Dr. Warda Ashraf
Dr. Warda Ashraf is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas - Arlington. Before joining UT Arlington, she was a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Maine. She received her Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2017. Her work on sustainable infrastructure materials led to Purdue’s College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Research Award. She has also received the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2020 and the ASCE ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Teaching Fellowship in 2019. Dr. Ashraf secured research fundings from several federal and state agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Her research interest includes durability performances of concrete, multiscale characterization, and development of sustainable infrastructure materials.
We are looking for highly motivated Ph.D. students. A basic understanding of cement chemistry is necessary. Candidates with past research experience on infrastructure materials will get priority. Email Dr. Ashraf if you are interested.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Graduate Students
Muhammad Intesarul Haque
PhD Student
Dissertation Topic: Nanoengineered cementitious materials
Belal Hossen
PhD Student at the University of Maine
Co-Advised with Prof. Aaron Gallant
Dissertation Topic: Carbonating subgrade materials for in-situ soil stabilization
Undergraduate Students
High school Students
Alumni
Kavya Shirisha
MS Degree (2019) at the University of Maine
Dissertation title: Cellulose Nanocomposites for Performance Enhancement of Portland Cement-Based Materials
Naveen Saladi
MS Degree (2019) at the University of Maine
Dissertation title: Potential Value-added Utilization of Wood Ash in Construction Materials
Current Position: Concrete Structural Engineer, SES Group & Associates LLC.
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center - U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Linkedin
Kyle Peoples
Undergraduate researcher at the University of Maine