Group Members
Eka Oktavia Kurniati
Education
B.Sc. Aerospace Engineering. Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering. Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
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Research Interests:
Experimental and computational analysis of 3D printed concrete materials as sustainable materials.
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Contact: ekaoktaviak@arizona.edu
PhD Student ( 2022 Fall - Present)
Federico Pederson
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Education
B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering. University of Arizona.​
Research Interests
Primarily interested in additive manufacturing and sustainability of construction composites in extreme environments. This includes use in low-resource environments such as space or remote areas of the world. Additionally interested in material characterization using confocal Raman imaging
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Contact: fpederson1@arizona.edu
PhD Student ( 2022 Fall - Present)
Thomas Tawiah Baah
Education
Bsc. Materials Science and Engineering.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Research Interests
Computational materials science, with a focus on utilizing computational tools like Machine Learning and Density Functional Theory (DFT) to investigate the properties of cement binders and their applications in sustainable construction.
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Contact: ttbaah@arizona.edu
PhD Student ( 2023 Fall - Present)
Saleh Ali Khawaja
Education
MS Civil and Environmental Engineering (2021-2023)
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
BS Civil Engineering 2015-2019
International Islamic University, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Research Interests
Relies on the development of low-carbon, energy-efficient construction binders with the composition of supplementary cementitious materials, waste products, and energy-efficient materials.
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Contact: salehalikhawaja@arizona.edu
PhD Student (2024 Spring -Present )
Ryo Sakamoto
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Education
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering. Yokohama National University, Japan
M.Sc. Civil Engineering. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Research Interests
Clarification of the properties and mechanisms of an alternative material to cement (geopolymer), and space applications of cementitious materials
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Contact: ryosakamoto@arizona.edu
VIsiting PhD Student (2023 Fall - Present)
Yanchen Oinam
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Education
B.Tech. Civil Engineering. Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, India.
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Research Interests
Low carbon construction materials (Material characterization)
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Contact: oinamyanchen@unist.ac.kr
Visiting PhD Student ( 2023 Fall - Present)