Qingxu Jin
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), College of Engineering
Engineering Bldg, 428 S Shaw Ln Room 3576
Biography
Dr. Qingxu "Bill" Jin is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He earned his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering with minor in Materials Chemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology. During his PhD studies, Dr. Jin was a guest researcher in the Materials and Structural Systems Division at the National Institute of Standards
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and Technology (NIST) under an NSF INTERN grant. Dr. Jin also received his dual M.Sc. degrees in Civil Engineering and Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his B.Eng. in Structural Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a member of Sigma Xi and Chi Epsilon and a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Michigan and Maryland. Dr. Jin developed his interest in resilient, smart, and sustainable infrastructure materials through his academic research and industry experience. He is hoping to impact the concrete industry with novel sustainable technologies.
Research Interests:
Multi-scale concrete material design, modeling, and characterization
Alternative and supplementary cementitious materials with low carbon footprint
Multi-functional fiber-reinforced cementitious/ceramic composites for smart infrastructure systems
Energy storage and large-scale carbon sequestration
Machine learning and additive manufacturing
Education
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.Sc., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.Sc., Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B.Eng, Civil and Structural Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Awards
STEM Ambassador Program (STEMAP), 2021
Science ATL Communication Fellowship, 2019
Future Faculty Fellow, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019
Robert H. Kulman Student Scholarship, American Concrete Institute (ACI) Georgia Chapter, 2018
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Jin, Q., Hordern, S. L., Tang. Y., and Kurtis, K. E. (2021), “NOx sequestration by calcium aluminate cementitious materials”, Cement and Concrete Research, 142, 106381
Bullard, J. W., Jin, Q., and Snyder, K. A. (2020), “How do specific surface area and particle size distribution change when granular media dissolve?”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 406, 127098
Jin, Q., Perry, L. N., and Bullard, J. W. (2020). “Temperature dependence of gypsum dissolution rates”, Cement and Concrete Research, 129, 105969
Jin, Q. and Li, V. C. (2019). “Structural and durability assessment of ECC/Concrete dual-layer system for tall wind turbine towers”, J. of Engineering Structures, 196, 109338
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