Weina Meng
Assistant Professor
Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science
Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering
Education
- PhD (2017) Missouri University of Science and Technology (Civil Engineering)
Research
Development of Advanced High-performance Construction Materials for Stainable and Resilient Civil Infrastructure
Multiscale Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling
Physical and Chemical Analyses and Modeling
CO2 Utilization by Cementitious Materials
Sea Water and Sea Sand Concrete
Bio-inspired Engineering Materials
Machine Learning For Materials Optimization
Multiscale Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling
Physical and Chemical Analyses and Modeling
CO2 Utilization by Cementitious Materials
Sea Water and Sea Sand Concrete
Bio-inspired Engineering Materials
Machine Learning For Materials Optimization
General Information
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Please check the website of Advanced Concrete Technology (ACT) Laboratory for more information about my research.
Please check the website of Advanced Concrete Technology (ACT) Laboratory for more information about my research.
Institutional Service
- Junior Faculty Board of Representatives Member
- Teaching - Learning Excellence Committee Member
- Search Committee for Teaching Assistant/Associate position in the CEOE Department Member
- Woman in STEM Panel Member
- CE Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member
- Strategic Plan Committee Member
- Search Committee for Farvardin Chair in the CEOE Department Member
- Stevens Member
- Review Committee for Associate Dean for Research Member
- Graduate Student Council Committee Member
- Construction Management Assistant Professor Search Committee Member
Professional Service
- Reviewer of NSF ERI
- NSF Reviewer of NSF ERC
- NSF Panel fellow in in the 2021 cohort of CMMI’s Game Changer Academies for Advancing Research Innovation (CGCA)
- NSF Panel
- DOT Proposal reviewer of of National University Transportation Centers (UTCs) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
- ACI 239 Associate member
Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology, 08/2018-PresentPost-doc Fellow, Supervisor: Prof. Kamal H. Khayat, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 07/2017-PresentResearch Assistant, Supervisor: Prof. Kamal H. Khayat, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 01/2013-06/2017
Honors and Awards
“2020 Educator of the Year”, ASCE New Jersey Section
First Place in Competition of 2nd International Interactive Symposium on UHPC,06/2019, Advisor of Stevens team
Award of Transportation Research Best Poster, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 10/2018
Award of Best Poster, Student Competition of 1st International Interactive Symposium on UHPC, 07/2016
Women’s Transportation Seminar Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship, Missouri Department of Transportation, 05/2016
Honorary DJ Belarbi Graduate Scholarship, American Concrete Institute, Missouri Chapter, 04/2016
Graduate Research Fellowship, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 03/2016
First Place in Competition of 2nd International Interactive Symposium on UHPC,06/2019, Advisor of Stevens team
Award of Transportation Research Best Poster, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 10/2018
Award of Best Poster, Student Competition of 1st International Interactive Symposium on UHPC, 07/2016
Women’s Transportation Seminar Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship, Missouri Department of Transportation, 05/2016
Honorary DJ Belarbi Graduate Scholarship, American Concrete Institute, Missouri Chapter, 04/2016
Graduate Research Fellowship, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 03/2016
Professional Societies
- ACS Member
- ASME Member
- ACI Member
Grants, Contracts and Funds
CAREER: Consecutive Assembly-and-Mineralization Processed Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate Nacre with High Specific Flexural Strength and Fracture Toughness, NSF, 2021-2026
Development and Implementation of NJ UHPC, NJDOT, 2019-2021
Development of Seawater and Seasand Concrete, Stevens, 2019-2020
Development of Low Carbon UHPC, ceEntek, 2022
Net Zero and Resilience Programs - Industrial waste streams treatment to reduce or eliminate soluble and insoluble concentrations of energetic compounds, and explosive degradation products and toxicity assessment of untreated and treated waste streams, CCDC, 2022-2024
Development and Implementation of NJ UHPC, NJDOT, 2019-2021
Development of Seawater and Seasand Concrete, Stevens, 2019-2020
Development of Low Carbon UHPC, ceEntek, 2022
Net Zero and Resilience Programs - Industrial waste streams treatment to reduce or eliminate soluble and insoluble concentrations of energetic compounds, and explosive degradation products and toxicity assessment of untreated and treated waste streams, CCDC, 2022-2024
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Du, J.; Liu, Z.; Christodoulatos, C. N.; Conway, M.; Bao, Y. N.; Meng, W. N. (2022). Utilization of off-specification fly ash in preparing ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC): Mixture design, characterization, and life-cycle assessment. Resources, Conservation and Recycling (vol. 180).
- Liu, Z.; Meng, W. N. (2021). Fundamental understanding of carbonation curing and durability of carbonation-cured cement-based composites: A review. Journal of CO2 Utilization (vol. 44, pp. 101428). Elsevier.
- Lyu, Z.; Shen, A.; Meng, W. N. (2021). Properties, mechanism, and optimization of superabsorbent polymers and basalt fibers modified cementitious composite. Construction and Building Materials (vol. 276, pp. 122212). Elsevier.
- Meng, W. (2021). Corrosion of steel rebar embedded in UHPC beams with cracked matrix. Construction and Building Materials.
https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0950061821033262?token=8D09EF5B253A5B9851BEB3DDA324C7EC030476595C0D7B850AECAC11BC2573D63F12D7B13218046AE9A05986FF68AB55&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20220810211826. - Meng, W.. Salt frost resistance and micro characteristics of polynary blended concrete using in frost areas. Cold Regions Science and Technology (vol. 191, pp. 103374). Elsevier.