Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Journal of Civil Engineering Research is an open access scientific journal intended to bring together the information in different areas of civil engineering around the world. The aim of this journal is to combine theory and practice in civil engineering and thus advancement of civil engineering sciences. It will provide a platform for academicians, researchers and engineers to share their experience and solution to problems in different areas of civil engineering.

Yogini Deshpande

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Assistant Professor, University of South Alabama, USA

Research Areas

Sustainable Concretes, Recycled Concrete Aggregates, Repair Materials, Self Consolidating Concrete, Rehabilitation, of Concrete Structures

Education

2007Ph.DCivil Engineering, Materials, Purdue University
2002Master of EngineeringGeotechnical Engineering, Bombay University, India
1996Bachelor of EngineeringConstruction Engineering, Bombay University, India

Experience

2010-present Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering University of South Alabama
2007-2010Post-Doctoral Fellow/Adjunct Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering Michigan Technological University, MI
2002-2006Teaching Assistant, School of Civil Engineering Purdue University, IN, USA
1999-2002Senior Research Fellow, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Mumbai, India
1996-1999Consulting Engineer, Renuka Consultants, Bombay, India

Academic Achievement

International Road Federation (IRF) Executive Leadership Program Fellowship
William & Mary Goetz Graduate Scholarship in Civil Engineering for Best Research in Civil Engineering Materials
Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in the School of Civil Engineering (Awarded amongst a total of about 50-60 graduate teaching assistants)
Purdue Graduate Student Government and Graduate School of Purdue University Travel Grant for Research Purpose (Typically awarded to 30% of total applications)

Membership

American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Center for Advanced Cement-Based Materials (ACBM)
American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Society for Women Engineers, Purdue Chapter (SWE)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Deshpande, Y.S., (2006) Evaluation of Commercial Rapid-Setting Repair Materials and Rapid-Setting Self-Consolidating Concrete for Dowel Bar Retrofit Repair, PhD Thesis, Purdue University.
[2]  Bonen, D., Deshpande, Y., Olek, J., Shen, L., Struble, L, Lange, D. and Khayat, K., (2007) Robustness of Self-Consolidating Concrete, Self-Consolidating Concrete: A White Paper by Researchers at The Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials, Ed. by Lange, D.A
[3]  Deshpande, Y.S., Hiller, J.E., and Li, Y., (2009) Performance Prediction of Pavement Rehabilitation using the Dowel Bar Retrofit Technique Using Statistical Modeling, Road Materials and Pavement Design, Vol 11, No. 3, 701-723.
[4]  Deshpande, Y.S., and Hiller, J.E., 2011 Pore Characterization of Manufactured Aggregates: Recycled Concrete Aggregates and Light Weight Aggregates (Accepted for Publication at Materials and Structures) DOI 10.1617/s11527--‐011--‐9749--‐2.
[5]  Deshpande, Y.S., and Hiller, J.E., 2011 Effect of Characterization Techniques of Recycled Concrete Aggregates and Light Weight Aggregates on Long Term Properties of Concrete (Accepted for publication at ASCE Journal of Civil Engineering Materials).
[6]  Deshpande, Y.S., Harris, D.K., Mukherjee, A. and Waghchaure, A., Using Embedded Wireless Sensor Networks to Monitor and Predict Behavior of Concrete Members (Accepted for publication at fib2010, Washington D.C. May 21-25).
[7]  Deshpande, Y.S., Li, Y., Hiller, J.E., and Yuejun, Y., (2009) Effects of Uncertainty on Performance of Pavement Rehabilitation using the Dowel Bar Retrofit Technique, at International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability to be held in Osaka, Japan, September 20-25.
[8]  Deshpande, Y.S., and Hiller, J.E., (2009) Volumetric Stability of Concrete using Recycled Concrete Aggregates, Ninth International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites, Warsaw, Poland, October21-24.
[9]  Deshpande, Y.S., and Olek, J., (2008) Performance of Rapid-Setting Repair Materials for Concrete Pavements, Transportation Research Board, Washington, January 12-17.
[10]  Bonen, D., Deshpande, Y., Olek, J., Shen, L., Struble, L, Lange, D. and Khayat, K., (2007) Robustness of Self-Consolidating Concrete, Invited keynote paper at the 5th Inter national RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concr ete, Ghent, Belgium, September 3-5.
[11]  Deshpande, Y.S. and Olek, J., (2006) Sensitivity of Rapid-Setting Self-Consolidating Concrete to Production Variables, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites, Warsaw,Poland, October 23-25.
[12]  Deshpande, Y.S. and Olek, J., (2006) Development of Rapid-Setting Self-Consolidating Concrete Using Small Size Aggregate, Proceedings of the RILEM Conference on Advances in Concrete through Science and Engineering, Montreal, Canada, September 11-13.
[13]  Deshpande, Y.S. and Olek, J., (2005) Effect Of Mixing Equipment And Mixing Sequence on Rapid-Setting Self-Consolidating Concrete, Proceedings of The Second North American Conference on the Design and Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete and The Fourth International RILEM Symposium on.
[14]  Deshpande, Y.S and Deshpande S.S., (2001) Subsurface Explorations by Refraction Method for Micro-Tunneling Works, Indian Geotechnical Conference-2001, Indore, India, 14-16 December.
[15]  Deshpande, Y.S and Deshpande S.S., (2001) Earthquake and Foundation Systems-I and II, Indian Structural Engineers Society Journal, Vol. 1 and 3, April and May, pp 3-10.
[16]  Mavinkurve, S., Deshpande, Y. and Basu P. C., (2001) High Reactivity Metakaolin: A New Pozzolan, National Seminar & Exhibition on "Innovative Construction Materials" organized by Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Veer Jijamata Technical Institute, Mumbai.
[17]  Deshpande, Y.S and Deshpande S.S., (2000) N.D.T. Technique Approach To Repaired Members, National Symposium In Honor of Dr. Mohan Malhotra on NDT of Structures, Mumbai, 18-19 November, organized by India Chapter of American Concrete Institute, Bombay, India.
[18]  Mavinkurve, S., Deshpande, Y. and Basu P. C., (2000) High Reactivity Metakaolin: A Supplementary Cementitious Material, ICI-Asian Conference on Ecstasy in Concrete, 20-22 November, Bangalore, India.