement and Asphalt Concrete Materials

Workshop

2005

ACI Spring Convention New York

CEMENT-BASED MATRIX-GRID SYSTEM FOR MASONRY REHABILITATION

Conference Slides

Transport Properties & Concrete Quality Workshop

Modeling of Stiffness Degradation and Expansion in Cement Based Materials Subjected to External Sulfate Attack

Workshop Slides

Transport Properties & Concrete Quality Workshop

Transport Properties & Concrete Quality Workshop

Workshop Slides

World of Coal Ash, 2005 International Ash Utilization Symposium

Pultrusion of Fabric Reinforced High Flyash Blended Cement Composites

Conference Slides

2004

A Predictive Model for Durability of Concrete Subjected to External Sulfate Attack

Slides

A Slide Show of the Aftermath of Bam Earthquake

Seminar Slides

6th RILEM Symposium on Fibre-Reinforced Concretes, BEFIB 2004 Varenna-Lecco, Italy

Pultrusion of Fabric Reinforced High Flyash Blended Cement Composites

Conference Slides

FraMCoS-5, International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures

Use of R-Curves for Characterization of Toughening in Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Conference

International Workshop on Advanced Fiber Reinforced Concrete Bergamo, Italy

Advances in Modeling FRC Materials

Workshop Slides

RILEM International Symposium, Advances in Concrete through Science and Engineering

Simulation of Expansion in Cement Based Materials Subjected to External Sulfate Attack

Conference Slides

Structural Engineering Department, Ben Gurion University Beer Sheva, Israel

Use of R-Curves for Characterization of Toughening in Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Seminar Slides

2003

Image Processing Applications For The Study Of Displacements and Cracking In Composite Materials

Slides

Arizona State University

RESIDENTIAL ROOF TRUSS CHORD COMPONENTS

Slides

Shear Response of Angle Ply Cement Based Composites

Slides

THE PULTRUSION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FABRIC-CEMENT COMPOSITES

Slides

Use of R-Curves in Characterization of Fracture Process in Cement-Based Materials

Slides

15th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division Conference Columbia University, New York, NY

Mechanical Modeling of Glass and Carbon Epoxy Composites

Conference Slides

7th International Conference on Brittle-Matrix Composites, BMC-7 Warsaw, Poland

Mechanical Properties of Concrete Reinforced with AR-Glass Fibers

Conference Slides

Asphalt Rubber 2003

Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Rubber Mix Versus Hot-Mix Asphalt

Conference Slides

HPFRCC-4 Ann Arbor, Michigan

Modeling of Cement Based Composite Laminates

Conference Slides

2002

ACI Annual Convention Detroit, Michigan

Modeling of Restrained Shrinkage Cracking in Concrete Materials

Conference Slides

Asphalt Rubber 2002

Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Rubber Mix Versus Hot-Mix Asphalt

Conference Slides

Ninth ACBM Faculty Enhancement Workshop, Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials, Northwestern University

Hydration - best 50 minutes

Short course Slides

2001

ACerS 103rd Annual Meeting

Sulfate Attack Modeling In Blended Cement-Based Materials

Conference Slides

ACerS, PAC RIM 4

Mechanical Properties of Concrete with Flyash Obtained from Blended Coal Mixtures

Conference Slides

2000

ACerS 102nd Annual Meeting

USE OF A JET MILL TO PRODUCE HIGH PERFORMANCE BINDERS

Conference Slides

1999

American Ceramic Society 101st Annual Meeting Indianapolis, IN

A Web Based Course for Concrete Materials

Conference Slides

American Ceramic Society 101st Annual Meeting Indianapolis, IN

Modeling of failure in cement based angle ply laminates

Conference Slides

American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting

Modeling of failure in cement based angle ply laminates

Conference

Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials, Northwestern University

Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites

Short course Slides

1998

An Internet Based Modular System for Hands-On Study of Mechanics of Materials

Slides

1996

ASCE Materials Engineering Conference Washington, D.C.

A Computer Controlled Filament Winding Technique for Manufacturing Cement Based Composite Laminates

Conference Slides

MRS 1996 Fall Meeting, Symposium HH

Finite Element Simulations Of Toughening In Cement Composites

Conference Slides

MRS 1996 Fall Meeting, Symposium HH

Properties Of Cementitious Mixtures Modified By Copper Slag

Conference Slides

MRS, Materials Research Society Boston, MA

Cement Based Angle-Ply Laminate Composites

Conference Slides

1995

Experimental R-Curves for Assessment of Toughening in FRC Composites

Slides