Our Team

Principal Investigators

Maria Chrysochoou, Ph.D.

Maria Chrysochoou, Ph.D.

Professor and Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Expertise: Environmental Geochemistry and Spectroscopy, Material Characterization

James Mahoney

James Mahoney

Associate Program Director, Connecticut Transportation Institute

Executive Program Director, Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab

Expertise: Construction and Transportation Materials

Kay Wille, Ph.D.

Kay Wille, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director, Advanced Concrete Materials Laboratory

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Expertise: Concrete Materials 

Co-Principal Investigator

Lesley Frame, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

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

Research Personnel

Sampa Akter

Ph.D. student

Civil Engineering Program

Alexander Bernier

Alex Bernier

Program Director, Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab

Expertise: Construction and Transportation Materials 

Su-Hyeon Choe

Ph.D. Student

Materials Science and Engineering Program

Meshach Ojo

Ph.D. student

Civil Engineering Program

Leana Santos

Leana Santos

Ph.D. candidate and Harriott Fellow

Program: Civil Engineering

Bernard Sarpong

Bernard Sarpong

Ph.D. student

Environmental Engineering Program

Rinchen Sherpa 

M.Sc. student

Civil Engineering Program

Ryan Soucy

Laboratory Technician

Connecticut Transportation Institute

Expertise: Materials Testing

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