Principle Investigator
CHRISTOPHER C. FERRARO PH.D., P.E.
Education
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, December 2009 – University of Florida, Gainesville FL
- M.E., Civil Engineering, December 2003 – University of Florida, Gainesville FL
- B.S., Civil Engineering with Honors, May 1998 – University of Florida, Gainesville FL
Areas of Specialization
- Use of Alternative Binders and Aggregates in Infrastructural Materials
- Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing
- Condition Assessment of Infrastructural Materials
- Thermal Properties and Heat Generation in Mass Concrete
- Non-destructive Testing of Concrete Materials
- Chemistry of Portland Cement and Concrete Materials
- Physical Testing of Infrastructural Materials
Teaching Experience
- Design of Temporary Structures CGN 6905
- Beneficial Reuse of Wastes ENV 6932
- Sustainable Construction Materials CGN 6525
- Civil Engineering Materials CGN 3501
- Pavement Design CGN 4503 / 6905
- Civil Engineering Practice CGN 4160
- Special Problems CGN 4905 / 6905
- Introduction to Engineering EGN 1002
Current Research Group Members
Ashish Patel, Ph.D.
Timothy Mueller
Md. Shafakat Islam
Madeleine Murphree
Robbie Posada
Former Research Group Members
Jerry M. Paris, Ph.D., P.E.
RESEARCH CIVIL ENGINEER
Jerry Paris is a Research Associate Scientist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, M.S., While at UF, his research focus was related to alternative cementitious materials and he worked on multiple projects for the Department of Energy, Electric Power and Research Institute, Florida Department of Transportation and others. He received his PhD in August of 2016. Jerry won the Ramage Spangler Scholarship Award, C. Addison Pound Scholarship Award, and the Bill & Byron Bushnell Scholarship Award. Concrete and Materials