Li, Zhengqi (Jason)

Date of Birth: Dec. **th, ***7

Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering (Materials), Clemson University (Aug.

****-***. ****)

Graduate Research Assistant (Aug. 2012-present); E.I.T. in U.S. and China

Advisor: Dr. Prasad Rao Rangaraju

GPA: 3.87 (Ten PhD courses)

Current Research Interests:

1. Self-consolidating ultra-high performance mortar for shear-keys in

precast bridge deck connections.

2. Aggregate-silica reaction in ultra-high strength concrete.

3. Damage inspection, rehabilitation, and protection of concrete structure.

4. Asphalt materials and pavements.

5. Statistical analysis; System optimization; Reliability; Monte Carlo

simulation

Education:

> M.S., Structural Engineering, 2012, Tongji University, China

Thesis: "Experimental study on punching shear behaviors of recycled

aggregate concrete slabs".

> B.S., Civil Engineering, 2009, Tongji University, China

Thesis: "Calculation software design for beams under transverse

vibration".

Professional Membership

1. Associate Committee Member, Committee 239, American Concrete Institute:

05/2015 - present

2. American Concrete Institute: 10/2013 - present

3. Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute: 08/2014 - present

4. American Society of Civil Engineers: 08/2014 - present

5. American Society for Testing and Materials: 09/2014 - present

6. Structural Engineering Institute: 08/2014 - present

Professional License

1. Passed fundamentals of engineering exam (China): 2010 - present; aim to

achieve P.E. in China

2. Passed fundamentals of engineering exam (U.S.): 2014 - present; aim to

achieve P.E. in U.S.

Conference Activities:

1. Speaker, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute: 2014 Convention and

National Bridge Conference, "Development of ultra-high performance

concrete for shear-key joints construction utilizing locally available

materials in South Carolina," 09/2014, Washington D.C.

2. Speaker (Co-speaker: Dr. Scott Schiff), American Society of Civil

Engineers: North Carolina Section Annual Meeting, "UHPC for shear key

joint - use in adjacent precast concrete beam bridges, Part 1 UHPC

material development," 09/2014, Asheville, North Carolina.

3. Speaker, Transportation Research Board: 94th Annual Meeting, "Effect of

Sand Content on the Properties of Self-Consolidating High Performance

Cementitious Mortar," 01/2015, Washington D.C.

4. Speaker, American Concrete Institute: 2015 Spring Convention, "Effect of

Alkali Content of Cement on the Properties of Ultra-High Performance

Concrete," 04/2015, Kansas City, MO.

Publications:

1. Z. Li, P. R. Rangaraju, "Effect of sand content on the properties of

self-consolidating high performance cementitious mortar." (accepted by

2015 Journal of Transportation Research Record).

2. Z. Li, P. R. Rangaraju, "Evaluation of bond strength between ultra-high

performance concrete and precast concrete in bridge deck connections."

(accepted by Fifth International Conference on Construction Materials,

2015, Canada).

3. Z. Li, P. R. Rangaraju, "Mitigation of ASR caused expansion of

conventional concrete by ultra-high performance concrete external cover."

(accepted by PCI convention, 2016).

4. Z. Li, P. R. Rangaraju, "Development of ultra-high performance concrete

using combination of metakaolin and fly ash." (under review by editor).

5. Z. Li, P. R. Rangaraju, "Prediction and optimization of proportions of

cementitious materials in ultra-high performance concrete using

metakaolin, fly ash and silica fume." (under review by editor).

6. Z. Li, K.Afshinnia, P. R. Rangaraju, "Influence of alkali content of

cement on the properties of ultra-high performance concrete." (under

review by editor).

7. Z. Li, K.V. Harish, P. R. Rangaraju, "Influence of silica flour-silica

fume combination on the properties of high performance cementitious

mixtures at ambient temperature curing." (under review by editor).

8. Li, Z., Harish K.V., Rangaraju P. R., Schiff, S., "Development of ultra-

high performance concrete for shear-keys in precast bridges using locally

available materials in South Carolina." Proceedings 2014 60th Anniversary

Convention and National Bridge Conference, Washington D.C., Sep. 2014.

9. Prasada R. Rangaraju, Harish Kizhakkumodom, Zhengqi Li and Scott D.

Schiff, "Development of High-Strength/High Performance Concrete/Grout

Mixtures for Application in Shear Keys in Precast Bridges." Technical

report, FHWA-SC-13-04a, SPR 682 SCDOT, Aug. 2014.

10. LI Zhengqi. "Experimental study on punching shear behavior of waste

block contained recycled concrete slab" Master thesis, Tongji University,

2012.

11. LI Zhengqi, JIANG Fengchang, LI Wei, ZHU Cimian, XUE Jiansheng,

"Punching shear strength of reinforced concrete slabs based on parabola

Coulomb-Mohr strength criterion." Journal of Building Structures 2012; 33:

137-141.

12. ZHONG Wenle, LI Zhengqi, ZHU Cimian, ZHU Wei, "Experimental study on

mechanical and planting properties of porous ecological concrete."

Concrete 2012; 6: 131-135.

13. LI Zhengqi, XIANG Yang, LI Jiaming, LI Tan, "Properties of porous eco-

concrete for plant-growing." Building Energy Efficiency 2012; 40: 50-53.

14. LI Zhengqi, "Study on properties of porous ecological concrete for

plant-growing in China." Advanced Materials Research 2012; 560: 600-605.

15. LI Zhengqi, LI Yuchun, "Influence-surface solution for the bending of

rectangular slab with two opposite edges simply supported." The 8th

National Civil Engineering Forum for Graduate Students, Hangzhou, China,

Nov, 2010.

Course work:

1. Ph.D. courses (GPA: 3.87)

Properties of concrete, advanced reinforced concrete structure design,

corrosion, material testing and inspection, asphalt pavement properties,

repair and rehabilitation of concrete structure, special cement and

concrete, risk assessment, experimental design and statistics.

2. B.S. and M.S. courses

Structural mechanics, elastic mechanics, geotechnical mechanics,

fundamental structural dynamics, fundamental and advanced reinforced

concrete structure design, fundamental and advanced steel structure design,

foundation design, fundamental bridge design, timber structure, masonry

structure, combined structure, high rise building, earthquake analysis,

loading system, finite element method and construction management.

Awards:

1. Professional Enrichment Grant, Clemson University: 2014-2015

2. Fu Huang Scholarship, Department of Building Engineering, Tongji

University: 2011

3. Academic Scholarship: level A, Tongji University, 2009, 2010, and 2011

4. Zhong Da Fellowship, Department of Building Engineering, Tongji

University: 2010

5. Outstanding Student Scholarship, Tongji University: 2006 and 2008

Internship Experiences:

1. Post-doctoral research center, Jiangsu Provincial No.1 Construction and

Installation Co. Ltd,

02/2011-09/2011

Duties: Leading a team of undergraduates to finish some research work

2. Weihai Ready-mixed Concrete Group Co. Ltd, 06/2010-09/2010

Duties: Material testing and product quality inspection

3. Shenhua No.3 Construction and Installation Company, 06/2008-09/2008.

Duties: Field setting out

Technical Skills:

Frequently used Casually used

AutoCAD (2D), Ansys 9.0 (statics Abaqus (statics analysis), AutoCAD

analysis), MathCAD, Matlab, (3D), Ansys 9.0 (dynamics

Microsoft (Word, Excel, analysis), SAS, C programming,

PowerPoint), JMP Photoshop

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