Christopher Ferraro specializes in the development sustainable, high-performance cement-based materials & carbon-dioxide produced as part of the construction involving portland cement concrete. The concrete materials research group conducts research on a wide variety issues and include efforts across cross disciplinary research efforts within civil engineering as well other departments including; Environmental, Materials, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering.…
Steven Laux joined UF in January 2017 after a 32-year career as a civil engineer, practicing in the fields of solid waste management system design and infrastructure design for the aerospace industry. He teaches courses in solid waste systems design, containment system design, civil engineering practice and construction engineering design. His research has focused on sustainable materials management, including beneficial reuse, recycling and municipal solid waste landfill topics.…
Dr. Najafi, received his BS, MS and Ph.D. in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a UF professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. He has published and presented more than 300-refereed publications nationally, and internationally. He has received numerous awards: a Senior Fulbright Scholar, teaching, and best paper awards, He specializes in transportation planning, construction management, legal aspects, and renewable energy.…
Taylor Rawlinson, Professor of Practice in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
Dr. Taylor Rawlinson joined UF in 2016 with industry experience in structural design and finite element analysis of dams and dam appurtenant structures. He is the Director of the Weil Hall Structures and Materials Laboratory, supporting funded research in civil engineering, with projects in materials, construction, structural, geotechnical, industrialized construction, and environmental engineering.…
Kyle A. Riding is a Professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. He is active in concrete durability research including early-age concrete behavior, mass concrete construction, ultra-high performance concrete, and concrete electrical tests and transport test methods. He is chair of the Precast/ Prestressed Concrete Institute Concrete Materials Technology committee and ACI 231 Properties of Concrete at Early Ages and a voting member of ACI committees 201, 207, 236, and 318A.…
Dr. Mang Tia is Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Florida, where he has been actively engaged in teaching and research since 1982. His areas of specialties include (1) Asphalt and Concrete Materials, (2) Asphalt, Concrete, and Composite Pavements, (3) Accelerated Testing of Full-Scale Pavements, and (4) Instrumentation for Pavements and Materials Testing.
Primary Research Area
Materials & Pavements
Research Interests
Asphalt and Concrete Materials, Asphalt, Concretee, and Composite Pavements, Accelerated Testing of Pavements, and Instrumentation for Pavements and Materials Testing.…
Dr. Jian Zou is interested in experimental characterization and constitutive modeling of asphalt mixtures and methods for mitigating traffic and environment deterioration of asphalt pavements. He has completed eight FDOT research projects and one NCHRP project. Dr. Zou consistently produces high-quality journal publications in civil engineering and transportation infrastructure materials. He serves as a member in the Editorial Board of International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology.…