RESEARCH GRANTS
(2025 - 2026) Development and Evaluation of Textile Waste-Cement Composite Building Material, Truetzschler-IITGN Research Initiative. PI: Dr. Chopperla, Co-PI: Dr. Sen
(2024 - 2027) Durability of Low-Carbon Concrete Artifical Reefs, IIT Gandhinagar, PI: Dr. Chopperla
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2022 – 2024
California Department of Transportation, Implementation of Advanced Technology and Materials Recycling Techniques for Use of Alternative Materials in Concrete as Plain or Reinforced Material, Role: Postdoctoral researcher, OSU
2022 – 2023
Federal Highway Administration, Resistivity Precision and Bias Statements,
Role: Postdoctoral researcher, OSU
2021 – 2023
California Board of Forestry, Measuring Transport Properties for Concrete Containing CNC: Porosity, Resistivity, and Chloride Ingress ($50,000), Role: Senior staff; proposal writing, with Jason Weiss and Burkan Isgor, OSU
2021 – 2023
US Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Examining the Use of Cellulose Nano-materials as a Concrete Additive to Reduce the Embodied Carbon Content in Concrete,
Role: Postdoctoral researcher, OSU
2021 – 2023
California Board of Forestry, Cellulose Nanocrystals as a Value-Based Additive for Low Carbon Footprint Concrete with Limestone, Role: Postdoctoral researcher, OSU
2021
National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Rating Concrete Water Permeability Based on Resistivity Measurements, Role: Graduate Research Assistant (GRA), OSU
2019 – 2021
National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Improving Guidance of AASHTO R 80/ASTM C 1778 for Alkali-Silica Reactivity Potential and Mitigation, Role: GRA, OSU
2018 – 2021
California Department of Transportation, Impact of Use of Portland-limestone Cement on Concrete Performance as Plain or Reinforced Material, Role: GRA, OSU
https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/1150
2018 – 2020
Electrical Power Research Institute, Development of a Performance-based Mixture Proportioning Procedure for Concrete Incorporating Off-Spec Fly Ash, Role: GRA, OSU
https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002018795
2017
ACI Concrete Research Council, Recommendations for Unified Durability Guidance in ACI Documents, Role: GRA, OSU
2015 – 2016
Saint Gobain Research India, Performance Evaluation of Concrete Infilled Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) Panels, Role: GRA, IIT Madras