Publications
"Sustainable Concrete Using Seawater and Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, FL, October 2018
"DURABILITY OF GFRP REINFORCEMENT IN SEAWATER CONCRETE – PART I" in CAMX 2017 - The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, Orlando, Florida, December 2017
"DURABILITY OF GFRP REINFORCEMENT IN SEAWATER CONCRETE", American Concrete Institute Special Publication, October 2017
"USE OF SEA-SAND AND SEAWATER IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES", Construction and Building Materials, September 2017
"DURABILITY OF GFRP REINFORCEMENT IN SEACON" in CDCC 2017 - The Fifth International Conference on Durability of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction and Rehabilitation of Structures, Sherbrooke, Quebec, CANADA, July 2017
"CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCEMENT IN CONCRETE WITH CHLORIDE-CONTAMINATED RAW MATERIALS - PART II: ON SITE PRELIMINARY RESULTS", International Journal of the Italian Association for Metallurgy, June 2017
"CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCEMENT IN CONCRETE WITH CHLORIDE-CONTAMINATED RAW MATERIALS - PART I: LABORATORY TESTS", International Journal of the Italian Association for Metallurgy, June 2017
"SEACON PROJECT: SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE USING SEAWATER, SALT-CONTAMINATED AGGREGATES, AND NON-CORROSIVE REINFORCEMENT" in XIV DBMC - 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Ghent, Belgium, May 2017
"LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES" in XIV DBMC - 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Ghent, Belgium, May 2017
“SEACON: REDEFINING SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE” in SCMT 4 - 4th International Conference in Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 2016
“PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF DURABILITY OF SUSTAINABLE RC STRUCTURES WITH MIXED-IN SEAWATER AND STAINLESS STEEL REINFORCEMENT” in Key Engineering Materials, August 2016
“CORROSION BEHAVIOUR OF CORROSION RESISTANT STEELS IN CONCRETE MIXED WITH SEAWATER” in AIMAT 2016 - Congress of the Italian Association of Materials Engineering, Ischia Porto (Na), July 2016
“SUSTAINABILITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SPECIMENS: A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT STUDY” in Convegno Nazionale AIMAT 2016, Ischia Porto (Na), July 2016
“CORROSION OF STEEL IN CONCRETE AND ITS PREVENTION IN AGGRESSIVE CHLORIDE-BEARING ENVIRONMENTS” in 5th International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures, Shenzhen university, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, P.R.China, June 2016
“THE SEACON PROJECT” in International Cement Review, May 2016
“CAN SEAWATER BE USED AS MIXING WATER FOR DURABLE AND SUSTAINABLE RC STRUCTURES?” in Concrete Service Life Extension Conference (NACE International), Orlando, FL, May 2016
"MIAMI STUDENTS REPLACE STEEL IN “FATE BRIDGE” WITH GFRP", Composites Manufacturing Magazine, September 2015
"DURABILITY OF GFRP REINFORCEMENT IN SEAWATER CONCRETE – PART I" in CAMX 2017 - The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, Orlando, Florida, December 2017
"DURABILITY OF GFRP REINFORCEMENT IN SEAWATER CONCRETE", American Concrete Institute Special Publication, October 2017
"USE OF SEA-SAND AND SEAWATER IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES", Construction and Building Materials, September 2017
"DURABILITY OF GFRP REINFORCEMENT IN SEACON" in CDCC 2017 - The Fifth International Conference on Durability of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction and Rehabilitation of Structures, Sherbrooke, Quebec, CANADA, July 2017
"CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCEMENT IN CONCRETE WITH CHLORIDE-CONTAMINATED RAW MATERIALS - PART II: ON SITE PRELIMINARY RESULTS", International Journal of the Italian Association for Metallurgy, June 2017
"CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCEMENT IN CONCRETE WITH CHLORIDE-CONTAMINATED RAW MATERIALS - PART I: LABORATORY TESTS", International Journal of the Italian Association for Metallurgy, June 2017
"SEACON PROJECT: SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE USING SEAWATER, SALT-CONTAMINATED AGGREGATES, AND NON-CORROSIVE REINFORCEMENT" in XIV DBMC - 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Ghent, Belgium, May 2017
"LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES" in XIV DBMC - 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Ghent, Belgium, May 2017
“SEACON: REDEFINING SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE” in SCMT 4 - 4th International Conference in Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 2016
“PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF DURABILITY OF SUSTAINABLE RC STRUCTURES WITH MIXED-IN SEAWATER AND STAINLESS STEEL REINFORCEMENT” in Key Engineering Materials, August 2016
“CORROSION BEHAVIOUR OF CORROSION RESISTANT STEELS IN CONCRETE MIXED WITH SEAWATER” in AIMAT 2016 - Congress of the Italian Association of Materials Engineering, Ischia Porto (Na), July 2016
“SUSTAINABILITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SPECIMENS: A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT STUDY” in Convegno Nazionale AIMAT 2016, Ischia Porto (Na), July 2016
“CORROSION OF STEEL IN CONCRETE AND ITS PREVENTION IN AGGRESSIVE CHLORIDE-BEARING ENVIRONMENTS” in 5th International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures, Shenzhen university, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, P.R.China, June 2016
“THE SEACON PROJECT” in International Cement Review, May 2016
“CAN SEAWATER BE USED AS MIXING WATER FOR DURABLE AND SUSTAINABLE RC STRUCTURES?” in Concrete Service Life Extension Conference (NACE International), Orlando, FL, May 2016
"MIAMI STUDENTS REPLACE STEEL IN “FATE BRIDGE” WITH GFRP", Composites Manufacturing Magazine, September 2015
Presentations
CAMX 2017 - The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, Orlando, Florida, December 2017
American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fall Convention, Anaheim, California, October 2017
2017 Infravation Annual Event, BASt, Germany, October 2017
FES/FICE 101st Conference, Palm Beach, FL, August 2017
CDCC 2017 - The Fifth International Conference on Durability of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction and Rehabilitation of Structures, Sherbrooke, Quebec, CANADA, July 2017
AIMAT 2017 - Congress of the Italian Association of Materials Engineering, Ischia Porto (Na), July 2017
National Day of Corrosion and Protection, Italian Association of Metallurgy, Milan, Italy, June 2017
XIV DBMC - 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Ghent, Belgium, May 2017
SEACON Forum, Tampa, Florida, May 2017
American Concrete Institute (ACI) Spring Convention, Detroit, Michigan, March 2017
Made Expo, Milan, Italy, March 2017
2017 FTBA Construction Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 2017
SEACON mid-term Workshop, Milan, Italy, January 2017
International Workshop on Seawater Sea-sand Concrete (SSC) Structures Reinforced with FRP Composites, Hong Kong, China, December 13, 2016
IALCCE 2016 - The Fifth International Symposium on Life -Cycle Civil Engineering, Scientific Panel and Project Coordinators Meeting, Delft, Netherlands, October 2016
IALCCE 2016 - The Fifth International Symposium on Life -Cycle Civil Engineering, International Market Event Infravation Innovation Projects, Delft, Netherlands, October 2016
IALCCE 2016 - The Fifth International Symposium on Life -Cycle Civil Engineering, Infravation Forum Session FS2, Delft, Netherlands, October 2016
CONSEC 2016 - 8th International Conference on Concrete under severe conditions-environment & loading, Lecco, Italy, September 2016
CAMX 2016 - The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, Anaheim, CA, September 2016
SCMT 4 - 4th International Conference in Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, Las Vegas, NV, August 2016
5th International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures, Shenzhen university, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, P.R.China, June 2016
International Concrete Sustainability Conference and RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete, Washington, DC, May 2016
NACE International, Concrete Service Life Extension Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2016
Emerge Americas, Miami Beach, FL, April 2016
EPTA - 13th World Pultrusion Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2016
JEC World on the Agora of the Sustainable Planet, Paris, France, March 2016
Center for the Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI) Citizens Boards Lunch & Learn, Miami, FL, January 2016
Infravation Kick Off Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, November 2015
American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fall Convention, Anaheim, California, October 2017
2017 Infravation Annual Event, BASt, Germany, October 2017
FES/FICE 101st Conference, Palm Beach, FL, August 2017
CDCC 2017 - The Fifth International Conference on Durability of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction and Rehabilitation of Structures, Sherbrooke, Quebec, CANADA, July 2017
AIMAT 2017 - Congress of the Italian Association of Materials Engineering, Ischia Porto (Na), July 2017
National Day of Corrosion and Protection, Italian Association of Metallurgy, Milan, Italy, June 2017
XIV DBMC - 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Ghent, Belgium, May 2017
SEACON Forum, Tampa, Florida, May 2017
American Concrete Institute (ACI) Spring Convention, Detroit, Michigan, March 2017
Made Expo, Milan, Italy, March 2017
2017 FTBA Construction Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 2017
SEACON mid-term Workshop, Milan, Italy, January 2017
International Workshop on Seawater Sea-sand Concrete (SSC) Structures Reinforced with FRP Composites, Hong Kong, China, December 13, 2016
IALCCE 2016 - The Fifth International Symposium on Life -Cycle Civil Engineering, Scientific Panel and Project Coordinators Meeting, Delft, Netherlands, October 2016
IALCCE 2016 - The Fifth International Symposium on Life -Cycle Civil Engineering, International Market Event Infravation Innovation Projects, Delft, Netherlands, October 2016
IALCCE 2016 - The Fifth International Symposium on Life -Cycle Civil Engineering, Infravation Forum Session FS2, Delft, Netherlands, October 2016
CONSEC 2016 - 8th International Conference on Concrete under severe conditions-environment & loading, Lecco, Italy, September 2016
CAMX 2016 - The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, Anaheim, CA, September 2016
SCMT 4 - 4th International Conference in Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, Las Vegas, NV, August 2016
5th International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures, Shenzhen university, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, P.R.China, June 2016
International Concrete Sustainability Conference and RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete, Washington, DC, May 2016
NACE International, Concrete Service Life Extension Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2016
Emerge Americas, Miami Beach, FL, April 2016
EPTA - 13th World Pultrusion Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2016
JEC World on the Agora of the Sustainable Planet, Paris, France, March 2016
Center for the Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI) Citizens Boards Lunch & Learn, Miami, FL, January 2016
Infravation Kick Off Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, November 2015
