Friday, Jan. 22, 2021
MANHATTAN Two faculty members from the Kansas State University Department of Civil Engineering have been awarded a three-year, $418,161 grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in support of its licensing activities and mission of providing reasonable assurance of safety from the commercial nuclear fleet: the 96 operating U.S.-based power reactors.
The project, Addressing Technical Knowledge Gaps for Concrete Creep, Creep Recovery and Creep Fracture, will be led by Christopher Jones, associate professor and Wallis-Lage Family Cornerstone teaching scholar, with co-investigator, Robert Peterman, professor and Mark H. and Margaret H. Hulings chair in engineering.
The research will develop experimental and computer modeling approaches, and experimental data to enhance understanding of the response of concrete to long-term loading. Long-term loading, for this problem, is primarily the prestressing force applied to the concrete to limit cracking an
Fitzsimmons honored with new faculty award
Eric Fitzsimmons, assistant professor and recipient of the Hal and Mary Siegele professorship in engineering in the Kansas State University Department of Civil Engineering, is the 2020 recipient of the Council of University Transportation Centers Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award.
The recognition honors young transportation academics who have made outstanding research and teaching contributions to the transportation field. The council, in making the announcement, cited Fitzsimmons U.S. Department of Justice Young Investigator Award, his high-priority grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and a University Transportation Center grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, as well as the high esteem at which he is held by students for teaching and pedagogical training.