SorpVision: A Comprehensive Dataset for Cementitious Sorptivity Analysis Powered by Computer Vision

A new publication titled “SorpVision: A Comprehensive Dataset for Cementitious Sorptivity Analysis Powered by Computer Vision” was published in Scientific Data in May 2025.

SorpVision: A Comprehensive Dataset for Cementitious Sorptivity Analysis Powered by Computer Vision

This article is from our group’s PhD candidate Hossein Kabir and MS candidate Sunav Dahal. Congratulations Hossein and Sunav for this very interesting work!

The article can be accessed here.

Elucidating the role of particle packing on drying shrinkage behavior of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC)

A new publication titled “Elucidating the role of particle packing on drying shrinkage behavior of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC)” was published in Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials in May 2025.

Elucidating the role of particle packing on drying shrinkage behavior of UHPC

This article is from our group’s PhD candidate Bayezid Baten. Congratulations Bayezid for this very interesting work!

The article can be accessed here.

PCA Professors’ Workshop 2019

Prof. Garg recently attended the PCA Professors’ Workshop organized by the Portland Cement Association, held at the headquarters of the American Concrete Institute in Detroit, Michigan.

This was an excellent week-long workshop aimed at professors teaching concrete and concrete-related courses in a university setting. Access and exposure to live demos, course materials, pedagogy techniques, student competitions, and case studies introducing complicated phenomena in the concrete world were some of the things that made this workshop extremely useful. Highly recommended for fellow assistant professors!

Hiring Announcement

Our group is actively looking to hire a couple of graduate students to start working from Fall 2019. If you’re interested, please make a formal application and indicate your interest to work with Prof. Garg.

New Member

Dr. Nishant Garg joins the faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering under the Construction Materials research area.