Projects

Projects Funded

2023-2026: National Institute for Standards and Technology
Long-Term Risk Management and Mitigation Strategies for Crumbling Foundation, $4,000,000, PI: Kay Wille, co-PIs: Marisa Chrysochoou, James Mahoney, Lesley Frame

2023-2025: National Institute for Standards and Technology
Pyrrhotite-Induced Concrete Deterioration and Mitigation Strategies, $415,000, PI: Kay Wille, co-PIs: Lesley Frame, James Mahoney

2021-2024: National Institute for Standards and Technology
Risk Management for Pyrrhotite-Induced Concrete Deterioration, $1,400,000, PI: Kay Wille, co-PIs: Marisa Chrysochoou, James Mahoney

2020-2023: National Institute for Standards and Technology
Development of a Risk Assessment Framework for Pyrrhotite-Induced Concrete Deterioration, $1,100,000, PI: Kay Wille, co-PIs: Marisa Chrysochoou, James Mahoney

2019-2020: University of Connecticut Internal Funding
Development, verification and validation of a Test Method for Pyrrhotite in Concrete, $300,000, PI: Kay Wille, co-PIs: Marisa Chrysochoou, James Mahoney

2015-2016: Attorney General Office Hartford and CT Department of Consumer Protection
Investigating the Deterioration of Basement Walls Made of Concrete in CT, $96,000, PI: Kay Wille
See the Project Report here.

Principal Investigators

Kay Wille, Ph.D.

Kay Wille, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director, Advanced Concrete Materials Laboratory

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Expertise: Concrete Materials 

James Mahoney

James Mahoney

Associate Program Director, Connecticut Transportation Institute

Executive Program Director, Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab

Expertise: Construction and Transportation Materials

Maria Chrysochoou, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Expertise: Environmental Geochemistry and Spectroscopy, Material Characterization

Co-Principal Investigator

Lesley Frame, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Expertise: Corrosion, Phase Transformations, Structure – Property – Processing Relationships

Research Personnel

Ryan Soucy

Laboratory Technician

Connecticut Transportation Institute

Expertise: Materials Testing

Alexander Bernier

Alex Bernier

Program Director, Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab

Expertise: Construction and Transportation Materials 

Leana Santos

Leana Santos, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab

Expertise: Spectroscopy and Material Characterization

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Meshach Ojo

Ph.D. student

Civil Engineering Program

Hayley Clos

Ph.D. student

Environmental Engineering Program

Salem Smith

Ph.D. student

Environmental Engineering Program

Ana Carolina Vieira-Rocha

Ph.D. student

Civil Engineering Program

Sampa Akter

Ph.D. student

Civil Engineering Program

Su-Hyeon Choe

Ph.D. Student

Materials Science and Engineering Program

Aagya Dahal

Ph.D. student

Civil Engineering Program

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