Curriculum VITAE

EDUCATION:

                                           ▪    Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (2007)

                                                University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

                                           ▪    M.S. in Harbor and River Engineering (1999)

                                                National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

 

                                           ▪    B.S. in Civil Engineering (1997)

                                                National Taiwan University, Taiwan

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

                                           ▪    Research Assistant. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                                                              (May 2001 – Present)

 

                                           ▪    Junior Engineer. Faith Consultant Co., Taipei, Taiwan (Jan 2001 – Apr 2001)

 

                                           ▪    Research Assistant. National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan                                                              (Aug 1997 – Jul 1999)

 

                                           ▪    Teaching Assistant. National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan                                                               (Aug 1997 – Jul 1999).

 

PRESENTATIONS:

Oral, “Incompatibilities in Cement Pastes with Naphthalene-based Superplasticizer”, 107th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Baltimore, MD, U.S.A., April 12, 2005.

 

Poster, “Quantitative Determination of Ettringite in Hydrated Cement Pastes”, Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM) Semiannual Technical Review, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., September 28-29, 2005.

 

Poster, “Incompatibilities in Cement Pastes with Naphthalene-based Superplasticizer”, Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM) Semiannual Technical Review, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A., April 28-29, 2005.

 

Oral, “Correlation between Concrete Slump and Paste Dynamic Modulus”, 106th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A., April 20, 2004.

 

Poster, “Influence of Sample Preparation Procedure on the Flow Behavior of Cement Pastes”, Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM) Semiannual Technical Review, Evanston, IL, U.S.A., October 20-21, 2004.

 

Poster, “Using Dynamic Rheology to Explore the Interaction of Cement Pastes with Superplasticizers”, Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM) Semiannual Technical Review, Evanston, IL, U.S.A., March 18-19, 2004.

 

Oral, “Using Dynamic Rheology to Test Cement-Admixture Interactions”, ASTM Cement-Admixture Symposium, Tampa, FL, U.S.A., December 03, 2003.

 

Poster, “Effect of Delayed Superplasticizer Addition on Paste and Concrete Flow Behavior”, Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM) Semiannual Technical Review, National Institute of Standards (NIST), Washington D.C., U.S.A., October 22-23, 2003.

Poster, “Compatibility of Dispersing Admixtures with Portland Cement”, 105th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Nashville, TN, U.S.A., April 29, 2003.

 

Poster, “Effects of Mineral Addition and Delayed Admixture Addition on Cement-naphthalene Interactions”, Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM) Semiannual Technical Review, Evanston, IL, U.S.A., March 26-27, 2003.

 

Poster, “Adsorption of Naphthalene on Cement Pastes”, Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM) Semiannual Technical Review, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A., October 23-24, 2002.

 

Poster, “Comparing Effects of Superplasticizer on Dispersion and Stiffening in Cement Pastes”, Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials (ACBM) Semiannual Technical Review, Evanston, IL, U.S.A., October 17-18, 2001.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

                                                C. Chen and L.J. Struble, “Reducing Cement-Superplasticizer Incompatibilities by Adding Alkalis”, Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement, Montreal, Canada, 2007. (Accepted)

 

                                                C. Chen, L.J. Struble, and H. Zhang, “Using Dynamic Rheology to Measure Cement-Admixture Interactions”, Journal of ASTM International, V. 3, No. 3, 2006.

 

                                               L.J. Struble and C. Chen, “Effect of Continuous Agitation on Rheology”, Journal of ASTM International, V. 2, No. 9, 2005.

 

                                                J.J. Chang, W. Yeih, R. Huang and C.T. Chen, “Suitability of Several Current Used Concrete Durability Indices on Evaluating the Corrosion Hazard for Carbonated Concrete”, Materials Chemistry and Physics, V.84, No. 1, 2004, pp. 71-78.

 

                                                J.J. Chang, W. Yeih and C.T. Chen, “Electrochemical Realkalisation of Carbonated Concrete”, 13th Asian-Pacific Corrosion Control Conference, Osaka University, Japan, November 16-21, 2003.

 

                                                L.J. Struble, H. Zhang and C.-T. Chen, “Using Dynamic Rheology to Probe the Microstructure of Fresh Cement Paste”, The 5th International Symposium on Cement and Concrete, Shanghai, China, October 28 - November 1, 2002.

 

                                                J.J. Chang, C.T. Chen, and W.C. Qiu, “Effect of the Carbonation on the Mechanical Properties and Corrosion-resistance of Concrete”, Proceedings of the 5th National Conference on Structure Engineering, Taichung, Taiwan, 2000, pp.677-682.

 

                                                R. Huang and C.T. Chen, “A Discussion on the Prediction Models, Testing Methods and Mechanisms of the Carbonation on Concrete Structures”, Civil Technology, V. 17, No. 7, 1998, pp. 133-139 (in Chinese).