Mija Hubler

Carbon capture DOE-funded projects may lead to more durable concrete materials

Aug. 25, 2021

Assistant Professor Mija Hubler and Melvin E. and Virginia M. Clark Professor Al Weimer are collaborating on linked Department of Energy-funded projects to capture and repurpose carbon products from fuel sources into materials for concrete bricks. They hope to reduce pollution while also making stronger, more resilient building materials that...

Mark Hernandez

COVID-19 has spurred investments in air filtration for K-12 schools 鈥 but these technologies aren鈥檛 an instant fix

Aug. 24, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased attention to indoor air quality and the effect that ventilation has on reducing disease transmission in indoor spaces. A recent infrastructure survey reported that of the nearly 100,000 operating public school buildings across the U.S., more than a third have an immediate need for...

Excavation Domage Zone

DOE Grant to Increase Safety of Nuclear Waste Storage

Nov. 16, 2018

Professors Yida Zhang and Yunping Xi from the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department at the 精品SM在线影片 were awarded $789,000 from the Department of Energy for their research project 鈥淭ime-Dependent THMC Properties and Microstructural Evolution of Damage Rocks in Excavation Damage Zone.鈥 This research will contribute to...

Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima

Civil engineering researcher tapped for nuclear war study

Aug. 2, 2017

When a nuclear bomb goes off, it starts a chain of events whose effects reach far beyond the blast site. Over the next three years, Professor Yunping Xi of civil, environmental and architectural engineering will be involved in a study to quantify those effects in the event of a nuclear...

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