On August 25, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held the 21st “Cloud Report” and invited Prof. Xianming Shi from Washington State University, USA, to present a report named “Materials Innovations for Sustainable Built Environments A Multidisciplinary Perspective”.
This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu, School of Civil Engineering. Associate Prof. Wenjun Zhang, School of Civil Engineering, delivered a welcome speech.
In the report, Prof. Xianming Shi present a multidisciplinary perspective by introducing a few recent studies that were focused on the potential applications of graphene oxide (GO) in building materials, including its use in anti-corrosion epoxy coating, ordinary cement concrete, high-volume fly ash concrete, fly ash based geopolymer concrete, hot mix asphalt, and warm mix asphalt. Then he discussed the role and working principle of graphene oxide.
The audience at the meeting had a deeper understanding of this project. After the report, Prof. Xianming Shi and the audience conducted an online discussion on related issues and took a group photo.
This “Cloud Report” attracted a total of 521 teachers and students from more than ten universities including Tianjin University, Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Macau, Tongji University, etc. They all responded enthusiastically to the report.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Prof. Xianming Shi
Xianming Shi, Ph.D., P.E. is a professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, USA. He directs the Laboratory for Advanced and Sustainable Cementitious Materials and the Laboratory of Corrosion Science and Electrochemical Engineering at WSU. He has published more than 140 scholarly journal articles, several books, one international patent and numerous other publications, with more than 6,000 citations. He is the founding director of the USDOT National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability & Life-Extension and the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Infrastructure Preservation & Resilience. Prof. Shi holds a PhD in Polymer Chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Sciences as well as a master’s degree in Industrial and Management Engineering from Montana State University. He also holds a master’s degree in Applied Chemistry from Tianjin University and a bachelor’s degree in Corrosion & Protection from Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology.
(Corresponding：Yipeng Zhang)
