Chengcheng Tao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Contact Info

765-494-2454

DUDL 4518

West Lafayette

Dr. Chengcheng Tao is an assistant professor in the School of Construction Management Technology at �鶹��Ʒ. Dr. Tao earned her Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from the University of Florida. Prior to joining Purdue, Dr. Tao worked as an ORISE postdoctoral research fellow at DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).

Dr. Tao’s research interests include sustainable construction materials and manufacturing, rheology of non-Newtonian fluids (fresh cement and concrete, liquid epoxy, etc), multi-functional infrastructure materials, hazard-resilient infrastructure, computational mechanics of materials, and AI-driven multi-objective optimization and machine learning applications. Dr. Tao has received research grants from federal, state, and private sources, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), American Concrete Institute (ACI), American Chemical Society (ACS), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG), and Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). She has published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Construction and Building Materials, Progress in Organic Coatings, and conference proceedings.

Dr. Tao was selected as the Early-Career Research Fellow by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Gulf Research Program (NASEM-GRP) - Offshore Energy Safety track (2023-2025) and received the American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF) - Doctoral New Investigator Award in 2023, �鶹��ƷInstitute Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award in 2023-2024, SCMT Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award at �鶹��Ʒ in 2023-2024 & 2022-2023, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Faculty Scholars Award in 2022, and ORISE Postdoctoral Fellowship at DOE-NETL in 2018-2021. Dr. Tao is the voting/associate member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Committees - 135, 238, & 241, American Ceramic Society (ACerS), American Chemical Society (ACS), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE): Cementing Challenges with Carbon Capture and Storage Wells, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - Low Carbon Cements and Concretes Consortium, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and serving as the guest/topic editor for three journal special issues, panel reviewer of NSF, DOE, NCHRP, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of University Programs by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), and reviewer for more than 30 reputable journals.

Education History

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Advisor: Dr. Forrest Masters)
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
M.S. in Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai

Professional Experience:

2021-present, Assistant Professor, School of Construction Management Technology, �鶹��Ʒ, West Lafayette, IN
2018-2021, ORISE Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Geological & Environmental Systems, DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA
2017-2018, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2014-2017, Research Assistant, Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2012-2014, Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2011-2012, Graduate Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Honors and Awards

AWARDS:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Gulf Research Program's Early-Career Research Fellow - Offshore Energy Safety Track, 2023-2025
Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award, Polytechnic Institute, �鶹��Ʒ, 2023-2024
Purdue Employee Recognition Award, High Profile Projects, Polytechnic Institute, �鶹��Ʒ, 2024
American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund - Doctoral New Investigator, 2023
Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award, School of Construction Management Technology, �鶹��Ʒ, 2022-2023 & 2023-2024
NSF Travel Award for Natural Hazards Engineering Research Summit, 2022
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Faculty Scholars Award, 2022
�鶹��ƷResearch Impact Area Travel Award, 2022
NSF-NHERI Facility Workshop Travel Award, Florida International University, 2021
DOE ORISE Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 2018-2021
Dynamics Days Travel Award, Northwestern University, 2019
Marilyn Little Scholarship, University of Florida, 2017
Department Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011
Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai, 2011
Summa Cum Laude, Shanghai Normal University, 2011
First Runner-Up of Shanghai Structural Design Competition, Shanghai University, 2010
National Scholarship, 2010, 2009

GRANTS:

External

PI: Indiana Department of Transportation - Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP), “”, 05/2025 - 05/2027.
Co-PI: Indiana Department of Transportation - Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP), “”, PI: Dr. Yaobin Chen, 08/2025 - 11/2026.
PI: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) - University Transportation Center (UTC), Transportation Infrastructure Precast Innovation Center (TRANS-IPIC), “”, 01/2025 - 12/2025.
PI: Indiana Department of Transportation - Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP), “”, 07/2024 - 06/2025.
Co-PI: Indiana Department of Transportation - Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP), “”, PI: Dr. Yaobin Chen, 08/2024 - 11/2025.
PI: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Graduate Student Scholars Program, "”, 06/2024 - 06/2025.
PI: National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Gulf Research Program's , 01/2024 - 12/2025.
PI: American Chemical Society (ACS) - Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) - Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) Grants, "", 01/2024 - 08/2026.
PI: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) - University Transportation Center (UTC), Transportation Infrastructure Precast Innovation Center (TRANS-IPIC), "", 01/2024 - 01/2025.
PI: American Concrete Institute (ACI) - Concrete Research Council (CRC), "", 08/2023 - 07/2026.
PI: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Graduate Student Scholars Program, "", 03/2023 - 04/2024.
PI: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Graduate Student Scholars Program, "", 03/2023 - 04/2024.
PI: National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps, "", 02/2023 - 07/2024.
Co-PI: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) - Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP), "", PI: Dr. Ying Huang, 09/2022 - 09/2025.
PI: , " ", 06/2022 - 06/2023.
Senior Personnel: Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) - Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP), “”, 01/2022-12/2023.
Co-PI: , "Industrial Capture Research Guidance, Carbon Capture Simulation for Industry Impact (CCSI2), EY20 Field Work Proposal", 04/2020 - 04/2021.

Internal

PI: Purdue Polytechnic Holistic Safety and Security (HSS) Research Impact Area Seed Grant, "Improving Community Hazard Resilience through Data-driven Physics-based Crowdsourcing Approach", �鶹��Ʒ, 05/2023 - 06/2024.
PI: - , "", �鶹��Ʒ, 05/2023 - 08/2023.
PI: , "Life Cycle Assessment for Infrastructure Vulnerable to Flood Hazard in the Great Lake Region", �鶹��Ʒ, 08/2022 - 12/2022.
Co-PI: Purdue Polytechnic Holistic Safety and Security (HSS) Research Impact Area Seed Grant, "Crowd-Machine Partnership on Road Infrastructure Quality Recognition and Resilience", PI: Dr. Tianyi Li, �鶹��Ʒ, 10/2021 - 06/2022.

Publications and Presentations

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REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Yan, H., Ding, J., & Tao, C.* (2025). , Fluids, 10(7), 184.
Zhang, Y., Zhou, A., Tao, C., & Spencer, B. (2025). , Structures, vol. 79, p. 109637.
Zhang, Z., Tao, C., Ying, H., Nie, W., Duan, J., Huang, Y., & Wang, X. (2025). , Journal of Materials Science, 1-34.
Tao, C., Wang, Q., Ahmadi, G., & Massoudi, M. (2025). , Materials, 18(13), 3098.
Duan, J., Yan, H., Tao, C.*, Wang, X., Guan, S., & Zhang, Y. (2025). . Buildings, 15(3), 435.
Xu, L., Wang, X., Lin, Y., Huang, Y., Tao, C., & Zhang, D. (2024). , Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 1-14.
Peng, C., Tao, C., Jiang, Y., & Li, S. (2024). . Transportation Research Record, 03611981241248170. [2024 Young Scholar Award - TRB Standing Committee on Information Systems and Technology (AED30)]
Tian, X., Zhang, Y., Spencer, B. F., & Tao, C. (2024). . Structures, vol. 65, p. 106610.
Tao, C., & Massoudi, M. (2024). . Materials, 17(7): 1504.
Zhang, D., Huang, Y., Xu, L., Tao, C., Yang, X., & Wang, X. (2023). . Progress in Organic Coatings, 185(12).
Li, T., Surve, T., Thompson, E., Tao, C., & Bian, Y. (2023). . Procedia Computer Science, 224, 266-273.
Tao, C., & Guan, S. (2023). . CivilEng, 4(2), 567-583.
Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., & Massoudi, M. (2021). . International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 133, 103717
Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B. G., & Massoudi, M. (2021). . Energies, 14(9), 2369.
Tibbetts, C. M., Tao, C., Paris, J.M., & Ferraro, C. C. (2020). . Construction and Building Materials, 263, 119834.
Tao, C., Kutchko, B., Rosenbaum, E, & Massoudi, M. (2020). . Energies, 13 (3), 570.
Tao, C., Wu, W., & Massoudi, M. (2019). . Fluids, 4 (4), 192.
Tao, C., Kutchko, B., Rosenbaum, E., Wu, W., & Massoudi, M. (2019). . Energies, 12 (13), 2604.
Tao, C., Watts, B., Ferraro, C. C., & Masters, F. J. (2019). . Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 34 (3), 266-278.
Watts, B. E., Tao, C., Ferraro, C. C., & Masters, F. J. (2018). . Construction and Building Materials, 161, 606-617.
Zhang, Q., Gao, X., Tao, C., & Liang, Y. (2013). . Building Science Research of Sichuan, 39 (1), 20-22.
Zhang, Q., Gao, X., Tao, C., Wang, Y., & Liang, Y. (2012). . Building Science Research of Sichuan, 38 (5), 16-18.
Zhang, Q., Tao, C., Tan, P., & Liang, Y. (2012). . Building Science Research of Sichuan, 38 (6), 43-46.
Zhang, Q., Tao, C., Yang, K., Chen S., Tan P., & Liang, Y. (2011). . Journal of Shanghai Normal University, Natural Science, (1): 63-67.
Zhang, J., Zhang, Q., Tao, C., & Song, L. (2011). . East China Highway, 5, 11-14
Zhang, Q, Tao, C., Wei, C., Zhuang, J., Tan, P., & Liang, Y. (2011). . Advanced Materials Research vol. 163, 913-917. Trans Tech Publications Ltd.

TECHNICAL PATENT

Tao, C., Masters, F. J., Ferraro, C. C., & Watts, B. (2023). , U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 17773179.
Tao, C., Masters, F. J., Ferraro, C. C., & Watts, B. (2020). , T17372WO001(222107-2550).

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Tao, C., & Guan, S. (2024). Data-Driven Smart Composite Reinforcement for Precast Concrete. Report to US Department of Transportation - Transportation Infrastructure Precast Innovation Center (TRANS-IPIC), University Transportation Center (UTC). [; ]
Huang, Y., Jiang, L., Lin, Z., Tao, C., & Huang, L. (2022-2025). , US Department of Transportation - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), No. 693JK32250009CAAP. [; ; ; ; ; ; ; ]
Bao, J., Hu, X., Peng, C., Duan, J., Lin, Y., Tao, C., Jiang, Y., & Li, S. (2024). SPR-4646: Advancing INDOT’s Friction Test Program for Seamless Coverage of System: Pavement Markings, Typical Aggregates, Color Surface Treatment, and Horizontal Curves. Report to Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT).
Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B. G., & Massoudi, M. (2020). , Report to National Energy Technology Laboratory, No. DOE/NETL-2020/2116.
Tao, C., Watts, B., Ferraro, C. C., & Masters, F. J. (2018). , Report to Florida Department of Transportation, 01687187, BDV31-977-06.
Tao, C. (2011). Computational Modeling and Experimental Validation on Short-limb Shear Wall Structure under Low-cyclic Loading, Report to Shanghai Scientific Innovation Program.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (*: corresponding author)

Hu, R., & Tao, C.*(2025). Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Turbulent Combustion and Heat Transfer in Cement Rotary Kilns, ASME 2025 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting (FEDSM2025), Philadelphia, PA, July 27-30, 2025.
Duan, J., Yan, H., & Tao, C.* (2025). , International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Symposium Tokyo 2025: Environmentally Friendly Technologies and Structures: Focusing on Sustainable Approaches, pp. 1399-1407, Tokyo, Japan, May 18-21, 2025.
Li, S., Boruff, D., Jiang, Y., Tao, C., & Bao, J. (2025), Evaluation of Friction Performance of Common Pavement Markings, 2025 Purdue Road School Transportation Conference & Expo, West Lafayette, IN, March 18, 2025.
Tao, C.*, & Massoudi, M. (2025). , American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE) - 10th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC2025), Washington, DC, March 9-12, 2025.
Hu, R., & Tao, C.* (2025). , American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE) - 10th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC2025), Washington, DC, March 9-12, 2025.
Tao, C.*, Jiang, Y., Li, S., Lin, Y., Duan, J., & Bao, J. (2025). Advancing INDOT Roadway Safety Through Skid Reduction Program Enhancement. Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) Poster Session, Indianapolis, IN, Feb 19, 2025.
Chen, Y., Chien, S., Tao, C., Li, T., Zhou, J., Ding, J., Maheshwari, T., Elizabeth, L., Mathew, A., & Voelker, A.(2025). Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) Poster Session, Indianapolis, IN, Feb 19, 2025.
Duan, J., Tao, C.*, & Huang, Y. (2024). . Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference and Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference (EMI/PMC2024), Chicago, IL, May 28-31, 2024.
Lin, Y., Duan, J., Tao, C.*, & Huang, Y. (2024). . Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference and Probabilistic Mechanics & Reliability Conference (EMI/PMC2024), Chicago, IL, May 28-31, 2024.
Tao, C., Guan, S, Duan, J., Lin, Y., & Yan, H. (2024). Data-Driven Smart Composite Reinforcement for Precast Concrete, U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) - University Transportation Center (UTC), , Chicago, IL, April 22, 2024.
Duan, J., Tao, C.*, & Huang, Y. (2024). ASCE Construction Institute (CI) and Construction Research Congress (CRC) Joint Conference 2024, Des Moines, IA, March 20-23, 2024.
Duan, J., Tao, C.*, & Huang, Y. (2024). ASCE Construction Institute (CI) and Construction Research Congress (CRC) Joint Conference 2024, Des Moines, IA, March 20-23, 2024.
Duan, J., Gao, J., & Tao, C.* (2024). ASCE Construction Institute (CI) and Construction Research Congress (CRC) Joint Conference 2024, Des Moines, IA, March 20-23, 2024.
Duan, J., & Tao, C.* (2024). ASCE Construction Institute (CI) and Construction Research Congress (CRC) Joint Conference 2024, Des Moines, IA, March 20-23, 2024.
Khan, S., Fernández-Cabán, P., Tao, C.*, & Guan, S. (2023). . ASCE Infrastructure Innovation & Adaptation for a Sustainable & Resilient World (INSPIRE) Conference, pp. 769-776, Arlington, VA, Nov 16-18, 2023.
Duan, J., & Tao, C.* (2023). . ASCE Infrastructure Innovation & Adaptation for a Sustainable & Resilient World (INSPIRE) Conference, pp. 666-672, Arlington, VA, Nov 16-18, 2023
Duan, J., Tao, C.*, & Huang, Y. (2023). . ASCE Infrastructure Innovation & Adaptation for a Sustainable & Resilient World (INSPIRE) Conference, pp. 267-273, Arlington, VA, Nov 16-18, 2023.
Zhang, X., Duan, J., Tao, C.*, & Huang, Y. (2023). . ASCE Infrastructure Innovation & Adaptation for a Sustainable & Resilient World (INSPIRE) Conference, pp. 404-410, Arlington, VA, Nov 16-18, 2023
Gao, J., Zhang, X., Duan, J., & Tao, C.* (2023). . ASCE Infrastructure Innovation & Adaptation for a Sustainable & Resilient World (INSPIRE) Conference, pp. 418-425, Arlington, VA, Nov 16-18, 2023.
Zhang, X., Duan, J., Tao, C.*, Besiktepe, D., & Elwakil, E. (2023). . ASCE Infrastructure Innovation & Adaptation for a Sustainable & Resilient World (INSPIRE) Conference, pp. 426-432, Arlington, VA, Nov 16-18, 2023.
Huang, Y., Jiang, L., Lin, Z., Tao, C., Huang, L., Wang, X., Knight, A., Duan, J., & Lin, Y. (2023). , Pipeline Safety Research and Development Forum 2023, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), U.S. Department of Transportation, Arlington, VA, October 31-November 1, 2023.
Guan S., Tao, C., & Liu, S., Computer Vision based Track Conditions Detection, 12th International Heavy Haul Conference (IHHA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 27-31, 2023.
Li, T., Surve T., Thompson, E., Tao, C., & Bian Y. (2023). , the 20th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MOBISPC 2023), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 14-16, 2023.
Duan, J., & Tao, C.*(2023). . ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3ce 2023), pp. 288-294, Corvallis, Oregon, June 25 - 28, 2023.
Zhang, X., Tao, C.*, & Huang, Y. (2023). . ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3ce 2023), pp. 689-696, Corvallis, Oregon, June 25 - 28, 2023.
Duan, J., Tao, C.*, & Huang, Y. (2023). . ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3ce 2023), pp. 772-780, Corvallis, Oregon, June 25 - 28, 2023.
Guan, S., Tao, C., & Liu, S (2023). , SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2023, Long Beach, CA, March 12-16, 2023.
Tao, C. (2022). , SPE Workshop: Cementing in an Unconventional World, Galveston, TX, September 27-29, 2022.
Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., & Massoudi, M. (2022). , 2022 NETL Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science (Virtual), National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2-3, 2022.
Peng, C., Tao, C., Hu, X., Jiang, Y., & Li, S. (2022). , 8th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (8WCSCM), Orlando, FL, USA, June 5-8, 2022.
Tao, C., Chang, S., & Fernández-Cabán, P. (2022). , 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference (ASC2022), vol 3, pages 101-109, Atlanta, GA, April 20-23, 2022.
Deng, L., Caballero, D., Zamarripa, M., Kutchko, B., Tao, C., Omell, B., & Matuszewski, M., , 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting (Virtual), November 15-19, 2021.
Mofakham, A., Tao, C., Ahmadi, G., Massoudi, M., Rosenbaum, E., & Kutchko, B. (2020). Computational Modeling of Oil Well Cementing and Gas Migration Process, Fluids Engineering Division’s Summer Meeting (FEDSM2020), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Orlando, FL, July 13-15, 2020.
Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., & Massoudi, M. (2019). Flow of a Cement Suspension in a Pipe, 2019 Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, August 28, 2019.
Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., Massoudi, M., Spaulding R., Tao, C., Haljasmaa, I., Fazio, J., & Dayal, K. (2019). Well Cement Behavior and Gas Migration during Early Hydration – Methods to Determine Cement Slurry Gelation to Ensure Wellbore Integrity, 2019 Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, August 28, 2019.
Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., & Massoudi, M. (2019). , ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2019 (AJKFluids), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), San Francisco, CA, July 28-August 1, 2019.
Tao, C., Kutchko, B., Rosenbaum, E., & Massoudi, M. (2019). , Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2019 (EMI2019), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, June 18-21, 2019.
Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., & Massoudi, M. (2019). Flow of Cement Slurry in a Vertical Pipe, 2019 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), American Mathematical Society (AMS), Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Baltimore, MD, January 16-19, 2019.
Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., & Massoudi, M. (2019). , Dynamics Days 2019, International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, January 4-6, 2019.
Tao, C., Kutchko, B., & Massoudi, M. (2018). Numerical Analysis for Flow of a Cement Slurry, Mid-Atlantic Numerical Analysis Day (NA-Day 2018), Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, November 9, 2018.
Tao, C., Watts, B., Ferraro, C. C., & Masters, F. J. (2017). Exploring Pareto Frontier with Metaheuristic in Virtual Modeling of Cement, 8th Advances in Cement-Based Materials (Cements 2017), Atlanta, GA, June 26-28, 2017.
Watts, B. E., Tao, C., Ferraro, C. C., & Masters, F. J. (2017). Evaluation of the VCCTL as a Replacement for Physical Testing Using Traditional Laboratory Proficiency Metrics, 8th Advances in Cement-Based Materials (Cements 2017), Atlanta, GA June 26-28, 2017.
Tibbetts, C.M., Tao, C. & Ferraro, C. C., (2017). Comparison of Durability as Measured by Electrical Resistivity and MIP, 3rd International Congress on Durability of Concrete (ICDC 2017), Adelaide, Australia, October 22-27, 2017.
Shahba, A., Tao, C., Pilchak, A. & Ghosh, S., “Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Single-phase Titanium Alloys”, 17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, East Lansing, MI, June 18-20, 2014.
Zhang, Q, Tao, C., & Wei, C., (2015). . Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Transportation, pp. 608-611, Atlantis Press.
Zhang, Q, Tao, C., Wei, C., Tan, P. & Liang, Y. (2010). Nonlinear Analysis on Cross-section Short-limb Shear Wall with Longitudinal Reinforcement Ratio Changes. International Conference on Engineering Computation (ICEC2010). London Science Publishing Limited, 105-108.

Consulting/Industry Engagement

SCMT Faculty-Industry Collaborative Development Summer Program, ILAB Research Development + Innovation | Buildings + Places @ AECOM, New York, NY, Summer 2022.

Professional Affiliations

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Gulf Research Program Connects Ambassador
Associate/Voting Committee Member, American Concrete Institute (ACI) Committee 135, 238, &241
Associate Member, American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
Committee Member,
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, Low Carbon Cements and Concretes Consortium, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member, �鶹��Ʒ- Holistic Safety and Security (HSS) Research Impact Area, �鶹��Ʒ
Member, Transportation and Autonomous Systems Institute (TASI), �鶹��Ʒ
Member, �鶹��Ʒ- Center for Urban Built Environment (CUBE), �鶹��Ʒ
Member, Women's Global Health Institute, �鶹��Ʒ
Member, Center for Intelligent Infrastructure (CII), �鶹��Ʒ
Member, Institute for a Sustainable Future, �鶹��Ʒ
Member, Carbon Neutral Purdue, �鶹��Ʒ
Guest Editor, Energies-Special Issue: Advances in Sustainable Infrastructure System, MDPI
Guest Editor, Fluids-Special Issue: , MDPI
Guest Editor, Buildings-Special Issue: , MDPI
Topic Editor, Frontiers in Built Environment - Computational Methods in Structural Engineering -
Panel Reviewer, NSF-CBET, NSF-CMMI
Peer Reviewer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of University Programs Peer Reviewer, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Reviewer, American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund
Scribe, NSF Natural Hazards Engineering Research Summit Miniworkshop - "Societal Dimensions of Research - Equity"
Editorial Manager & Reviewer, Cement and Concrete Research, Elsevier
Reviewer, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CACAIE), Wiley
Reviewer, Scientific Reports, Nature Journal
Reviewer, Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, Springer
Reviewer, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier
Reviewer, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Elsevier
Reviewer, Polymer, Elsevier
Reviewer, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Springer
Reviewer, Energies/Fluids/Sustainability/Materials/Buildings/Symmetry/Electronics/Sensors/Processes/Heritage/Agriculture/Applied Sciences/Mathematics, MDPI
Reviewer, Petroleum Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis
Reviewer, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, Taylor & Francis
Reviewer, Results in Engineering, Elsevier
Reviewer, Engineering Computations, Emerald
Reviewer, Cogent Engineering, Taylor & Francis
Reviewer, Physics of Fluids, AIP Publishing
Reviewer, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Elsevier
Reviewer, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry
Reviewer, Fluid Dynamics Research, IOPscience
Reviewer, Journal of Applied Physics, AIP Publishing
Reviewer, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE Library
Reviewer, Simulation, SAGE Journals
Reviewer, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma
Reviewer, Structural Monitoring and Maintenance, Techno-Press
Reviewer, Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, ASTM
Reviewer, Engineering Computations, Emerald
Reviewer, Petroleum Research, Elsevier
Reviewer, 10th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC 2025), American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers
Reviewer, the Annual Associated School of Construction International Conference (ASC2022)
Reviewer, International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM2022)
Reviewer, Triennial World Building Congress 2025

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