Ruifeng (Ray) Liang, Ph.D.
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Information: Department of Civil and
structure-processing-performance
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CURRENT RESEARCH
MATERIALS AND SUSTAINABILITY GROUP
Constructed Facilities Center / Department of
Chemical Engineering / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
West Virginia University
As a principal investigator and group leader (see a group photo), under the leadership of the director of Constructed Facilities
Center Prof. Hota GangaRao P.E. and through
closely working with Polymer Group
headed by Prof. Rakesh Gupta, Dr. Liang is currently researching on
advanced composites and materials (including rammed earth) in terms of
sustainability, innovative processing, and structural designs for civil and
military infrastructures (including green buildings) with better performance
and durability. His general research interests cover a much broader area of
topics such as polymer processing/ modeling, rheology, complex fluids,
colloids, suspensions, fiber- and nano- composites,
smart materials, protective armors, structural retrofitting using FRP wraps,
nondestructive evaluations (NDE), polymer physics, green composites, rammed
earth, sustainable structures, environmental engineering and sustainability. Dr Liang’s other responsibilities include to develop
innovative and cost-effective production techniques for fiber reinforced
polymer (FRP) composites; to create active research and graduate education
programs; and to contribute to technology transfer programs at CFC-WVU.
Research Areas
● Advanced FRP composites through
innovative material design and processing
● Smart materials for new devices, structures and NDE techniques
● Novel polymer and composite technologies to advance materials with
better strength, durability, and cost-effectiveness
● Process modeling, structural and design analyses
● Nanocomposites, natural composites, green
composites
● Hakka Tulou, rammed
earth, and other sustainable structures
Active
Research Projects
● SGER:
Material and Structural Response of Historic Hakka Rammed Earth Structures
NSF-CMMI, 1/15/2009 – 6/30/2011
● Fabrication
Demonstration and Evaluation of FRP Cold Water Pipe (CWP)
DOE/Lockheed
Martin, 2/1/2009 - 6/31/2012
● Development of
Manufacturing and Assembly Technology for Low Cost Pultruded
Composites
US
Navy-NSRP/Northrop Grumman, 5/1/2008 – 7/31/2012
● NSF
I/UCRC Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI) Full Grant
NSF-IIP,
7/15/2009 - 6/30/2014
● Engineering Support for the
Lockheed Martin OTEC Program
Lockheed
Martin, 8/1/2008 - 6/31/2012
● FRP Research to Determine
Structures where FRP Wraps would be Beneficial NEW!
WV Department of Transportation, 8/12/2011-2/12/2013
● FRP Wraps of the Madison
Avenue Bridge NEW!
WV Department of Transportation, 8/30/2010-4/29/2012
● Thermal, Mechanical
and Electrical Testing of Compressed Porous Polymer Substrates NEW!
Waukesha Electrical Systems, SPX, 4/1/2011 - 3/31/2012
● Thermal and
Mechanical Evaluation of Carpet Tile Curling and Potential Solutions NEW!
Milliken Corp, 12/1/2011 - 11/30/2012
Completed Research Projects
● NSF
I/UCRC Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI) Planning
Grant
NSF-IIP,
8/15/2008 - 7/31/2009
● Long-Term Durability
Prediction for FRP Composite Materials
US Army Corps SBIR II/KaZaK
Composites, 10/1/2007-9/30/2009
● Creep Rupture Testing of Pultruded Laminates
Creative Pultrusions Inc, 12/1/2008 - 6/30/2009
NSF, 2/1/2008 - 4/30/2008
US Army, 2/11/2005 - 12/31/2007
● Fabrication and Mechanical
Characterization of Composite Sandwich Structures
ONR, 10/1/2003 - 09/30/2007
● Blast Resistant Composite
Barrier
DOT/FHWA, 5/02/2006 - 11/1/2007
● Development and
Nondestructive Evaluation of FRP Composites for Highway Infrastructure
2005-2007:
Thermal Properties
and Joint Response of FRP Composites
DOT/FHWA, 7/29/2005 - 7/31/2007
●
Infrastructure:
Polymer Concrete
Wearing Surface, Thermal
Properties (learn more)
and Joint
Response Detection
DOT/FHWA, 8/9/2001 - 4/8/2005
● Mechanical and Thermal
Properties of Alloys at Elevated Temperatures
DOE/NETL, 5/22/2000- 9/30/2001
● The MARCEE Project:
Continuation of Research, Commercialization and Workforce Development in the
Polymer/Electronics
Recycling Industry: Application
and Product Development (Participated)
DOE/NETL, 10/1/2004 - 9/30/2008
● Research,
Commercialization and Workforce Development in the Polymer/Electronics
Recycling Industry:
Material Characterization,
Application and Product Development (Participated)
DOE/EPA/NETL, 11/22/1999 - 9/30/2004
● Research and
Demonstration Project for the Recycling of Plastics from Electronic Equipment:
Material Development and
Characterization (Participated)
DOE/Teledyne Brown Engineering, 9/1/1998 - 9/30/1999
● Rheology of “Structured” Nomex Fibrid Suspensions
(Participated, with Dr Gupta)
Dupont, 1/1/2000 - 12/31/2000
Other Interesting Topics
● 3-D Stitching of Fabric for
Higher Damage Tolerance Composites
●
Controllable Fluid
Devices with ER or MR Fluids
● Polymer Emulsified Concrete
● Composite Army Bridges
(with Dr Hota)
● Commercialization
and Mass Production of Advanced FRP Composites at West Virginia (with Dr Hota)
Overview Presentations
● Manufacture,
Design and Implementation of Panels and Structural Shapes 2008
● Strength,
Fatigue-life Prediction and Durability of Composites 2008
● Applications
of FRP Composites Updated 2006
● Applications
of FRP Composites 2004
● FRP Research Overview 2002
Learn More About
● Department of Chemical
Engineering
● Constructed Facilities
Center (CFC-WVU) - a national FRP Center of Excellence
● NSF I/UCRC Center for
Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI) NEW!
SHORT COURSE
● Polymer and Composites, WVU – Huade Workshop
on Advanced Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Environmental and Civil
Engineering Applications
November
2-3, 2011, Beijing, China, Sponsored by Beijing Huade
Creation Corporation NEW!
● Resin Systems,
Pre-Conference Short Course “Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites”
As
part of US-India Workshop on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites: Developing
Research and Educational Programs, February 6-9, 2008,
● Introduction to Polymers and
Fibers, Pre-Conference Short Course “Composite Design for
Infrastructure Applications”
Polymer Composites Conference II: Applications of
Composites in Infrastructure Renewal and Economic Development, Nov 14-16, 2001,
PAST RESEARCH
RHEOLOGY AND POLYMER PROCESSING
GROUP
Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of
Sciences
in partnership with Polymer Fluids Group
at University of Cambridge headed by Prof. Mackley
(FEng)
Research Projects Completed
or Participated prior to 1999
PUBLICATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
SERVICES TO
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
INTERNATIONAL
HAKKA TULOU ALLIANCE (IHTA) NEW!
News, reports,
presentations on Hakka Tulou, rammed earth, mostly as
a result of NSF grant study
Events and News
● Hakka Tulou Forum 2012: Putting
Sustainability into Practice Just Announced!
To be organized as a special session of Toronto Hakka Conference
Time: June 29
to July 1, 2012
Place: Toronto, Canada
● Hakka
Tulou Forum 2011: Structures of Sustainability &
International Workshop on Rammed Earth
Materials and Sustainable Structures NEW!
Organized as a special session at International Symposium on Innovation & Sustainability of Structures in Civil Engineering (ISISS’2011)
Time: October 28 –
31, 2011
Place: Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
● Hakka
Tulou Forum 2009: Lessons to Be Learned, Past, Present and Future
and Launch of the International Hakka Tulou Alliance (IHTA) (in Mandarin & English)
Time: June
24, 2009, 2:30 -6:00 PM
Place: Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
● WVU
Most Accessed ETD of the Year
Ashish Bambal [Advisor: Liang] thesis was accessed for downloads online
16,365 times during 2008, making it the 3rd
most accessed document in the ETD collection at WVU for the year and has
been one of the top 10 since 2007.