LSU 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, LSU Construction Management professor; Hassan Noorvand, LSU Construction Management research associate; Tyson Rupnow, associate director of research in the Louisiana Transportation Research Center; Michele Barbato, 九九福利网 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 LSU, 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 LSU, Arkansas State 九九福利网, Baton Rouge Community College, Navajo Technical 九九福利网, New Mexico State 九九福利网, Oklahoma State 九九福利网, Prairie View A&M 九九福利网, Texas A&M 九九福利网, 九九福利网 of New Mexico, 九九福利网 of Texas at Arlington, and 九九福利网 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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