SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Nima Rahbar
My research activities in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are in mechanics, materials, and structures. At WPI, my favorite teaching aspect is working one-on-one with graduate and undergraduate students on research projects. I like to excite students’ curiosity toward discoveries and creative scientific advancements. In our research group, we focus on the fundamental principles that control the behavior of materials in engineering and biology at multiple scales. I am particularly interested in the bioinspired design of materials and structures. In this field, studying biological materials leads to the design of high-performance materials and structures. For example, we have created a new paradigm in self-healing concrete using an enzymatic mechanism. Using the same mechanism, we have now produced a Carbon-Negative Enzymatic Construction Material (ECM), which sequesters 18 lbs of CO2 per cubic yard in comparison to concrete which emits around 700 lbs of CO2 per cubic yard. ECM also holds the record in compressive strength as a carbon-negative alternative structural material at around 15 MPa. I encourage you to see the details of our research activities on my group's website.
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Scholarly Work
Nanostructural characteristics and interfacial properties of polymer fibers in cement matrix F Shalchy, N Rahbar ACS applied materials & interfaces 7 (31), 17278-17286
Mechanical characterization and modeling of graded porous stainless steel specimens for possible bone implant applications S Bender, V Chalivendra, N Rahbar, S El Wakil International Journal of Engineering Science 53, 67-73
Sub-critical crack growth in adhesive/marble interfaces T Tan, N Rahbar, A Buono, G Wheeler, W Soboyejo Materials Science and Engineering: A 528 (10), 3697-3704
An evaluation of potential adhesives for marble repair M Jorjani, G Wheeler, C Riccardelli, W Soboyejo, N Rahbar Holding It All Together: Ancient and Modern Approaches to Joining, Repair ...
Novel magnetic heating probe for multimodal cancer treatment K Kan-Dapaah, N Rahbar, W Soboyejo Medical physics 42 (5), 2203-2211
Implantable magnetic nanocomposites for the localized treatment of breast cancer K Kan-Dapaah, N Rahbar, W Soboyejo Journal of Applied Physics 116 (23), 233505
University of Massachusetts
Wright-Patterson Air Force Laboratory
Princeton University