Construction Materials Construction Materials Strong areas of study provided in the Construction Materials Program range from studies of soils and aggregates to many types of pavements and exotic paving materials to high performance concrete, masonry, wood, steel and other types of composite materials. The research interest is material behavior and characterization ranging from basic engineering strength properties to thermal, creep, fracture and fatigue properties. The comprehensive program provides graduate students with a broad basis for future employment and professional development.
Students have a wide range of options in selecting supervising professors and courses of study.
Each qualified student is matched with an appropriate research area and a supervising professor. Students graduating from this program are qualified for a wide range of employment. This results not only from the specific study of materials, but also from the use of such tools as optimization, systems analysis, computers and statistics. Dr. Karl H. Frank Phil M. Ferguson Centennial Teaching Fellow in Civil Engineering, Professor, Fracture and fatigue behavior of metal structures and welded and bolted joints, design and behavior of composite plate girders, fatigue strength of cables. Dr. W. Ronald Hudson Dewitt C. Greer Centennial Professor in Transportation Engineering, Infrastructure management with particular emphasis in airport, highway and bridge systems, applied statistical analysis, bridge management systems, pavement design and material, pavement management and system analysis.