Kimberly E. Kurtis - Associate Professor
Contact Information
Room: Mason 315
Phone: 404/385-0825
kimberly.kurtis@ce.gatech.edu
Research Interests & Bio
Kimberly E. Kurtis - Associate Professor
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Nano/microstructure, properties, and durability of cement-based materials; development of novel methods for multiscale characterization of infrastructure materials; high performance concrete; fiber-cement composites; applications of nondestructive evaluation methods to cementbased materials.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Kimberly (Kim) E. Kurtis joined the Structures, Mechanics, and Materials group in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech in January 1999. Her research and teaching interests are in construction materials, with a strong emphasis on microstructure and durability of cement-based materials. Dr. Kurtis attended Tulane University on a full-tuition Deans Honor Scholarship, and earned her B.S.E. in Civil Engineering summa cum laude with additional departmental honors in 1994. She first recognized her interest in cement and concrete during her Junior Year Abroad studies at University of Dundee, Scotland, which is home to a strong research and teaching program in that area. Awarded the Henry Hilp Fellowship, she earned her M.S. degree in 1995 at the University of California, Berkeley. She continued her graduate studies at Berkeley, under a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship, and earned her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in materials and minors in engineering management and mechanical engineering, in December 1998. During her final year of graduate work, she became involved in rigid pavement research and was employed as a Graduate Research Assistant by the Institute for Transportation Studies in Richmond, California.
At Georgia Tech, Dr. Kurtis has made undergraduate involvement in research a priority, inviting over 30 undergraduates into her research group over the past 5 years. Dr. Kurtis has been honored to receive the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's Innovation Award (2002) and Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (2004), and to be named ASCE's Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award (2003-2004) by the Georgia Tech student chapter.
Dr. Kurtis actively engages in service to the cement-based materials research community. In the American Concrete Institute (ACI), she is currently Chairman of the Committee E802: Teaching Methods and Educational Materials. She is also Secretary of the ACI Committee 236: Materials Science of Concrete, a member of Subcommittee 201C: Sulfate Durability Task Force, a member of the Committee on Paper Awards, and an associate member of Committee 201: Durability. In addition to these ACI activities, Dr. Kurtis currently serves on the Program Committee for American Ceramic Society's Cements Division, and is a member of Transportation Research Board Committee AFN30: Durability of Concrete. Dr. Kurtis has been Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering since 2000 and on the Editorial Board of Cement and Concrete Composites since 2004.