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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.
Kay Wille, Ph.D.
Professor, Director, Advanced Concrete Materials Laboratory
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Concrete Materials
James Mahoney
Associate Program Director, Connecticut Transportation Institute
Executive Program Director, Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab
Expertise: Construction and Transportation Materials
Lesley Frame, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Expertise: Corrosion, Phase Transformations, Structure – Property – Processing Relationships
Ryan Soucy
Laboratory Technician
Connecticut Transportation Institute
Expertise: Materials Testing
Alex Bernier
Program Director, Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab
Expertise: Construction and Transportation Materials
Leana Santos, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab
Expertise: Spectroscopy and Material Characterization
Yifei Wang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Civil Engineering Program
Meshach Ojo
Ph.D. Candidate
Civil Engineering Program
Ana Carolina Vieira-Rocha
Ph.D. Student
Civil Engineering Program
Sampa Akter
Ph.D. Student
Civil Engineering Program
Aagya Dahal
Ph.D. Student
Civil Engineering Program
A T M Masum
Ph.D. Student
Civil Engineering Program