Dr. Kejin Wang is a Wilson Engineering Professor at the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, USA. She graduated from Hefei University of Technology in 1982, followed by her M.S. from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985 and 1994 respectively. Dr. Wang's interest areas cover Chemistry and microstructure of concrete (cement hydration and air void structure), Nano-technology and application in concrete (nano-silica, nano-clay and nano-limestone), Workability and rheology of concrete, Durability of concrete (freezing-thawing, alkali-silica reaction, and corrosion of reinforcement), Sustainable concrete materials (uses of slag, fly ash, silica fume, recycled aggregate, geopolymer, etc.), Advanced concrete technology (self-consolidating concrete, roller compacting concrete, mass concrete and pervious concretes), Concrete pavement (mix design, quality control, distress analysis, and repair), and Low-carbon cement and 3D concrete printing.
Dr. Peter C. Taylor is the Director of the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center at Iowa State University. He received his BS and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in 1982 and 1995 respectively. He was the recipient of the PCA Education Foundation J.P. Gleason Fellowship Award in 2015, the Concrete State Award for Technical Achievement in 2017, the Technical Innovation Award in 2017, and Frank G. Erskine Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Use of Lightweight Aggregate Expanded Shale in 2022. Dr. Peter Taylor leads internationally recognized research at the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center. His high-impact work has resulted in the development of standard practices such as AASHTO PP 84: Developing Performance Engineered Concrete Pavement Mixtures. Additionally, his research has helped transportation agencies save millions of dollars by preventing premature failures in sawn joints and improving concrete proportioning tools for sustainable concrete mixtures.
