Maria Juenger, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Phone: (512) 232-3593
E-mail:mjuenger@mail.utexas.edu
Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil Engineering Department-STR
1 University Station C1748
Austin, TX 78712-0275

Area(s) of Expertise:

Construction Materials

Vita:

Ph.D., Northwestern University, Materials Science and Engineering, 1999
B.S., Duke University, Chemistry, 1994

Technical Interests:

Hydration chemistry and microstructural characterization of portland cement and related materials, mechanisms of chemical deterioration in concrete, concrete durability, reducing the environmental impact of concrete production

Selected Publications:

Juenger, M.C.G. and C.P. Ostertag, "Effect of Selective Positioning of Steel Microfibers on Alkali-Silica Expansion," Concrete Science and Engineering, vol. 4, June 2002, pp. 91-97

Juenger, M.C.G., and H.M. Jennings, "New Insights on the Effects of Sugar on the Hydration and Microstructure of Cement Pastes, Cement and Concrete Research, 32 [3] (2002) 393-399

Juenger, M.C.G., and H.M. Jennings, "Examining the Relationship between the Microstructure of Calcium Silicate Hydrate and Drying Shrinkage of Cement Pastes," Cement and Concrete Research, 32 [2] (2002) 289-296

Juenger, M.C.G., and H.M. Jennings, "The Use of Nitrogen Adsorption to Assess the Microstructure of Cement Paste," Cement and Concrete Research, 31 [6] (2001) 883-892

Juenger, M.C.G., and H.M. Jennings, "Effects of High Alkalinity on Cement Pastes," ACI Materials Journal, 98 [3] (2001) 251-255