Recent News

2022

  • Dr. Hubler received an NSF Career Award for her proposal "Mechanical Modeling of Living Building Materials for Structural Applications" (/mse/2022/03/22/hubler-earns-nsf-career-award-advance-living-building-materials)
  • Ph.D. student Naiara Rodrigues and Dr. Hubler are in the process of developing an application to test concrete on construction sites (/engineering/2022/02/11/seed-grant-opens-research-future-construction-materials-site-tools) 
  • Dr. Hubler was selected as a Faculty Fellow through the Research & Innovation Office at the University of Colorado Boulder 
  • Publication of "Experimental Study on Nanoparticle Injection by Using a Lab-scale Wellbore System” in Cement and Concrete Composites

2021

  • Dr. Hubler is working with Al Weimer and others on repurposing carbon products from fuel sources into concrete bricks in hopes to reduce pollution and create stronger, more long-lasting materials (/mse/2021/08/25/carbon-capture-doe-funded-projects-may-lead-more-durable-concrete-materials) 
  • Publication of “Working with Randomness: A Perspective on Using Spatial Statistics to Engineer the Mechanics of Heterogenous Materials” in Mechanics Research Communications
  • Awarded Prometheus Materials/SOM grant, "Algae-grown Engineered Living Reinforced Concrete" 
  • Seminar on "Using Spatial Statistics to Engineer the Mechanics of Heterogenous Materials" at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities 
  • Publication of “Experimental Study on Nanoparticle Injection Technology for Remediating Leaks of Gas Storage and Transportation” in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • DARPA grant, "Programmable Resurrection of Materials Engineered To Heal Exponentially Using Switches" extended funding to 2023 
  • Sannidhya Gosh graduated 
  • Publication of "Numerical Modeling of the Injection of Nanoparticles in Saturated Cementitious Material by Electromigration” in Journal of Engineering Mechanics
  • Awarded ARPA-E grant, "Testing and Analysis of Pipeline Encapsulation Technologies" 
  • Publication of "Engineering Living Building Materials (LBMs) towards Enhanced Bacterial Viability and Mechanical Properties” in iScience