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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '5-10 hours'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'Yes'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: qzhang@eng.famu.fsu.edu
  fsu_college: 'FAMU-FSU College of Engineering'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Civil and Environmental Engineering'
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  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: 'School buses to College of Engineering from FSU main campus'
  mentoring_philosophy: |
    As a mentor, my goal is to create a supportive and empowering environment where mentees feel valued, heard, and encouraged to explore their interests. I strive to foster open communication, active listening, and mutual respect, aiming to guide mentees in setting and achieving their goals. I view mentoring as a collaborative journey, where I provide guidance, share insights from my experiences, and facilitate skill development, all while recognizing the importance of adaptability and understanding in meeting each mentee's distinct needs and aspirations. 
    Through this project, the mentees will be involved in hands-on experimental research about preparing and testing UHPC, observing and documenting the crack patterns, and measuring the corrosion. By embracing these tasks, mentees gain a comprehensive perspective on UHPC's behavior, contributing not only to their personal growth but also to the advancement of materials science and engineering as a whole. The students will work closely with the faculty and graduate student mentors, who will share their experiences with the students to facilitate their learning experience. The students will also have opportunity working with other graduate students in the research group, attending the group meetings, and be included in the related publications if applicable. This will give the students a full research experience.  
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  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '2'
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  overall_research_project_description: |-
    Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is an advanced concrete material with superior structural and durability performance. UHPC shows much higher compressive strength (above18 ksi), tensile strength and post cracking ductility as compared to normal concrete. In addition, UHPC has very dense microstructure, effectively preventing harmful substances, such as chloride ions, to penetrate into the interior of the material, therefore offering excellent protection for steel rebars inside the UHPC. The exceptional corrosion resistance leads to widespread interest by civil engineers in implementing this advanced material in infrastructures, such as bridges, in coastal regions, where reinforcement corrosion is the major deterioration mechanism.

    However, when UHPC cracks under service loadings, these cracks may serve as pathways through which deleterious substances penetrate, potentially reducing the protection for steel rebar against corrosion. This research aims to employ an in-situ testing approach to monitor the corrosion of steel reinforcement within cracked UHPC specimens to establish a meaningful relationship between the patterns of cracks and the corrosion progression of the steel rebars. This will help to aid the design and maintenance practices of UHPC infrastructures.

    Throughout the project, students are anticipated to acquire the subsequent knowledge and skill sets in the following area: 1) a foundational understanding of the corrosion science; 2) proficiency in corrosion measurement through electrochemical techniques; and 3) competence in both the formulation and characterization of ultra-high performance concrete materials.
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  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: '2525 Pottsdamer St, Tallahassee, FL 32310 College of Engineering'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'During Business Hours'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Qian Zhang'
  project_keywords: 'Civil engineering, concrete, corrosion, durability, infrastructure'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Open to all majors'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: ''
  research_mentor_pronouns: ''
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: 'Peizhi Wang'
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: |
    The students are expected to conduct the following tasks with close guidance of the graduate students:
    1)	Preparation of UHPC specimens
    2)	Conducting flexural testing on UHPC specimens
    3)	Characterizing crack patterns
    4)	Use electrochemical techniques to measure the corrosion of steel rebars
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  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |
    Recommended: 
    1)	Basic knowledge of statics 
    2)	Basic knowledge of chemistry 
  title_of_the_project: 'Measuring Corrosion of Steel Rebars Inside Cracked Ultra-high Performance Concrete'
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  year: '2023'