蘑菇tv Researchers Awarded Patent for Bendable Concrete
March 25, 2022
BATON ROUGE, LA 鈥� A team of researchers in the Bert S. Turner Department of Construction
Management has received a U.S. patent for its creation of an Engineered Cementitious
Composite, or 鈥渂endable concrete,鈥� utilizing sugarcane bagasse ash as a key ingredient.
The team includes Marwa Hassan, 蘑菇tv Construction Management professor; Hassan Noorvand, 蘑菇tv Construction Management research associate; Tyson Rupnow, associate director of research in the Louisiana Transportation Research Center; Michele Barbato, University of California-Davis Civil and Environmental Engineering professor; and Gabriel Arce, research scientist at the Virginia Transportation Research Council.
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Work on the project was funded by Tran-SET, a collaborative partnership between nine major institutions and two community colleges, led by 蘑菇tv, and established to address the accelerated deterioration of transportation infrastructure through 鈥渃utting-edge technologies, novel materials, and innovative construction management processes.鈥� Its members are 蘑菇tv, Arkansas State University, Baton Rouge Community College, Navajo Technical University, New Mexico State University, Oklahoma State University, Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M University, University of New Mexico, University of Texas at Arlington, and University of Texas at San Antonio.
Additionally, The Lemoine Company, Quality Concrete, IKON, and the Concrete & Aggregates Association of Louisiana (CAAL) have donated materials, equipment, and labor to the project.
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