Sustainable Infrastructure Materials and Systems: Integration of Microstructure Tailoring and Life Cycle Analysis of Engineered Cementitious Composites

Principal Investigator

Gregory Keoleian

Co-Principal Investigator

Stuart Batterman

Additional Personnel

Kai Zhang

Funding Sources

NSF

About this Project

This work considers a new class of materials known as engineered cementitious composites (ECC) that can enhance the sustainability of bridge, road and pipe infrastructure. It explores impacts on sustainability performance of concrete replacement with ECC, material sourcing alternatives (e.g., superquarries vs. smaller mines), and location of infrastructure projects (e.g., urban vs. rural, and U.S. vs. China).